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It's Cousin Brucie!

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It's Cousin Brucie!

Published: Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Description: Legendary radio DJ 'Cousin Brucie' Morrow tells Alan what is was like to be a part of the birth of rock and roll.

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" You're -- ABC were your expensive amateur be NBC but that -- ABC was. Really but that we in the -- that does seem to define as some of these times were talking about. And you're there against the backdrop of the Vietnam War you were there when it when. Later on when John Lennon. Where his wish god you were there when all of these things happen that when JFK was asked made in our remember that WABC. It didn't wanna give up a truck format but it would place on like there's a kind of -- for example and a."

" Get -- required to or unfortunately deliver horrible but time. Well prophecies of events called for a disease times. Every terms of the what happened with bill would give up a -- trip from Libya have always so kill commercials. And put on ballad or song that at some kind of social logical significant. We're better -- know of course the -- that's but it was at least a semblance of the start. That was very important but things were changing we do that if if you have the feeling and be able to -- music. All the ports for you you'll that you put music you know you do things were changing group of musical change it at a very sad music reflects current --"

" You have -- to the artist this book and -- by the pictures are phenomenal. And the narrative that goes along with them. And before the -- you've hit the -- Lesley -- and nobody telling in the -- and -- experience and -- Do many of these Frankie -- in the -- distance flippant there hasn't done any of Presley of course bill -- in the comments. -- many of these people friends of yours PP you've got enough."

" All all of them. The united inaugural global ultimately were all my friends are albeit -- most from -- over the time and I help them. I help from their in the beginning of their career and -- watch them develop. I've watched the music development Steve you see -- there's meals -- have a backstage is more than Tuesday. Paul continues music change quite a bit too would they do -- taking a -- social commentary. Adds that The Beatles. You're helpless to do you think about almost double what it's sort of touches on the left part of the fifties caused by preceding book called doo -- Really covered the fifties covered the development of rock and roll development. Pop music and that's what it really takes off I touch the fifties -- nicely but it really takes off after about 1963. Put some music. Started changing her visit Elvis and reveals her -- and the rats schools -- touching that social common."

" Ask those people -- and people -- yeah."

" But it -- would be record companies beat in this -- Corporate level to our corporate people have record corporate books didn't want this to bitter going to -- our water."

" Yeah and you. You didn't give I mean you're everybody's friend I mean -- cousin Bruce that you are you -- the -- You Huard making -- social statement would you ever did get on a breakdown of that and make social statements on the air."

" Well about 41021. Day after the assassination. -- of securing what I joined the mortgage. And New York City and suborbital rocket hit me in the Mika cutlery carefully and I was bleeding and a real -- This is not a good idea to do so but but a very honestly. I couldn't. I was alone. -- really they really put a muzzle on the news. But -- didn't really break down and told from many many years later and it -- ultimately there's more than it -- it will probably continue this I have to be able to comment. And a -- like something I have to comment on it -- fortunately but aren't you sort of get involved and you sort of giving -- yourself. You get like most of them that but it took me many many years and many years that people want to look different to this point parents that something was right even the wrong it was right."

" That was part of the era. You know I was there I was there and you were there at the BBC the day the music -- Did you ever wanna be a talk show host."

" Yes always what I always wanted the freedom. To do what I wanted to do insert you know sort of -- in the battle. -- right -- I can go from left are go to the right right I feel I and I want to talk about what's right. And it doesn't it will be right -- if you're emotionally. So socially correct ethically correct I wanna say it. I always wanted to do that and now very honestly all right have the freedom to say and do what Milwaukee."

" Serious except Korea or you're serious aren't serious -- which gives you a lot of freedom unsettling World Series X until a minority -- and and you get a lot of freedom I think and the businesses change tremendously to --"

" Oh yeah well what's you know your view of it when it first on when you're you're born with bankruptcy this I've. Got to get all the new renewable. I was in the radio business. Public in the music business today. I've in the business of radio but the business of music it's quite different miserable reversals so business comes first we have the business."

" Was it the old days of his -- to bring your record and say hey Bruce he can get this on the air. Or was it -- Clark who decided it was -- that yet but but it is today it's a whole everything is the focus grouped and you know could some of the -- who broke out then he would break out now give."

" When we first started sort of for many years. Nobody really knew we were -- flying allowed to fly by the seat of -- perhaps because beat the guys -- from the ivory tower offices gluten but we were doing -- we're doing so we have complete freedom. The break out the brand."

" You're venting -- you're inventing an annual. Yeah thank you invented and you're inventing it."

" won't want wanted to guys right territory quite a little but but. We we were allowed to dream of long -- have been of course betrayal was terrible for what -- Actually before that before. What it's only getting successful. When things get successful it makes the people who control the purse strings of over its have been salvaged are pulling back haven't stopped letting you -- And that's what happened I think it's pretty when it's started to get a little -- I would say that happened just before. Now around 63 just about what The Beatles during the which Adobe followers are concerned saved the American music industry. -- while we were going to a you think back -- sixty ones 62. There was really nothing happening you know over I think the attitude would. With corporate America papers but the world don't fixed it. Yeah well below are just putting out the same kind of music -- arbitration nothing exciting -- Characters would strange hairdos from it would be Great Britain started. -- deleting them and putting their -- emotion and sort of spiritual feelings -- energy into the American market role in regulating people are kept. Chuck -- and -- was probably heavily problems generated it was still called The Beatles and a few other groups around them. And we we started -- records about 1960 to release 62 and I'll tell -- junior's I have a valuable over the."

" And -- Leslie see my opponent."

" Back up your public confesses. I hate certain. But there's there's some government of this ridiculous all the -- is. Do we notes with a British accent I don't like it so we turned it down a couple it was a geniuses. Of the doubt have been about six months later. We noticed something going on and you were there were right there were riots. People won't touch over the group called The Beatles would listen again -- we realize it. This might be something that we needed because we needed some kind of a spiritual objective of the bought a little bit. -- I figured well the last six months. -- It began more than music and music and team atmosphere of music it becomes part of our social portable body to its you don't have a cultural phenomenon and --"

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