I remember all of those - first song I heard on KSHE was "Alice's Restaurant" ... a DJ on KXOK played it and got fired. I roamed streets of Gaslight Square as 10 yr old kid - 1967 - Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay" was prevalent song. I live in Georgia now...Macon's music fame is just a distant memory.
Spectrum in Old Orchard, with the pinball machines in the back, and the fresh air of Dooley Field out back for a little recreation. Ahh to be young in the 70's when things may have been illegal, but nobody was uptight while joints came at you from every direction at the old Kiel and Checker Dome, and a group of sixteen year olds could bring in a cooler full of beer at MRF.
I'm just glad that I grew up in St Louis during this time. What great music you could find in several night clubs and concert halls throughout the St Louis Metro area on any given weekend. I wish we could reply the 60's & 70's one more time....
I grew up there in the 80's n while i am in NO WAY a metal head my favorite bar for live music was ol' "Metal's Edge" on S. Broadway almost to Lemay!! Great memories!!
That music scene was fantastic. What really kicked ass was that 16yr part time bus boy could afford to take a date to any and all concerts I wanted to go to. Never again and the young'ns don't really believe it.
I grew up in Ferguson, the carriage house that Steve Scarfina practiced in was a vacant lot from my front door. I remember REO Speedwagon and latter Pavlovs Dog practicing there. No one in the neighborhood seemed to care. Mike McDonald lived a few blocks the other direction. KSHE at night would would play the entire back side of the album. Great music.
That is so cool... I live in Ferguson now for past 3 years. Would have loved to have heard these sounds from then. Where is / was this 'carriage house'?
I heard an "Alice in Chains" song on the Klassic Show!?!?! When your kids music is now "classic", it sure makes you think. I do like me some AC and all that 90's, but come on...I'm not really that old in my mind.
Rich Dalton..."Radio Rich" when I lived in STL...He was an advisor at Broadcast Center where I took classes and was one of my instructors. Been doing the radio thang for 35 yrs now in Oklahoma mostly high school sports but there was an occasional Classic Rock show I hosted re-living some of my STL days from KSHE and KADI.
KSHE was the first place I ever heard Lakeshore Drive and Two Hangmen. probably around 1973. I'm in California now but still occasionally stream the Sweet Meat.
I grew up with KSHE in my backyard of Crestwood/St.LOuis. I could look out my bedroom window and see the transmitter high above the trees transmitting those classic sounds. KSHE was by the people... for the people...the music was... by the people for the people.
I was over in Webster. I remember laying in bed looking out my window at the flashing lights of that tower. Seemed super cool at the time to think about it while listening.
Grew up in a little farm town about 85 miles west of St. Louis. I’ll never forget the level of culture shock I felt on the rare occasion that my family made it there. This video really highlights that for me. St. Louis is an interesting, even unique, city, but it also stands apart culturally from the region in which it resides.
At 67 years old I've been here my whole life and started listening to KSHE in 1970 what a great time to be alive and a music lover. You went to KSHE to listen to rock music the kind that wasn't played on any other rock station. We had all kinds of names for we called it a or we called it underground we called it Progressive but whatever you couldn't hear it anywhere else. Add to attend something like the KSHE kite flying contest and see Rush opening up for Charlie Daniels for free was absolutely mind-blowing.😊
I found a picture of me at the KSHE kitefly at 29:59. Rush was playing, I was 17. We went behind the stage, went underneath and popped up right in front. We used to go to the KSHE bike rides and hot air balloon events too. The '70's were a lot of fun.
There was a picture of me and my brother standing in front of the stage at that concert. The picture remained in the KSHE Studios for years and then when they moved it disappeared. We've been trying to find that picture for a long time but was told that was buried in some storage area somewhere😢😊
@@Kmarty2000 I remember. First time I ever witnessed a drum solo like that. The next time I saw them was 1973 at the Kiel Auditorium. Boy brother were really dating ourselves LOL
Thanks! Great video! 60's WERE the best in St. Louis. I saw so many wonderful artists during the 60s'. Chuck Berry, Ike and Tina, James Brown, Otis Redding and on and on. Great memories.
Lived out in Dellwood from 1954 until April 1969. Moved away at the age of 14; but got to see the explosion of counter culture begin. Listening to KSHE late into the night. Tagging along with my big brother and his friends to the Castaways Club, and then to some concerts at the Kiel. Great memories, locked in my brain...so vivid as a result of our sudden departure. Thanks for the doc!
I'm in my early 40's and grew up in southern IL and remember hearing his name sporadically, but am just now realizing how significant of an impact he had on the industry thanks to this video. RIP
I'm about to turn 50 yrs old, so, I literally grew up with K-SHE95! And for our generation, it was our community. In times of celebration, or sorrow, they always stuck with us. And I never realized just how important they were to the evolution of Rock n Roll. I'm from Granite City, Illinois. (Just across the river) and a former "Listener of the Day." We are still such FANatics, that we include their logo (with their blessings) on our class reunion t-shirts! The moral of the story: hands down the greatest station in the nation....... K-SHE 95. "Yeeeeooooow"!!!
My family lived in St. Louis in the 60s, moved out before this scene got started. Now I'm jealous for something that happened 50 years ago! My dad took us to Kiel Auditorium to see symphony concerts -- wish I could have seen some rock shows there!
