Wolfman Jack, KSLY San Luis Obispo, 1974 (0:06:19)

The Bob Souza Collection
… I love the way you dance, baby …
Can you imagine inviting Wolfman Jack to stop by and fill in for an hour? That’s what happened in the Fall of 1974 when the Wolfman howled into San Luis Obispo to host an Oldies concert at California Polytechnical University. Guy Paul, KSLY’s PD (Guy Hackman) invited him to stop by 14/KSLY during his air shift for a brief interview. Maybe, just maybe, Wolfman Jack would show up. Boy, did he! This aircheck features Wolfman just like you remember. Only the location and call letters are different, otherwise it could have been a show booming up the California coast from XERB. This recording came to me as a surprise from Rich Cartter (Hulston). The audio feed came from the KSLY air monitor into the air check cassette machine. The exact date of the aircheck is unknown, but we know it was the fall of 1974.

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