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Miss Holley King's Interests
General
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and
wants us to be happy."
-- Benjamin FranklinHeres some videos about
Rock-a-billy for you all...
.....dance and enjoy.....
Rhythm Room
Friends, FUN, Rockabilly and "Good Rockin' Music",
Information and history about Arizona, Chicago, Cars, ART, Baseball, Beauty and Stained Glass.
My Baby Blue is back!
I just picked up my 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 this
past Saturdsay in Detroit.
All fixed up and ready to roll! Thanks Lance and...
Jim, Brian and Scott over at Protech Automotive
See pictures from beging to end on the work they did on my summer ride.
Music
Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Al Casey in front of Ziggies Music in Phoenix Arizona, thanks Chuck!
Lee Hazlewood, Loy M Clingman, Al Casey at
Viv Records in Phoenix Arizona
Duanne Eddy and the patriarch of Ziggie's Music (Ziggie Zardus)
They Live
Diner
Trust
Duel
A Face in a Crowd
Mystery Train
Paper Moon
Short Cuts
Frida
Requim For A Dream
(any Quentin Terrentino movies/projects/friends)
Mel Brooks movies
Joel and Ethan Coen Movies
The Commitments
Twin Town
Buffalo 66
Trees Lounge
Ghost World (& Steve Buscemi projects)
Throw Mama From The Train
Reanimator
To Kill A Mocking Bird
Good-bye, My Lady
(a boy and his Basenji)
Double Happiness
Sideways
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Live Free Or Die
Next Stop Wonderland
Pushover
Skins
Melvin & Howard
Good Fellows
Joe Gould's Secret
The King of Comedy
Atlanic City
Happy Accidents
Torch Song Trilogy
The Last Deatil
Irma La Douse
The Cooler
Clay Piegons
The Day Trippers
Waitress
The Prime Gig
The Misfits
Atlantic City
American Splendor
Bubba Ho Tep
Last Of The High Kings
After Hours
Straw Dogs
Requiem For A Heavy Weight
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
Minnie And Moskowitz
Combover: The Movie
Touch Of Evil
Bonnie Scottland
Garbage Warrior
and There Will Be Blood for now...
THE TWLIGHT ZONE The Andy Griffith Show
PBS
The Henry Rollins Show
South Park
The Simpson's
King Of The Hill
HGTV's That's Clever
Absolutley Fabulous
Planet's Funniest Animals
Nova
old Match Game episodes
and old Twilight Zone/Night Gallery episodes
AND Cubs Baseball
=a=l=s=o=
"The Clint Howard Variety Show"
(and now I'm hooked on...)
I was lucky enough to be chosen for one of my favorite craft shows DIY's/HGTV'sThat's Clever (also known as Crafters Coast to Coast.) Here is the link It was a lot of FUN!
I have also participated in many art shows in conjunction with Phoenix's own "1st Fridays".
Besides having a booth or something at one of the local galleries like Soul Invictus, I had two showings at The Paper Heart.
The 1st show two years ago was with my friends I met through the years working with Zia Record Exchange.
Zia's was remodling so we took the old desks and made ART out of them.
The other show last year was me with my Phoenix Frida ladies.
We turned the back gallery RED and made a "boudoir" for Frida Kahlao featuring all of our Frida inspired art.
This is me with my neice Cassie at the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Paper Heart in Phoenix, Arizona July 14th 2006.
We have also had many showings at Bookman's AND Changing Hands Book Store in Tempe Arizona.
This is one of our many Library Exhibits...
Here we are at Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix Arizona.
About me:
Hi my name is Miss Holley King.
I host my very own radio show called
"Rock-a-billy & BEYOND"
every SUNDAY over at RADIO FREE PHOENIX
*2pm in Arizona
*4pm in Chicago
*5pm in Michigan
*10pm in London
with an encore presentation SATURDAY!
*4pm in Arizona
*6pm in Chicago
*7pm in Michigan
*Midnight in London
YOU are invited to tune in
every week to hear some of the best
Rock-a-billy
Country
Honky-Tonk
Blues
R&B
Rock-n-Roll
Folk
Swing
Surf
One-Man-Bands
Swingin' Soul
Bible Beltin' Bop
Hill-billy
Juke-Joint
and things that -r-o-c-k-!
It all began about 8 years ago while I was living in the small resort town, Wickenburg, Arizona.
