Fat Chance: We Were the Last Gasp of the 60s and the Birth of Americana Music, But Was America Ready for Us?
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985679026 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 644 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lorenzo had already moved on to other cities to squander his fortune and his health on other non-commercial stations, but Jeremy and Laura Ellen had other plans. Laura Ellen Hopper was a St. Louis hippie runaway who heard about the washing machine and, being of the community and needing clean clothes, she went to the station, met Jeremy, and they became a couple, living and working at the station. IT BEGAN WITH TWO ANARCHISTS AND A PROMISE OF FREE LAUNDRY Jeremy Lansman owned a low-wattage, listener-supported free-form radio station with his mostly absentee partner, Lorenzo Milam, in a seedy, decaying neighborhood in St. In the communal hippie ethos that was suddenly everywhere, the station owned a washing machine and invited everyone in the community to use it-free. They wanted out of St. And what a ride it was.. Louis. And what they did there in Gilroy, California gave birth to Americana music. Louis, so they sold the station and got a startling amount of money for it. They
1977 Radio DJ said Amazing book "tells all" about a now dead outlaw radio station!!!. I can honestly say I've never seen a book like thisThis is a captivating taleVery entertainingthis is way better than any book about the Grateful Dead, Summer of Love, or Raising Worms For Fun & ProfitIt's a behind the scene look at a bunch of odd balls & semi normal people.The read is conversational in style, like the author was sitting next to you, and there is a complicated but interesting story to tell (which it is)There's a bunch of chapter. A true story I never thought anyone would tell Amazon Customer On his dedication page, Gilbert Klein writes "Fat Chance made possible by the statute of limitations". That's certainly no exaggeration. Klein tells it all -- the drugs, the parties, the dysfunctional radio family dynamics, the drunken armed DJs, the Hell's Angels, the futile attempts by various owners & managers to tame the chaos, and, of course, the music. The crazy blend of rootsy, heartfelt musical truth-telling you just didn't get anywhere . As one who should know Terrell Lynn Thomas Dear Reader's, As one who should know (because i was there), it IS thetrue, and FANTASTIC story of KFAT! Music will always be thehealer of the spirit, always. Thank you Gilbert, for givingme the chance to relive this experience.AND your funny! Terrell Lynn Thomas