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Dec 23, 2022Liked by Gary Mackender

In my teens I listened to KAAY nearly every night from rural MO. We lived about 75 miles north of St. Louis. KAAY was a music lifeline for me.

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Dec 23, 2022Liked by Gary Mackender

Love Brave Combo, thanks for posting that! I saw them for the first time in San Antonio with my cousins. What stands out in my memory is their medley of Purple Haze and Take Five, segueing into a klezmer number where they went acoustic and led the audience in a parade out the doors and across the grounds, including up and over every picnic table. What a blast.

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In Kansas City, at the Grand Emporium, they would lead the crowd through the strip club across the street. Good times.

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by Gary Mackender

Ha Ha - I wish they would come to Tucson!

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They tried it once, in the 90s, and me and less than a dozen others saw them at Club Congress. It's not a Brave Combo kinda town, methinks.

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KAAY: The ritual playing of “The True Story of the Sinking of the Titanic”!

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