I was owner and operator of my very own stained glass studio called
Art-a-facts that catered to clients who were building new homes and or remolding their current digs.
I also have a gift division of Art-a-facts that sell my smaller stained glass pieces, jewelry, art and other fun stuff I love to make. I sell these items to shops and other retail outlets around Arizona and the world via the world wide web.
One of my main clients was Zia Record Exchange,
a pioneer in the independent new and used music business.
For over 18 years I made fun, cool stuff for Zia’s nine (plus) stores.
One day I attended a Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce meeting and gave a presentation about holding an Annual Rock-a-billy Music Festival at our rodeo grounds.
I let the folks at the meeting know that I really liked the annual Four Corners Bluegrass Festival which was held every year, and that I always made good money selling my art in the local shops and boutiques in Wickenburg during this time.
I was trying to pitch to the Chamber members how fun it would be and how it would be a financial asset bringing the Rock-a-billy sound to the town.
I never heard back from the Chamber people about my proposal but I did get a phone call from Pete Peterson, who worked at KSWG FM.
He had just bought the AM part of the station and he wanted me to work for him.
We set up a meeting, and I was thinking "this guy loved my Rock-a-billy Festival idea" and maybe this is something his radio station was going to get behind to help promote his new station and the town.
Well, to my surprise Pete wanted me to DJ at his station!
I was blown away!
The thought had never even entered my mind. I tried to talk him out of what I thought was a crazy idea and tried to change the conversation to the Festival letting him know that I know how to do it, and that I knew the bands and I promised him I would take care of the whole package.
Instead, Pete insisted on me trying this DJ venture and the next thing I knew he put me in his seat in front of the big microphone.
Pete let me pick my own time slot, so I picked Saturday mornings for my new four hour live radio show. I came up with the name "Rock-a-billy & BEYOND" because I didn’t want to be limited to other people’s definition of Rock-a-billy.
I decided to start at the top of the morning and go until noon after which Pete would showcase "The Horse Show with Rick Lamb".
One of the friends of the radio station, Maria Langer
(a writer, a Helicopter pilot and computer expert) helped put our new station on the internet via steady streaming.
Before we knew it we were getting e-mails from listeners from all over the world.
Wickenburg Arizona has a vast and diverse group of people who winter there and when they return to wherever they came from, they continued to listen and be a part of the fine community through their computers. Pete's morning show featured classic country most of it downloaded from his huge collection of vinyl records.
Pete devoted one half-hour to a program called "Around The Town" where Pete would interview all sorts of folks. Governor Janet Napolitano, Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster), Dave Stevens (director of ESPN) and local folks like the mayor of Wickenburg, the kid who just pitched a no-hitter at the last little league game and things of that nature.
Soon we found that the folks 60 miles away in Phoenix were listening too.
We had Phoenix TV Stations come up to interview us and feature us on their morning news shows, as well as reporters from the Arizona Republic and Phoenix New Times writing articles about our little radio gem in the desert.
I really enjoyed working there, it was like WKRP in Cincinnati "cowboy style"!
Pete and his wife Jo Peterson had an "open-door" policy at the radio station, literally!
Our door was always open and people would pop in and out of the radio station all day long to tell us things, to bring us things or to come in and pet Belle (Pete and Jo’s dog)
One person in particular I became close friends with was Darrell Magnuson.
He would bop in most Saturdays to say "hi" and to share music and stories of his Rock-a-billy adventures in Phoenix in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Darrell passed away a few years ago BUT his music still lives on.
Anytime I play the music that he has shared with me I always refer to it as "The Darrell Vaults"
(My friend Darrell, a spirit in the sky.)
I found great enjoyment in hosting live Rock-a-billy shows at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix and other Phoenix clubs and car shows.
I would bring my entire music collection in vintage suitcases and allow people to rummage through and pick out stuff they wanted me to play.
Two years ago I was contacted by Andy Olson owner and operator of RADIO FREE PHOENIX
, a listener supported internet radio station.
He read a story about me in The Phoenix New Times and asked me if I would like to do a 1 hour version of my show on the internet for RFP.
I was so blown away!
At RADIO FREE PHOENIX I was able to work with Andy, one of my favorite DJs I used to listen to when he was on KSTM (The Storm) KSLX and the original KZON (The Zone)
.
