When I first met Rich I couldn’t get over how he could ever have gotten through high school without a grounding in rock n roll. All my other friendships were formed over passionate responses to rock music. How exotic could Wantaugh, Long Island be that you could grow up without Mitch Ryder and the Stones? I found out when I visited him at his parent’s home. Later it was Rich who turned me on to Bitches Brew.
Rich, guest dj’d on Howard Thompson’s WPKN “Pure” show yesterday. His theme centered show looked at sisters, brothers and brothers & sisters who make music together. You know, Van Halen and the Ramones. I should have shared this link before the show but it will archived here for the next two weeks. Rich has such a great radio voice. I told him so and he shared a few of his secrets. He used two vocal effects, plus a de-esser and I sped it up 5%. He sounded so smooth, like Adrienne Barbeau in John Carpenter’s Fog.
Madison, a young woman who has been coming to ME for the last six months or so ask me last night what I was listening to. I told her mostly 45s and she asked if I could share a playlist of them on Spotify. I have a short stack of ones we’ve played recently sitting by the turntable so I limited myself to those and I found most of them. I couldn’t find the single version “Black & Tan Fantasy” so I had to skip that gem.
When i took Rich with me to an Iggy Pop show soon after we got together he was nervous and surprised when i dashed off and bum rushed the stage. 😂 I was shocked and concerned that he remained seated.