Aug 31, 2021
TalkandRockRadio proudly presents PT & the Cruisers - Go Back to School (1000 5th Graders get Musical Inspiration). On May 23, 2017 I used a grant that I received from the Museum and Cultural Affairs Dept. of El Paso to expose 5th grade students to music with the hope that they would include it in their learning...
Aug 17, 2021
Billy just recently played a jazz gig in NYC and had the opportunity of a lifetime to entertain the legendary Julie Andrews.
He's El Paso's piano man.
Billy Townes has been fixture at local live-music venues for more than two decades - a journeyman musician who continues to find new ways to create.
“If all goes well,...
Aug 10, 2021
Richard Smith was born in Beckenham, England. He picked up the guitar when he was five years old after watching his father playing an Atkins and Travis version of "Down South Blues". He begged his father, a longtime Atkins admirer, to introduce him to the fingerpicking style. Smith soon became a child prodigy on the...
Aug 3, 2021
Back in the 60's in El Paso, Texas, there were two major rock radio stations (KINT and KELP). There were a bunch of great dee-jays each doing their thing. Three of the one's that really made their way working at both of these stations were Pete Heinlein, Sonny Melendrez and Johnny Thompson. They each have quite the...