By Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor After several years of haunting the clubs of the world and issuing a variety of albums, in September of 1983, Tom Waits found his true voice with the release of his eighth album, 'Swordfishtrombones.' He began his professional musical journey in as the '60s wove into the '70s. […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor Television - a device that allows a variety of entertainment into one's living room day after day after night after night. What a concept! From the earliest days of family entertainment up through cable and the countless streaming services and 'plus' programming, there is a lot to pick […]
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By Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor When the Beatles burst into American living rooms on Feb. 9, 1964 via the Ed Sullivan Show, they altered the direction of the universe. That's no exaggeration! There was the world before the Beatles, and the world after. What we have now is the world after the world […]
Read MoreBy Brad Savage - Summit FM Program Director On The Summit FM, you hear "Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" each Friday at 5:00 pm! It has become a major "labour of love" for me to find and select the songs, as well as host this show. In fact, in many ways this […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor I've been listening to music probably every day since 1967. From transistor AM radio all the way to streaming audio, it's been a long strange trip of sounds to say the least. Countless 45's, albums and cds obtained over the decades, a laundry list of concerts attended, promoted […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor "Yes, I'm going to be a pop star. Oh mama, mama see me, mama, mama see me I'm a pop star" - Cat Stevens 1970 Pop stardom, that fickle mistress of temptation for youngsters, and record companies, never subsides. It may mutate over time, take slightly different shapes and […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor As we wander and stumble through 2023, one can't help but think back to 'simpler' times now and again. Those of, or over, a certain age will remember times free of irony, a plague of the 21st century. Things could stand or fall as they were, no hidden […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor One of the most unlikely success stories in all of the rock and roll fables is that of Dire Straits. Formed in 1977 by brothers Mark and David Knopfler along with drummer Pick Withers and bassist John Illsley, Dire Straits slipped out of the British music scene during […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor People are always full of bright ideas, aren't they? Especially those in the business of distracting the general public from reality. From ‘Cop Rock’ to ‘New Coke,’ the roads are littered with questionable decisions. One large blunder took place on July 28, 1978 with the release of the […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor Though their roots stretch back into the late 1950s, Simon & Garfunkel were a product of the times. Those times were the music revolution that happened in the 1960s. Initially inspired by the Everly Brothers, the non-brotherly duo had that special vocal connection to produce sympathetic and wonderful […]
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