A Place For Your Stories.
Write a Story.
So you’ve got all these rock n roll radio stories in your head. They’re “from the day.” They’re good stories. They tell of a time and place that no longer exists. They tell of a person you once were. They feel good to remember. No, the kids aren’t yet interested. But maybe someday they will be. Maybe someday somebody will be. So you’ve got to get them down. They must be captured, recorded…saved! They’re good stories and they SHOULD NOT be lost!
This is the place to put them. To write them. To speak them. To share them. To store them. As they come to mind, in whatever manner is best for you to get them down, put them here. You are welcome.
Hi,
I worked at QFM in the early 90s and got fired like everyone else. My name is Dobie Maxwell and I did mornings with Mike Baxendale. ‘Bax and Dobie’ was our name, how clever. I am and always have been a standup comic and the only reason I wanted to get on the radio was to have people know me so they’d come out to see me as a comedian. Unfortunately I kept getting fired and never did make that a reality. I did have fun at QFM and there were a lot of great people there. I still talk to quite a few of them, like Mark Krueger and David Lee and Sandy Maxx and John Perry. All those people have done quite well and I am proud to call them friends. I hear Bax is out on the east coast in his hometown of Springfield, MA and is doing well also and I am very happy for him and I wish him well.
I have a daily diary of what it’s like to be a comedian and it’s on several websites but the main one is http://www.chicagostylestandups.com. Radio or comedy or whatever kind of entertainment business has great stories and I have had more than my share in all my years in both fields.
This is a great site and I thank Scott The Kid for doing it. I get around quite a bit and if I am ever on a show near you and you want to come out please let me know and I’ll leave tickets for you. Also, if you’d like a comedy CD send me an email and I will send you one as a special bonus for finding me on this website. I appreciate it. I still have my Q Card.
I guess there are not a lot of posts on this site. To bad, those were great days, and Milwaukee was really underrated as a place to be. Since leaving Milwaukee’s East Side I have lived in the big apple, Wash. D.C and California. Milwaukee was the best in so many ways. The music and art and street scene was amazing.
A couple of stories stick in my mind.
In the early 70’s I was one of many great volunteers at the Underground Switchboard while working as an organizer on the East Side. What times those were. At the same time that the city of Berkeley, CA was having public demonstrations to open “Peoples park” a few of us in Milwaukee worked to get a section of Lake Park set aside for concerts. I remember the Chief of Police saying that no park land should be used for a specific group, like youth for concerts. We countered that the parks have specific groups using golf courses, and senior centers. He felt that all of the crazy concert goers would be using drugs and getting in to much trouble. (maybe he was right about a lot of that, but we prevailed.) I remember many great concerts and days in the park.
I also recall a time at the Switchboard when Country Joe McDonald was in town with his all girl band, called the Underground Switchboard late at night saying that his drummer needed a massage and wondering if we knew anyone who could do a good job. Of course the Switchboard was able to help out. In return, he recorded a commercial for us.
for many years Country Joe had this available on his web site, I just checked and i guess it has been removed. To bad. Do you all remember that commercial? If your lady has left you or you are bummed out on LSD, just call 371-3123 The underground Switchboard will make it fine.
I would put in a link to the Country Joe Juke Box, but hey they don’t show the song any more. So sad…
Neat. Thanks!