Are you sure you didn't go to Powell Hall for the Symphony? Kiel Aud was used mostly for rock/pop concerts, sports and wrestling. Kiel Opera House was smaller and nicer, maybe they hosted the symphony there periodically?
this was awesome...brought so many memories back from my teens...i seen the allman joys on gaslight square....thru the window....kshe was the best still listen to it when i go home and bluetooth it when i am in NC....awesome clip awesome
@@larrystrick1862 My sister took me. I was 12. A big day. I vividly remember the scene, but I don't really remember the music. I do know we went for CDB and barely knew who Rush was at the time.
Wow, I finally tracked this documentary down, I had been looking for it on DVD for years ever since someone at a local record store mentioned it to me. I moved to the Lou in 1975 right in time for HS and immediately learned about KSHE which was played on our school bus. I was already into progressive rock by 1975, Yes, ELP, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Kansas, Steely Dan, Zeppelin, early Chicago etc. I was so thankful to find a radio station that played LONG instrumental heavy eclectic and progressive rock, deep cuts and complete albums. I so wish I could have caught those early 70s years of KSHE when things were really developing from scratch. The freedom those DJs had to play whatever they wanted as long as it was cool. I discovered a lot of new music listening to KSHE; Genesis, Renaissance, Gypsy, and the more local oriented bands that KSHE put on the map. Quite surprised there was no mention of Gypsy in this documentary, as KSHE basically broke them in the midwest (Dead and Gone, Gypsy Queen etc), and StL became the band's stronghold for decades. I remember those first Super Jams at Busch, which started when I was in HS; didn't go to any because I was not into the large stadium concert thing, plus they were in July-Aug in the heat of StL, so unfortunately I missed seeing Gypsy etc before they called it a day. But I did go to the Miss River Festival quite a few times, some of which I actually remember. Saw the English prog group Renaissance there under the tent in 1977, probably the closest I ever sat. Usually just bought the cheap hill seats for a few bucks with a big group of HS friends and drank a lot of brewskis. Truly a great place for national concerts, makes Riverport seem like a prison in comparison. You could literally bring anything onto the hill and party away. Such a different relaxed vibe. Wish I had taken even more advantage of it before they stopped in the early 80s (disco and punk killed off everything). Also saw shows at the old Kiel and the Kiel Opera House (Genesis!) before that also closed for decades. And of course the old Barn, the Arena/Checkerdome, Mississippi Nights on the Landing. Went to drive in movies at 66 Drive In right next to KSHE and the tower. Peaches, Streetside, Vintage Vinyl, Disc Connection in Richmond Hts got a lot of my $$. Miss those days of record browsing and discovery. Blueberry Hill in the Loop my all time fav bar from the beginning, and still is. You combine this great documentary with the recent KSHE one, as well as Hail Hail Rock and Roll about Chuck Berry and you have a virtual history of St Louis rock and roll. I treasure my memories of seeing Chuck play in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill 3-4 times. And I attended his funeral memorial service! Chuck laying in rest with his guitar---thats Rock and Roll.
It sucks that you couldn’t see Gypsy. I am fortunate enough to have seen Gypsy at The Wildey Theater in 2022 at the age of 15. They are an amazing jam band.
@@kbrewski1 I don’t know why I thought you said “I didn’t see Gypsy”. That’s awesome you saw Gypsy about 15 times. My dad saw them at The Wildey Theater 4 times and met the guitarist after the show near the street.
@@Samxel_ I was talking about the original Gypsy from the 70s. I didn't move to the StL area until 1975. Gypsy had already broken up. In 1977 they reunited for a one time Superjam concert at old Busch Stadium. I considered going but did not because it was in a stadium in over 100 degree July or August sun/heat. I regret not seeing Enrico Rosenbaum before he died. Gypsy "part 2" was resurrected by James Owl Walsh circa 1998. That's when I finally got to see them many times.
Which StL doesn't get enough credit for. I am so thankful I saw Chuck play live about 3 times in the Blueberry Hill Duck Room and once at the Pageant. I also was one of the few dozen people (non family/friends) who got into Chuck's Memorial Funeral service at the Pageant.
66 Drive-in theater....saw Dr Hook & Medicine Show there. Band came on stage - announced their instruments had been mistakenly sent to NY - asked audience for guitars etc (they did too!) - what a show! Anybody remember this?
I lived in San Francisco from July 10 , 1966 till now . I left Columbia , Missouri on July 8 (my 21st birthday) with my wonderful soon to be wife , she'd just graduated from the University of Missouri , and arrived by Greyhound bus in SF on the 10th of July . So we were here for all the amazing music and scene . Of course the Dead were unbelievable and the Airplane , so much great music , rock and blues and jazz ! Yes , a special time , but the music from the last thirty years , including right now , is certainly as good as the music was back then . I mean , look them up : The Steepwater Band , Radio Moscow , Wo Fat , Rival Sons , Decemberists , Chuck Prophet , Alabama Shakes , Angel Olsen (out of St. Louis) , Old 97's , Pokey LaFarge (out of St. Louis) , Black Crowes , Ryan Adams , Black Keys , Ray LaMontagne , just to name a few . There is no lack of fantastic sounds !
