I have no idea why I suddenly thought of George Lorenz but I Googled him and was completely surprised by the site. Wonderful.
My earliest memories of him came from a day in 1955 when my dad took me to the Auto Show where I collected brochures for all the new 1955 cars. In the crowd waiting for hot dogs my dad found that we were standing behind a man dressed in a black suit. My dad whispered to me asking if I knew who this man was. I didn’t but I remember how he looked but more so, how impressed my father was just standing next to him. Dad worked second shift in Niagara Falls and had a long drive home every night, a drive spent listening the the Hound. He told me that the man standing in front of us was the Hound Dog. Well, I was 10 years old, before the hormonal storms of adolescence and I hadn’t yet connected with rock & roll. Yet, I kept a vivid memory of how I just stared at the guy thinking “whoa, the Hound Dog” although I had absolutely no idea what that meant.
Soon after, I came to know him and lived many years with his shows from KB, WINE and BLK. Hearing his voice on your site brings chills, to unexpectedly hear once again what I heard so many years ago playing the radio in my bedroom in Cheektowaga.