re: #190 Justanotherhuman

Young “Blues Boy” King, 1956. Yeah, I used to boogie to this. Rhythm and Blues was just about all I listened to as a teen; my musical tastes were definitely not “white bread” at all. I can’t even repeat what my dad said when I listened to the radio, but it was racist as hell when he caught me. Only Black stations played the music I loved back then.

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Living in central Florida in the late 1950’s and 1960’s we listened to “John R” out of 50,000 Watt WLAC in Nashville, TN.

As you may know, John R - like Hoss Allen - were white men who sounded black, and broadcast over the clear channel Life and Casualty Insurance owned radio station.

Here’s John R ending an interview with Percy Sledge and then selling baby chicks.

John R Selling Baby Chicks.wmv

Chips Moman named his publishing company, “Baby Chicks” because of this commercial.

John R was a nice guy.