Allen Thayer is the Assistant Director of the Public Management Program Center for Social Innovation (CSI) of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and Columbia University. He also attended university in Indonesia.
His knowledge of each track of his exquisite collection of rare 45 singles makes this show incredibly unique, bringing out the best sounds across eras and different cultures.
Allen Thayer is called "the Ambassador" in certain circles because he also is a DJ of Brasilian Music.
Here's a link to Allen Thayer's writing in the magazine, Wax Poetics: http://www.waxpoetics.com/features/articles/that-new-blackmagic
He also has a blog to share: www.soul-spectrum.com
Here's the web page of the Public Management Program Center for Social Innovation (CSI) of the Stanford Graduate School of Business: http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/mba-public-management-program
Ambassador Thayer's playlist may also be found here: http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?action=viewDate&seq=selList&playlist=21494&session=
Playlist for Lunch Special - "Ambassador" Allen Thayer Monday, 25 July 2011 noon - 1pm
Artist Track Album/Label
Bobby Blue Bland Shoes 45 Single Duke Mongo Santamaria El Tres 45 Single Columbia Hyldon Rio de Janeiro - Brasil 45 Single CBS Lost Generation The Sly, Slick & The Wicked 45 Single Brunswick Ralfi Pagan Make It With You 45 Single Wand Sunny & the Subliners Talk to Me 45 Single Tear Drop The Mad Lads I Forgot to Be Your Lover 45 Single Volt Azteca Night at Nazca 45 Single Columbia Odyssey Our Lives Are Shaped by What We Know 45 Single Light in the Attic Robert Palmer Every Kinda People 45 Single Island Toro y Moi Still Sound 45 Single Car Park Mandrill Too Late 45 Single Arista The Young Hearts Oo La We 45 Single Avco