Love that Mark Klose is now back on KSHE. He's on during the week, lunch hour, and I'm STILL learning interesting things about musicians in classic rock... from back when it was simply "rock"!
KDNA "Radio Free St. Louis" too. I remember when the cops busted the studio and you could hear the whole thing live, while Hendrix and Star Spangled Banner played in the background, followed by hours of a record needle skipping at the end and then finally silence when someone came and shut down the transmitter. lol! Also honorable mentions to WIBV Underground (Ross Gentile RIP) over in Belleville, as well as KAAY-AM (The Mighty 1090) in Little Rock and Beaker Street. No internet or social media back then for counter-culture, so word of mouth and great stations like KSHE were mostly where we got our info and music from. And as Steve mentioned, the great club and music halls scene in St. Louis. KSHE Kite Flys. Laserium in Forest Park. The Keil Auditorium and Opera House. Checkerdome. The Fox. So many more great venues. Thanks KSHE! In our hearts and minds forever! #RealRockRadio
I remember hitchhiking up Hampton Avenue to see Rush open up for Charlie Daniels at the KSHE kite flying contest. Unfortunately no one picked me up I ended up walking from Hampton and Marquette all the way to Forest Park. At least the concert was free😊
Anyone remember a local band called Kip Niven ?? Used to go listen to them at a bunch of different High School dances back in the mid to late 1970's. Man they were good !
When I was a kid, I used to prank call people out of the phone book (I've always had a deep voice) and tell them I was calling from Kshe 95 and if they could sing the Campbells soup song, they would win Head East~Flat as a Pancake album. I actually got people to do it and then promptly got cussed out. It was so wrong, but back then it was something we had fun with. Something I'll obviously never forget! Head East is still one of my favorite bands and of course so many others. I just had to pause to give a friend a ride to the hospital and we listened to City of Gold on the way. I actually know Pat Liston's (of Mamas Pride) wife. She's a beautiful woman and they have the smartest son. I swear he's an old soul in a young body! I enjoyed this Rockumentary very much! Thanks for posting!
@@tammieparrishmiller3669 sure were.. one of the things me and my buddies did would be to look up a rockstar name in The White Pages like for instance there was a Jeff Beck no relation to the guitarist... but we would say we're from KSHE 95 and would like to interview him in regards to his days with The Yardbirds Beck bogert and a p p i c e are the Jeff Beck Group. We would tell him we were going to send the KSHE van to pick him up. And there were some others it was really funny. Man I had a great time back then especially in the early 1970s. I remember hitchhiking up Hampton Avenue I lived at Hampton and Marquette, and didn't get a ride so I ended up walking all the way to Forest Park for the KSHE kite flying contest with rush and Charlie Daniels. I was exhausted but when I got there I got high and drunk and didn't feel a thing hahaha play what I wouldn't give Tammy to have those days back. Peace darling
@@tammieparrishmiller3669 yeah we had some great times Tammy. I remember hitchhiking to get to the rush and Charlie Daniels concert at the KSHE kite flying contest. I didn't get a ride so I ended up walking all the way from Hampton and Marquette to Forest Park. I was exhausted but when I got there I partied like a banshee hahaha never felt so damn good in my life. Even though I can't remember 80% of the show hahaha mine and my brother's picture from that concert was displayed on the wall in the old KSHE radio Studio for years until they moved. They packed it away somewhere and I was never able to locate it. I offered to buy it if they could find it but they never did. I sure miss those days dear
Born and raised in North County near the Chain of Rocks overlooking the river, and lived there from 70 to 98. Went to SLU, had a family farm in Troy where we all went every weekend. Caught the very end of the greatness of St. Louis. What an amazing Midwest, middle-class, up bringing. I wouldn't change one second. I wouldn't spend one second in the city now. Moved to Orlando in 98, best thing I've ever done.
WOW! I'm so glad I stumbled upon this. What memories. Kite Flys, BD Party, and especially MRF. I can't remember how many bands I saw out there, how free it was, and just a great vibe back then. KSHE has been the sound track to my life. The Klassic show almost brings tears to my eyes from all the memories those songs invoke. Things do change, not always for the better, but I can't imagine my life without KSHE music playing to every major formative event in my life.
The Disc Connection in Richmond Heights and then Maplewood (owned by Sherri) had a KSHE Classics wall with the titles of a lot of the bands that were popular played KSHE tunes. Gypsy's first 2 albums (Dead and Gone, Gypsy Queen especially), Mama's Pride Blue Mist, Angel's The Tower from their first album with that bullet synth intro. Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain. I'm Your Captain by Grand Funk. Lady Fantasy by Camel, Lady of the Lake by Starcastle, Heartsfield, Micheal Stanley Band (Rosewood Bitters), early REO, Head East Flat as a Pancake album, Pure Prairie League (Amie) Poco (Rose of Cimarron), Kansas (Icarus etc), Two Hangmen by Mason Proffit Band, Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta, Haynes, Jeremiah, Shooting Star (Last Chance), In My Life and One Night by Barclay James Harvest, Renaissance (Mother Russia) are some off the top of my head. Great store, discovered a lot of new to me music there in the mid to late 70s, especially Prog rock.
