… Houston’s Fifth Beatle …
Russ “Weird Beard” Knight is featured in this scoped hour of Gordon
McLendon’s KILT, on what Jay Marks believes was
“probably June 14, 1965.” Jay made this recording on a Wollensak reel
recorder at 3-3/4 ips at the age of 13 while visiting relatives in Houston. Jay says, “Pretty good quality too and some really fun stuff on there,” and Uncle Ricky agrees!
Thunderstorms lead the Jim Corolla news at the top of the hour, and
are prominently featured, shrouding the otherwise remarkably good fidelity with
sizzling and splashes of static. You’ll hear 3 complete newscasts, featuring the wonderful KILT bells & whistles of the period. Knight devotes a lot of time to nearly inaudible phone calls and some genuinely funny bits, including Awful Cigarette Company and a bogus Hurricane Report presented by Tony’s Gluesack Parlor. Flashback specials: Roy Orbison for Coca-Cola and a spot for Wildroot (Grooming without grease!). Also, a promo for Murray the K Beatles Reports from Paris. Apparently, Murray was syndicating Beatles reports and was heard on stations
other than WINS during this time.