Dudek, Finnigan, Kreuger Band
07-18-78
Palladium
NY, NY
WPIX FM Rebroadcast later that night

Source & Lineage: Not sure of the exact source or lineage or number of generations but it was probably taped off fm via cassette and then transferred to cdr. WPIX was a NYC fm station owned by the Tribune Corp. at the time. It was always changing formats but had a rock format at this time in 1978.

Its sister tv station, WPIX Channel 11, would broadcast the "Yule Log" around Christmas. For those not familiar, this was a picture of a working fireplace that would be broadcast without change if I recall for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with Christmas music playing in the background. Of course, there was no cable, my black & white tv received only 7 channels with a rabbit eared antenna, and by midnight or so, all the programming you had were test patterns! The good old days? Maybe.

To get the complete show, I had to use a separate source for tracks 205 - 208. I don't think this source is as good as the main source but it's not bad. I fixed a couple of dropouts on 206 & 207 that came out fairly well, did some other minor edits, and then normalized the volume, all on Cool Edit. I then did some re-tracking via CD Wav and converted to flac using level 8 and then ran the files through shntool and fixed two sbe's.

EAC Info:

Used drive : LITE-ON LTR-40125S Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure with C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 12
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface


Setlist:


Disc 1:

101. WPIX intro
102. Don't Call Me Chief
103. City Magic
104. That's Wrong
105. We Just Disagree
106. Gonna Move
107. Just One Minute More
108. How Long Has It Been?
109. Does Anybody Care?
110. Expressway To Your Heart
111. Run For Cover


Disc 2:

201. Ghost Town Parade
202. How Wrong Can You Be?
203. Trinidad
204. Sailfish
205. Old Judge Jones
206. Falling Out
207. Friend Of Mine
208. Central Park
209. WPIX outro

Notes: Some songs from Jim Kreuger's 1978 album Sweet Salvation, Mike Finnigan's 1978 album Black & White, and Les Dudek's 1978 album Ghost Town Parade. These 3 guys plus the rest of the band were excellent musicians. I don't think I ever saw Les live but I did see Finnigan and Kreuger as part of Dave Mason's band around 1974 and they were outstanding.

Band Members:

Les Dudek - Guitar
Mike Finnigan - Keyboards
Max Gronenthal - Keyboards
Michael Hossack - Drums
Jim Krueger - Guitar
Bill Meeker - Drums
Trey Thompson - Bass


FLAC Fingerprints:

101 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:76d0f5152839711f9d6ec07a3fb8803d
102 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:b3b08cf947130eea9c6fabae90dbed67
103 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:5e5fe913cce17a236db778e6592569b6
104 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:a1eff045bd5dcb901d7daecd4bf03626
105 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:af0de13d90046284c0c63224322c91d6
106 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:423090770bb109e1f02f3ccbd77dd5db
107 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:8375a764b331597dcee501882a8d2d24
108 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:0a48d7cf4fa4793e26effdc4a2800ae6
109 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:8462f5907383e2fccdcdc2b62e2f22a8
110 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:060a2a91fed098cd6689f783b89d4e00
111 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:34e04ee4422f01b5ac50bf3268e7bd42

201 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:9e973607e86666512f798cfec855982c
202 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:e14bd1bd4eb57ad82cb556d6153a0723
203 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:dfd327337cd8560e1f73a6dd1386699e
204- Dfk1978-07-18.flac:d9606a64468385aa98ba96859067ae42
205- Dfk1978-07-18.flac:3a4e4bbbd62e3b66f91b36822c9766b7
206- Dfk1978-07-18.flac:36bb41a93db66497218a780b080b8087
207- Dfk1978-07-18.flac:a0e0ab590d8a04373079806c022435ba
208- Dfk1978-07-18.flac:5c4ce5e615793e7fe13f28b2476cd5d9
209 - Dfk1978-07-18.flac:f3dc725b71298400bfbe58fd8b9316b5

AMG Notes by Craig Harris:

Brought together by CBS, Dudek, Finnigan, Krueger, or the DFK Band, was one of those projects that seem inspired on paper but just don't work out commercially.

Guitarist/vocalist Jim Krueger and keyboardist/vocalist Mike Finnigan, who met in the Dave Mason Band, had built impressive resumés previously on their own. A member of late-'60s band the Serfs and a reunited Big Brother & the Holding Company (without Janis Joplin) in 1969, he recorded with the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood in 1970 and Jerry Wood in 1972 before recording his debut album in 1976. Wisconsin-born Krueger had become an important member of the Dave Mason Band, co-writing the pop hit "We Just Disagree." Working with Finnigan, he recorded a solo album, Sweet Salvation, in 1978. Rhode Island-born guitarist Les Dudek was a highly regarded sideman by the late-'70s, having spent five years in Boz Scaggs' band.

Dudek, Finnigan, Krueger's overly slick approach to West Coast pop failed to find much of an audience, however, and the group disbanded shortly after releasing its self-titled debut album in 1980. Dudek went on to work with Cher in the early '80s, appearing as her boyfriend in the 1985 film Mask, and Steve Miller, who recorded his tune "Sacrifice," in the early '90s. Finnigan's resumé includes session work for Alice Cooper, Ben Sidran, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dan Fogelberg, Etta James, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Maria Muldaur, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, and Tracy Chapman. He's worked with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash on a variety of solo and band projects since the 1970s. Taking a hiatus from music for nearly a decade, Krueger resurfaced with two albums, 100 Proof and Raise It!, recorded with novelty-bar band the Happy Schnapps Combo in the early '90s. He died in 1993.