When was this documentary made? Sounds like St Louis was paradise for a while. Every area wants to think its the torch bearer of rock n roll, but none are. Obviously it came out of the southern blues, but every part of the USA and the UK and even Australia have added something to the history of Rock n Roll. The real question is will it ever come back as a mass movement, because things aren't looking too good post 2010.
For anyone who doesn't live in STL, K-SHE has been in suck mode since the early to mid eighties. We are fortunate to have KDHX, a community funded radio station that is closer to what the jive 95 used to be.
So true that the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame should be in Old St. Lou. Dolly Parton in the RRHOF? Are you kidding me? It's called rock and roll for a reason. No rap, no hip-hop, no country.
It was "A NEAT THING" to just experiance... thanks for your hard work and endeavors....Forgiviness with a Cheshire Grine...for when it was FUBB!!! as Wishbone Ash explained at a festival
What do you expect that's what we grew up on was KSHE. I don't think anyone's ignorant enough to know there wasn't other music back then. I mean please😢😅
Around STL they say Bob & Tom turned The Rock of St. Louis into GAYSHE 95. Whoever decided to go with those guys should be executed....or at least fired.
You mad bruh? StL doesn't "wannabe" or have to be anything than what it is, as this doc shows. Chuck Berry, Miles Davis for starters. You can get pretty much get anywhere in the StL area in 20 min. You can almost get anywhere in the Chicago area in about 4 hours on that freeway system. Plus, Cardinals>Cubs obviously. Suck it fruitcake.
Grew up in dog town listening to KSHE 95. concerts at the arena and marietta's pizza.
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Great insight on the STL concert scene.. the KSHE kite 🪁 flying contest was the best ! Free music and all the girls from all over town to get to know 😂
KSHE, Kiel Auditorium, The Ambassador Theatre, Spectrum Head Shop...Priceless
I remember all of those - first song I heard on KSHE was "Alice's Restaurant" ... a DJ on KXOK played it and got fired. I roamed streets of Gaslight Square as 10 yr old kid - 1967 - Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay" was prevalent song.
I live in Georgia now...Macon's music fame is just a distant memory.
Peaches records?
Spectrum in Old Orchard, with the pinball machines in the back, and the fresh air of Dooley Field out back for a little recreation. Ahh to be young in the 70's when things may have been illegal, but nobody was uptight while joints came at you from every direction at the old Kiel and Checker Dome, and a group of sixteen year olds could bring in a cooler full of beer at MRF.
The Basement headshop on Lemay Ferry
Headquarters,On the Corner of Kingshighway & Chippewa Across the Street from Famous & Barr That was my go to place
I'm just glad that I grew up in St Louis during this time. What great music you could find in several night clubs and concert halls throughout the St Louis Metro area on any given weekend. I wish we could reply the 60's & 70's one more time....
I grew up there in the 80's n while i am in NO WAY a metal head my favorite bar for live music was ol' "Metal's Edge" on S. Broadway almost to Lemay!! Great memories!!
That music scene was fantastic. What really kicked ass was that 16yr part time bus boy could afford to take a date to any and all concerts I wanted to go to. Never again and the young'ns don't really believe it.
Living - There is still mind blowing music RIGHT NOW !
If I only had a time machine!
@@tammieparrishmiller3669I really hear you on that😊
I grew up in Ferguson, the carriage house that Steve Scarfina practiced in was a vacant lot from my front door. I remember REO Speedwagon and latter Pavlovs Dog practicing there. No one in the neighborhood seemed to care. Mike McDonald lived a few blocks the other direction. KSHE at night would would play the entire back side of the album. Great music.
That is so cool... I live in Ferguson now for past 3 years. Would have loved to have heard these sounds from then. Where is / was this 'carriage house'?
StL all 60 years. I missed so much by only a few years but this rockumentary is thrilling with insight. Love it ❤
That's a shame Kim if you were just 5 years older😢
What was once "Progressive Rock" has become Classic rock. Damn, I'm getting old. :-)
I heard an "Alice in Chains" song on the Klassic Show!?!?! When your kids music is now "classic", it sure makes you think. I do like me some AC and all that 90's, but come on...I'm not really that old in my mind.
Agree it's changed 😢Sweetmeats Klassics nowadays aren't as much of a big deal as 15+ years ago 😮
Rich Dalton..."Radio Rich" when I lived in STL...He was an advisor at Broadcast Center where I took classes and was one of my instructors. Been doing the radio thang for 35 yrs now in Oklahoma mostly high school sports but there was an occasional Classic Rock show I hosted re-living some of my STL days from KSHE and KADI.
KSHE was the first place I ever heard Lakeshore Drive and Two Hangmen. probably around 1973. I'm in California now but still occasionally stream the Sweet Meat.
Long before this was KATZ SWEET 16 AM. That is the radio I grew up on.
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I grew up with KSHE in my backyard of Crestwood/St.LOuis. I could look out my bedroom window and see the transmitter high above the trees transmitting those classic sounds. KSHE was by the people... for the people...the music was... by the people for the people.
I was over in Webster. I remember laying in bed looking out my window at the flashing lights of that tower. Seemed super cool at the time to think about it while listening.
I remember “Sweet Meat” lol.
I love St. Louis.
Grew up in a little farm town about 85 miles west of St. Louis. I’ll never forget the level of culture shock I felt on the rare occasion that my family made it there. This video really highlights that for me.
