Saturday 9th June
I’m chilling folks. My hands are steeped in cold water…fader fatigue. I have survived one week at Pacific Quay and so far the suits have not come to remove me from the building.
Thanks to you bloggers out there. Tony Currie is a BBC legend and his kind encouragement has been very helpful this week. Thanks too to Dougie and Calvin for your kind messages.
It’s good to get feedback from the show from the Iain Anderson listeners. Iain is another legend and I count myself as a huge fan. He has a great way of making you feel welcome and his programmes is rightly very popular with his loyal listeners. Needless to say this can also make a guy like me feel a little apprehensive, especially when we are changing the kind of music you are used to at that time of night. I do think that over the next few weeks you will get a chance to hear a lot of brilliant songs that you wouldn’t necessarily expect to hear within the same two hours.
Some people won’t like this but I hope those of you that do will stay with us. Personally I love the variety of rock n roll, r n b, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, trip hop, country that we’ve managed so far. Good music is good music I’m sure you’ll find. The other night we went from Annie Ross to Massive Attack. In the meantime I know Iain and the professor will be gathering you up a year’s worth of music to keep you going through the long winter.
Next week I’m taking my camera into the Lounge and I’ll give you all a glimpse of the nefarious characters that hang out in my late night den of iniquity. Keep on blogging baby.
Hi Ricky, Thanks for playing the David Heavenor song I Wanted To See Him in 2 4 u, 2 4 me. I’ve always loved this programme since you can interact and feel part of the music a lot more. It’s about the only show I listen to on a regular basis because of the quality of the music. I found any number of new artists over the years.
Lewis
Hi Ricky, I have been listening to this show from the begining and I think it is fantastic, unfortunatley where I live you cannot get a very good radio Scotland signal (I live in Wales) so I have to get to my computer after school to listen. Normally I would not listen to the radio, however as you are presenting a show I have strived to tune in as best as I can. love the show and any chance you could play boy named Sue by Johnny Cash?
Thanks, Ben
Been listening all week from various places, from the newsroom of the newspaper where I work to 3 year old grandson’s co-op play school where I volunteer three times a month for their music and games program.
The whole newsroom loves ya and the kids at the plays school are getting a music history and learning to do the old dances. Rock on my friend. Love the variety and the energy. Thank you so much……oh, this comes from Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Loving the show and the blog, Any chance you can keep it up after the late lounge gigs?
Also any chance of a bit of Prince on the show?
your very popular with us listeners
i wonder how many listeners like myself first tuned in not as a regular but as a ricky ross and deacon blue fan.
i wonder like myself and others like ben and nancy live to far to hear the show but listen by other means.
i must admit it is 110% better than i hoped for.
your doing a great job and i do so hope that they may find a permanent ricky ross slot.
mind you it could interfere with the music and well i sure you know another album is well over due.
was your trip to nashville a recording and writing thing or is it all a secret.
i think it is time for some new stuff please.
all the best you number 1.