Dudek, Finnigan, Kreuger Band
07-18-78
Palladium
NY, NY
WPIX FM Rebroadcast later that night
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Source & Lineage: Not sure of the exact source or lineage or number of generations but it was probably taped off fm via cassette and then transferred to cdr. WPIX was a NYC fm station owned by the Tribune Corp. at the time. It was always changing formats but had a rock format at this time in 1978.
Its sister tv station, WPIX Channel 11, would broadcast the "Yule Log" around Christmas. For those not familiar, this was a picture of a working fireplace that would be broadcast without change if I recall for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with Christmas music playing in the background. Of course, there was no cable, my black & white tv received only 7 channels with a rabbit eared antenna, and by midnight or so, all the programming you had were test patterns! The good old days? Maybe.
To get the complete show, I had to use a separate source for tracks 205 - 208. I don't think this source is as good as the main source but it's not bad. I fixed a couple of dropouts on 206 & 207 that came out fairly well, did some other minor edits, and then normalized the volume, all on Cool Edit. I then did some re-tracking via CD Wav and converted to flac using level 8 and then ran the files through shntool and fixed two sbe's.
Disc 1:
101. WPIX intro
102. Don't Call Me Chief
103. City Magic
104. That's Wrong
105. We Just Disagree
106. Gonna Move
107. Just One Minute More
108. How Long Has It Been?
109. Does Anybody Care?
110. Expressway To Your Heart
111. Run For Cover
Disc 2:
201. Ghost Town Parade
202. How Wrong Can You Be?
203. Trinidad
204. Sailfish
205. Old Judge Jones
206. Falling Out
207. Friend Of Mine
208. Central Park
209. WPIX outro
Notes: Some songs from Jim Kreuger's 1978 album Sweet Salvation, Mike Finnigan's 1978 album Black & White, and Les Dudek's 1978 album Ghost Town Parade. These 3 guys plus the rest of the band were excellent musicians. I don't think I ever saw Les live but I did see Finnigan and Kreuger as part of Dave Mason's band around 1974 and they were outstanding.
Band Members:
Les Dudek - Guitar
Mike Finnigan - Keyboards
Max Gronenthal - Keyboards
Michael Hossack - Drums
Jim Krueger - Guitar
Bill Meeker - Drums
Trey Thompson - Bass
AMG Notes by Craig Harris:
Brought together by CBS, Dudek, Finnigan, Krueger, or the DFK Band, was one of those projects that seem inspired on paper but just don't work out commercially.
Guitarist/vocalist Jim Krueger and keyboardist/vocalist Mike Finnigan, who met in the Dave Mason Band, had built impressive resumés previously on their own. A member of late-'60s band the Serfs and a reunited Big Brother & the Holding Company (without Janis Joplin) in 1969, he recorded with the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood in 1970 and Jerry Wood in 1972 before recording his debut album in 1976. Wisconsin-born Krueger had become an important member of the Dave Mason Band, co-writing the pop hit "We Just Disagree." Working with Finnigan, he recorded a solo album, Sweet Salvation, in 1978. Rhode Island-born guitarist Les Dudek was a highly regarded sideman by the late-'70s, having spent five years in Boz Scaggs' band.
Dudek, Finnigan, Krueger's overly slick approach to West Coast pop failed to find much of an audience, however, and the group disbanded shortly after releasing its self-titled debut album in 1980. Dudek went on to work with Cher in the early '80s, appearing as her boyfriend in the 1985 film Mask, and Steve Miller, who recorded his tune "Sacrifice," in the early '90s. Finnigan's resumé includes session work for Alice Cooper, Ben Sidran, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dan Fogelberg, Etta James, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Maria Muldaur, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, and Tracy Chapman. He's worked with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash on a variety of solo and band projects since the 1970s. Taking a hiatus from music for nearly a decade, Krueger resurfaced with two albums, 100 Proof and Raise It!, recorded with novelty-bar band the Happy Schnapps Combo in the early '90s. He died in 1993.
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