Rock N' Roll Memory Time
This site is a tribute to George Lorenz and what better way to pay tribute to him than to let his listeners and his biggest fans share their stories of how The Hound influenced, entertained or brought them a measure of pleasure.
Here are the memories we've received posted in order of the most recent received...
Submitted by:
Jim Kalka
From:
Johnson City, New York
Memory:
Talk about memories,where does one start when talking about George Lorenz and WKBW! I was fooling around with an old tube radio one night about 1957 and heard something I had never been exposed to before. I think it was something by Larry Williams. The DJ who introduced the record had a voice like a gravel road, but I was hooked.I tuned in every night from then on until that awful night when the ol Hound Dog wasn't there anymore.
I continued to listen, but it was never the same again. When the sound of the Big Heavy came over the air at 7:15 all was well with the world. Nobody else was playing artists like Link Wray,Bo Diddley and the likes. If George liked a certain tune he would play it over and over again.Finding this site, is like finding an old friend I havn't seen in years. I just hope the old HOUND DOG is still spinning records upstairs when we all get there.
Submitted by:
Barry DeLong
From:
Cleveland, Tennessee
Memory:
Two underage white lads from Ontario discovered "The Blues" 'way back in 1957 down on William Street in Buffalo. Before hanging out in The Zanzibar, Club 123 & The Moonglow after dark (underage...), we looked through records in the Record Shop on William Street, and met George there. He always steered us straight on musical choices, and we're both still deep into the Blues to this day!We blame him entirely, and still thank him!
Barry DeLong & Tony Dotchin
Submitted by:
Chuck Lund
From:
Waterbury, Connecticut
Memory:
We had "Wild Man Steve" (Steve Gallon)on local radio here in Waterbury, so growing up with both the Wild Man, and the Hound (on WKBW and also Syndicated on a Hartford radio Station), We were sure getting the Best that Music had to offer.
It led me into Radio at that time, when I created the "NiteOwl Show" on local Radio. Most of what I played were the great Hits of the time, and cointinued playing them as they became "Great Oldies". I Tip My Hat to George Lorenz for helping Me to decide, what part of My Life would be dedicated to. I did 30 years in Radio, and loved every minute of it. I retired My Show on New Years Eve 1997. It was a Wonderful ride. Thanks George!
Maybe someday, in that Great Big Studio above, We can spin a few together.
Chuck "NiteOwl" Lund.
Submitted by:
Fr. Laurence Girard
From:
Clearwater, Florida
Memory:
As a teener in Buffalo WKBW was our station every evening, with the Hound.
Thanks for the great memories
Fr Laurence
Submitted by:
Larry Wood
From:
Bowmanviile, Ontario
Memory:
I tripped across the houndog by accident, on FM radio to boot. It was in the early '60s and his show was coming through WBLK in Buffalo. My dad had bought our first FM radio, about which I knew nothing. At that time the only music on the FM band was elevator and supermaker tunes. Always a radio addict, I decided to give it one try, about 7:00 o'clock one evening. Very slowly I moved the tuner. Had I failed and discovered that the FM band played only dull, longhair stuff, with the attendant boring, snoozing announcers, I would have pulled the plug and used the radio as a door stop.
Viola!! Eureka!!! Somewhere in the middle of the band I heard heaven, The Hound Dog George Lorenz. It opened with the customary hoowwwwwwlllll, followed immediately by 'Shakin' Sugar' by the Lonnie Woods Trio. I was hooked.
There wasn't a DJ accessible to my radio about whom I didn't know something, in the U.S. and here in Canada. I liked many of the others but loved The Hound.
God Bless you, Sir. Make you rest in peace. Also, please put in a good word for me because, with any luck, someday I'll be there, too, once again listening to the Hound Dog Show'.
"HooowwwwwwLLLLLLLLLLL!"
Larry Wood
Bowmanville, Ont.
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