St. Louis is an interesting, even unique, city, but it also stands apart culturally from the region in which it resides.
At 67 years old I've been here my whole life and started listening to KSHE in 1970 what a great time to be alive and a music lover. You went to KSHE to listen to rock music the kind that wasn't played on any other rock station. We had all kinds of names for we called it a or we called it underground we called it Progressive but whatever you couldn't hear it anywhere else. Add to attend something like the KSHE kite flying contest and see Rush opening up for Charlie Daniels for free was absolutely mind-blowing.😊
Man! hearing Radio Rich again brings back some good memories .
I found a picture of me at the KSHE kitefly at 29:59. Rush was playing, I was 17. We went behind the stage, went underneath and popped up right in front.
We used to go to the KSHE bike rides and hot air balloon events too. The '70's were a lot of fun.
There was a picture of me and my brother standing in front of the stage at that concert. The picture remained in the KSHE Studios for years and then when they moved it disappeared. We've been trying to find that picture for a long time but was told that was buried in some storage area somewhere😢😊
I saw Emerson Lake and Palmer at the arena Annex and I believe 1971😮
I was there, too! McKendree-Spring was the opening act. Good times!
@@Kmarty2000 I remember. First time I ever witnessed a drum solo like that. The next time I saw them was 1973 at the Kiel Auditorium. Boy brother were really dating ourselves LOL
I was born in 1967, same year as KSHE! I'm glad KSHE introduced me to music. Styx Grad Illusion was the first album I bought at Peaches.
Peaches🍑 on Hampton was it?!?
Peaches was on Hampton & Chippewa My husband & I still have all of our Albums inside our Peaches Crates
Excellent documentary.
Living in St. Louis I’m a lifelong fan of KSHE Radio.
thank you for posting this...............I enjoyed it, now and back then in St. Louis
Thanks! Great video! 60's WERE the best in St. Louis. I saw so many wonderful artists during the 60s'. Chuck Berry, Ike and Tina, James Brown, Otis Redding and on and on. Great memories.
Lived out in Dellwood from 1954 until April 1969. Moved away at the age of 14; but got to see the explosion of counter culture begin. Listening to KSHE late into the night. Tagging along with my big brother and his friends to the Castaways Club, and then to some concerts at the Kiel. Great memories, locked in my brain...so vivid as a result of our sudden departure. Thanks for the doc!
Sadly, Bob Heil passed away on Feb. 28, 2024. One by one, my music heroes are fading away.
I'm in my early 40's and grew up in southern IL and remember hearing his name sporadically, but am just now realizing how significant of an impact he had on the industry thanks to this video. RIP
I'm about to turn 50 yrs old, so, I literally grew up with K-SHE95! And for our generation, it was our community. In times of celebration, or sorrow, they always stuck with us. And I never realized just how important they were to the evolution of Rock n Roll.
I'm from Granite City, Illinois. (Just across the river) and a former "Listener of the Day." We are still such FANatics, that we include their logo (with their blessings) on our class reunion t-shirts!
The moral of the story: hands down the greatest station in the nation....... K-SHE 95. "Yeeeeooooow"!!!
Little girl "mom he's doing it again" had me laughing out loud. I so remember that.
My family lived in St. Louis in the 60s, moved out before this scene got started. Now I'm jealous for something that happened 50 years ago! My dad took us to Kiel Auditorium to see symphony concerts -- wish I could have seen some rock shows there!
Are you sure you didn't go to Powell Hall for the Symphony? Kiel Aud was used mostly for rock/pop concerts, sports and wrestling. Kiel Opera House was smaller and nicer, maybe they hosted the symphony there periodically?
this was awesome...brought so many memories back from my teens...i seen the allman joys on gaslight square....thru the window....kshe was the best still listen to it when i go home and bluetooth it when i am in NC....awesome clip awesome
Very thankful to have grown up in STL. 1965-1985
I just can't imagine seeing Rush at Forest Park. Wish I had a time machine...
I was there, but now have just a vague recollection 47 years later. I remember parking on the side of Hwy Forty.
@@larrystrick1862 My sister took me. I was 12. A big day. I vividly remember the scene, but I don't really remember the music. I do know we went for CDB and barely knew who Rush was at the time.
I missed it somehow darn it. Although I was not really a fan of early Rush, got into them circa 78-79.
Kiel Auditorium - saw Grateful Dead with "Wall of Sound" PA...they just released "Wake of the Flood"
Wow, I finally tracked this documentary down, I had been looking for it on DVD for years ever since someone at a local record store mentioned it to me.
I moved to the Lou in 1975 right in time for HS and immediately learned about KSHE which was played on our school bus. I was already into progressive rock by 1975, Yes, ELP, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Kansas, Steely Dan, Zeppelin, early Chicago etc. I was so thankful to find a radio station that played LONG instrumental heavy eclectic and progressive rock, deep cuts and complete albums.
I so wish I could have caught those early 70s years of KSHE when things were really developing from scratch. The freedom those DJs had to play whatever they wanted as long as it was cool. I discovered a lot of new music listening to KSHE; Genesis, Renaissance, Gypsy, and the more local oriented bands that KSHE put on the map. Quite surprised there was no mention of Gypsy in this documentary, as KSHE basically broke them in the midwest (Dead and Gone, Gypsy Queen etc), and StL became the band's stronghold for decades.
