As you probably know Warren, Daryl was a very good friend of mine and he used to tour around with us back when we were called the Phantoms. He and I shared a mic on stage and each night we tried to out scream each other which wasn’t very wise seeing as Daryl made his living with that great voice of his.
Not only did Daryl help Chuck Dann (Riley) produce our first record when we became The Jury, (Until You Do) but when he left for Vancouver, he also talked management into making me the Music Director of CKY which ultimately led to me getting my first PD gig at CKOM in Saskatoon.
Not only did Daryl help Chuck Dann (Riley) produce our first record when we became The Jury, (Until You Do) but when he left for Vancouver, he also talked management into making me the Music Director of CKY which ultimately led to me getting my first PD gig at CKOM in Saskatoon.
The picture above 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.
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.
Daryl was a great guy. One night when he was emcee at a Jury gig he announced my engagement to Laurie. We weren’t engaged, but he insisted we were for the whole audience to hear. Laurie kept getting all these congratulations and had to explain that she didn’t know anything about it.
Bruce
Bruce, It sounds to me like Laurie may have been in on it and was just trying to speed things up:-)
Never thought of that angle, but you may be right.
Yeah when a woman is ready to nest she gets very creative Bruce.
Daryl was a very good friend. We partied together too many times. He helped many musicians and turned me on to one that I recorded on my label. Daryl produced the first demos for me and one release. The artist was Richard Stepp and he was the first signing to the Rising Star series for a major US label. Daryl had the “ears” as well as the golden voice. RIP Daryl.
Ray a lot of people would not be where they are today without the help of Daryl including The Guess Who and BTO. In fact Randy Bachman told me that he got the title of his legendary song “Takin’ Care Of Business” from Daryl whom he heard say it on the radio all the time. Thanks for reading & writing.
Hi George
I don’t know if you got my message through the contact page.
http://www.richard-weize-archives.com/ would like to use the picture of The Phantoms for a Christmas compilation that will include Donny Burns’ “Cool Yule.”
Could you please get in touch?
Thanks a bunch1
Marc
B was one of my mentors. I was hired by CKLG Vancouver in the newsroom in 1969. I knew little about radio but I could write. B taught me basics. It was a thrill when promoted to evening news. Daryl’s show was 6pm to 9pm. I was on air with one of the Top 40 greats.
Not sure how my life would have turned out Ted without Daryl.