Author: Red Robinson
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Promoter, former KJR DJ Pat O’Day keeps on truckin’
The man never stops hustling. He is Pat O’Day, 75, Pacific Northwest legend. Until the day he dies, he’ll likely be blanketing the airwaves with yet one more Schick Shadel commercial, or calling a hydroplane race on TV, or promoting another rock show. (more from Erik Lacitis at the Seattle Times)
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Susan Jacks battles kidney failure
Susan Jacks has spent much of the last decade as a caregiver. She looked after her late husband Ted Dushinski while he battled lung cancer, and in recent years has taken care of her brother Bruce as he fought leukemia and colon cancer. Now the voice of The Poppy Family has health problems of her…
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“The Red” is Three!
Here I am on stage during the third anniversary of the Red Robinson Show Theatre. Our opening act back in September of 2006 was Little Richard. A private concert was held the preceding evening for media, friends and family. Hard to believe that three years have passed. There isn’t a day that goes by without…
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C.H.I.L.D. Foundation Golf Tournament
On Monday September 21 the C.H.I.L.D. Foundation held its second annual golf tournament to raise funds for research into intestinal diseases. Grace McCarthy began the foundation years ago when her granddaughter was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. I joined due to my son Jeffrey’s affliction with Crohn’s. The disease eventually took his life at 33 years…
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Blue Suede News
I am flattered that Marc Bristol and his team at Blue Suede News are currently featuring my own rockabilly roots in the current issue of the outstanding magazine. I invite you to take a look at my article… but while you are at it, why not take a look at the other fascinating stories? Better…
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Burton Cummings at the “Red”
This photo was taken at the meet & greet at the recent Burton Cummings show. Roy Hennessy, my old friend and General Manager of the new Shore 104 FM, is shown here accompanied by his lovely wife Brenda and my wife Carole and I. Roy and Burton go back a long way and they had…
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Good Guys, Then and Now
Years ago in the sixties I took the C-FUN Good Guys out to the steps of the radio station on 4th Avenue for a photo. We were all wearing our Fun Bug sweatshirts. Those were happy days. The original photo pictured the late Al Jordan and Tom Peacock, along with Ed Kargl, who left radio…
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Wayne Brady at the “Red”
photo: Steven Pesant Wayne Brady appeared at the Red Robinson Show Theatre September 18. I interviewed Wayne for my Wednesday morning Global TV appearance at 8:15. He has a new daytime CBS quiz show. Let’s Make A Deal, The original show, videotaped at one time in Vancouver, will take on a new life with Wayne.…
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Jerry Naylor
This photo of Jerry Naylor, lead singer for the Crickets after Buddy Holly died, was taken in Hawaii last year. Jerry is responsible for one of the greatest documentaries on the history of Rockabilly music, They Called It Rockabilly Long Before They Called it Rock And Roll. It has played on PBS to great success.…
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Heeeeeere’s Kellie!
These are photos of me with my daughter Kellie on stage at the third annual Red Robinson’sTalent Showdown at the PNE. The show this year was exceptional and Kellie proved herself to be a natural on stage. Each day for four days we introduced 10 candidates. Every day there was a first, second and third…