SNV Special Report: Carbondale, IL Part 4

<p>Special Report (9/24/2026)</p><p><br></p><p>Coal Kitchen plays in Carbondale in 1972. May Day Fest, a music festival set to take place in 1970 never happens. And a whole bunch of cool musicians, some better known than others, pass through the area around Southern Illinois University in the 50s, 60s, 70s and even today.</p><p><br></p><p>Links to items covered in this special:</p><p><br></p><p>1972: Coal Kitchen band, part 1: <a href="https://youtu.be/O2UwIY6FQaM?si=vyJN4pbt-iFOtYO_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/O2UwIY6FQaM?si=vyJN4pbt-iFOtYO_</a></p><p><br></p><p>1972, Coal Kitchen, part 2: <a href="https://youtu.be/wTc_2pHfFus?si=SoqmPvlgurUaAALE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/wTc_2pHfFus?si=SoqmPvlgurUaAALE</a></p><p><br></p><p>Coal Kitchen, 1972, part 3: <a href="https://youtu.be/5QRxvf2f-k0?si=gzNEY4NNijzu71Kr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/5QRxvf2f-k0?si=gzNEY4NNijzu71Kr</a></p><p><br></p><p>Coal Kitchen (The Metro St. Louis Live Music Historical Society): <a href="https://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/Coal%20Kitchen.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/Coal%20Kitchen.htm</a></p><p><br></p><p>Women’s Music (The New Yorker By Ellen Willis June 17, 1974): <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/06/24/womens-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/06/24/womens-music</a></p><p><br></p><p>Rock Festival in Illinois, Like Many Others Now, Meets Bitter Community Hostility ( The New York Times by J. Anthony Lukas April 27, 1970): <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/27/archives/rock-festival-in-illinois-like-many-others-now-meets-bitter.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/27/archives/rock-festival-in-illinois-like-many-others-now-meets-bitter.html</a></p><p><br></p><p>Coal Kitchen-Got Your Love For Good.mp3: <a href="https://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/Coal%20Kitchen-Got%20Your%20Love%20for%20Good.mp3 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/Coal%20Kitchen-Got%20Your%20Love%20for%20Good.mp3 </a></p><p><br></p><p>REO Speedwagon on Carbonale PBS in the fall of 1971: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GaryRichrathGuitarLegend/videos/500725908849790" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.facebook.com/GaryRichrathGuitarLegend/videos/500725908849790</a></p><p><br></p><p>Frankie Trumbauer -