Posted by Michael (Mad P-Fessor) Evans on 12/25/2006, 2:06 pm
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...still in print on Rhino Records, I think. I have two reasons now to remember James Brown! Please believe my testimony how my white-bread home-town of Salt Lake City was SHOCKED when Michael G. Cavanaugh tracked through Mr. Brown's whole album on Christmas afternoon in 1965 on KCPX AM/FM (no diversion between the frequencies then). Teenagers like me were thrilled, and called each other on the phone to make sure all our friends shared the experience. Michael G. took a lot of heat, but the station manager backed him up (this time*), because Mr. Brown was right up there with the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Beach Boys as his most-requested artists that season. KCPX had been a Rock station for only about 6 months, and they wanted to keep their new audience happy! *Cavanaugh is a wonderful man who became my friend, and moved SLC music forward by light years as a commercial DJ. He played jazz on a strong-signal FM station KBRZ last time I was in town.