Elk Bugles

Sunday, September 23, 2018

UPDATE: Ace Ball Found Audio (before Pueblo)

Hey all! Back in 2010 I had a blog post about country singer Ace Balch (who later became Ace Ball), the Pueblo disc jockey, who made quite a name for himself as a West Texas country singer and radio host, before moving to Colorado.

So I'm going through some items, purchased last year, and discovered several reel-to-reel tapes and items from Ace Ball's estate. I hadn't had a chance to dub these off, until now. WOW, what a great cache of pre-Pueblo Ace audio!

There are some fantastic West Texas radio station IDs and PSAs from country singers Wanda Jackson, Freddie Hart, Pete Drake, and Jim Kandy, but the one that stands out is this KHEM-Big Spring air check (year unknown), with Ace performing a song, PLUS a fantastic mention of Country Music Month, from Charlie Louvin!

GIVE IT A LISTEN

Ace was a disc jockey at KDAV in Lubbock and KERB, in Kermit, before moving on to KHEM, in Big Spring, in the late 1950s. He was a fixture on West Texas radio, until 1968, when he moved to Colorado (most of this info is in the previous story).

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Elk Bugles Radio Show - Episode Eight

Every Thursday from 4:00 -5:00 pm (MT) Elk Bugles is the Colorado music show featuring the little-known vinyl of the state. Tune in every week to hear unknown and unheard Colorado vinyl records, from the 1930s to the 1980s – the records missing from the state’s music history books.

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On today's show, it's all about the Colorado jazz.

Barry Wedgle

Kake

Les James Trio

Green Chili

Big Butter and Egg Man

El Jebel Shrine Syncopators

Billie’s Bounce

Colorado Jazz Party

Out of Nowhere

Walt Smith Trio

Cherry

Jazz in the Mountains

Runnin’ Wild

Jazz in the Troc 67

PICTURE COMING

In a Mist

Lady Be Good

Jazz in the Troc 69

In Flight

University of Colorado Jazz Ensemble

Atlantis

University of Northern Colorado

Jazz Lab Band I

No Credit
Joey Buffalo and Sonics

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Elk Bugles Radio Show - Episode Seven

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Today's show got you in the mood for Halloween, with songs related to things

that go bump in the night!

Séance

FAB Company

Voices in the Night

The Crew

Spellbound

Jimmy Key

Ghost Riders in the Sky

The Lang Brothers

Go Down You Murderers

Walt Conley

Bride Dressed in Black

Tyrone Kelly

Poison Red Berries

Eddie Eldon

The Bo’L Weevils

The Magic

Magic Eyes

Chance

Black Night Has Fallen

Strange Cargo

Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail

Flying W Wranglers

Cabello Diablo

Common People

Zombie Jig

Neil Feather, John Sheehan and Patrick Bowers

Scream

Flamingo Plus

Search for Bridey Murphy

10:26

No Credit

Joey Buffalo and Sonics

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Elk Bugles Radio Show - Episode Six

NOTE: episode six was a previously aired episode - pictures of records HERE

Every Thursday from 4:00 -5:00 pm (MT) Elk Bugles is the Colorado music show featuring the little-known vinyl of the state. Tune in every week to hear unknown and unheard Colorado vinyl records, from the 1930s to the 1980s – the records missing from the state’s music history books.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Colorado Springs Music Posters

Hey all!
Remember that massive collection of Pueblo and Colorado Springs music posters I added to my collection, earlier this year?

So.... I was hunting for vinyl (what else is new?), at one of my local antique malls, when I spotted a cache of Colorado Springs radio and music posters. Had to share.

(CLICK ON EACH TO ENLARGE)

First Annual Red Noize Night of Noize

May 12, 1986

Pelican Club

The Night of Noize, created by KILO94 jock, Red Noize, benefited the local American Cancer Society chapter, and included local groups Lightkraft, comedian Jeff Valdez. The Auto No, Joey the Clown, and Red's own band. Red Noize and the Band of Doom (band posters, below).

Red Noize and the Band of Doom

October 31 / November 1-2 1985

Art by Paul Idelman

Red Noize and the Band of Doom

July 26-27 (no year)

Pelican Club

Red Noize and the Band of Doom

October 1-12 (no year)

Another Night of Noize

December 17, 1995

The Gardens

Sadly, Red Noize died in 1995, after a lengthy battle with skin cancer. He was only 40 years-old. He left Colorado Springs, in 1989, for a brief stop at WLAV in Grand Rapids, MI, before moving on, in 1991, to Z93 in Atlanta. In celebration of his life, and contribution to Colorado Springs radio, KILO94 held a benefit, in his honor, for the American Cancer Society. The bands included Blues Alert, Stone Buddha, Mike Nelson & The Motel Kings, River Road, Road West, Gyzunglacus, Lauri Davis & Haz Benz, Bijou Street Band, Wes, Tiny Barge, and Auto No.