Year: 2013
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Peter Noone At The “Red”
Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits fame came to the Red Robinson Show Theatre and brought good cheer, great music and great humour, making fun of Coquitlam and many other local things. He is the consummate performer. Greeting Peter was old friend and original Hermits manager… the one and only Andrew Oldham. He was also responsible…
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Dan Russell Returns to AM 650
It was a pleasure welcoming Dan Russell to the CISL family. It’s interesting that Dan was at AM 650 when the station first signed on the air back in the early Eighties. It was most pleasant meeting wine expert Anthony Gismondi and food and travel writer Kasey Wilson. They were in to record their award-winning…
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Happy Birthday, Pat O’Day!
Pat O’Day is celebrating his 79th birthday. Pat is legendary in radio circles and one of the most creative people I have ever met. His tenure at KJR in Seattle is well known as deejay, program director and concert promoter. It was the latter that led him to found Concerts West that rolled out all…
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Paul Rodgers, Three Dog Night, Cheech & Chong At The “Red”
What a week at the Red Robinson Show Theatre. September 18 Paul Rodgers rocked it out with the band he originally created, Bad Company. Paul is an all ’round talent. He sings, he plays piano and is an excellent rock writer. He still maintains homes in British Columbia but is constantly on the road. The…
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Art For A Cause
Brian Croft, me and singer Howie Vickers (The Collectors) admiring Brian’s latest art piece Danceland at the West Fine Art Show. The 3-day event raised over $12,000 for the Cancer Foundation. A wonderful evening. Below, me, Brian Croft, Murray Phillips and Shell Busey enjoying the scenery at Senator Gerry St. Germain‘s Indian Springs Land and…
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West Fine Art Show This Weekend
The fourth annual West Fine Art Show is on again September 6, 7, and 8 at 19339 8th Avenue in South Surrey. Shell Busey and I will officially open the show Friday night with the unveiling of Brian Croft’s latest original painting Danceland – 1963: Here’s Brian on the story of Danceland: “For young people,…
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Whitesnake At The “Red”
They came, they saw and they conquered. When the British rock band Whitesnake took to the stage of the Red Robinson Show Theatre they performed to a sold-out eager crowd of mostly head-bangers. The show was lively and did not disappoint. Whitesnake was formed by David Coverdale back in 1978 shortly after leaving the band…
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Red Around Town, August 2013
I was saddened to hear that Eydie Gorme had died. She was in her 80’s. For 55 years she was married to singer Steve Lawrence. The two had hits together over the years including This Could Be The Start of Something Big, penned by the man who discovered the pair, Steve Allen. Eydie had many…
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Golden age of music and radio in New Westminster show
The Columbia Theatre is a local icon of a bygone era in entertainment which makes it a perfect place for the On The Air musical revue. It’s all about the music and the radio shows of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. It features legendary Vancouver rock ‘n’ roll broadcaster Red Robinson and CBC Morning Edition…
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New Video From An Old Friend
My friend Jerry Naylor just completed a tour of the UK with major stops in Scotland and Wales. He was there to promote his latest song I Still Love You Peggy Sue. Jerry is much older today… but aren’t we all? This new animated video is one of my favorites. The song is rockabilly in…