The Steve Dahl Audio Vault

Here’s Steve & Garry from March 16, 1982 on WLS-FM. This post will be in 3 parts. This is Part 2.  Click here for Part 1.

Highlights include (11:08):

• More calls – Steve does Wally
• Marcus has a job at a car wash. It’s a hand job.
• Song:  Crew Cut Hero

We did a post back in January from Feb. 15, ‘82 where Steve talked about the lyrics to his new song which turned out to be Crew Cut Hero. This is the song. It is about General James Lee Dozier who was kidnapped by an Italian Terrorist group in December 1981 and was held for 42 days. It is a parody of Juke Box Hero by Foreigner.

Enjoy!!

This is the premier broadcast of The Steve Dahl Supper Club. The SDSC was broadcast on all ABC radio affiliates (that chose to run it). Taped in front of a live audience, this was broadcast on Sunday evening, March 21, 1982. This is Part two of two. This is the entire 2-hour show.

Highlights include: (29:55)

• Call Iran just for nostalgia (cont)
• Ayatollah Live
• Dead Hollywood Squares
• Marcus
• Steve is a Psychic
• Do You Think I’m Disco Live

Enjoy!!

Here is Part 2. This is the first air check that has the “whips”; an audio rendition of someone being whipped to climax for all you BDSM fans out there. It is interesting to note that it is a porn audio clip that was used on the air because this is way before the internet and VCR’s were not yet mass-market.

Highlights include (11:36):

• Steve gets whipped for lying
• Lamaze Class
• “Here’s us” – S&G sing Hey Nineteen. They are really Steely Dan (and REO).
• Marcus gets a raise and has created a Wacky Tape code sheet
• 3 Stooges stuff and Steve is Curly Howard reincarnated
• Maggie with some news

Enjoy!!

Here’s 30 minutes (in three parts continuing below this post) from a Steve Dahl and Garry Meier show on WLS-FM from October of 1981. Moving from WLUP to WLS only 8 months prior, Steve seems very comfortable in his surroundings.

This segment begins with the venerable “Oh Wally”. A shot at Wally Phillips, a long-time morning icon on WGN radio. Growing up, my mom would listen to Wally in the morning as she got the family ready to face another day. At that age, the only things I knew about radio was Wally and Cub games. It wasn’t until a few years later that I got my own radio and found there were “other worlds” in morning radio, including Steve Dahl. When Steve did “Oh Wally” I thought it was the perfect characterization of Wally and his typical listener.

It seems ironic that, at the time, Steve was the young upstart taking shots at the current Kings of the radio Hill. The irony now is that Steve is the current Grand Old Man of Chicago radio. The difference now is that we can’t really see any young up-and-comers who are able to take his place. They are all still learning from the master.

Highlights include: (10:23)

• Oh Wally
• We need to be nicer to Marcus
• Steve is running (and complaining)

Enjoy!!!