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She ents his views on the ravages of radio consoli- 1975, Dave "The Duke" Sholin was a god, pret- befriended "George the Cop" who let us in the dation on creativity ty much; a side door of the Fillmore for free. My brother Lou and the art of radio. Top -i0 worked for Mercury and then Capitol and gave He writes: "Radio's deity who us tickets to many shows including the Beatles' quality and diversity eventually final concert at Candlestick Park. of programming is became the shrinking, not When I think of GAVIN I focus on the people beacon on expanding. More who work here. The one thing that we all have the tower money is being in common is that we're in it for the music. GAVIN of his poured into sales, and has always been a forum for bringing the best career in less ;ind less into what is needed ti- survival- I first radio. music to the industry. vividly recall our bettur )r( )gr:lnlming. Boulder Triple A Summit in 1993 where Dave Matthews headlined Saturday night at the Fox GAVIN SAYS WHAT A RIDE: MY 13 YEARS AT 29 first 12 GOODBYE. Lou GAVIN. A/C & Hot A/C Editor Annette M. Lai Theatre before his album debuted. There Galliani, Ron Fell, signs off. were about 250 attendees from the burgeoning and Dave Sholin format that year, and Dave absolutely tore it up. recall the legend that 32 ALOHA MEANS HELLO AND At our Ninth Annual Summit last year, I sat in the is Bill Gavin, and GOODBYE. "I'm not much for 'farewells,"' "Midnight Lounge" at the hotel watching Kerry says GAVIN Alternative Editor Richard Sands. their experiences Getz perform solo at 1 a.m. and eating the home- "Nor is anyone around here for that matter. Still, working at the com- made chocolate chip cookies she brought to her I guess it's appropriate for me to say some- pany he started in showcase. She sang a rendition of "Walk Away thing..." 1958. Renee" that brought a tear to my eye. That tiny SEMINAR MULTI -FORMAT SESSION ANOTHER STEP IN THE JOURNEY. room was occupied by radio and record reps 17 RECAP. A highlight of the t \\ iv 'cutinar hao 35 Urban and l rlrm A C Editor Kevin Fleming on attending the Summit, among them David Byrne ahvacs been the multi -format sessi,ins. where his path to G -a I\, and beyond. and Suzanne Vega, who had performed at the the biggest of wigs present big picture stuff. To Fox earlier that evening. that end, GAVIN presents a look at what went WHAT WOULD WILLIE DO? Triple A I've personally heard Paula Cole and the 38 Editor Dave Einstein gets Zen his down last week in San Francisco. about tenure Mavericks credit GAVIN for helping to launch at GAVIN magazine. After all, that's what Willie their careers, through Seminar peformances, would do. IS THAT A FACT, PART III. Jamie though certainly there were many acts who 20 Matteson has asked country- artists some very played the Seminar over the years who needed 40 GOOD BYE, FAREWELL, AMEN. GAVIN playful in past GAVIN Special questions CRS liusinc and Media Editor Doug AAvllie stares no help at all, but helped make the event special. Issues, and she presents another installment with blankly at his computer screen for days, and At our Seminar 2000 in SF, on opening day we some of 2002's newest county up and corners. then writes his last column. had Tony Bennett, Elton John, and the Cure at three different venues. CONTENTS FORMAT SECTIONS: Britney Spears was adorable when she dropped TOP 40 & RHYTHM CROSSOVER first 17 UP FRONT "Dave Sholin: The Making of a Mentor" by Wayne Coy 27 by our office pre -promoting her album at News/Commentary 6 Seminar Picture Page 28 years old. The Spice Girls were more than gracious Radio@Large by Paige Nienaber 7 2002 GAVIN Seminar Photo Spread 8 A/C & HOT A/C when they made their American debut at "The a Ride: My 13 Years at by M. Lai "Radio's Dirty Little Secret" by Guy Zapoleon 10 "What GAVIN" Annette 29 Artist Profile: Louise Goffin 31 GAVIN" in Atlanta, performing and then hanging Seminar Scrapbook 31 SPECIAL ISSUE: out with everyone until 3 a.m. Etc., etc., etc. ALTERNATIVE All my years in record promotion and the GAVIN MAGAZINE SAYS GOODBYE "Aloha Means Hello and Goodbye" by Richard Sands 32 "GAVIN Memories" by Max Tolkoff and Linda Ryan 33 "A Little Nostalgia For Bill Lou 12 music trade business have been berry, berry GAVIN" by Galliani Seminar Pics 34 "The Vision Thing" by Ron Fell 13 good to me. In all likelihood, this is the final issue "Twilight Time" by Dave Sholin 14 URBAN & URBAN A/C GAVIN'S Behind The Scenesters 15 "Another Step in the Journey" by Kevin Fleming 35 of GAVIN magazine. But it's not the final chapter GAVIN Award Winners 37 for the GAVIN staff who, as I said earlier, are in it 2002 GAVIN SEMINAR Seminar Pics 37 for the music. For them, I repeat what is Multi -Format Session Re -caps 17 TRIPLE A "What Would Willie Do?" by Dave Einstein 38 engraved on Kurt Vonnegut's tombstone: "To Be COUNTRY CRS ISSUE "What Would Einstein Do?" by Jimmy Leslie 38 Is That A Fact, Part III 20 GAVIN Award Winners 39 Continued." GAVIN Country Award Winners 24 Seminar Pics 39 The News is Good at WHWK 24 "Dear Country Radio" by Jamie Matteson 25 GAVIN.COM: MUSIC ON THE NET Rick Galliani "Goodbye, Farewell, Amen" by Doug Wyllie 40 Country Cocktail Pics 25 "What If Nobody Comes?" 41 Associate Publisher More 2002 Seminar Country Pics 26 Seminar Pics 42 GAVIN March 1, 2002 gavin 5 www.americanradiohistory.com FRIENDS OF RADIO Radio Tunes To GAVIN Seminar BY JAMIE MATTESON Seminar 2002 a Smash Hit Jo Dee Messina binds us all together right now, and that's SINGER/SONGWRITER By Doug Wyllie CURB RECORDS budget cuts." To protect himself from the paparazzi (in typical Nienaber fashion) Paige "Willie Nelson signed my arm!" That's just one wielded at the podium an inflatable life-sized of about a million things that attendees to the doll ordinarily used for slightly different activi- 2002 GAVIN Seminar in San Francisco might ties, and introduced her as "Tiffany the Crash exclaim when they return to work on Monday Test Panelist." morning. Myriad golden moments throughout Of course, there's also the music. Artists the four days were experienced by the more included Rhian Benson, Tenacious D, Big Moe, than 1,000 Seminar attendees, and each per- Andy Griggs, Little Big Town, Visitor Jim, son's perspective offers a unique view of a South, Luce, Eleventeen, Oleta Adams, Steely, wonderful event. This is mine. Simple Plan, and the incomprable Willie The Seminar was peppered with panel dis- Nelson. Each performance was so personal and cussions and fantastic music. High profile so near to the ear that one couldn't help but get radio and music industry professionals dis- chills. I had the extraordinary opportunity to be cussed the most critical issues facing radio one of the shooters photographing the Willie today and into tomorrow. Laura Ivey, Lee Neslon interview and performance, which Abrams, Jerry Clifton, Alan Wallace, Tony meant that I got to hang out right under the Gray, Cynthia Johnson, Alan Burns, Paige monitors at the edge of the stage.