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A New Year? Heck yeah!
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
Happy Birthday, Dick Clark!
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
Posted in Appearances, Music, Partly Personal, Radio, WGN
Tagged ALS Music Mart, American Bandstand, Dick Clark, James Brown, Johnnie Putman, Life After Dark, Steve & Johnnie, Steve King (WGN), WGN, WGN Radio
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Our Halloween Poem
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
R.I.P Charlie Daniels
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
Posted in Les Paul, Music, Partly Personal, R.I.P., Radio, WGN
Tagged Bob Collins, Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Charlie Daniels Appreciation, Charlie Daniels Obituary, Christopher Lentz, Elvis Presley, Johnnie Putman, Les Paul, Life After Dark, R.I.P Charlie Daniels, Steve & Johnnie, Steve and Johnnie, Steve King (WGN), UT Martin, WGN, WGN AM, WGN Radio
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5 Years on the Walk!
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
Posted in Events, Partly Personal, Radio, WGN
Tagged Bob Collins, Bob Sirott, Clark Weber, Dave Eanet, Eddie Schwartz, Franklyn MacCormack, Johnnie Putman, Life After Dark, Lou Manfredini, Lyle Dean, Pioneer Court, Rick Kogan, Ron Santo, Ronnie Rice, Steve & Johnnie, Steve and Johnnie, Steve Bertrand, Steve Cochran, Steve King, Ward Quaal, WGN, WGN AM, WGN Radio
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Nick Digilio 35th Anniversary Podcast
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
Posted in Appearances, Events, Partly Personal, Radio, WGN
Tagged Dan Sugrue, Johnnie Putman, Life After Dark, Nick Digilio, Nick Digilio Show, Steve & Johnnie, Steve and Johnnie, Steve King, WGN, WGN AM, WGN Radio
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Congratulations, Nick Digilio!
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
10 Years Already?!?!?
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