WTRN
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:58 am
I honestly don't know what triggered this memory but I woke up this morning giggling about it. The year was 1975 and I was 15. During the day......I, as all hip youngsters did, listened to WVAM...lol, but at night....secretly ....in the privacy of my own bedroom....my heart and soul belonged to Big Gene.....lol.
I went thru a period of time when I suffered huge bouts of insomnia and would lay awake listening to Big Gene and old country. I called him about every 20 minutes requesting songs...lol. Anyone that listened will know this is true... Every night around 1:20 am... he played "Your Cheatin Heart" by Hank Williams. Well, the record skipped. Somewhere in the middle of that song you would hear......repeatedly... will tell,ell, ell, ell, ell, ell, ell........until Gene bounced it off there.
Anyway...one night I was listening and like clockwork he announced the song to be played and right on cue...tell, ell, ell, ell.......on and on and on it went. I rang the radio station. No answer. An hour later.... In the dead of winter ...I jumped out of bed in my flannel nighgown, stole my mom's car and drove from Tipton down to the station....lol. I pounded on the door....no answer. Defeated I climbed back in my mom's car and heard him say over the radio... OK MISSY...get on home now...be careful and GO TO BED!!
I don't know Gene...don't even know if there really was a Big Gene, but for a moment that night I felt like I connected with Wolfman Jack...lol.
Does anyone remember him or know whatever became of him? I probably drove him crazy with requests...lol.
I went thru a period of time when I suffered huge bouts of insomnia and would lay awake listening to Big Gene and old country. I called him about every 20 minutes requesting songs...lol. Anyone that listened will know this is true... Every night around 1:20 am... he played "Your Cheatin Heart" by Hank Williams. Well, the record skipped. Somewhere in the middle of that song you would hear......repeatedly... will tell,ell, ell, ell, ell, ell, ell........until Gene bounced it off there.
Anyway...one night I was listening and like clockwork he announced the song to be played and right on cue...tell, ell, ell, ell.......on and on and on it went. I rang the radio station. No answer. An hour later.... In the dead of winter ...I jumped out of bed in my flannel nighgown, stole my mom's car and drove from Tipton down to the station....lol. I pounded on the door....no answer. Defeated I climbed back in my mom's car and heard him say over the radio... OK MISSY...get on home now...be careful and GO TO BED!!
I don't know Gene...don't even know if there really was a Big Gene, but for a moment that night I felt like I connected with Wolfman Jack...lol.
Does anyone remember him or know whatever became of him? I probably drove him crazy with requests...lol.