I was fired from my radio show gig yesterday by the general manager at Bi-Coastal Media,Gary Grossman for poo pooing both our local hospitals calling them the ” Medical Mafia” at MCMC ( Mid Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles) and Providence in HoodRiver (the Sisters of Profit or prophet!!). I had been plugging an alternative, the Wilson St Clinic, and apparently someone had complained to the management and here we are.The last time I was fired was 2003 or so when I was vocally against the invasion of Iraq and that war. That ended a 14yr run on Q104 and yesterday ends a 12 or 13 yr stretch on KMSW.It seems that it’s really unpopular to tell my audience things that we already know that we are not supposed to say, like how we are getting screwed by the medical system in this country or how spending a trillion plus dollars and murdering 100,000 plus innocent people in Iraq was a bad idea, or the local railroad tie plant spewing poison into our air here in The Dalles on a daily basis.1 or 2 people complain but it’s funny how NONE of my 14 sponsors complained, because they realized i’m telling the truth, something we seem to have a problem with in this “Christian” country of ours.You see my radio show was a “Blues” show, Blues, Gospel, Soul, Zydeco, American roots music with a small splattering of reality thrown in. 98% Blues and 2% reality, that reality will get you every time!!I’d also tell you where to pick up a dog at the ” Home at last “shelter or about Alcohol Anonymous , or Narcotics Anonymous or where to go to the “Re-Build it Center” to recycle building materials.I will still protest when I feel the need to protest and speak out on injustices see them because, thats what I do. I’m not a sit on my hands kind of guy, I call em like I see em.Thanks for listening.Peace, Squrl Steve Curley
Message from Squrl 03-04-2019

Squrl and his Blues Friends over the years.

Rusty Zinn
Acoustic Slide Fest, Hood River Hotel 1999

Bugs Henderson, Nick Williams, Bug’s Son on Drums
North Shore 2001

Terry Robb, David Jacobs Strain, Doug MacLeod
Aoustic Slide Fest, Hood River Hotel 1999

Johnny Otis and Squrl
SFBF 1998

Dick Waterman and Squrl
2000

Too Slim, Squrl, Little Charlie
Hood River Hotel 1999

Too Slim, Squrl, Little Charlie
Hood River Hotel 1999

Charles Brown
Mt. Hood BF 1998

Squrl and Jr Wells at Key Largo
Portland, Oregon 1988

James Solberg Band
Blues in the schools. Hood River Middle School. 1997

Chubby
White Cap Brew Pub, Full Sail 1992

Etta James
Mt. Hood BF 1998

CJ Chenier & Red Hot Louisiana Band
Hood River Hotel 1999

Ike Turner
Blues Cruise 2002

Little Jimmy King
Memphis 2000

Eddie Clearwater & wife, Renee
with Butter the wonder hound. Full Sail Street Dance 1999

Eddie Clearwater from Chicago
Full Sail Street Dance, Hood River 1999

Eddie Clearwater
Full Sail Street Dance, Hood River 1999

Eddie Clearwater
Full Sail Street Dance, Hood River 1999

Rusty Zinn
Acoustic Slide Fest, Hood River Hotel 1999
Why come to Hood River to see a show? Ask these people -THEY DID!
Guitar Shorty. Kenny Neal
Nick Moss w Michael Ledbetter Lil Ed n Blues Imperials
Luther “guitar Jr” Johnson Jimmy Thackery and drivers Janina Magness
Little Bill n Bluenotes Mark Dufresne. Johnny Dyer and Rick Holmstrom
Sugar Ray Rayford. Doug MacLeod. Roomful of Blues. Steve James
Johnny Nicholas. Rod Piazza n Mighty Flyers. Paris Slim. RJ Mischo
James Harmon. Mark Hummel. The Paladins. Rick Estrin n Nitecats
Little Charlie n Nitecats. The Ford blues band. Steve Freud. Craig Horton
Coco Montoya. Big Sandy n fly rite boys. Lloyd Jones Struggle
Curtis Salgado. Paul Delay. Jim Mesi. Smokey Wilson. Sonny Rhodes
CJ Chenier n Red Hot Louisiana band. Terrance Simien. Chubby Carrier
Tab Benoit. Dikki Du n Zydeco Krew. Tinsley Ellis. David Jacobs Strain
Terry Robb. John Hartford. Smokin Joe Kubek n Bnois King
Will Smokey Logg. Bugs Henderson n Shuffle Kings
Legendary Blues Band w Willie Big Eyes Smith Tom Principato
Andy T Alabama Mike n Anson Funderburg. Corey Dennison w Jerry Hundt
Bop Harvey. Plato Blanton. The Itals. IK Diaru n Bluespots. Holmes Bros
Maria Muldaur. Eddy Clearwater. Johnny Copeland. Mr B Jimmy Johnson
Little Mike n Tornadoes. Terry Evans. Too Slim n Taildraggers. Rory Block
Chris Cain. Pat Boyack n Prowlers. Tia Carroll. King Ernest.Randy Chortcoff
Greg Brown. Franky Lee. Alice Stewart. Michael Burkes. Patty Larkin
Big Bill Morganfield Rusty Zinn. Guy Davis. Debbie Davies. Mem Shannon
Big Dave n Ultrasonics. Mitch Woods Nathan n Zydeco Cha Chas
Dave Alvin n Guilty Men. Larry McCray. James Solberg. Mason Ruffner
Brave Combo. Henry Cooper. Greencards. Terry Hanck. Jimmy Lloyd Rea n Switchmasters. Kenny”blues Boss” Wayne
Speakers: Jim Hightower. David Barsamian