We have just started the Radio Free Phoenix 2016 Radiothon – our fundraiser to keep RFP alive and on the air.  We went on-air August 18th, 2004 and this year, 2016 has been our most challenging for raising funds for the station. The royalty rates we pay to play the music went up over 400% on January 1st. We need your help – please donated to RFP and help us keep bringing this great music RFP to you!

Please Donate HERE

* We  present great music from the entire era of Rock N Roll with musical knowledgeable DJ’s along with many great specialty features and shows like Banned Rock Roll with Andy Olson, Dan’s Garage with Dan Frank, What You Need To Know with Michael Thomas Jr,  The Grateful Deep Hour with David Gans, Zappa Universe with Tom Tuerff , Acoustic Cafe with Rob Reinhart,  Every Little Thing with Ken Michaels, The Pirate Years with Paul Peters, 80’s Kickback and many more.

* Our entire staff works on a volunteer basis, but as we are commercial free we do ask that our listeners help to cover the essentials such as server fees, music fees, office rent, etc. Our only source of income is through CD & T-Shirt sales on-site and listener donations.

* You can donate on a one time basis or with a 6 month subscription plan (such as $20, $40, $60,  $80 or $100 per month for six months). Every dollar raised goes to pay our basic operating expenses.

You can can also send your donations to Radio Free Phoenix  591 S. Fourth St Globe, AZ 85501

Help preserve one of the last GREAT underground rock radio stations in the country!

(new RFP logo designed by Randy Olson)

Dan’s Garage #8 (Aired 8/9/2016)

1 Bobby Comstock – Let’s Stomp (Lawn) 1962
2 Lonnie Mae w/ Gene & The Satellites (Fine) 1960
3 Two Kats & A Kitten – Kit Kat Rock (Fine) 1957
4 Frank Sandy w/ The Mel Thomas Trio – Tarantella Rock (1958)
5 The Redcoats w/ Steve Alaimo – The Girl Can’t Help It (Lifetime) 1957)
6 Baron Daemon & The Vampires – Transylvania Twist (WNYS) 1964
7 Madisons – Valerie (Twin Hit) 1964
8 Andy & The Classics – Wilma (Hurd) 1966
9 Bobby ‘D’ & The Trinidads – Don’t You Just Know It (Radiant) 1963
10 Catalinas – My Misery (Novart) 1963
11 Shorty Prescott’s Velvetones – Bring It On Home (Velvet) 1962
12 Continentals – Cathy’s Clown (Lifetime) 1963
13 Don & Tony & The Nighthawks – Lightning (Capitol Star Artist) 1960
14 Vaqueros – Echo (Audition) 1963
15 Vistas – Moon Relay (Tuff) 1963
16 Tempests – Rockin’ Rochester (Half Life) 1962
17 Tweeds – We Got Time (Coral) 1967
18 Jesters – The Big ‘T’ (Candy Cane) 1963
19 Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band –Natural Carbonation Song (no label) 1968
20 Ed Wool & The Nomads – I Need Somebody (RCA Victor) 1966
21 Pineapple Heard – Valleri (Diamond) 1967
22 Declaration Of Independence _ Letter To Ruth (Mr, G) 1967

Dan’s Garage #7 (Aired 8/2/2016)

1 New Arrivals – Let’s Get With It (Southbay) 1966
2 Pride & Joy – If You’re Ready (Dunwich) 1967
3 Id – Boil The Kettle Mother (RCA Victor) 1967
4 Wreck-A-Mended – Dirty Old Man (United Artists) 1967
5 Lords Of T.O.N.K. – Miniver Cheevy (1968)
6 Hard Times – They Said No (World Artists) 1967
7 Waywayrd Five – Good Times (W-5) 1966
8 Gestures – Don’t Mess Around (Soma) 1966
9 Fendermen – Don’t You Just Know It (1962)
10 Soul Seekers – Boom Boom (Westchester) 1967
11 Cast Of Thousands – Girl What You Gonna Do (Tower) 1967
12 Randy & The Radiants – My Way Of Thinking (Sun) 1966
13 Little Joe & The Mustangs – I Dig You Baby (Challenge) 1965
14 Capes Of Good Hope – Lady Margaret (Round) 1968
15 Group Image – Hiya (Community) 1968
16 Sorce – Tomorrow Won’t See Me (Bulb) 1969
17 Alva Starr – Light Of A 1000 Years (Golden) 1967
18 Myddle Class – Free As The Wind (Tomorrow) 1967
19 Jim & Jean – Strangers In A Strange Land (Verve Folkways) 1968
20 Other Five – You Really Got Me (Baus) 1967

