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I was born in St. Louis and grew up here, Minneapolis and San Jose, California...a multi-city childhood that prepared me well for the rock band-style, gypsy touring life that is a career in radio.
It's been a blast seeing America by working and living in all quadrants of the USA - I've been to 46 of our states and seen a lot of our amazing country, living and working in places like San Jose/San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle, Milwaukee, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Springfield, IL, Dallas and Charleston, SC. I previously worked in St. Louis radio from 1995-97 when KSD was classic rock - (I think they play Polkas of the Antarctic now).
I came back to StL for good in 2006 to take care of family matters and have been with THE ARCH since June of 2007. It is the most perfect music station I have ever worked for, allowing me to indulge my rawk side as much as my love for pop music. It's my passion to bring all kinds of music to you and to dig around for the fun facts and stories behind the tunes and the people who make them.
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DAVE GROHL sets new SNL Record!
by Jay Philpott
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DAVE GROHL set a new record on Saturday Night Live this weekend when he appeared with his new band THEM CROOKED VULTURES: he is now the musical guest that has appeared on the show more than any other!
HUH?
Dave Grohl is certainly a very famous rock star, but he's not exactly a household name. He was the drummer for NIRVANA until the death of Kurt Cobain put that to an early end. He formed his own band - FOO FIGHTERS and has had big success with that, and he's done several other side projects as well as serving as fill-in drummer for other groups when needed.
But how did Grohl surpass the number of appearances by other frequently invited musical guests...people like Paul Simon or Tom Petty?
Dave is one of the most popular people in the music industry - he's a really great guy with an easygoing, fun personality. He gets asked to sit in a lot with other groups, and that's how he compiled his record TEN appearances on SNL...one more than runner-up Paul Simon.
Grohl has appeared with his band Foo Fighters five times (the SNL record for appearances by a group), twice with Nirvana, and once each as drummer with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tenacious D, and Them Crooked Vultures, which features Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on bass guitar!
See the full list of guest hosts and musical guests in the "FIVE TIMERS CLUB" on SNL here.
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