Alan Cross – Ongoing History

Alan Cross, “My obsession with music began at age six when my grand­mother gave me a transistor radio—an old Lloyds—which spawned an all-consuming fascination with things that came over airwaves.  A few years later, my uncle—who moonlighted by servicing jukeboxes—kick-started my record collection by dumping a box of old 7-inch singles on me one Sunday afternoon.  I was hooked.”

Alan Cross is a Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music, best known nationally and internationally as host of the syndicated radio series The Ongoing History of New Music, The Secret History of Rock, and ExploreMusic.

Visit Alan’s blog: ajournalofmusicalthings.com

Playlist

The Tragically Hip – Wheat Kings
Jane’s Addiction – Just Because
Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
The Beatles – Come Together
Radiohead – Creep
Soundgarden – Blackhole Sun
Elton John – Honky Cat
Green Day – Holiday
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Road Trippin’

Alan Cross

“I’ve always been a geek.  Just ask anyone I went to school with or any of the girls I tried to date.”

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