Big thanks to all the Chaz & AJ Tribe Members for coming out and making Seth’s Wish come true! He’ll be heading off for a camping trip with his family in an RV this summer!
The Local Bands Show 05/02/21
Join Rick Allison and Frank Critelli every Sunday at 10pm for “The Local Bands Show” on 99.1 PLR!
Send your original music to [email protected] or The Local Bands Show, 70 Quarry Dock Road, Branford, CT 06405
Check out the bands that will be featured this Sunday….
- Absolute Zeros – Tiger Beat
- Scott Fitch – Stand Up and Fight For All
- Shandy Lawson – This Old Fool
- The Sawtelles – (Brand New) Phase
- Seth Adam – The Real Ones
- Destination – Miles Away
- Falconeer – LaDarius
- Shame Penguin – Pretzel
Support your Local Bands!
Support Local Businesses who support Local Bands…
New England Brewing – 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge
Brian’s Guitars – 453 W. Main Street, Cheshire
PODCAST – Thursday, April 29: 50 Years Of WPLR!
New Haven mayor Justin Elicker was on with Chaz and AJ to read a proclamation, celebrating 50 years of 99.1 PLR. (0:00)
Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw was on to recognize the station’s 50th anniversary, and explained what it is like to own a radio station, and how he wound up buying WPLR. (8:38)
Senator Blumenthal called in to sing Happy Birthday, and reminisce about the events he has participated in over the station’s history. (14:32)
Live Nation’s Jimmy Koplik was on one phone line, and Governor Lamont was on another, both to celebrate the station’s 50th. The Governor was able to squeeze a little concert news out of Jimmy as well, another act booked for the new Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport that was not supposed to be announced until next week. (22:42)
Chaz and AJ spoke with their bosses, Kristin Okesson and Keith Dakin, about the station’s history, how PLR is different from many other rock stations around the country, and all the times Chaz and AJ have gotten them into trouble over the years. (30:01)
Chaz has been interviewing some of the legendary personalities from the last 50 years of PLR’s history, and had clips here from Marcia Simon, who admitted to one her biggest on-air mistakes. Then, it wouldn’t be a 50th anniversary celebration without hearing from Stoneman. (42:53)
Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Thursday, April 29
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PLR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6:00. Menthol cigarettes going bye bye?
6:13 – 7:00. What are the top albums of the last fifty years. 1971 on.
7:00. Mayor Justin Eliker with an important proclamation.
7:13. Dumb Ass News. We’d be the dumb asses if we didn’t play you some old PLR audio.
7:20. Jeff Warshaw the CEO of the company.
7:30 – 8:00. Call in if you have a PLR story. 877-764-2636
8:00. Senator Blumenthal broke off his breakfast with the President to call in to sing happy birthday.
NFL Agent Joe Linta with a happy birthday message from Tom Brady.
8:13. Jimmy Koplik’s top 5 Connecticut concerts in the last 50 years.
8:20. Governor Lamont will sing is happy birthday while gargling milk.
8:30. Some dusty Jimmy Koplik concert commercials we found in the archives.
9:00. Our Market Vice President Kristin Okesson will sing happy birthday while chugging water.
Vice President of Programming Keith Dakin.
9:13. Eddie Wazoo assaulted by Rick Neilson from Cheap Trick.
9:20. Stoneman audio. We may have him actually stoned.
Throwback Concert: Grateful Dead at Yale Bowl 1971
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our first year on the air: 1971.
That year PLR welcomed The Grateful Dead to New Haven for an outdoor summer show at the Yale Bowl. At the time PLR was just 3 months old and this was the first major rock concert that PLR supported.
