Category Archives: WGN

A New Year? Heck yeah!

Posted on December 31, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

New Year’s Eve 2020 marks the 26th anniversary of our first “Cheap Date Life After Dark New Year’s Eve Extravaganza” broadcast on WGN radio. Sadly, 2020 being what it has been, our annual kicking out the old and welcoming in … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Dick Clark!

Posted on November 30, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

This isn’t Throwback Thursday but, Monday, November 30th, would have been, the legendary, Dick Clark‘s 91st birthday. We had the extreme pleasure of hosting several ALS Mammoth Music Mart events with Dick and having him on our show many times. … Continue reading →

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Some Saturday-After-Thanksgiving Fun!

Posted on November 27, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

Another tradition the pandemic sidelined this year was our annual Thanksgiving show on WGN radio with Muriel Anderson as our special guest. We always looked forward to that show and attending Muriel’s Saturday-After-Thanksgiving Concert. Well, the good news is that, … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Lou Pallo

Posted on October 28, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

We were saddened to hear the news that our friend, New Jersey guitarist, Lou Pallo, who was part of the Les Paul Trio, died on Wednesday, October, 28, at 86. We first met Lou in 2003 when we were in … Continue reading →

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Our Halloween Poem

Posted on October 27, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

Well hello again dear fiends … er, friends. It’s that time again and, as usually happens this time each year, the closer we get to Halloween, the more requests we get from many of you asking about the Halloween poem … Continue reading →

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R.I.P Charlie Daniels

Posted on July 6, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

Charlie Daniels has been a part of the soundtrack of our lives for a long time.  In the days of our solo radio careers, Charlie’s records were regularly a part of our respective radio lives. In fact, before radio was … Continue reading →

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5 Years on the Walk!

Posted on May 29, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

For whatever reason, it seems that a number of anniversaries have been filling up our calendar lately.  One made itself known today (May 29) and it’s one we’ll never forget. Five years ago we were honored and humbled to be … Continue reading →

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Nick Digilio 35th Anniversary Podcast

Posted on May 27, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

It’s always fun when we get to hang out with Nick Digilio, but Wednesday morning was particularly enjoyable.  Not only did we reminisce with Nick about the past 35 years but, an extra treat was having Dan Sugrue, an incredible … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Nick Digilio!

Posted on May 26, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

In case you didn’t see the post on our Events page, we’re very happy to join in a celebration of something pretty cool.  Nick Digilio is celebrating his 35th year with WGN radio! It’s really hard to believe it’s been … Continue reading →

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10 Years Already?!?!?

Posted on May 20, 2020 by steveandjohnnie

Has it really been 10 years since we started this blog?  Well, according to the calendar and double checking it back to the date of our very first blog post, the answer is … Yep! It kind of snuck up … Continue reading →

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