Mailing address for Ron...

If you'd like to send Ron a card, a note or a joke or two, the address is:

Ron Wortham
1816 Druid Lane
Ft. Worth TX
76112

from Ron's wife yesterday afternoon

to be forwarded God is answering our prayers for better kidney function. It is only slight improvement; the hand that I hold each time that I go wasn't as tight. It's another day free of dialysis; it is our continued prayer for better kidney function & that the diuretics will help remove the built up fluid in his body. Also, the infection in his incision from back surgery is healing well. His color is still very good. Dustin & I read to him each time that we see him. He is sedated so that he sleeps very peacefully. Thanks be to God & to each of you for your prayers.
Love, Debby

Ron today

I talked with Ron's son this morning. Ron is not doing so well as his kidney function doesn't appear to be improving, hence the immanent possibility of complications.

Mariah has set up a Caring Bridge site if you'd like to leave a message for Ron (www.caringbridge.org/visit/ronwortham) His son said he will print and read them to Ron if he's unable to do so.

Thank you all for your loving, caring energy... keep it coming!

John

From Ron's son....

My mom, grandma and I appreciate your attention greatly. And, I will pass on the love the best I can. For all of you in touch with supernatural or extraterrestrial help, forward all you can to my dad right now. He needs all the help, love and peace he can get. Thank you.

Ron today

I just got off the phone with Ron's wife. Without attempting a lot of details, his situation at present is not so good. Some complications have come up since I last posted and he's currently in Intensive Care. They've got him on some very potent medications at present so he's pretty much out of it as far as communicating goes. In spite of all this, the feeling is, he is improving, albeit very slowly. It's going to be an uphill climb, so keep that love and light pouring in.

Thanks to all of you.... John Robertson

Ron update...

Hi Again! I talked briefly with Ron yesterday. His first words were, "I'm alive!"... a good start. Our conversation was very short as his energy and stamina levels are about zip right now. According to his wife, Ron has had more than one back injury/difficulty in his history, leaving his spine in shaky shape at best. Apparently it just gave out one night a month or so ago, leaving him without feeling below the waist. He had surgery (laminectomy) that is supposed to relieve pressure on some of the spinal nerves and is currently at a rehab center recovering and undergoing physical therapy. For the foreseeable future it looks like he'll be confined to a wheel chair. He's very weak right now so even sitting up in bed is difficult, which is to say, direct communication with him is on hold for this moment. His wife said they hope to take him home (Ft. Worth) around the 23rd of this month. I'll continue to post any updated information here.
Mariah, thanks for the Facebook thing.
Love to All... John Robertson

Ron Wortham

Dear Friends,
I just found out yesterday that our brother Ron was taken to the emergency room last month. I don't know any details right now, but apparently it had something to do with his back. As I understand it he's currently in a rehab center. He doesn't have a phone in his room so I haven't been able to talk to him directly but I'll keep trying. As I find out more, I'll post it here.
In the mean time, if we all just send him lots of love... well, you never know what might happen. It is, after all, the stuff miracles are made of.

John Robertson

Merry Christmas from Jimmy and Lola

Hope all are doing well, and best wishes for the new year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

My best Thanksgiving wishes to everyone! Those of you here in Arizona know what a gorgeous sunny day it is; the rest of you can only envy us.

I've been absent from the blog for most of the year to date, due mostly to pressing family matters but also due partly to burn-out after digitizing 50+ hours of KCAC tapes last year. I still have a few additional KCAC and KDKB tapes in my possession to work on, plus at the AMEHOF benefit a few weeks ago I was given some leads on other tapes that might still exist. So, hopefully, there will be more to report on in the coming months.

Please remember to give thanks today for all the blessings we have in life, even in these difficult times.

Pictures from Don Johnson!!!

Hi!

Well, I've finally gotten around to posting these... Don Johnson sent a bunch of pictures to Ron, who in turn emailed them to a few friends with a plea to get them posted. Ask and ye shall receive! They are a wonderful collection of posters and trivia from "The Era." Click on the title of this post, or go to the KCAC Photo Albums link in the left margin, or... just click here to visit the album. Enjoy the nostalgia!

:~)aniel

A LITTLE ON THE SIDE - SIDEWAYS

Many of you readers are not on my personal KCAC/KDKB "survivors mailing list. This matters only because Don Johnson has beem scanning and sharing some CLASSIC posters... concerts, publicity photos, club advertisements and so on, that I have been forwarding to the Survivors List. They represent the essence of Phoenix giving birth to its anthem of freedom 1968 - 1977.

Dan Page has promised me that he will be posting these to an album linked here at KCAC LIVES!

