Join us in congratulating Mike of The Blue Room, as our first DJ of the Month in 2021 for the Month of January! Hear how Mike discovered his love for blues, some of his favorite artists and how much he enjoys hosting a show on a college radio station.
Q: Where did your interest in blue begin?
MIKE: Growing up in the 60s, I was about seven years old when I totally got hooked to The Beatles, in about 1963. That was the first album I ever bought, “Introducing…The Beatles.” And then my neighbor, who also loved The Beatles, we were the same age and he had a great stereo system at the time. So I used to go over there with my “Introducing…The Beatles” and as a couple years went by he had a couple more albums so we would just sit down and pretend we were The Beatles. So growing up I kind of stayed in that type of genre with the rock and roll: The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Doors. That was the era of music I was really brought up in. 65-75 were really huge influences on me for music in general.