[dcab-l] HELLO TO ALL OF MY LONG TIME ROOTS AND BLUESLETTER FRIENDS

It has been over 8 years since I posted to this email list and this will be the last and only time I use it in this way. I wanted to let everyone know of something new I am taking on.

While I have paid attention, for the past 8 years I have not had much to do directly with the area's music scene save for the effort to get Nap Turner Way dedicated in the city. That is about to change. A number of you have seen this announced on Facebook within the last two days.

As you know I have always championed the knowledge that the greater DC area is an incredibly unrecognized contributor to MUSIC across the spectrum. I am moving that effort  to the radio! 

WOWD-LP Takoma Park Community Radio 94.3FM is providing that opportunity and it will give me the chance to explore the incredible legacy the DC area has in it's history across the music spectrum.
The name of the show is DC - Roots of MUSIC! and will totally be filled with songs that have a DC connection and allow an exploration of the contributions of our musical sons, daughters and institutes to almost anything heard today. The great musician, author and speaker Daryl Davis will be joining me on this great adventure. Everything from Ellington to Wray, from Byrd to Cline, Gaye to Gatton, Root Boy to Rubinowitz, Bluegrass to Go- Go, HFS to WGAY and the Howard to Folkways. Getting to have fun romping around in the playground full of WAMA and DCLM Hall of Fame artists will be big fun. I will be calling on a number of you to help tell this great story of our regions music. You were there. We want to hear.

Is DC an incredible music town? NO QUESTION!

WE ARE THE CHOIR

WE ARE ALL ALREADY SAYING AMEN

ITS TIME TO GET OUT BEYOND THE CHOIR

JOIN US AND SPREAD THE WORD!

There is a Facebook page DC - Roots of MUSIC! where we will post info about the show and where you can post comments and suggestions. I hope you will sign on and like the effort. A web site is coming soon.

For those beyond the broadcast signal reach you can catch the show streaming at takomaradio.org

I am especially excited about the debut show. It is dedicated to the regional hits that were possible in the days before the clearchannelization of our nations airwaves. Area performers who hit the charts here but not so much elsewhere around the country. Of course the king of the hill in that regard is the Hangmen (Reekers) What a Girl Can't Do which knocked a Beatles song out of the #1 spot on local radio. It expands from there.

Check out this list of "local" performers I have collected. For some it will be easy to guess the song. For others you may be surprised.

WARNING!
Ancient earworms on the way

The Apollos

Big Al Downing
Billy Hancock
Blackbyrds
Bob Brady & the Con Chords
Bobbie Parker
British Walkers
Bunker Hill (Dave Walker)
Buzz Busby
Charlie and the Pep Boys
Chartbusters
Cherry People
Claude Jones
Emmett Swimming
English Setters
Experience Unlimited
Face Dancer
Fallen Angels
Flavor
Fugazi
Gary St Clair
Grin
Hangmen (The Reekers)
Harbison, Bond & Goddard
Jimmy Dean
Junkyard Band
Kix
Jerry Dallman & the Knightcaps
Lafayettes
Lawrence and the Arabians
Little Royal
MadHatters
Vince Maloy
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Minor Threat
Newports
Nighthawks
Nils Lofren
Nobody's Children
Razz
Resumes
Root Boy Slim/Foster MacKenzie
Roslyn Mt Boys
Roy Buchanan
Roy Clark & the Versatils ( Off Keys)
Seldom Scene
Sir Joe Quarterman
Slickee Boys
Soul Searchers
Switchblade
Telstars
Tex Rubinowitz
Tommy Keene
Trouble Funk
Trufax and the Insaniacs
Van Dykes
Winstons

 

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE SHOWN ME OVER THE YEARS!!!

Wayne Kahn

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