Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[papaOU]

Did he have anything to with the BBQ place in Nichols Hills? I know it was
owned by a Beasly. I'm thinking he was the "black sheep" like me.

I remember a country station called KEBC, keep every body country.

I couldn't stand that station.

I liked to wake up to KKNG because the music and commercials (barf)
weren't obnoxious.

Can you belive it? A commercial that isn't obnoxious!

Don't know about BBQ but the radio station KLPR I know was on air during the 60's and into the 70's

Wish I could remember the call letters of the "underground" fm station in okc during the mid to late 60's.

Played some good cuts and at times sides of lps.

Remember this one?


Rise And Shine
("Oh..uh..me flakes... scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, toast, coffee marmelade..I like marmelade... pourridge..any cereal, I like all cereals...oh god...")
Sunny Side Up
("Breakfast in Los Angeles, macrobiotic stuff...")
Morning Glory

Driving to the gig. All that electrical suff I cant be bothered with that its so fiddley. Oh god.....

[Prunepicker]

Wish I could remember the call letters of the "underground" fm station in okc
during the mid to late 60's.

That was KOCY-FM. Sam Stone was the main DJ. They didn't play LP's.
Everything was on 8 track and was operated by this huge tape player called
the 'Monster'. You may remember that. I don't know what Sam Stone's real
name was but I used to hang out at the station. He was tall and red headed.

Sam would say a few things here and there, but the majority was on tape.

[grantgeneral78]

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If you are talking about Bob and Cole, they are relatives of mine. Or rather, they WERE relatives of mine......some claim to fame huh?????Jesse and Frank left them to fend themselves...oh well...Redskins/General probably has some interesting related secrets in his past.....and probably the future and the present....

Frank and jesse relation here!

[Bulldog]

Did he have anything to with the BBQ place in Nichols Hills? I know it was
owned by a Beasly. I'm thinking he was the "black sheep" like me.

I remember a country station called KEBC, keep every body country.

I couldn't stand that station.

I liked to wake up to KKNG because the music and commercials (barf)
weren't obnoxious.

Can you belive it? A commercial that isn't obnoxious!

The DJ that put KEBC on the National Level was our own (US Grant) Lynn Waggoner who has help build KKNG into what it is now.

GOOD Music.

[papaOU]

The DJ that put KEBC on the National Level was our own (US Grant) Lynn Waggoner who has help build KKNG into what it is now.

GOOD Music.

Toopid............

Bulldogs don't wear earmuffs........

My favorite country tune:
(I edited a few lines so as not to offend)

So get up here on my knee and I sing it fer ya'

LONESOME COWBOY BURT



My name is burtram, I am a redneck.
All my friends, they call me burt.

Hi, burt!

All my family from down in texas
Make their livin’ diggin’ dirt.

Come out here to californy
Just to find me some pretty girls.
Ones I seen gets me so
Ruby lips,
N’teeth like pearls.

Wanna love ’em all.
Wanna love ’em dearly.
Wann pretty girl,
I’ll even pay ...

I’ll buy ’em furs. I’ll buy ’em jewelry ...
I know they like me. here’s what I’ll say.

I’m lonesome cowboy burt.
( speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt.
( reekin’ atcha!)
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance.
On this here waitress ...

He’s lonesome cowboy burt.
Don’tcha get his feelings hurt.

Come on in this place
An’ I’ll buy you a taste.
You can
Where’s my waitress?

Burtram, burtram redneck.
Burtram, burtram redneck.

I’m an awful nice guy.
Sweat all day in the sun.
I’m a roofer by trade,
Quite a bundle I’ve made
I’m unionized roofin’ old
Son-of-a-gun.

He’s a unionized roofin’ old
Son-of-a-gun.

When I get off, I get plastered.
I drink till I fall on the floor.
Find me some communist bastard
N’ stomp on his face till he don’t
Move no more.

He stomps on his face till he don’t
Move no more.

I fuss an’ I cuss and I keep on drinkin’
Till my eyes puff up an’ turn red.
I drool on m’shirt.
I see if he’s hurt.
Then I kick him again in the head, let’s

Kick him again in the head! boys!
Kick him again in the head! now!
Kick him again in the head!

I’m lonesome cowboy burt.
( speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt.
( reekin’ atcha!)
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance.
On this here waitress ...

He’s lonesome cowboy burt.
Don’tcha get his feelings hurt.

Come on in this place
An’ I’ll buy you a taste.

Where’s my waitress?

[papaOU]

That was KOCY-FM. Sam Stone was the main DJ. They didn't play LP's.
Everything was on 8 track and was operated by this huge tape player called
the 'Monster'. You may remember that. I don't know what Sam Stone's real
name was but I used to hang out at the station. He was tall and red headed.