Grateful Dead
Saturday July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $5.00 and $7.00
Band Lineup: Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKerman, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir
Setlist*
- Truckin’ (beginning of Set I)
- Sugaree (Jerry Garcia song)
- Mr. Charlie
- Mama Tried (Merle Haggard cover)
- Big Railroad Blues (Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover)
- Hard To Handle (Otis Redding cover)
- Loser (Jerry Garcia song)
- Playing In The Band (Bob Weir song)
- Dark Star
- Bird Song (Jerry Garcia song)
- El Paso (Marty Robbins cover)
- Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson cover)
- Bertha (beginning of Set II)
- Big Boss Man (Jimmy Reed cover)
- Me and My Uncle (John Phillips cover)
- Deal (Jerry Garcia song)
- China Cat Sunflower
- I Know You Rider (cover)
- Sing Me Back Home (Merle Haggard cover)
- Sugar Magnolia
- Casey Jones
- Not Fade Away (The Crickets cover)
- Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad (Henry Whitter cover)
- Not Fade Away (The Crickets cover)
- Uncle John’s Band (encore)
- Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover / encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Give a listen to these audio clips from the Yale Bowl show
Hummels PLR 99 One-on-One: Drew Carrano
In WPLR’s 50 year history there has only been three marketing directors. Drew Carrano is our third and current Super Hero. He talks about going backstage, meeting KISS, his start at PLR in 1998 and the man who was one of the most important people in his life, PLR legend, Sam T.
PODCAST – Wednesday, April 28: Best Jobs For Tips; Dumb Ass News; Connecticut’s “Demon Chihuahua”
Chaz and AJ found a list of the best jobs to have, if you are working for tips. The Tribe also called in stories of the biggest tips they’ve ever received. (0:00)
Dumb Ass News – How do you make your voice sound super deep? A guy inhaled some kind of gas, and he sounded like a demon. (9:52)
Ariel recently adopted the “demon chihuahua,” and was on the phone to talk about the clothes she dresses him in, and how he treats her differently than her roommate. (21:14)
President Joe Biden was on to talk about the importance of his first 100 days in office, but had his interview stolen by former President Trump. (29:02)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Wednesday, April 28
6:00. New COVID guidelines and how being fully vaccinated can get you a free drink in Connecticut.
6:13 – 7:00. The best jobs to have if you’re working for tips.
7:00. Prancer the demonic chihuahua has found a home in Connecticut. And Joe Biden checks in.
7:13. Dumb Ass News. What did this guy inhale to make him sound like this?
7:40. 13 ticks on his nads – AJ Parody Song.
8:00. So how much is Eddie Van Halen’s 1930 something Ford worth? It’s for sale.
Wayne Carini.
8:13 – 9:00. What are the top 5 movie themes. Movie Critic Joe Meyers.
@joesview on Instagram and Twitter
9:00. You’ll be surprised as to how many people have been working from home drunk or stoned. Call in if you’re one of them. 877-764-2535
9:13. Dumb Ass News. A hospital typo turns a baby into a vegetable.
9:20. Grammy Award winner Lisa Fischer. You can purchase tickets to her show at the Ridgefield Playhouse HERE!
Throwback Concert: Neil Young at Shakespeare Festival Theatre 1971
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our first year on the air: 1971.
That year Neil Young hit the road for a solo tour that came to The American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy in Stratford. Unfortunately The Shakespeare Theatre is no longer around (it sadly burned to the ground in January 2019), but the recording of this show lives on. In March 2021 Neil Young released a live album and concert film entitled “Young Shakespeare” from that ’71 show in Stratford.
Neil Young
Tour: 1971 Journey Through The Past Solo Tour
The American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy – Stratford, Connecticut
Friday January 22, 1971
Ticket Price: $6.50
Personnel: Neil Young (guitar, piano, vocals)
Setlist*
- On The Way Home (Buffalo Springfield song)
- Tell Me Why
- Old Man
- Journey Through The Past
- Love In Mind
- A Man Needs a Maid
- Heart of Gold
- Don’t Let It Bring You Down
- There’s a World
- The Needle and the Damage Done
- Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)
- See The Sky About to Rain
- Down By The River (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these live performances of Neil Young in Stratford
PODCAST – Tuesday, April 27: AJ’s Spider Story; Dumb Ass News; Coolest Places In Connecticut
Horrible tick stories continued, again from a Tribe member from Long Island, where two children stumbled through a nest of baby ticks. (0:00)
Dumb Ass News – a teacher was barred from teaching for 3 years after admitting to forgetting what happened on a trip with students because of drinking. (3:12)
Stasha Healy knows all the coolest places in Connecticut, and enlightened everyone on the real-life Indiana Jones that lived in the state. (11:40)
Dumb Ass News – a story about spiders led to another classic AJ story, claiming he released the same spider into the woods over and over. (27:36)
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