Dan’s Garage #6 (Aired 7/27/2016)

1 Liverpool Five – That’s What I Want (RCA Victor) 1965
2 Scorpions – (Aint That) Just Like Me (CNR) 1964
3 Fireflies – Stella Got A Fella (Ribbon) 1959
4 Cloudwalkers – Sunglasses (Capco) 1965
5 Floyd & Jerry & The Counterpoints – Believe In Things (Presta) 1966
6 Clefs Of Lavender Hill – Play With Fire (Date) 1966
7 Blues Magoos – The People Had No Faces (Verve Folkways) 1966
8 Fifth Order – Gone Too Far (Diamond) 1966
9 Sapians – Ask Yourself Why Babe (Mercury) 1966
10 Dynatones – The Fife Piper (HBR) 1966
11 Tommy Adderly – I Just Don’t Understand (Mar Mar) 1964
12 Rumbles Ltd. – Push Push (Sire) 1969
13 Cowsills – Hair (MGM) 1969
14 Sunshine Company – Look, Here Comes The Sun (Imperial) 1967
15 Collectors – Make It Easy (Warner Bros.) 1967
16 Wellington Arrangement – Love (Decca) 1970
17 Aardvarks – Salty Dog (Bullet) 1969
18 Beacon Street Union – South End Incident (MGM) 1968
19 Gregorians – Dilated Eyes (ABC) 1969

Dan’s Garage #5 (Aired 7/20/2016)

1 Riddles – It’s One Thing To Say (Mercury) 1966
2 Pattens – You Should Know (Stature) 1966
3 Ides Of March – I’ll Keep Searching (Parrot) 1965
4 New Colony Six – Cadillac (Sentar) 1966
5 Gary & The Nightlights – Glad You’re Mine (Seeburg) 1965
6 Curiosities – Walkin’ The Dog (Seeburg) 1965
7 Dynamics – Summertime USA (USA) 1964
8 Mickey Finn – Night Comes Down (World Artists) 1966
9 Stained Glass – We Got A Long Way To Go (RCA Victor) 1967
10 Only Ones – You’re The Reason (Panik) 1966
11 Hype – White Light, White Heat (Major Tom) 1970
12 Suzi Quatro – 48 Crash (Bell) 1974
13 Sound Idea – Song In My Soul (Coral) 1967
14 J.J. Lancaster – So Unkind (Date) 1967
15 Front End – Remember (Walking In The Sand) (Smash) 1968
16 Steve Walker & The Bold – Train Kept A Rollin’ (Dyno Voice) 1967
17 Fabulous Pharaohs – Hold Me Tight (Reprise) 1967
18 Group Axis – Smokestack Lightning (Atco) 1969
19 Waters – Mother Samwell (Delcrest) 1969

Dan’s Garage #4 (Aired 7/13/2016)