Sam would say a few things here and there, but the majority was on tape.

That's the one...

Didn't know about the tapes.......

Good station.......

Didn't they play jazz for a time?

[Bulldog]

Toopid............

Bulldogs don't wear earmuffs........

My favorite country tune:
(I edited a few lines so as not to offend)

So get up here on my knee and I sing it fer ya'

LONESOME COWBOY BURT



My name is burtram, I am a redneck.
All my friends, they call me burt.

Hi, burt!

All my family from down in texas
Make their livin’ diggin’ dirt.

Come out here to californy
Just to find me some pretty girls.
Ones I seen gets me so
Ruby lips,
N’teeth like pearls.

Wanna love ’em all.
Wanna love ’em dearly.
Wann pretty girl,
I’ll even pay ...

I’ll buy ’em furs. I’ll buy ’em jewelry ...
I know they like me. here’s what I’ll say.

I’m lonesome cowboy burt.
( speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt.
( reekin’ atcha!)
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance.
On this here waitress ...

He’s lonesome cowboy burt.
Don’tcha get his feelings hurt.

Come on in this place
An’ I’ll buy you a taste.
You can
Where’s my waitress?

Burtram, burtram redneck.
Burtram, burtram redneck.

I’m an awful nice guy.
Sweat all day in the sun.
I’m a roofer by trade,
Quite a bundle I’ve made
I’m unionized roofin’ old
Son-of-a-gun.

He’s a unionized roofin’ old
Son-of-a-gun.

When I get off, I get plastered.
I drink till I fall on the floor.
Find me some communist bastard
N’ stomp on his face till he don’t
Move no more.

He stomps on his face till he don’t
Move no more.

I fuss an’ I cuss and I keep on drinkin’
Till my eyes puff up an’ turn red.
I drool on m’shirt.
I see if he’s hurt.
Then I kick him again in the head, let’s

Kick him again in the head! boys!
Kick him again in the head! now!
Kick him again in the head!

I’m lonesome cowboy burt.
( speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt.
( reekin’ atcha!)
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance.
On this here waitress ...

He’s lonesome cowboy burt.
Don’tcha get his feelings hurt.

Come on in this place
An’ I’ll buy you a taste.

Where’s my waitress?

My God man, where are you from and what era of time......

[papaOU]

My God man, where are you from and what era of time......

What day is it????????????

[Prunepicker]

My favorite country tune is "My Horse is Daid an' now I'm doomed fer ever".
Of course I wrote it. I 'jes cain't fine no ones to play it so I can be rich.

[Prunepicker]

ooops... dis ain't the music thread...

Don't scold me Mom... I's been reel good.

[papaOU]

My favorite country tune is "My Horse is Daid an' now I'm doomed fer ever".
Of course I wrote it. I 'jes cain't fine no ones to play it so I can be rich.

If the idea took hold or you wrote any of the lyrics while south of Reno then the little diddy counts as a Southside Memory..............

[Generals64]

Frank and jesse relation here!

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I hope you don't leave me bleeding and wounded along side of the road.....Went to Missouri and to the James farms...Saw pictures of the Youngers and they do look like my Grandmother's side of the family......

[papaOU]

My God man, where are you from and what era of time......

At this very moment on stage
We have drummer a playing in 7/8,
Drummer b playing in 3/4,
The bass playing in 3/4,
The organ playing in 5/8,
The tambourine playing in 3/4,
And the alto-sax blowing his notes.

Hands up!

Thank you!

[SE-76]

No. He had his own station, KLPR. The transmitter was around Cross Roads and I think it might still be used. I want to say KATT or KRXO.......
Just a guess as to who or if it is being used today.............

klpr-am \ kjak-fm begat katt

papaou buy your lunch, next meeting if you can tell me first song
katt played whrn they went on air

[papaOU]

klpr-am \ kjak-fm begat katt

papaou buy your lunch, next meeting if you can tell me first song
katt played whrn they went on air

Never listened to the KATT. Too commercial. Same with KRXO.

Outgrew commercial radio in Jr. High. bye-bye KOMA........bye-bye WKY

What a long strange trip it's been.........................

[papaOU]

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I hope you don't leave me bleeding and wounded along side of the road.....Went to Missouri and to the James farms...Saw pictures of the Youngers and they do look like my Grandmother's side of the family......

Do they only look like her "side" and not frontal? Which side? Left or right? Bet she had a thicker mustache!!

disclaimer: all jokes are in fun. I think.

