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Post by TimTolbert on Sept 25, 2009 22:35:01 GMT -5
Gary Burbank returns to 84 WHAS ;D as co-host on Terry Meiners show, Thursday, October15. It should be very interesting . Burbank will be in Louisville for a book signing . Something to look forward to...
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Post by Max on Sept 26, 2009 15:53:23 GMT -5
Tim, this is indeed good news to hear!! Wow...what a shot in the arm for 84! This will be one hilarious show! All we need is "My Name Is Larry" and "Right On Washington"! ...I'll be a fan, fer sure.
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Post by Travis on Sept 27, 2009 15:55:32 GMT -5
Johnny Randolph tells me that he had dinner with Gary and Lee Masters (in beautiful downtown Cincinnati) just a few weeks back and got an advance on Gary's book which is: Gary Burbank: Voices In My Head(Orange Frazer Press, 350 pages, 7 x 10, Hardcover) www.orangefrazer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=9781933197517&Category_Code=MEMIORJohnny says, "This is a MUST read... Just great." It's great that Burbank will be doing a guest stint on Louisville radio, but it should be noted that Gary (now 68) has found himself far busier than he ever intended to be (following retirement) so it's not known just how long he will spend with Terry Meiners on WHAS. He recently returned to WLW to promote the book, but was only on for just a few minutes. Johnny Randolph has been talking with Gary about visiting WAKY for possibly an afternoon guest stint, but again, Gary is finding himself far busier than he intended to be and is talking of definitely relaxing after the first of the year. WAKY will be promoting the book signing and will be there. For 79WAKY Dot Com, I'm... News Travis Fast (and you're not) ;D
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Post by John Quincy on Sept 27, 2009 17:25:25 GMT -5
Bob Moody just sent me a note about Burbank's book. It's available on Amazon.com now for $18.68.
Can't wait to read it.
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Post by John Quincy on Sept 30, 2009 12:08:18 GMT -5
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Post by Travis on Sept 30, 2009 15:11:52 GMT -5
This just in... (insert old AP/UPI clackity-clack teletype noise here)
Gary Burbank will be sitting in with Johnny Randolph, on his WAKY 103-5 afternoon show, on the afternoon before the book signing.
Assuming that the book signing will be on the 15th of October, and that the signing is on the same day as Gary is scheduled to sit with Terry Meiners on WHAS, it is assumed that Gary will be on Johnny Randolph's show on the 14th.
Hey, I realize I make a bad reporter, but I barely have time to even be on my computer let alone check for facts. Keep it on WAKY for more details.
Reporting for 79WAKY Dot Com, I'm News Travis Fast (fast... but not necessarily accurate)
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Post by John Quincy on Oct 16, 2009 14:04:06 GMT -5
An aircheck and photos from Gary's 10/15 appearance on Terry Meiners' show are now available on www.LKYRadio.com. Les Cook and Terry Meiners told me there was a big turnout for Gary's book signing last night. Johnny Randolph, Mason Lee Dixon and several former WAKY sales guys were on hand. BTW, the book is a good read. Highly recommended.
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Post by Travis on Oct 22, 2009 4:43:01 GMT -5
Just finished listening to Gary Burbank's visit with Johnny Randolph on WAKY and with Terry Meiners on WHAS. I was amazed at how Gary's voice still sounded much as it did back in the '70s. He could easily drop into that Gary Owens tone even today and I believe I heard it come out of him several times. There was a real shocker for me during his time with Randolph on WAKY. Over the years I have often wondered about an instrumental that I loved as a child. My family had a large console which contained a television on one side and an AM radio complete with an automatic record player on the other. This was a huge piece of furniture with doors that hid everything when not in use. The phonograph actually pulled out on rails. Anyway, I would often hear this instrumental (no words, just music) that would play from time to time (and for all I knew, it may have been on WAKY) but I never knew the title or artist. A few years later when The Munsters became a huge television hit, the theme song often reminded me of that instrumental except that The Munsters' theme was much faster. Well, near the front of Johnny Randolph's show as he's talking with Gary, he plays an instrumental from 1961 that featured Gary Burbank on the drums. I couldn't believe what I was hearing because THAT'S THE TUNE!!! Talk about voices in your head. I've had that piece of music in my head for years, but was never able to get anyone to identify it. Unlike songs, instrumentals have no lyrics that you can Google to possibly identify them. Johnny never mentioned the title, but I got enough information to Google "Burbank, drummer, 1961" and wound up with "Last Night" by The Mar-Keys. I couldn't use "Mar-Keys" in my search because I didn't know how it was spelled at the time. So, another life-long mystery solved. That catchy instrumental that I had heard & loved as a child is "Last Night" by the Mar-Keys and Gary Burbank (Billy Purcer) is the drummer. Well, maybe. As Gary pointed out during his visit with Terry Meiners, he was one of the original 200 members of The Mar-Keys. LOL!!! For legal reasons, and space considerations, John Quincy had to "scope" the tune for presentation on this site, but a version can be heard in its entirety on YouTube (where else?) at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0IsHSHA4VY
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Post by John Quincy on Oct 23, 2009 14:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by John Quincy on Nov 13, 2009 15:23:34 GMT -5
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