It's the kind of stuff that makes you wonder what happened. Janis Joplin playing in Tempe for less than $15.00 per ticket. Clubs with no cover charge. FREE PARKING everywhere - so free it's not even mentioned. Seeing these poster and publicity scans (you can print them for your wall) will help you realize that somehow, we are in the wrong time zone, not to mention the wrong economy.

"Time will tell us -- who is trying to sell us" - Crosby. Stills & Nash

♥

Ron Wortham

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Hidden Between the Lines

Wow, I found a post from someone I was good friends with for many years tucked away back around July 10. Lots of you probably know him too....Michael Schwartz. Radio and engineering guy. So bummed I haven't kept up and I hope he checks back in! Seeing his post led me to ponder how many of us may be missing posts and losing an opportunity to reconnect?

OK, I know it's hot as the devil here but maybe we can all plunge into some cold water, shake it off, and start posting on our KCAC Lives blog again! I've been SO bad about keeping up with this blog in the last year or so. I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook, Myspace etc. I'm more at home off the beaten path. However, at Liz, Ron and Jimmy's nudging I finally broke down and joined Facebook. It IS fun and convenient, and cool so many of us are on there too, but let's not forget KCAC Lives!

"BLOGSNIT" MYSTERY REVEALED BY MARTY!!

Yo compadres,
New stuff is on recent archive sections: "Rebirth Reborn" and "Love Workshop Box Set." On the former, Marty was up to his usual hilarity; well worth reading his definition of "BLOGSNIT" and related posts from Daniel, Ron and Fran.

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day! Thanks to all who help make this a great nation. That includes you.

:~)aniel

Connections

Anybody out there Twittering, Facebooking or blogging somewhere else? Let's start including links to some of our social networking pages here, too.

I'll start. My business blog includes stuff I'm writing on and updates on previous stories. I'm also on all these dealies:

Let's keep in touch!

R.I.P. Michael

Too Rolling Stoned

Wow! Just got the 4-DVD boxed set, "Rolling Stone - Cover to Cover: The First 40 Years," a searchable digital archive of every issue of Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 to 2007. Each page has been scanned from the original printed issues – even the ads! (Dig this Linda Eastman photo of Keith Moon - priceless!)
If you ever need a PDF of anything that ever appeared in RS (well, except for the last two years), hit me up here. Even if you can only recall one memorable phrase - Elton John saying he would "draw the line at goats," for example - the search feature will quickly find the original article (in this case, "Elton John: It's Lonely at the Top," Oct. 7, 1976). Pretty awesome!

People Are Strange - or at least, "Weird"

Diggin' "Weird Al" Yankovic's brand new video "Craigslist" - an "homage to The Doors, featuring Ray Manzarek himself on keyboards." Who knew the world was clamoring for such a thing?

Deja'Vu All Over again, Again

Please forgive me if this seems self-absorbed but sometimes The Past sneaks up on you and blows smoke past your ear as it giggles....

One of the readers of KCAC Lives! knocked me over with an email the other day, telling me he is now working at CBS Radio (KOY) in Phoenix. He was clearing some storage and came across a job application I had filed at KOY on April 1st, 1969. Understand that was the FIRST job application I had filed in Phoenix, about 4 days after my arrival from Dallas, via San Fransisco.

Bill was "Little Willie Sunshine" at KRUX drawing huge ratings. Hank was at KOOL (I think) also doing news.

Later I joined Bill at KRUX for the summer and very nearly starved to death. I was about to return to San Fransisco and had dropped by the station to say goodbye when he told me about George Soderquist and KCAC..

Anyways, here is a scan of that old KOY job application courtesy of E.Schecter - who because of his appreciation of the past, quite likely will enjoy a wonderful future in radio..... and life as well.

♥ Ron






Scott Niccolson tells me he has a bunch of KDKB DJ music logs....

Wow.

♥

LEONARD COHEN - NOKIA THEATRE - DFW, TEXAS

He was born in 1934. That makes him a 74 year-old man. Right? Wrong Leonard Cohen is a young man..... tineless really, who has lived 74 years, so far.

NOTABLE QUOTES AND COMMENTS: "This is my first tour in fifteen years. I was 60 then - just a starry-eyed kid with a dream". "You came to my bed this morning and handled me like a piece of meat. You'd have to be a man to understand how good that feels".

Intimacy is the keynot of the Cohen. The first half of the show is spellbinding. The second half of the show is enchanting, something you SHARE. The THIRD HALF of the show is for Leonard and the band. If you're paying attentioin, they LOVE to perform - they are Masters at what they do. Three singers, about five multi-talented musicians and The Old Man in a Fedora, kneeling in prayer as he sings, much of the time.

Then suddenly he becomes a Marrionette. He is all over the stage like a Wood Nymph. Leonard Cohen is right up there with Mick Jagger in his moves.

He is free.

It was worth a week's pay and $15.00 parking. What the hell. It's a once in a lifetime experience.

So far.

♥
Ron