[papaOU]

klpr-am \ kjak-fm begat katt

papaou buy your lunch, next meeting if you can tell me first song
katt played whrn they went on air

Timothy Leary's "You Can Be Anyone This Time Around."

At least that's what I remember.

All joking aside. Did there not have to be a petiton drive to get the KATT a license? A petition stating it would not turn into a "commercial music outlet"?
That might have been KRXO.

They both suck!!

[Redskins/General]

Do they only look like her "side" and not frontal? Which side? Left or right? Bet she had a thicker mustache!!

disclaimer: all jokes are in fun. I think.

Are you in fun? If you can't have fun, eat some chicken!! P.S. Did you ever figure that riddle out?

[papaOU]

My God man, where are you from and what era of time......

Gimme' your age. I am 54.

[papaOU]

klpr-am \ kjak-fm begat katt

papaou buy your lunch, next meeting if you can tell me first song
katt played whrn they went on air

My true feeling is "Welcome to My Nightmare"! Least that's the way I see it.

BUT!!

It was probably "Catch Scratch Fever" , which is a nightmare within itself

[SoonerGirl26]

He had two brothers who were drafted. Denny and Danny. One never made it out of the minors and the other, going after a foul ball ran into the backstop so hard he suffered kidney damage.

Their Dad passed away last fall or winter.

Darrell had a great carrer with the K.C. Royals but then got mixed-up and hooked on drugs. He committed suicide.

OKAY....I gotta set some of this straight. I grew up next door to the Porter's. Jimmy graduated with me. Darrell was 2 years younger and he had 2 younger brothers, Eddy and Denny, and an older sister, Pat. Darrell signed with the Brewers out of high school in 1970, then later went to KC, St. Louis, and Texas. He was the MVP of the 1982 World Series. He did not commit suicide. He died on Aug. 5, 2002, when his heart stopped due to "excited delirium". I don't remember any of the other three Porter boys being drafted in the minors. Eddy went on to play football at East Central and Denny played baseball for Central State.

Their mother, Mae Porter, died at the end of October last year, and father, Ray, died less than 2 months later right before Christmas. I attended both funerals.


~~~

[andy157]

OKAY....I gotta set some of this straight. I grew up next door to the Porter's. Jimmy graduated with me. Darrell was 2 years younger and he had 2 younger brothers, Eddy and Denny, and an older sister, Pat. Darrell signed with the Brewers out of high school in 1970, then later went to KC, St. Louis, and Texas. He was the MVP of the 1982 World Series. He did not commit suicide. He died on Aug. 5, 2002, when his heart stopped due to "excited delirium". I don't remember any of the other three Porter boys being drafted in the minors. Eddy went on to play football at East Central and Denny played baseball for Central State.

Their mother, Mae Porter, died at the end of October last year, and father, Ray, died less than 2 months later right before Christmas.


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We came from different neighborhoods but I grew up with Eddy,You cleared things up quite well. Glad you did, thanks. Mae cooked our lunch at S.E.

[SoonerGirl26]

We came from different neighborhoods but I grew up with Eddy,You cleared things up quite well. Glad you did, thanks. Mae cooked our lunch at S.E.

Yes, Mae Porter worked in the SE school cafeteria for many years. She knew how to make those famous cinnamon rolls. In fact, I had her make some for one of our class reunions. She was a gracious lady and loved her kids. I have some fond memories of her when I was growing up.

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[andy157]

Yes, Mae Porter worked in the SE school cafeteria for many years. She knew how to make those famous cinnamon rolls. In fact, I had her make some for one of our class reunions. She was a gracious lady and loved her kids. I have some fond memories of her when I was growing up.

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I agree she was a very sweet lady. So where her rolls.

[papaOU]

OKAY....I gotta set some of this straight. I grew up next door to the Porter's. Jimmy graduated with me. Darrell was 2 years younger and he had 2 younger brothers, Eddy and Denny, and an older sister, Pat. Darrell signed with the Brewers out of high school in 1970, then later went to KC, St. Louis, and Texas. He was the MVP of the 1982 World Series. He did not commit suicide. He died on Aug. 5, 2002, when his heart stopped due to "excited delirium". I don't remember any of the other three Porter boys being drafted in the minors. Eddy went on to play football at East Central and Denny played baseball for Central State.

Their mother, Mae Porter, died at the end of October last year, and father, Ray, died less than 2 months later right before Christmas. I attended both funerals.


~~~

I know Pat and her daughter Shelia very well.

Cocaine killed Darrell Porter, medical examiner says of drug test
Monday, Aug 12, 2002
By Art Toalston


KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--In a much-hoped-against development, drug test results have shown cocaine use to be the cause of Darrell Porter's death Aug. 5.

