WOAS news and history
There is no reason at all for readers to recognize the name Tom Dowdy. Resplendent in his rhinestone encrusted shirt, he hosted an eponymously titled TV show in Jacksonville, Florida that featured a lot of the popular bluegrass and country artists of the day. Roy Rogers even brought along his horse, Trigger. Though his […]
A Vintage ’50s Remake of “Sledgehammer,” featuring Noah Guthrie We have an exciting PMJ debut this week – meet Noah Guthrie, an incredible young singer / songwriter that has already amassed a large follower, thanks to his musical gifts. Check out what we did with Peter Gabriel’s 1986 hit, “Sledgehammer” – Watch on our […]
We wrapped up our second Strive 4 a Safer Drive Campaign – DON’T be DISTRACTED public service campaign in mid-March of 2017. S4SD-DbD II was funded with a $1000 grant from the State of Michigan. We hope to post the PowerPoint slide show about the campaign in the near future. View our final campaign summary […]
JACK SPANN TO RELEASE BEAUTIFUL MAN FROM MARS Making The Strange and Fabulous Digestible One Song At A Time New York City, NY March 16th, 2017—Jack Spann has had an incredible couple of years. The Saint Louis native has lived in New York City for the last 16 years and established himself as one of […]
In 1967, The Cowsills made a big enough splash with their million selling record The Rain, The Park and Other Things that they were booked for ten appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. In their first appearance (October 29, 1967), there were audio problems and the band appeared to be miming for 20 to […]
In a moment of channel surfing, I recently landed upon the movie version of the 1960s counterculture musical Hair staring Treat Williams. I never saw the movie when it came out and I vaguely remember Treat Williams involvement, but I am more familiar with him from his role in the SciFi / horror classic […]
Joe Bonamassa recently posted this clip of Ian Anderson’s performance of Aqualung with one of the vintage versions of Jethro Tull – I agree with his assessment – SMART rock but FUN rock – k
In 1911, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was fired from his own company. The Canadian born, largely self-educated scientist had finally exhausted the patience of his Pittsburgh based investors who had bankrolled his experiments in radiotelephony. The National Electrical Signalling Company (NESCO) had succeeded in demonstrating the concept of wireless radio broadcasting in December of 1906, […]
My mother has always loved to sing and even at age 93, she is unhappy when her Troubadour singing group fails to meet. The Troubadours are a group at her residence (Brookridge Heights in Marquette) that gather on Sundays to sing and on the occasions when they don’t meet, she is always disappointed. It […]
How does a Beatle stay undercover in New York City? Paul McCartney grew a beard, dressed down in a GI coat and jeans looking every bit “like just another junkie.” He and Linda had decamped from London to escape the legal wranglings and vitriol that resulted from his suit against his bandmates in order to […]