Sunday, May 6, 2012
HUGGY BOY AND HUNTER HANCOCK
BACK IN THE 50'S, TWO DJ'S CHANGED L.A. RADIO FOREVER. THESE TWO BROUGHT ROCK AND ROLL AND RHYTHM AND BLUES TO OUR EARS. HUNTER WAS ON IN THE DAY AND DICK HUGG (HUGGY BOY AT NIGHT) HUGGY BOY WAS WHITE, BUT HAD A HUGE BLACK FOLLOWING BECAUSE HE DUG AND PLAYED THEIR MUSIC. AS A RESULT, THE WHITE POPULATION ALSO DUG THEIR MUSIC AND BOUGHT THEIR MUSIC. I DUG UT BIG TIME AND SPENT ALLOT OF PAPER ROUTE MONEY AT GRAYSON'S TUNE TOWN IN MONTROSE. THAT WAS WHEN VAL AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE RAN THE STORE AND THEIR SON, ABOUT 12, ALSO MANNED THE COUNTER. YOU COULD BUY A 78 RPM RECORD FOR ONE DOLLAR. HUNTER HAD A PROMOTIONAL WITH HANCOCK GAS STATIONS AND IT WAS CALLED "LUCKY MILEAGE. IF YOUR ODOMETER READ WITHIN A MILE OR TWO OF WHEN HE ANNOUNCED LUCKY MILEAGE..YOU GOT 15 GALLONS OF FREE GASOLENE. MIND YOU, GAS WAS ABOUT 25 CENTS/GAL THEN. I PARKED AROUND THE CORNER FROM A STATION, SPEEDOMETER IN HAND (I REMOVED IT) AND DIALED IN THE MILEAGE HUNTER SAID OVER THE RADIO. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HANCOCK THANKING ME FOR PLAYING LUCKY MILEAGE AND A VOUCHER FOR 15 GAL OF GASOLENE. MY SPEEDOMETER NEVER WORKED AFTER THAN AND I SHOULD HAVE ASKED HANCOCK TO PAY FOR HAVING IT FIXED. KIDDING OF COURSE. I SAW LITTLE STEVIE WONDER AT THE GLENDALE CIVIC....JUST A BOY THEN...ANYWAY, THESE TWO MEN PLAYED A GREAT ROLE IN L.A. RADIO AND THE PROMOTION OF A NEW SOUND....ROCK AND ROLL. I AM TRYING MY HAND AT FACEBOOK, WHICH I DON;T DIG AT ALL. TWO AND THREE WORDS AND MAYBE A PIC. THAT IS NOT ME. I WILL GET ON THE BAD SIDE OF THEM ANYWAY....THERE WAS A SQUIB ABOUT A BOBCAT ROAMING CRESCENTA AND PLEASE PLEASE PUT YOUR PETS AWAY. I SENT A SQUIB REMINDING THEM BOBCATS NEED TO EAT TOO!!! I AM GOING TO TRY TO FIND THE COMBINATION TO YOUR LOCK...ONLY ONE COMMENT SO FAR, BUT I AM WORKING ON IT.....THANKS FOR READING, MY FRIEND. THE B.
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