Roy's Record Room on CKUA
Tune in every Sunday at 1 PM Mountain Time / Noon Pacific Time, to Roooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. You can stream it live at www.ckua.com. Fifteen years and counting!
Roy’s Record Room is a weekly radio show on the CKUA Radio Network, Hosted by singer/songwriter/performer/broadcaster, Roy Forbes. RRR is a program that unravels and reveals the roots of today’s tunes, for the pure joy of it. Roy spins some familiar but mostly obscure 78s, 45s and LPs from his ever-expanding record collection – sides that don’t show up on many other stations. He loves all kinds of music and explores that eclectic passion weekly on Triple-R Radio.
Roy first came to CKUA at the age of twenty in 1973, when he was invited to guest on Holger Petersen’s legendary ACME Sausage Company program. CKUA has supported Roy and his music since those early days, with his new album, “Edge Of Blue”, having recently spent some time in the upper reaches of CKUA’s Top 20 album chart. Roy’s Record Room (RRR) launched in 2006.
"I love the sense of history that CKUA gives me as a listener as well as the sense of the now and the future," says Roy. "CKUA is the sound of surprise. You never know what you'll hear next”.
Roy’s record collection is more like a record library - running into the thousands of discs, with some even sent in by loyal RRR listeners. His appetite for music is virtually unlimited and he finds creative revelations everywhere.
Rockabilly Time
Yep. There’s good rockin’ in the record room this week as Roy spins a mess of rockabilly 45s and 78s. You’ll shake, rattle, and roll to the sounds of Bob & Lucille aka the Canadian Sweethearts, Ray Harris, Robert Gordon with Link Wray, Buddy Burke & the Canadian Meteors, Wanda Jackson, the Renowns with Marjorie Lake, Johnny Carroll & His Hot Rocks, Andy Starr, and more.
The spin begins this coming Sunday, March 3rd, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. See if you can sit still as you tune in to Rockabilly Time on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves, rocks, and reveals.
Black Musical Pioneers at 78 RPM
This week, Roy journeys back to the dawn of recorded sound via the RRR shellac archives for a celebration of some early African American musical pioneers. Things kick off with a 1909 78 of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The show winds up in 1935 with a Coleman Hawkins Decca disc of “What Harlem Means To Me”
In between, you’ll hear gems from Bert Williams (1913), Kokomo Arnold (1934), Bessie Smith’s debut single (1923), Viola McCoy with Fletcher Henderson’s Jazz Five (1924), Cannon’s Jug Stompers (1928), Blind Mamie Forehand (1927), the Spirits of Rhythm (1933), and more.
Mid-Winter Rockin’ 78 Dance Party Celebrating Black Rock ‘n’ Rollers
It’s time for Triple-R Radio’s annual Mid-Winter Rockin’ 78 Dance party. In celebration of Black History Month, you’ll hear essential shellac from black rock ‘n’ rollers like LaVerne Baker, Bo Diddley, the Midnighters, Little Richard, the Heartbeats, Chuck Berry, the Cadillacs, Etta James, Tommy Edwards, and many more.
The spin begins this Sunday, February 18th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for the annual Mid-Winter Rockin’ 78 Dance Party on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that spins the platters to reveal what matters.
Another Fresh Fingerfulla 45s
This week, Triple-R Radio host, Roy Forbes, digs through another stack of seven-inch vinyl singles. The playlist features an illustrious cast of characters including Jimi Hendrix, Albert King,Ruby & the Romantics, Eddie Harris, the Exciters, Gary (U.S) Bonds, and many more.
The platters revolve this Sunday, February 11th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for Another Fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by shining a light on the past.
A Tribute to Buddy Holly
Roy has loved Buddy Holly’s music since getting one of his first albums, “The Buddy Holly Story”, back in 1961 or so, from an older sister’s boyfriend – most likely a pay off for making himself scarce. All through Roy’s musical life, Buddy has been there in one way or another, either through his own records or through The Beatles, The Stones, Blind Faith, The Grateful Dead, Linda Ronstadt, etc. And, of course, Buddy wore glasses.
This week, on Triple R Radio, Roy celebrates Buddy’s genius and the long shadow he continues to cast on all kinds of music, sixty-five years after his plane went down in that frozen Iowa cornfield, February 3rd, 1959.
The show begins with the 1955 Wichita Falls demos with Bob Montgomery, Moves through the Decca sides and the big hits on Brunswick and Coral, ending with the guitar-vocal Apartment Tapes, recorded in Greenwich Village in late ’58, early ’59.
The all-Buddy spin begins on Sunday, February 4th, 2 PM, Mountain, on Roooy’s Record Room. The show that revolves, reveals, and reveres.
A Fresh Fingerfulla 45s
Roy just got in a fresh batch of 45s. That’s what you’ll hear this week on Triple-R Radio. Get ready for stellar sides from Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, Moby Grape, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Rosie & the Originals, the Yardbirds, the Collins Kids, Gene Vincent, the Shadows, and more.
The spin begins Sunday, January 28th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a Fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Rooooy’s Record Room. Revolving and revealing.