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It was 30 years ago today -- Playlist no. 1

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Published May 10, 2010 at 8:22 p.m.

It can't be true but I cannot tell a lie -- my first radio show on 91.7 FM in Milwaukee was 30 years ago this week. May 14, 1980 to be exact. It was on a Wednesday night from about 6:15 pm to 8 pm (seems I had a problem getting the transmitter started). The station was then known as WSOE and it was supposedly just an MSOE campus station but the signal carried a few miles beyond that. The DJ who was on after me was -- Jules! She started there in 1977 as an actual MSOE student DJ ... In honor (and

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Tygers' follow-up record was 40 years in the making

Published March 3, 2010 at 3:09 p.m.

Formed in the late 1960s by Milwaukee teenagers Tony Dancy and Dennis Duchrow, The Tygers parlayed a popular single, "Little by Little," and a strong regional following into a national record deal with Herb Alpert's A&M Records. When the debut record fizzled, the group fractured. Four decades later, it's back with "The Second Album."

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100 more folks who juiced the local music scene

Published March 4, 2010 at 9:04 a.m.

Maybe you saw the first two lists of great Milwaukee music makers and talked back with your suggestions. In this final list, for now, we assemble more landmark music makers in Milwaukee across the decades, but we also add in some of the folks who have had an important influence on the local scene regardless of whether or not they've ever played an instrument in public.

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The Milwaukee Music Award winners are ...

Published Feb. 25, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.

Kid Millions' "Recession Proof Rap" leads the list of WYMS' third annual Milwaukee Music Award winners.

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The Milwaukee Music Award winners are ...

Published Feb. 25, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.

Kid Millions' "Recession Proof Rap" leads the list of WYMS' third annual Milwaukee Music Award winners.

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Mohr is on the mend and Juniper Tar is back

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 12:25 p.m.

When Juniper Tar, delayed the release of its new EP recently, the public was told that it was due to an injury to a band member. Later, I found out that Jason Mohr suffered a traumatic brain injury while sledding in Humboldt Park. Like many, I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the release gig was back on for Thursday, Feb. 18 at Club Garibaldi.

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Bear In Heaven update

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Published Feb. 7, 2010 at 5:45 p.m.

I could neither read my notes nor remember the name of the song I played Feb. 3 by Bear in Heaven (this happens when you have been a DJ for darn near, uhh, three decades) ... Anyway, I've got it now and here it is: "Beast in Peace" ... I feel better now. Apologies to Bear in Heaven and its fans ... -- Rich ...

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The crutch of the classic rock jukebox

Published Feb. 10, 2010 at 8:40 a.m.

Reading Andy Tarnoff's Milwaukee Talks with veteran Milwaukee DJ and classic rock guru Steve Palec -- during bar month -- got me thinking about how before the advent of Internet jukeboxes, classic rock seemed to almost invariably rule at bars of almost every stripe in Milwaukee.