I remember those first Super Jams at Busch, which started when I was in HS; didn't go to any because I was not into the large stadium concert thing, plus they were in July-Aug in the heat of StL, so unfortunately I missed seeing Gypsy etc before they called it a day. But I did go to the Miss River Festival quite a few times, some of which I actually remember. Saw the English prog group Renaissance there under the tent in 1977, probably the closest I ever sat. Usually just bought the cheap hill seats for a few bucks with a big group of HS friends and drank a lot of brewskis. Truly a great place for national concerts, makes Riverport seem like a prison in comparison. You could literally bring anything onto the hill and party away. Such a different relaxed vibe. Wish I had taken even more advantage of it before they stopped in the early 80s (disco and punk killed off everything).
Also saw shows at the old Kiel and the Kiel Opera House (Genesis!) before that also closed for decades. And of course the old Barn, the Arena/Checkerdome, Mississippi Nights on the Landing. Went to drive in movies at 66 Drive In right next to KSHE and the tower. Peaches, Streetside, Vintage Vinyl, Disc Connection in Richmond Hts got a lot of my $$. Miss those days of record browsing and discovery. Blueberry Hill in the Loop my all time fav bar from the beginning, and still is.
You combine this great documentary with the recent KSHE one, as well as Hail Hail Rock and Roll about Chuck Berry and you have a virtual history of St Louis rock and roll. I treasure my memories of seeing Chuck play in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill 3-4 times. And I attended his funeral memorial service! Chuck laying in rest with his guitar---thats Rock and Roll.
It sucks that you couldn’t see Gypsy. I am fortunate enough to have seen Gypsy at The Wildey Theater in 2022 at the age of 15. They are an amazing jam band.
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I've seen Gypsy about 15 times dating back to 1999, including almost every show they played at the Wildey up to the pandemic.
@@kbrewski1 I don’t know why I thought you said “I didn’t see Gypsy”. That’s awesome you saw Gypsy about 15 times. My dad saw them at The Wildey Theater 4 times and met the guitarist after the show near the street.
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I was talking about the original Gypsy from the 70s. I didn't move to the StL area until 1975. Gypsy had already broken up. In 1977 they reunited for a one time Superjam concert at old Busch Stadium. I considered going but did not because it was in a stadium in over 100 degree July or August sun/heat. I regret not seeing Enrico Rosenbaum before he died. Gypsy "part 2" was resurrected by James Owl Walsh circa 1998. That's when I finally got to see them many times.
@@kbrewski1I've seen Gypsy dating back to the early seventies. As well as just about every other great band that was played on KSHE
Chuck Berry, the father of rock n roll, from STL. Makes the city practically the birthplace of rock.
Which StL doesn't get enough credit for. I am so thankful I saw Chuck play live about 3 times in the Blueberry Hill Duck Room and once at the Pageant. I also was one of the few dozen people (non family/friends) who got into Chuck's Memorial Funeral service at the Pageant.
It is the birthplace of rock.
This took me back..!
Great stuff! Great memories!! Worth watching the whole thing
I have seem kshe shtuff all around the world
Quality is international
66 Drive-in theater....saw Dr Hook & Medicine Show there. Band came on stage - announced their instruments had been mistakenly sent to NY - asked audience for guitars etc (they did too!) - what a show! Anybody remember this?
This is why The Ultimate Kshe Klassic should be, "Ole St. Lou" by Mama's Pride. 🎉
Remember it, hell, I was there! Aliota, Haynes, and Jeremiah, Dr. Hook, and Foghat, if my memory serves me correctly. Sometimes, it doesn't.😇
I lived in San Francisco from July 10 , 1966 till now . I left Columbia , Missouri on July 8 (my 21st birthday) with my wonderful soon to be wife , she'd just graduated from the University of Missouri , and arrived by Greyhound bus in SF on the 10th of July . So we were here for all the amazing music and scene . Of course the Dead were unbelievable and the Airplane , so much great music , rock and blues and jazz ! Yes , a special time , but the music from the last thirty years , including right now , is certainly as good as the music was back then . I mean , look them up : The Steepwater Band , Radio Moscow , Wo Fat , Rival Sons , Decemberists , Chuck Prophet , Alabama Shakes , Angel Olsen (out of St. Louis) , Old 97's , Pokey LaFarge (out of St. Louis) , Black Crowes , Ryan Adams , Black Keys , Ray LaMontagne , just to name a few . There is no lack of fantastic sounds !
Wow! This was great! Thank you so much for the upload!
Love that Mark Klose is now back on KSHE. He's on during the week, lunch hour, and I'm STILL learning interesting things about musicians in classic rock... from back when it was simply "rock"!
THANX FOR DOING THIS.
Ive been Listening to K-SHE 95 since 1971 and I still do.
Don't forget KADI 96 AM/FM and RJ Miller played all genre rock and roll music too!
