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FTV: Rick Derringer

       ‘Derringer’ was probably the perfect stage name when nine year old Rick began playing Country & Western tunes in the bars around Fort Recovery, Ohio with his uncle Jim.  It was 1956 and he had only recently gotten a Harmony-type guitar model with one pickup and a copy of Mickey Baker’s Complete Course in […]

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From the Vaults: Gary Tanin

       Regular readers of these FTVs will no doubt recognize the name Gary Tanin.  Having name checked him enough times to enshrine his name in the WOAS FM Hall of Fame (if and when we get around to establishing one), it seemed that a proper introduction was well past due.  Gary (and his work with […]

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FTV: SNL at 50

       Having done a couple of quizzes about songs and lyrics, I will take a different tact on this outing about Saturday Night Live.  AARP – The Magazine ran a ‘test your knowledge of five decades of Saturday Night Live’ feature recently.  Using their quiz,  I am going to do a Johnny Carson ‘Carnac the […]

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FTV: Just Deserts

     Our good friend Gary Tanin at Daystorm Music in Milwaukee recently sent along Jim Eannelli’s first solo album Just Deserts which is set to be released in both digital and physical formats on September 27, 2024.   Yours truly was visiting Eugene, Oregon to catch John Forgety’s 56th Anniversary Celebration concert.  When the Just Deserts […]

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