Porter, 50, the 1982 World Series Most Valuable Player who later became known for overcoming drug abuse, died accidentally from the "toxic effects of cocaine," a Kansas City-area medical examiner announced Aug. 12 in a news conference.

"Drug testing from samples of blood obtained from the autopsy reveal evidence that Mr. Porter used cocaine shortly before his death," Jackson County (Mo.) medical examiner Thomas Young recounted.

Porter's family released a statement through one of the baseball player's former teammates, Jerry Terrell, stating, "For 22 years, Darrell remained sober. The fact that he failed shows the evil of drugs and the power of the disease. His death is now an even stronger case against the drugs that are prevalent in our society.... Right now we are grieving the loss of someone we loved very much. Please pray for us!"

Porter is survived by his wife Deanne and three children, Lindsey, 20, Jeff, 18, and Ryan, 14. The family had joined the Kansas City-area First Baptist Church, Blue Springs, Mo., church in recent years.

Ted Stone, a drug abuse speaker and author who has spoken in Southern Baptist churches across the country, who had never met Porter, told Baptist Press Aug. 13 that Christians "can certainly develop drug problems," and some might mistakenly believe they can experiment with drugs without any lasting consequence.

"Darrell Porter's recent tragic death is a reminder to all of us of just how dangerous even a casual venture into the drug world can be," said Stone, of Durham, N.C., himself a former drug addict.

"For those of us who have survived and overcome our past involvements in drug abuse, this tragedy should be a graphic reminder that a return to that sad world must never be an option."

Staying clear of drugs, Stone said, entails "a serious dependence on the Lord" of greater appeal than drugs. "The more we get hooked into doing God's will rather than our will, the better our chance for permanent recovery," he said. "It's when we start depending on ourselves that we fall."

Stone added, "For those overcomers who have publicly sounded the alarm about the dangers of drug abuse, this event should remind us that we stand on pedestals, and the world depends on us for renewed examples of lifestyles free from drug abuse. Someone, somewhere trusts in each of us, and we must be true to that trust."

Young, in his news conference about the drug test results, recounted that Porter's blood had a level of cocaine "consistent with recreational use" but not so "abnormally high" as to be described an overdose. Young said Porter apparently was killed by a cocaine-caused condition, "excited delirium," which the medical examiner described as involving high body temperatures and "agitated, bizarre" behavior and capable of stopping a person's heart. In Porter's case, Young said, the excited delirium was worsened by an enlarged heart and high heat and humidity Aug. 5.

Young said Porter evidenced "not the usual driving of someone thinking clearly" when he drove off a gravel road in a park "at a fairly good rate of speed" and hit a tree stump, then a second tree stump where his car became lodged. Porter didn't use his cell phone to call for help. He apparently wandered to the Missouri River alongside the park and then back to his car where Young said Porter died with his T-shirt "partially pulled off and around his neck."

Young said it was not clear whether Porter had used cocaine over an extended period of time or just when he used the dose that took his life.

Porter had taken the summer off from his work with a company that promotes sportsmanship, Enjoy the Game, the Kansas City Star reported. The company's president, Bill Stutz, said Porter had been working through some unspecified personal issues but recently gave the impression that "it was all taken care of." Porter was the two-year-old company's vice president of communications.

In addition to boosting the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1982 World Series title and being named MVP, Porter won the same honor in the league championship series that year. During a 17-year major league career, Porter played in two other World Series, one with the Cardinals and one with the Kansas City Royals, and was a two-time All Star.

He checked himself into an Arizona drug rehab center in 1980 and later wrote a book, "Snap Me Perfect! The Darrell Porter Story," about overcoming drug abuse with the help of a return to his boyhood faith in Christ. He told of how his drug problems, even after his rehab, had sapped his baseball career and of having only taken a sip of beer before breaking into professional baseball in 1970.

Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe Posnanski wrote on Aug. 13, "We wanted to believe. ... We want to believe that, with willpower and hope, anything is possible. We wanted to believe Darrell Porter when he said he quit cocaine. And that's why Monday's news landed like a kick to the stomach."

Describing Porter as "a good man," Posnanski recounted, "He touched so many people through baseball, through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, through his writing. The end doesn't diminish any of that. But the end does tell the saddest story, the one of a man who found God, worked with children, loved to fish, cherished his family but still could not summon the power to beat cocaine.

"People always underestimate cocaine," Posnanski wrote. "Scientists have done experiments with laboratory animals and found that they would press a metal bar 10,000 times for one shot of cocaine. Ten thousand times."