1 Dave Davani Four – Tossin’ & Turnin’ (Capitol) 1966
2 Michel & The French Canadians – ‘Cause I Believe (Danco) 1965
3 Black Jeans – El Tigre (Musart) 1961
4 Silvertones – Get It (Goliath) 1963
5 Gents – I Wonder Why (Normandy) 1967
6 One Eyed Jacks – Love (White Cliffs) 1967
7 Weight – Another Side Of This Life (Bertram International) 1970
8 Beau Brummels – Don’t Talk To Strangers (Autumn) 1966
9 Superfine Dandelion – People In The Streets (Mainstream) 1967
10 Mysteries – Please Agree (Manhattan) 1967
11 Chartbusters – She’s The One (Mutual) 1964
12 Elite – One Potato (Charay) 1965
13 Rivieras – Rockin’ Robin (Riviera) 1965
14 Fabulous Counts – Money (Kim) 1963
15 Electric Toilet – Revelations (Nasco) 1969
16 Derrik Roberts – A World Without Sunshine (Roulette) 1965
17 Tony Turow – What I Think About You (Zaraks) 1964
18 Victors – We Struck A Match (Alpha) 1967
19 Buccaneers – Killin’ Floor (Treasure House)
20 Dave Berry – Latisha (London) 1968

Dan’s Garage #3 (Aired 7/06/2016)

1 The Tree – No Good Woman (Barvis) 1966
2 The End – I Can’t Get Any Joy (Philips) 1965
3 Scott Bedford Four – Last Exit To Brooklyn (Joy) 1965
4 The Models – Bend Me, Shape Me (MGM) 1967
5 The Legends – Fever Games (Railroad House) 1969
6 The Chylds – No More Tears (Ivanhoe) 1969
7 Paper Cup – She Needs Love (Bear) 1970
8 Belfast Gipsies – Gloria’s Dream (Loma) 1967
9 The Creatures – Turn Out The Light (Columbia) 1966)
10 The Fairviews w/ The Fifth Dimension – New Generation (Spin-It) 1966
11 The Kingsmen – If I Need Someone (Wand) 1966
12 Merrie Motor Co. – Season Of The Witch (Scott) 1968
13 The Original Intrigues – I’ve Tried My Best (BRC) 1970
14 The Bards – Light Of Love (Piccadilly) 1967
15 Fabulous Tynsions 5 – Lone Ranger Man (Natchez-Joe) 1966
16 Amen Corner – Nema (Deram) 1967
17 The Sundowners – A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues (Jamie) 1964
18 The Rogues – Everyday (Columbia) 1964
19 The Hardtimes – Fortune Teller (World Pacific) 1966
20 The Moonrakers – You’ll Come Back (Tower) 1966

Dan’s Garage #2 (Aired 6/29/2016)

1. Phluph – Doctor Mind (Verve) 1967
2. The Collection – Both Sides Now (The Hot Biscuit Disc Co.) 1968
3. The Thousand Faces – A Thousand Faces (Era) 1968
4. Dion – Daddy (Rollin’ IN Your Arms) (Laurie) 1968
5. Five By Five – Apple Cider (Paula) 1968
6. Pendragon – Desert Of Time (Tower) 1969
7. Brimstone – Trinket (Firebird) 1969
8. Brenda Lee – Is It True (Decca) 1964
9. 2 Of Clubs – Heart (Fraternity) 1966
10. Pepi – Hypnotized (Prism) 1965
11. Evil Encorporated _ Al I Really Want To Do (Scene) 1966
12. Toads –  Leaving It All Behind (Decca) 1965
13. Dantes – Can’t Get Enough Of You Love (Jamie) 1966
14. Tropics – You Better Move (Laurie) 1966
15. Sound Of The Seventh Son – I Told A Lie (Tower) 1966
16. TR4 – Let It Be Known (Velvet Tone) 1966
17. Hausens – Can’t You See (Jayem)
18. I’des Of March – Roller Coaster (Parrot) 1966
19. Groundspeed – In A Dream (Decca) 1967
20. Exotics – Morning Sun (Monument) 1968
21. Shags – Hide Away (Laurie) 1967

Dan’s Garage #1 (Aired 6/22/2016)

