BONUS: SKIP "THE AMERICAN" DAVIS - Radio Caroline (2nd, March 1968)

<p>Hello KFOG listeners! I have a special treat for you.&nbsp;</p><br><p>This is an interesting piece of radio history. I'm sure many of you are familiar with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Caroline" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Radio Caroline</a>, the British PIRATE RADIO station that operated starting in 1964. They were a direct answer to the stuff BBC radio programming, playing rock music and generally giving the youth culture of the UK what they WANTED to hear.&nbsp;</p><br><p>What you're going to hear is about 45 minutes of <strong>SKIP "THE AMERICAN" DAVIS </strong>who was a Radio Caroline disc jockey for <strong>exactly 45 minutes</strong>. When you listen to the aircheck I think it will become clear why.&nbsp;</p><p>Apparently Skip worked as "WMCA Good Guy" in New York City for two weeks, but it didn't go well. The reasons for why he lost his job are murky. It's very possible he was fired because he was caught in a raid in a gay bar (keep in mind this was 1967/1968), or he just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Either way, it's a sad story and radio was on the wrong side of history, as it so often is.</p><p>Or it could be that Skip was just a TERRIBLE DISC JOCKEY.</p><br><p>I have searched extensively online and there is not much known about his life after this broadcast. There is one particularly disturbing moment in the broadcast that leads me to believe that he does NOT want to be found.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Hey, but as lousy and weird Skip "The American" Davis was as a DJ his playlist was FANTASTIC! Check it out:</p><br><p>&nbsp;<strong>John Fred and his Playboy Band </strong>- “Judy In Disguise (with glasses)”</p><p><strong>The Supremes</strong> - “Hang On Sloopy”</p><p><strong>The Who </strong>- “I Can See For Miles”&nbsp;</p><p><strong>The Beatles</strong> - “Sie iebt dicht”</p><p><strong>Andrew Loog Oldham </strong>- “The Last Time”&nbsp;</p><p><strong>The Four Tops </strong>- “Walk Away Renee”</p><p><strong>Brenton Wood</strong> - “Gimme Little Sign”</p><p