Daily Archives: March 17, 2013

Rex Trailer Honored at Tribute, Plus 60-Years-in-TV Video

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Rex Trailer was a fixture in the lives of many children (and adults) in the Boston area.  I did not grow up in this part of the world, and so never heard of him until he showed up on Hillbilly … Continue reading →

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Why No Spinitron?

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John in Pembroke emailed to ask about a couple of tunes aired yesterday, Tommy Jackson’s “Mississippi Sawyer” and The Burns Brothers’s (a.k.a. Run C&W) “Itchy Twitchy Spot.”  The latter is a great send-up of “Achy Breaky Heart”—remember that?  A tip … Continue reading →

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