1. The Buzz – You’re Holding Me Down (Coral) 1967
2. Vagrants – I Can’t Make A Friend (Vanguard) 1966
3. D Men – So Little Time (Kapp) 1965
4. Bob Seger & The Last Heard – East Side Story (Cameo) 1966
5. The Aardvarks – I Don’t Need You (Fenton) 1966
6. Bed Of Roses – Quiet (Tea) 1968
7. 13th Precinct – You Gotta Be Mine (TRX) 1968
8. Checkerlads – Send For Me (RCA) 1966
9. Sweet Young’uns – Dog Eat Dog (Shurefine) 1967
10. Burgundy Blues – I’ll Take You Back Again Argee) 1966
11. Vandals – Ballad Of A Loser (Big Rock) 1966
12. Lost Tribe – Walk One Way (United Artists) 1969
13. Astronauts – I’m A Fool (RCA) 1964
14. Loved Ones – Ever Lovin’ Man (Mainstream) 1966
15. Terry Knight & The Pack – Numbers (Lucky Eleven) 1966
16. Jury – Who Dat (Port) 1966
17. Lost – Back Door Blues (Capitol) 1965
18. Sonny Flaharaty & The Mark V – Hey Conductor (1967) Counterpart
19. Rainy Daze – Make Me Laugh (1968) White Whale
20. Fugitives – Mean Woman (1965) Columbia
21. Cryan Shames – Ben Franklin’s Almanac (1966) Destination
22. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Diddy Wah Diddy (1965) A&M

RFP has an exciting new specialty show starting this Wednesday evening at 8pm (Arizona time) called Dan’s Garage. The show is hosted by long-time New York musician, Dan Frank. It’s a 1 hour journey through Dan Frank’s massive collection of hard to find Garage and Psychedelic rock 45’s from the 60’s & 70’s. All songs played from the original vinyl 45’s!

Dan is a musician and record collector from Rochester, NY where he has lived and worked his entire life. He was heavily influenced by his two older brothers who were both musicians, but especially his oldest brother, Vinny who was a record collector in his own right. Dan started collecting records when he was in his teens, but started collecting garage and psychedelic 45’s in earnest around 1984 when he was 24 years old. He formed the local garage rock act “The Projectiles” around the same time and currently plays in “Dan Frank & the True Believers”. Dan still collects 45’s to this day and his voracious appetite for cool and hip sounds from the 60’s and 70’s are represented on his blog “Dan’s Garage”.

Join Us for this great show this and every Wednesday on Radio Free Phoenix!

Check out past playlists HERE

Dan’s Facebook

Dan Frank & The True Believers Facebook 

(Update: Join us for Part 2 of Tribute To Jack Miller, Saturday July 9th from 4-6pm (AZ /Pacific time) and Sunday July 10th, 3-5pm on Radio Free Phoenix with Al Perry!)

On RFP Presents This coming Saturday at 5pm & and Sunday at 3pm (Arizona Time) we will feature a two hour special in tribute to Jack Miller, Arizona’s legendary audio engineer (Jack passed away on May 12th). The work he did with Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood continues to be influential today. He was inducted into The Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame several years ago and also The Arizona Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2013.

Jack Miller’s career in the recording industry stretches back to his teenage years in Chicago, then to Phoenix, a short stint in Los Angeles, and finally back to Phoenix. Some of the artists he worked with over the years included Duane Eddy, Sanford Clark, Waylon Jennings, The Eclectic Mouse, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees, The Animals, Herman’s Hermits, R. Carlos Nakai, Jessie Colter and many more. He spent many years at Arizona’s famed recording studio, Audio Recorders. In 1978 he started Jack Miller Productions and also worked for Canyon Records in Phoenix. He was Grammy award winner and engineered & recorded over 4,000 albums throughout his career, embodying every musical style imaginable.

This show is hosted by Tucson singer-songwriter, Al Perry and first aired on KXCI-FM in Tucson. The second hour is hosted by Jack Miller himself exploring his life and work over the years.

