The Underground Railroad

The most talented person I ever heard on the radio in the Tampa Bay area was Dave Dial, the engineer, brakeman, and conductor of the Underground Railroad on WUSF. On his show, Dave would build a musical story from all genres in the Underground Railroad library. There was continuity from one song to the next.

On any given show you could be feeling the mood of a familiar album cut when Dave would segue into something you had never heard before but it didn't matter because the known so perfectly meshed with the unknown. I miss Dave and the Underground Railroad.

I bring this up because I love to experience new stuff. Music out of the mainstream just titillates my musical senses.

My radio show went off the air back in 1968 when I joined the Army to dodge the draft. If I were spinning disks on the radio today, I might treat you to a cut by Rosalie Sorrels and back it up with a cut by Nanci Griffith about Rosalie.





Then, to wrap up this set, let's rock out with Terri Hendrix. Wind her up and watch her go.