Jim Ladd has died

[Gil Bang 25911]

[HornOnTheBayou 8905]

 

[G650 14233]

Oh damn. I knew he wasn't doing well

[otisdog 365]

Probably should've brushed his teeth a bit more.....

[Gil Bang 25911]

[Rip76 4924]

 

[Rip76 4924]

 

[Gil Bang 25911]

This hits me hard. I listened to this guy from the time I was 12 up until last week.

KMET was the shit in my teens.

[Napoleon 8660]

Took an improv class my first summer in LA (after arriving the September before) and someone in my class was renting a room in a house in Laurel Canyon. I didn't know anything about Laurel Canyon, but a few of us met to practice getting used to being spontaneous in a house in that canyon. (Also dog sat for my bosses' dog in that canyon about 6-7 years later.)

Anyway, apparently Jim Ladd lived in the canyon for 34 years. Arrived in 1974, after it was already the epicenter for the LA music scene in the 1970s.

Interesting house... can't imagine that the buyers kept it the way it was. 

 

[Napoleon 8660]

Whoops... lost track of my decades.

He was there for 44 years.

From the age of 26 to 70, I guess.

Not bad being able to buy a house in LA at the age of 26. Different times.

[Carl Spackler 3479]

I didn't always agree with his takes (his on-air rant about the Who playing the Hollywood Bowl a couple days after Entwistle died stands out as one example), but the man lived and breathed rock n' roll and fought hard to do his radio programs his way, which one had to respect.  He was one of the last of a dying breed.  I kind of feel bad for kids these days who won't know what it was like to listen to the radio and hear DJ's that you felt you had a connection with.

[jimmyjazz 45887]

2 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

 I kind of feel bad for kids these days who won't know what it was like to listen to the radio and hear DJ's that you felt you had a connection with.

Does Dale Dudley count?

[G650 14233]

7 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

I kind of feel bad for kids these days who won't know what it was like to listen to the radio and hear DJ's that you felt you had a connection with.

Eh, radio without DJ's might be the greatest advancement of the 21st century imo.

[Carl Spackler 3479]

16 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Does Dale Dudley count?

Dale counts if you want him to count.  

[jimmyjazz 45887]

3 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Dale counts if you want him to count.  

I definitely don't want him to count.

[Carl Spackler 3479]

12 minutes ago, G650 said:

Eh, radio without DJ's might be the greatest advancement of the 21st century imo.

I get it.  A lot of DJ's can be annoying, talk too much, and take away from the music, which to me is a cardinal sin.  But a really good DJ could enhance the experience.  For example, Jody Denberg was a guy that enhanced the experience for me.  I learned stuff about the music and the artists he was playing because of his commentary, and it gave me a deeper appreciation for what I was hearing.

FWIW, I rarely listen to radio anymore.  But there was something cool about 70's and 80's radio when you had the right DJ handling things.

 

[Carl Spackler 3479]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I definitely don't want him to count.

 

[G650 14233]

Just now, Carl Spackler said:

But there was something cool about 70's and 80's radio when you had the right DJ handling things.

I mean, I agree with this, but it really was for their song selection. If you heard a band you liked, then you would go off and learn about them.

 

There are DJs that are ok from back then, don't get me wrong. A lot of them are on SiriusXM. But then you get guys like Earle Bailey that make me want to punch out my window they are so awful.

[Deej 76754]

44 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Does Dale Dudley count?

He never played music anymore. Just talked about his wife fucking other guys. 

[tbone_ 14109]

My favorite DJ story from back in the day was when Joe Walsh would sit in for a week at a time in the summers when the Q102 morning guy would go on vacation.

Holy fucking shit was that insane.

[Gil Bang 25911]

10 hours ago, tbone_ said:

My favorite DJ story from back in the day was when Joe Walsh would sit in for a week at a time in the summers when the Q102 morning guy would go on vacation.

Holy fucking shit was that insane.

Joe Walsh did that all over the country.  Walsh was on Stern so often, that he agreed to be in the house band when Stern had an audition/test show for a late-night TV show in NYC.  Walsh was passed out under Howard's feet by the time the show started.  

[RiverwalkMiner 247]

Jim : "You're from Wales. Is that sperm or blue-tip?" 

[UTCzech III 2907]

12 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Joe Walsh did that all over the country.  Walsh was on Stern so often, that he agreed to be in the house band when Stern had an audition/test show for a late-night TV show in NYC.  Walsh was passed out under Howard's feet by the time the show started.  

Yeah, he did that here on KLBJ as well.  Dale Dudley used to play a phone message from Joe, Dale had slandered him on the morning show, saying he was high or something like that, and Joe found out, the left a message threatening to sue Dale "for everything you got!  I love a war man!  So get a good lawyer!" (still remember that word for word)

 

But yeah, RIP Jim.  Only knew him from his projects with Roger Waters, and then later on his Sirius show.  Classic DJ voice and excellent interviewer.  As a radiophile, a good DJ could transport you anywhere, fill your head with things and sounds you never dreamed of.  One of the best ever for sure.