RIP Durand Wilkerson

Word came through this week that Durand Wilkerson, formerly of Worcester Blues Band The Rhythm Rockers passed away after suffering a stroke in California. Fronting the band, he commanded the stages of New England with his style of blues picked up from his Slidell LA roots, and performed true to his style of cajun blues with soulful renditions of originals and covers. He would go on to front the popular Boston Based band, The Chicken Slacks and earning him even more fans who would pack the clubs wherever they played. This performance is from my WICN Radio show sometime around 1993 where he and members Dan Hunt and Jammin Jeff turned a rock n roll show into a blues spectacular. The Rhythm Rockers WICN

Photos:Gail Hunt

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Down the Dial East of Wormtown

Back when we were starting this scene of ours, local radio was key to get the word out. Music was changing and the non commercial side intown was showing the love via WCUW, WICN and WCHC. The majors broadcaster in town ignored it all and kept plodding along with the tried and true major acts that you hear now on "Classic Rock" outlets. Down the pike at bit, things were about the same except for WBCN who had embraced the change and ran with it. From their beginning in March of 1968 'BCN was at the forefront of music, experimenting with all new and old genres. In the beginning there was Peter Wolf from Midnight to 6 am as your tour guide. Later he would go on to be a lead singer for a local band that made it big. Although now just a memory, going off the air in 2009,around March 15th, the day they signed on, has become a time when I think back to what was once great radio That you could listen to for hours and never tire. Over on my Mixcloud Page I have the latest recording of one remembrance they held from March of 1996. This would be the second to last time Peter Wolf hosted the whole show as next year he would only be on for the first hour, and then move the whole party to WZLX because that’s where his fans were listening now. PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE

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Merry Christmas Wormtown!

Well, here we are at the end of 2020, a year that we will never forget. Since I had no live radio show planned for this week, I went through the archives to look for something recorded around Christmastime to post. I came upon this from December 24, 1993. Rick Blaze and Jeff Crane stopped by the studios of WICN in Worcester to promote the debut performance of The Ballbusters at Sir Morgans Cove in the coming week. They had with them a tape of newly recorded songs they had been working on and also performed live on air. Sadly, as you probaly know, Rick passed away in 2011. Jeff has recently said The Ballbusters will return in 2021 in yet another incarnation to keep the spirit of the band going. That gives us all something to look forward to.

Listen Here to Rick Blaze, Jeff Crane

Happy Holidays to Wormtown!

Just a quick post to say thanks for supporting Wormtown Music in 2020. Here's to better days to come in '21! Catch up on all the latest shows on Wormtown Underground Radio Network

Halloween Flashback

 Enjoy these spooky sounds from 2010!!!