KDNA "Radio Free St. Louis" too. I remember when the cops busted the studio and you could hear the whole thing live, while Hendrix and Star Spangled Banner played in the background, followed by hours of a record needle skipping at the end and then finally silence when someone came and shut down the transmitter. lol! Also honorable mentions to WIBV Underground (Ross Gentile RIP) over in Belleville, as well as KAAY-AM (The Mighty 1090) in Little Rock and Beaker Street. No internet or social media back then for counter-culture, so word of mouth and great stations like KSHE were mostly where we got our info and music from. And as Steve mentioned, the great club and music halls scene in St. Louis. KSHE Kite Flys. Laserium in Forest Park. The Keil Auditorium and Opera House. Checkerdome. The Fox. So many more great venues. Thanks KSHE! In our hearts and minds forever! #RealRockRadio
I remember hitchhiking up Hampton Avenue to see Rush open up for Charlie Daniels at the KSHE kite flying contest. Unfortunately no one picked me up I ended up walking from Hampton and Marquette all the way to Forest Park. At least the concert was free😊
Allman Joys played at the Club on Airport Road, North County.
Excellent documentary!
Anyone remember a local band called Kip Niven ?? Used to go listen to them at a bunch of different High School dances back in the mid to late 1970's. Man they were good !
When I was a kid, I used to prank call people out of the phone book (I've always had a deep voice) and tell them I was calling from Kshe 95 and if they could sing the Campbells soup song, they would win Head East~Flat as a Pancake album. I actually got people to do it and then promptly got cussed out. It was so wrong, but back then it was something we had fun with. Something I'll obviously never forget! Head East is still one of my favorite bands and of course so many others. I just had to pause to give a friend a ride to the hospital and we listened to City of Gold on the way. I actually know Pat Liston's (of Mamas Pride) wife. She's a beautiful woman and they have the smartest son. I swear he's an old soul in a young body! I enjoyed this Rockumentary very much! Thanks for posting!
Thanks you for sharing!
Me and my buddies used to do the same thing😅
@@edljnehan2811 That's fantastic! Those were the days! Before caller ID and answering machines. AND, Rotary phones! Haha! Gotta love it!
@@tammieparrishmiller3669 sure were.. one of the things me and my buddies did would be to look up a rockstar name in The White Pages like for instance there was a Jeff Beck no relation to the guitarist... but we would say we're from KSHE 95 and would like to interview him in regards to his days with The Yardbirds Beck bogert and a p p i c e are the Jeff Beck Group. We would tell him we were going to send the KSHE van to pick him up. And there were some others it was really funny. Man I had a great time back then especially in the early 1970s. I remember hitchhiking up Hampton Avenue I lived at Hampton and Marquette, and didn't get a ride so I ended up walking all the way to Forest Park for the KSHE kite flying contest with rush and Charlie Daniels. I was exhausted but when I got there I got high and drunk and didn't feel a thing hahaha play what I wouldn't give Tammy to have those days back. Peace darling
@@tammieparrishmiller3669 yeah we had some great times Tammy. I remember hitchhiking to get to the rush and Charlie Daniels concert at the KSHE kite flying contest. I didn't get a ride so I ended up walking all the way from Hampton and Marquette to Forest Park. I was exhausted but when I got there I partied like a banshee hahaha never felt so damn good in my life. Even though I can't remember 80% of the show hahaha mine and my brother's picture from that concert was displayed on the wall in the old KSHE radio Studio for years until they moved. They packed it away somewhere and I was never able to locate it. I offered to buy it if they could find it but they never did. I sure miss those days dear
This is a great documentary !!!
In my basement bedroom, I had a cork wall with a colleague, KSHE everywhere, stickers, magazine clippings, over 150. We
The Guess Who. broadcast live on K-SHE May 1974.
Radio Rick Dalton on KSHE=95 The rock of St Louis
Born and raised in North County near the Chain of Rocks overlooking the river, and lived there from 70 to 98. Went to SLU, had a family farm in Troy where we all went every weekend. Caught the very end of the greatness of St. Louis. What an amazing Midwest, middle-class, up bringing. I wouldn't change one second. I wouldn't spend one second in the city now. Moved to Orlando in 98, best thing I've ever done.
Great memories here.
Hi Kim - So glad you checked out the doc. ❤️ ☮️ xo Madeline
so many memories!!!! :)
Very cool!
i wish this was on DVD to purchase!
Clif Hardesty contact Joyce at HEC-TV at joyce@hectv.org...thanks!
DVR is your friend.
I see Pat Liston every once in a while. Cool dude.
KSHE since day one..✌
WOW! I'm so glad I stumbled upon this. What memories. Kite Flys, BD Party, and especially MRF. I can't remember how many bands I saw out there, how free it was, and just a great vibe back then. KSHE has been the sound track to my life. The Klassic show almost brings tears to my eyes from all the memories those songs invoke.
Things do change, not always for the better, but I can't imagine my life without KSHE music playing to every major formative event in my life.
KSHE kite fly in Forest Park...anybody remember?
My nutty brother flew a parachute...ha ha ha...he was so crazy! He died too young....cancer.
