Saturday night DJ out of Johnson City
The Real Midnight rambler was on from mid 70s thru early 80s. That youtube video up there is mine and that's from original recording from 1981 I do believe. When they brought him back as a ressurection show in the late 90s early 2000 I had my doubts it was him. I know this thread is old but I did remember when he died. I actually talked to one of his kids that lives in GA. Yes his name was mike james..and yes I'm 60 years old and I probably know as much about the real Rambler as anyone. That goes as far as driving to wqut and trying to get in the building when he was on LOL
I know, weird bump...
It was Mike James. In the mid to late 70s, my buds and I used to listen to the show every Saturday. It was rock-n-roll and what you wished radio was like all the time. He'd play stuff that NEVER got airplay. He'd play whole sides of albums. We'd sit up half the night partying with the show.. I remember going to the radio station a couple of times during the show and seeing the dude, in character, on top of the building...
Good times, long gone....
I taped a show and I'd give anything to have that tape back. His reading of commercials was great too.
To the "never got airplay" comment I agree. The tape I'm referring to had Buckle Down from the Red Hot Chili Peppers first album. Also had Delivering the Goods from Judas Priest