Guy Roles here from Worcestershire UK with my radio show Guy’s Jumpin’ Boogie.
So I guess it all started when I was a child, listening to my father’s Lonnie Donegan & Shadows records and my mother’s Frankie Vaughan, Johnnie Ray and Frankie Lymon 78’s on a 1950’s record player. From then on my record collection grew and I lost count of how many diamond needles/styli I wore out.
My record collection started with rock ‘n’ roll classics by Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly etc. I was completely sucked in by the George Lucas movie American Graffiti so I started digging deeper and discovered doo-wop, R&B, western swing, jump blues, country and more. In the meantime came the classic cars including a 57 Chevy Belair which I still have after 28 years.
After listening to my shows you’ll see that I have a bit of an obsession with 78 rpm records especially 40’s & 50’s jump blues and rhythm & blues. The question I get asked the most is “are you really playing 78’s or have they been transferred onto a hard drive?” Answer… yes I’m really playing original 78’s on a vintage 50’s turntable and not playing them off a hard drive.
I have been a mobile DJ since 1977 and a radio DJ since 2015. great to be able to bring my show Guy’s Jumpin’ Boogie to Rockabilly Radio.
Thanks for listening, catch you on the air!
Also To be heard on www.bvharmonyradio.com