I saw the who in 83 at the Kiel auditorium
I saw Pavlov's dog open up for Steppenwolf at The Ambassador in the mid-1970s😊
In the mid-1970s I remember seeing Queen Kansas mahogany rush and Uriah Heep and I think the price was either 495 or 595. Amazing time
Incredible
The Disc Connection in Richmond Heights and then Maplewood (owned by Sherri) had a KSHE Classics wall with the titles of a lot of the bands that were popular played KSHE tunes. Gypsy's first 2 albums (Dead and Gone, Gypsy Queen especially), Mama's Pride Blue Mist, Angel's The Tower from their first album with that bullet synth intro. Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain. I'm Your Captain by Grand Funk. Lady Fantasy by Camel, Lady of the Lake by Starcastle, Heartsfield, Micheal Stanley Band (Rosewood Bitters), early REO, Head East Flat as a Pancake album, Pure Prairie League (Amie) Poco (Rose of Cimarron), Kansas (Icarus etc), Two Hangmen by Mason Proffit Band, Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta, Haynes, Jeremiah, Shooting Star (Last Chance), In My Life and One Night by Barclay James Harvest, Renaissance (Mother Russia) are some off the top of my head. Great store, discovered a lot of new to me music there in the mid to late 70s, especially Prog rock.
I remember it Sherry was a lot of fun we used to have debates all the time about different things regarding the music😅
My next door neighbor named his huge dog KSHE. lol
What ever happened to Don O'Day after his work at KSHE? I worked with him before he came to STL.
DIDNT KNOW THIS
When was this documentary made? Sounds like St Louis was paradise for a while.
Every area wants to think its the torch bearer of rock n roll, but none are. Obviously it came out of the southern blues, but every part of the USA and the UK and even Australia have added something to the history of Rock n Roll. The real question is will it ever come back as a mass movement, because things aren't looking too good post 2010.
For anyone who doesn't live in STL, K-SHE has been in suck mode since the early to mid eighties. We are fortunate to have KDHX, a community funded radio station that is closer to what the jive 95 used to be.
This comment didn't age well
@@sbevel1 You nailed that. KDHX has taken a turn for the worst in the past year.
St. Louis was also the second Hollywood from the 30s to 1958
Colosseum in Bnald right in between Peoria and STL was a wrecking house.
So true that the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame should be in Old St. Lou. Dolly Parton in the RRHOF? Are you kidding me? It's called rock and roll for a reason. No rap, no hip-hop, no country.
Is there a sister station to Casey 95 St. Louis in Florida
In '72 you could buy a ton of weed for $25. WHEW!
when was this documentary made?
It was "A NEAT THING" to just experiance... thanks for your hard work and endeavors....Forgiviness with a Cheshire Grine...for when it was FUBB!!! as Wishbone Ash explained at a festival
Real Rock Radio...whoo, whah, Errrr? bit Oh Blodwin for you all.
JDBLACKFOOT song of Crazy Horse
LED ZEPPELIN ruled the 70's Daily Dose
Anyone remember KSLQ?
We joked that it meant Keep St. Louis Queer, but OMG K.C. and the Sunshine Band, The Ohio players.
@@DonBradley-gr6gw yes!! They had the Doctor Demento show on late at night, it was the first time I heard Frank Zappa. I was completely blown away 🤯
Unfortunately yes😅
Don't forget k a d i kwk and they actually a good one right across the river called w m r y which I believe was started by Ted habeck in the 1980s😮
st.louis was a great city back then when rap came out it went to hell i left in mid 90s
i from north st louis too hyde park neighborhood
Funny how Rap music is part of mainstream music now and used in TV commercials & block buster movie soundtracks.
ever say "booger" on the air?
Ok, good documentary, but how can you devote a significant amout of it to KSHE, and NOT mention U-Man?
Actually more of a Video about KSHE.
St Louis does have a lot music besides Rock .
60-70s
What do you expect that's what we grew up on was KSHE. I don't think anyone's ignorant enough to know there wasn't other music back then. I mean please😢😅
Why do a lot of bands skip St. Louis to play K.C. and Chicago? Crime, shitty venues, and greedy promoters. But we still have the best fans!
That didn't happen in the 70's
@@keitha.563I was just ready to say that thanks
I swear the stupid phone listens
TO:KSHE 95 REAL ROCK RADIO WITH THE REAL ROCK ARMY
THAT WARREN MICHAEL ZIMMERLY IS THE ONE MAN SPECIAL FORCES OF KSHE 96
Around STL they say Bob & Tom turned The Rock of St. Louis into GAYSHE 95. Whoever decided to go with those guys should be executed....or at least fired.
There was a couple of black people who formed rock and roll and all others flocked to copy. In my little Richard voice SHUT UP!
Nice wig.
Something in the way you mean lol
What about Elvis???!
lol you
If it ain't rock. Its crap !!
St. Louis is a Chicago wannabe. The river should’ve really bordered the west side of the city.
You mad bruh? StL doesn't "wannabe" or have to be anything than what it is, as this doc shows. Chuck Berry, Miles Davis for starters. You can get pretty much get anywhere in the StL area in 20 min. You can almost get anywhere in the Chicago area in about 4 hours on that freeway system. Plus, Cardinals>Cubs obviously. Suck it fruitcake.
SHITcago
It's interesting that St Louis has more music venues than Chicago 🤔
@@SinbadtheFlailer lol no, it does not.
Grew up in dog town listening to KSHE 95. concerts at the arena and marietta's pizza.
Great insight on the STL concert scene.. the KSHE kite 🪁 flying contest was the best ! Free music and all the girls from all over town to get to know 😂