Great article I found about the history of black radio in Detroit

[humanmachinery]

I can recall a Dan Akroyd interview where he would listen to Famous while travelling between the Second City centers of Chicago and Toronto. This would take him through Detroit at odd hours. He would always listen to Famous and his briefcase of blues. Famous was the inspiration for the Blues Brothers.

Now THAT is cool.

I remember hearing a couple of Famous Coachman shows archived online a few years ago, but they're gone now. Somebody NEEDS to make some mp3s of the Coachman and put 'em on a server.

I really miss that man. Before I heard his show, I thought the blues began with Albert King and ended with ZZ Top. That might have been true in the alphabetical sense, but Coachmen knew there was a difference between having the knowledge and understanding what it meant.

"It's not enough to memorize the notes, you have to realize why they need to be played."
-George Carlin