~laz

The musical genius of Daniel Ivan Hicks all day 12/9. No where else but here.

Daniel Ivan Hicks (December 9, 1941 – February 6, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter known for an idiosyncratic style that combined elements of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music. He led ″Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks″. He is perhaps best known for the songs “I Scare Myself” and “Canned Music.” His songs are frequently infused with humor, as evidenced by the title of his tune, “How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?” His music personifies what we do on the Jive. He was our seer.

While JiveRadio keeps the music pumping largely off of the generosity of you our dear listeners, from time to time we like to hip you to stories from our orbits that grab our hearts. This is the story of the Corona family of Talent, Oregon. The mom, Jocksana, was recently highlighted on PBS-TV’s “Brief But Spectacular” which is how we heard their story.

While there are thousands of sad stories from the 2020 wildfire season, The Almeda Fire was a particularly nasty piece of work in that it swept through miles of low-income, mostly Hispanic neighborhoods, right through the lowlands along the I-5 corridor between Ashland and Medford. These people are the backs that support every aspect of the rich lives of those in the highlands.

Jocksana, a Dreamer, has been a tireless community activist and supporter of myriad immigrant outreach organizations and now she has lost her home of 17 years, yet she continues to help those around her. 90 out of 100 homes in her ‘hood were destroyed in mere hours. Many hundreds of these people are now domestic refugees. Jocksana tells me the local school district Phoenix-Talent Schools Fire Relief Fund is doing a great job of getting support to the families with the most real needs.

While I had to almost pry it out of her, friends setup the Corona Family GoFundMe site. Even though at this writing it shows their ‘goal has been met’, there’s no one better to pass on her full cup than this brave woman. The need is tremendous. She and her family are a credit to our country.

No…it’s Marshall, CALIFORNIA. Not a guy, but a town. [Dillon Beach is just up the road though.] A small town for sure, but better oysters are not found anywhere. In any case, the mighty JiveRadio network has expanded its massive footprint to cover Marshall and even the west shore of Tomales Bay which includes the original Bohemian enclave of Inverness on 91.5FM. You can stream it by clicking on the link under the KXCF station listing to the right.

Oh, and here’s a recent piece in the local paper: https://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/niche-radio-station-launches-marshall

 

Lots of funny guesses, but only a few got the guy with the chest rug as Michael Martin Murphy. The one on the right, now known as ‘curly’ is our own Frank Stanton (who does ID’s and voice work for us) a stellar Boss Jock (at the mighty KFH Witchita) back in the day. Told you it was hard! You don’t think we’re going to give away 3 songs for nothing, do you? Thanks for trying tho’! —Stay tuned (up!).