Saturday, August 29, 2009

WOLFMAN JACK ON XPRS


Way back in the day (early 70's) we used to spend our Friday and Saturday nights cruising around looking for parties or things to do. We would typically be listening to radio station XPRS which had a program called The Soul Express which played the best soul music around. The disc jockey on this program was the one and only, Wolfman Jack. This radio station would broadcast out of Mexico so the reception was not always the strongest and would fade in and out of your AM radio. (What? Yes, AM radio!) For us XPRS was the best station to hear the music we wanted to listen to so we dealt with the poor reception. Now, eventually Wolfman Jack ended up getting squeezed out of this gig by the Mexican government and ended up in the Los Angeles area working for the local oldies station KRTH and also KRLA. Wolfman Jack was a true original and his talents are sorely missed. Here is a clip of Wolfman Jack for those of you that remember him and for those of you that don't, well get hip and check him out!

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