As you probably know Warren, Daryl was a very good friend of mine and used to tour around with us back when we were known as the Phantoms. Daryl and I shared a mic each night with which we tried to out scream each other. (see below) Looking back I now realize that wasn’t very wise seeing as Daryl made his living with that great voice of his.
When we evolved to the Jury, not only did Daryl help Chuck Dann (Riley) produce our first record, “Until You Do” but when he left Winnipeg for Vancouver, he talked management into making me the Music Director of CKY. My having the MD title, ultimately led to my getting my first PD gig at CKOM in Saskatoon.
The picture on top shows Perry Waksvik, Donny Burns, Daryl, and Kenny Taylor as we were about to hit the road for what probably was probably yet another wild night in Tuelon Manitoba where J Robert Wood had booked us. Little did I know that Donny, J Robert, and I, would eventually become radio guys too.
When we evolved to the Jury, not only did Daryl help Chuck Dann (Riley) produce our first record, “Until You Do” but when he left Winnipeg for Vancouver, he talked management into making me the Music Director of CKY. My having the MD title, ultimately led to my getting my first PD gig at CKOM in Saskatoon.The picture on top shows Perry Waksvik, Donny Burns, Daryl, and Kenny Taylor as we were about to hit the road for what probably was probably yet another wild night in Tuelon Manitoba where J Robert Wood had booked us. Little did I know that Donny, J Robert, and I, would eventually become radio guys too.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Warren Cosford <warrensnetwork@gmail.com> wrote:
To REALLY appreciate this aircheck……you would have had to have grown up in Winnipeg.We had TWO “hot” Top 40 stations…..CKY and CKRC. It was 1962 and I was trying to figure out how to get into Radio. I used to hear this kid named Burton Cummings calling both stations to promote the appearance of this band he was in. I think they were called The Deverons. One of the Jocks he used to call was Daryl B…..who worked for a short time at CKRC before CKY hired him away.
Much more @GeorgeJohns.com and on Twitter @GeoOfTheRadio. #6 pops up tomorrow.
I first met Daryl B at CFOX in Vancouver through Roy Hennessy in the late 60’s. Soon as we met we got into a vicious game of Ping Pong and he kicked my ass. One of the best talents of the Drake radio era ever! ‘B’ had a presence on air that was magnetic.
I remember Hilliard (Jimmy Darin) saying that he only hired Daryl at CKY in the early 60’s because the rest of liked him so much. Jim always thought that he sounded a little stiff. It took me years to figure out that Daryl’s magic was his love of the music. The folks love the people who love what they love.
Lovely photos and life story. I truly enjoyed your style – inspirational and home made good.
Thank you for the read Barbara, miss ya! xoxo