Along with Andy other great DJs I had been listening to for years like Liz Boyle, Angela Allen, Dave Cooper, Cheryl Sweet
, Pete Michaels were all working at RADIO FREE PHOENIX.
All I could say was "yes!"
Working at two radio stations was a dream, I mean, who knew a gal who went to Art School would one day be hosting her very own radio shows!
Today I live in Paw Paw, Michigan.
Which is half way between South Haven and Kalamazoo.
Sadly, I had to give up my position at KBSZ when I moved to the Midwest.
I heard through the radio grape vine that Pete and Jo Peterson sold KBSZ and are concentrating on their race horses.
Because of the wonderful technology today I still get to do "Rock-a-billy & BEYOND" every weekend at
RADIO FREE PHOENIX and keep in touch with what is going on in the world of Rock-a-billy.
I hope you can tune in and enjoy some of the finest Rock-a-billy music I can get my hands on!
If you have ant questions or comments feel free to contact me here on my MySpace page.
I will personally get back to you as soon as possible.
Have a good rockin’ day
(and night) Miss Holley King
"Wickenburg's KBSZ brings real Mayberry radio to the Web" By Jimmy Magahern, Phoenix New Times
"Pop Guitarist Al Casey Dies" The Arizona Republic
"Rockabilly Heaven Touring Stars Swing Through the Valley" The Arizona Republic
"BEST INTERNET RADIO STATION(2007)"
Radio Free Phoenix
The Phoenix New Times
"BEST LATINA ART COLLECTIVE(2007)"
Phoenix Fridas
The Phoenix New Times
Here are a few other places you can find me on the internet...
Who I'd like to meet:
HEY... I just mooooooooooooved...
my new addy is........
Miss Holley King
PO Box 314
Bangor, MI 49013
WHAT'S COOKIN'
Let me know what's going on in your world
Feel free to leave your flyers so you can
promote your show...
New CD...
Write ups...
Fundraiser...
etc...
I really like hearing from everyone
asking questions
me asking questions and finding
out the information...
I dig it!
So thanks for listening out there in
Radio Land
and letme know...
"What's Cookin'"
- -Miss Holley King- -
NEW FROM MY FRIEND...The Crafty Chica
Check out the new NEWS about my dear friend and fellow
Phoenix Frida Kathy Cano-Murillo
The details are still rolling in and should be concrete this week.
~HOWEVER~
Saturday night, December 13th~
Radio Free Phoenix is having a big fund raiser party
at the historic San Carlos Hotel (downtown Phoenix)
and we need local artists and artisans to vend the show.
There will be live music, art and WAY TOO MUCH FUN. This is to raise money to keep Radio Free Phoenix
(www. radiofreephoenix. com) "Rockin' in the free world..."
Please contact me for more info.
And re-post...PLEASE. Peace,Love and Art, Tracy
$30 space fee plus 10 % (one cashier type of thing)
Austin-based Country music artist Dave Insley (formerly from Arizona)
will perform a showcase at the Country Music Hall of Fame,
Saturday, September 20th at 4:30 pm,
in a program also featuring Glen Campbell, Carlene Carter, Jerry Douglas and Blind Alfred Reed.
The appearance is being presented by the Americana Music Association, Nashville Public Television and the Country Music Hall of Fame, and is a part of the official program of the Americana Music Association's Annual Conference, held each year in Nashville.
Individuals or businesses interested in sponsoring my trip to Nashville (or helping me get my guitars out of the pawn shop in time for the trip) are encouraged to contact me at this email address.
Seriously.
Publishing points, the use of my hotel room during the conference, a private concert, and my eternal gratitude are up for grabs, in exchange for your help!
- -Dave Insley
That time of year again is just around the corner for the
Texans Incorporated Reunion for
Enthusiasts of Texans Incorporated (TV Lamp Collectors)
The gathering will be on
Saturday November 8th at TexasBank in Bangs, Texas.
Many of these TV Lamps will be on display, some of which will be available for purchase!
Numerous collectors and former employees will be present.
If you are a collector or just an admirer cool vintage
TV Lamps you don't want to miss this! Texans Incorporated, The History of a Lamp Company
Mr. Jerry Reed just passed away and I found this
clip of him on Scooby Doo
I thought I'd share with ya.
R.I.P. Jerry "Guitar Man" Reed...