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AADL Talks To: Fred LaBour, former writer for The Michigan Daily and member of the musical group Riders in the Sky
In this episode, AADL Talks to "Too Slim" Fred LaBour. Fred is a member of Riders in the Sky, an American Country and Western music and comedy quartet that has performed together since 1977. From '67 to '71, Fred was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan where he covered sports and wrote music reviews for The Michigan Daily. Fred discusses the campus culture that shaped his career and he walks us through a day in the life of a too-slim "wise ass" English major whose satirical review of the Beatles’ "Abbey Road" album propelled the “Paul McCartney is Dead” urban legend that took the country by storm.
Read Fred's October 14, 1969 "Paul is Dead" article in The Michigan Daily.
Check out Riders in the Sky in the AADL catalog. The group is also featured on the following CDs: Toy Story Favorites, Toy Story 2, Disney Pixar All Time Favorites, and Woody's Roundup.
Jacobson's Models in an old Cadillac advertise the State Street Merchant's Men's Night, December 1955
Year:
1955
Ann Arbor News, December 14, 1955
Caption:
MEN'S NIGHT COMING UP: Pete Zahner, the owner of this 1919 Cadillac might tell you that Bill Collins, the driver, is wondering just where the money is coming from that he hopes to spend in State St. area stores tonight when the stores observe Men's Night. The girls (Beth Ford in the front seat and Berle Spear, Clair Mara and Cathy McIntyre, left to right in the rear) are all models at Jacobsen's. As Ray Algueseva, assistant manager at Jacobson's, put it: "We feel Men's Night is the least we can do for the men." Coffee, refreshments, and transportation are included in plans for the 7 to 10 p.m. "no ladies allowed" selling event.
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