What do Little Feat, John Prine and Al Kooper have in common?
All played Ebbets Field, the cozy downtown night club that had a blazing 3-year lifespan in the 1970s and left a lasting impression.
Lucky for us, appearances by dozens of performers were captured on tape, thanks to the far-sightedness and technical skills of Walt Stinson and Phil Murray of Listen Up Audio.
“KCUV Live From Ebbets Field Volume One, 1973-1976,” the first in a projected series of CDs from those halcyon days, will be released by radio station KCUV 1510-AM on Saturday. Also on the first CD are Taj Mahal, Dan Hicks, John Stewart, Katy Moffatt, Sugarloaf, Jerry Jeff Walker, Asleep at the Wheel and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.
Ebbets was a playland for promoter Chuck Morris, who co- owned the club with Cindy Fey. It seated only 258, although capacity was exceeded more than once. Tickets were $2-$15.
Morris recalled, “It was a wonderful time in the music business, to come so many inches from so many super stars, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, all the English rock acts.”
The KCUV CDs will be at metro Borders Books and Music stores, Tower Records and Listen Up Audio, beginning at 10 a.m. Proceeds go to the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Weekend highlights:
Today
Bernie Mac’s nieces discover celebrities score free stuff on “The Bernie Mac Show” (7 p.m., KDVR-Channel 31).
Four women working in a real-estate office promises plenty of laughs, even if they’re obvious (8:30, KMGH-Channel 7).
Saturday
“Bob Dylan: No Direction Home – Part I,” the mammoth two-part bio of the singer, gets a reprise (7 p.m., KBDI-Channel 12). Part 2 airs at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Catch up with the season premiere of the very funny comedy “My Name Is Earl,” starring Jason Lee, in one of three episodes re-airing back-to-back (7:30 p.m., KUSA-Channel 9).
Sunday
Sailors who were on the ship recount the 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 on “Cole Conspiracy” (6 p.m., History Channel).
P.D. James’s tales are always well-told and “Mystery: The Murder Room,” about an English family with an odd hobby, is no exception (9 p.m., KRMA-Channel 6). It’s a two-parter.
Around the dial
KBCO 97.3-FM streaming its “Studio C” CDs, covering 17 years of in-house recordings, on KBCO2 The Studio C Channel. Accessible at KBCO.com … KCNC-Channel 4 has formed a business partnership with the new Latino SUAVE magazine, starting in Denver in December … Quotable: “I understood it was time for me to get out of the club business. It was too much fun; it was killing me.” Chuck Morris
Dick Kreck’s column appears Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He may be reached at 303-820-1456 or dkreck@denverpost.com.
