Ted Tucker's Very Eclectic Playlist

[kwthom]

Best place for this? I just don't see why it's not.

Subject is the totally off-the-wall selections Ted Tucker plays on KCDX - and I might presume his other stations throughout Arizona and beyond...

My Google-fu is busted, and has been ever since I figured out the song artist & title (I think...).

Would you like to hear it?

https://voca.ro/ciZztfgch7e

Braintree - Journey to Gray Havens

Does *anyone* (besides Ted) have the story behind this musician/group??

 

[KeithE4]

Best place for this? I just don't see why it's not.

Subject is the totally off-the-wall selections Ted Tucker plays on KCDX - and I might presume his other stations throughout Arizona and beyond...

My Google-fu is busted, and has been ever since I figured out the song artist & title (I think...).

Would you like to hear it?

https://voca.ro/ciZztfgch7e

Braintree - Journey to Gray Havens

Does *anyone* (besides Ted) have the story behind this musician/group??

Never heard of him/them, but it is an interesting song. Sounds like what might have been if John Lennon had joined ELO in 1975. A Google search turned up nothing.

But as far as what Tucker puts on the air on KCDX, it's his station, his license, and his (AFAIK) music. When you're filthy stinking rich, you can put your music player on shuffle and feed it into a transmitter that covers a 50 mile radius. The rest of us are stuck with earbuds, Part 15, Bluetooth, or home-network streaming.

 

[ftballfan]

I found a band named Braintree, but they don't have a song with that title, according to this link: https://braintree.bandcamp.com/

 

[kwthom]

I found a band named Braintree, but they don't have a song with that title, according to this link: https://braintree.bandcamp.com/

If I had to guess, with the sound being more toward 'prog rock', this is going to be 1970 - 1975.

I have a second song of theirs; I'll post in a day or two.

 

[wastedtalent23]

Tucker's stations broadcast to a lot of barren area. They are simply toys. Must be nice. If I didn't care how much money I lost I would want to have one. It would be more fun if it was a city grade station in a top 100 market, though.

 

[Groove1670]

Tucker's stations broadcast to a lot of barren area. They are simply toys. Must be nice. If I didn't care how much money I lost I would want to have one. It would be more fun if it was a city grade station in a top 100 market, though.

Interesting story. Can anyone provide the calls of his other stations?

 

[kwthom]

Interesting story. Can anyone provide the calls of his other stations?

Read: https://www.nogalesinternational.co...cle_6d04f752-a310-11e4-bb3c-2bfcde567899.html

The story, from 2015, claims two dozen throughout the southwest.

Cochise Broadcasting LLC and Desert West Air Ranchers would be the starting points for you to compile a list.

See also this story:

http://www.insideradio.com/free/coc...cle_a5c0fa1e-4502-11e7-bc6d-3f8c62cd6825.html

 

[Dave Andrews]

I think he owns 97.3 KFMR VIrden, NM, which is kind of a Standards version of KCDX.
It's receivable in Duncan and parts of Safford, but I heard they want to move to Globe.

 

[kwthom]

Back to the origin of this specific thread, for the sake of completeness.

Does *anyone* (besides Ted) have the story behind this musician/group??

I did find another small nugget.

The album it was on: Back to the Root (1999) by 'Braintree Music' a.k.a. James Ireland. Seems to have been a self-published work.

(Yeah, tough to search for *that* name, but that's all I got.)

 

[99KTKT]

Mr. Ireland's a Tolkien fan, from the song title.

 

[kwthom]

The artist is James Ireland, which is a pseudonym. His real name is James P. Sullivan, born in 1954.