Radio Free Phoenix now brings you “The Daily Beatle Break” – Monday through Friday in the noon hour (Arizona time). Hosted by Dave Marino, The Daily Beatle Break is intended to educate listeners about the influence the Beatles have had on Rock & Roll! Each episode features one Beatles song along with the story behind it – including rare outtakes and alternate song versions by the Beatles!

Longtime Radio Free Phoenix listener, Dan Griffin, joins the airstaff, weekdays from 3-5 am. He’s a Phoenix native born at the old St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1953 and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1971 (for all you Knights out there).

Dan says:

I grew up in central Phoenix and started listening to KRIZ in the 60s and then came along a guy named Bill Compton! Music on the radio was a pleasure for the ears with KCAC and KDKB, a free-form underground progressive rock station. The DJs included Toad Hall, Hank Cookenboo, Scott Niccolson and Nina Joy.  I was hooked on a wonderful music format till Bill’s untimely death. It was a few years before that format returned in the 80s with K104, KSTM and the early KZON.

In 2005, I read a Phoenix New Times article about an internet radio station started up by Andy Olson and Liz Boyle called Radio Free Phoenix. Their mission was to keep Bill Compton’s spirit alive and well, and boy they did! I have done couple guest DJ appearances on RFP and been a regular listener for almost 12 years.

Now Andy has given me an opportunity to be a regular DJ Monday-Friday from 3am to 5am. I’m looking forward to Andy’s passion keeping Bill’s spirit alive and well – Long May You Run RFP!

Radio Free Phoenix would like to welcome longtime DJ, Janie Snyder to the airwaves. If you listened to KWFM in Tucson in the early 70’s you would have heard her on this legendary free-form rock station.

Janie was drawn to microphones at an early age, since her dad would often hide a tape deck under the dinner table and record family conversations. She paired this obsession with her love of rock music, and went on to be a broadcaster at WBAB Radio on Long Island, a jock at KWFM Radio in Tucson, and an announcer at a short-lived gig at KYMS Radio in Santa Ana, California. She has done voiceover work for many companies, including several supermarket chains, K-Mart, Wherehouse Records, and even the Catholic church!  Her interests are talking, crocheting, recycling, camping, and creating awesome segues in her head. You can listen to Janie, Monday through Wednesday from 12 noon – 4pm (Arizona time) on RFP Radio!

Join Radio Free Phoenix  starting this Monday for  “The Angry Arizonan”  Listen in 4 times a day 5 days a week. at 12:40 am, 5:40 am, 11:25 am & 4:25 pm (times approximate).  Read a personal message below from The Angry Arizonan!

From the desk of The Angry Arizonan…

Dear Grandcanyoneers,

Shouting as a fellow Arizonan, I hope you’ll find some hope, comfort, and tinnitus in the thoughts and opinions that I have chosen to share with you here at Radio Free Phoenix. These days, people seem to have forgotten the queasy sense of well being that can be found in the unshakeable, unwavering, unreasonable sense of certainty that can be found, not in facts, but in opinions. And that’s what I am trying to bring all my fellow Great 48’ers…mainly the fellows.

Sure, I may be angry 24/7, but that’s what this state and this country seems to want today. Some of us, at least the loudest amongst us, are crying out at decibels never before imagined. Sense and reason may work for some, but my gut, not my brain, tells me that what’s really needed now is raw instinct. And at times I can very nearly hear my gut over that ceaseless noise telling me, “You are right, and you’re the only one who is right.” I hope these commentaries will encourage you all to join me in listening to our respective guts, and in shouting down any dissenters.

Deafeningly yours ~ The Angry Arizonan

On January 1, 2016, the fees Radio Free Phoenix pays to keep the music flowing increased over 400%. This now make streaming copyrighted musical content prohibitively expensive for many small to mid-sized internet radio stations including Radio Free Phoenix. We have opened a RFP GoFundMe page to raise the funds needed to keep RFP on the air in the upcoming year – This is a serious threat to independent internet stations and many will be going silent. We hope to stay on-the-air but need your help like never before.. Please click HERE to help

https://www.gofundme.com/radiofreephoenix