Rachel Sweet - 1980-05-08 - Bottom Line, NY (FM)

Rachel Sweet

1980-05-08

The Bottom Line

New York, NY

WNEW-FM Broadcast

160 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Truck Stop Queen

02. Foul Play

03. Jealous

04. Who Does Lisa Like?

05. Spellbound

06. Take Good Care Of Me

07. B.A.B.Y.

08. Wildwood Saloon

09. New Age

10. Tonight

11. Cuckoo Clock

12. New Rose

13. Tonight Ricky

14. I've Got A Reason

15. All Shook Up

16. Jailhouse Rock

17. Baby, Lets Play House

18. The Boys On 7th Avenue  

Rachel Sweet - 1980-05-08 - Bottom Line, NY (FM) 

As the decade of the 1970s came to a close, punk and new wave music, which had been the province of underground and college radio stations, began to make its way onto more mainstream stations such as WNEW-FM in New York. The first time I heard the then 18 year old Rachel Sweet on WNEW, I had to run out and buy her debut album, Fool Around. The disc became a staple on the turntable (yes - it's that old!) in my college dorm room. Part new wave, part early 60's girl group in sound, the album featured songs such a B-A-B-Y, Wildwood Saloon, I Go to Pieces and Sad Song. In the summer of 1979, I got to see Rachel in Central Park as the lead in for Eddie Money. Then, in early 1980, tickets went on sale for Jerry Garcia at the Capitol Theatre, with Rachel Sweet as his lead-in. While my roomies weren't huge Garcia fans, they all agreed we should get tickets so we could see Rachel. And, so I did! The show was scheduled for March 1, 1980. A week before the concert, however, came the announcement that Robert Hunter had replaced Rachel Sweet as the lead-in. No explanation was provided, but I'm guessing there was concern that the Dead Head audience may not have appreciated Ms. Sweet. In any event, while I didn’t get to see Rachel that spring, plenty of other folks did. This FM broadcast features Rachel Sweet on May 8, 1980. 41 years ago today.