Jerry Jeff Walker / Live From Gilley's LG 85-09

Jerry Jeff Walker
Live From Gilley's LG 85-09

01.  Live From Gilleys LG 85-09 Intro - Jim Duncan
02.  Gettin' By (incorrectly named on cue sheet)
03.  Dealin' With The Devil (incorrectly named on cue sheet)
04.  Jaded Lover (incorrectly named on cue sheet)
05.  Commercial - Dodge Trucks
06.  Commercial - Spam Luncheon Meat
07.  Live From Gilleys LG 85-09 Break - Jim Duncan
08.  Railroad Lady
09.  Public Domain
10.  Got Lucky Last Night
11.  Commercial - Dodge Trucks
12.  Live From Gilleys LG 85-09 Break - Jim Duncan
13.  London Homesick Blues (incorrectly named on cue sheet)
14.  1959
15.  Commercial - Dodge Trucks
16.  Commercial - Spam
17.  Live From Gilleys LG 85-09 Break - Jim Duncan
18.  Mr. Bojangles
19.  Charlie Dunn
20.  Commercial - Dentyne
21.  Commercial - Rolaids
22.  Live From Gilleys LG 85-09 Break - Jim Duncan
23.  Takin' It As It Comes Rock 'n' Roll Medley (Sea Cruise, Peggy Sue)
24.  Live From Gilleys LG 85-09 Outro - Jim Duncan

"Top 40" in your town wasn't the same as in my town.  There was the NATIONAL USA Top 40,
but that's not what we heard...we heard what was on the local
radio, and that may have been very different.

For example... consider Jerry Jeff Walker. He never had a Top 40 hit.  But he was a hit in certain markets.

I direct your attention to the wonderful ARSA website at http://las-solanas.com/arsa/

This great site compiles LOCAL charts of hundreds of radio stations.  Do you remember those
little radio surveys distributed by every radio station at your record store back in the 60's and 70's?
Well, this site compiles them into a database.

To see all the data, you have to register, but go ahead and do it...they don't send you a bunch
of SPAM if you sign up.

Now, the data isn't perfect, they only track what's been uploaded, so there are gaps, and those surveys fell out of style so the data is better for the 60's and 70's and isn't much use after that.

For a guy like Jerry Jeff Walker...with NO Top 40 Billboard Hits...search under the ARTIST category, and you find 168 radio surveys for "Mr. Bojangles," and 30 surveys for "L.A. Freeway."  You can sort
by chart position:  "Mr. Bojangles" was Top Ten in San Francisco, "L.A. Freeway" was NUMBER ONE in Sacramento, CA on two stations (KNDE and KROY) and was Top 10 in San Francisco and Dallas/Fort Worth.

Where I grew up (Northern California), Jerry Jeff actually had hits.  The ARSA site has also been very useful to me in tracking down songs that were regional hits, and has helped me learn a lot more about 1960s R&B.

Anyway... here's a Live From Gilleys syndicated radio show of Jerry Jeff Walker & the Lost Gonzo band playing at Gilley's ("the worlds largest night club") back in 1985.  The vinyl was a bit rough, but I cleaned it up as best I could.  I've included a scan of the very inaccurate cue sheet, and the scarred and defaced record label.  Why write on the label AND attach a sticker?  Pick one or the other, not both.

Flac files of wavs.  This version digitized December 2017.

https://mega.nz/#!6UBzGDxL!QQzi3XbcHmpwZbjPQ6WmQPPOM0REddGyVkYBmxSBif4