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Mitch McCracken Mitch McCracken has spent most of his adult life as a Disc Jockey on album rock stations. His first Much different from the radio of today.

McCracken’s first job in radio was at the third station to go rock on FM, WMC FM in Memphis. When DJs played what they wanted to play and said what they wanted to say. Radio was fun then, especially if you had a dream job, working for the Father of Rock and Roll, Sam Phillips, at his station in Florence, Ala, WQLT. Working for Estelle Axton, the “AX” of Stax Records, was another high point of his

career. McCracken accepted the position of National Promotion Director of her new label, Fretone Records. Mitch took their first record right up the charts, and “Disco Duck” by Rick Dees was named the Peoples Choice Award Winner of 1977. Mitch is known among his friends and family for his storytelling. His writing style makes you think he is sitting right there with you telling his story, like his 1974 interview with Jim Morrison, who died in Paris in 1971. Now Mitch is returning to those fun daze of radio, playing what he did at album rock stations all those years before. Internet radio gives the freedom back to the DJ. Hear Mitch for yourself on Radio Free Brian Jay (Listen.BrianJay.com). Friday and Saturday from 3-8 pm CST.

01/09/2024
Hats off to Dave Brown, who retired nine years ago today! So many in the media give it a bad name, not this guy. Dave Br...
31/08/2024

Hats off to Dave Brown, who retired nine years ago today! So many in the media give it a bad name, not this guy. Dave Brown is one of the best. He is a nice, humble man and one of the most professional broadcasters I know. Thank God he is being replaced by Meteorologist Ron Childers, who has many of those same qualities.

I don't know about you, but I'm getting concerned about my memory—or, to be more transparent, my lack of memory. I know ...
24/08/2024

I don't know about you, but I'm getting concerned about my memory—or, to be more transparent, my lack of memory. I know your memory gets worse as you get older, but oh, I'm sorry; what was I saying? I started taking Prevagen a few years ago. But does Prevagen really help you to remember why you came into this room?

Did you know that the FDA has not approved Prevagen? That's a fact I checked.

I announced I had a virtual dispensary, so I looked to see what was inside for memory. I found some gummies that helped me focus. In fact, they are called Focus. They have Lions Mane Mushrooms, Niacin (B3), Green Coffee Bean Extract, B12, and Terpenes. These gummies are out of this world. They give you tremendous Focus, and you feel like you are 30 again, in your mind anyway. I have been procrastinating on everything! Well, not now. I did two YouTube videos in three days for Steve Cobb's fundraiser. I'll have some samples on Sunday. If you would like to try one, let me know. Oh, by the way, there is no THC or CBD in the Focus gummies.
If you would like to check out my dispensary, go to www.MitchMcCracken.com.

See ya Sunday
22/08/2024

See ya Sunday

Please mark August 25th on your calendar and come out to Neil's Music Room to support this great Memphis musician.

I hate to hear this!
16/08/2024

I hate to hear this!

Greg Kihn, ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘Breakup Song’ power pop singer dies of alzheimers, at age 75 - The songwriter and novelist died from complications caused by Alzheimer’s disease

I believe it was about five years ago when I did a fundraiser for Steve Cobb. I had recently learned that Steve was figh...
11/08/2024

I believe it was about five years ago when I did a fundraiser for Steve Cobb. I had recently learned that Steve was fighting throat cancer, and like most musicians, Steve had very little, if any, insurance. So I called my good friend Neil Hines, and he agreed to have the fundraiser at his club.

A few weeks ago, I was talking to Steve, and he told me the medical bills still keep coming. I suggested another fundraiser, but Steve really didn't want to do that. He felt that the Memphis music community had been kind enough to him. I disagreed and convinced him to let me do another fundraiser. Once again, I was on the phone with my friend Neil Hines, and he gave us a date for another fundraiser. That date is August 25th. I've attached a flyer with all the other information about the fundraiser.

My next call was to Lou Nesta, my friend I always turn to for help putting together these fundraisers. Before I knew it, Lou had put together a great lineup of bands and designed some beautiful posters. But I will be the emcee along with my buddy from the FM100 days, Greg Hamilton. Please mark August 24th and 25th on your calendar. It's not a two-day fundraiser, but the 24th is my birthday. A big thank you goes out to Lou Nesta for putting this fundraiser together and to Neil Hines for allowing us to use Neil's Music Room as a location. I hope to see you on the 25th.

08/08/2024

Wow! It's my birthday month.
Get out your wallets!!!

Wouldn't this be nice about now?
06/08/2024

Wouldn't this be nice about now?

Jeff Beck was a Guitar God!
04/08/2024

Jeff Beck was a Guitar God!

A look back on the life, times and truly extraordinary music of the The Guv’nor

Stop Raining!!!
28/07/2024

Stop Raining!!!

Here is another picture of Beverly Reese and me. We went out a couple of times, but we mainly just hung out together.
17/07/2024

Here is another picture of Beverly Reese and me. We went out a couple of times, but we mainly just hung out together.

For my high school friends, do you recognize this beauty?
17/07/2024

For my high school friends, do you recognize this beauty?

It's hard to believe I've been on Facebook for 15 years. Here's a post from nine years ago.
12/07/2024

It's hard to believe I've been on Facebook for 15 years. Here's a post from nine years ago.

Ya gotta love Tom Petty...
15/07/2023

Ya gotta love Tom Petty...

A controversial classic.

Please join me today and tomorrow from 3-8 PM @ Listen.BrianJay.com as I remember our friend Danny Green. I'll be playin...
06/01/2023

Please join me today and tomorrow from 3-8 PM @ Listen.BrianJay.com as I remember our friend Danny Green. I'll be playing lots of his music and interviews from different points in his life. Then, it's A Celebration of Life at Neil's on Sunday.

My friend and former co-worker (at WRNO the Rock of New Orleans), Bernie Lucus, and I interviewed Melissa Manchester at ...
03/07/2022

My friend and former co-worker (at WRNO the Rock of New Orleans), Bernie Lucus, and I interviewed Melissa Manchester at Sea-Saint studios around 1975.

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This show started as a series of articles for the Examiner about Memphis musicians. It started with the death of Jim Dickenson, with him died a lot of great stories. Before I knew it, Willie Mitchell was also gone taking his stories with him. There was no documentation of their stories and I wanted to do that, document the stories of Memphis music and musicians.

After writing several articles on people like Jimi Jamison, Jim Dickenson, Willie Mitchell and Shawn Lane I wanted to take it to the next level by doing a radio interview show. I pitched it to a broadcast station who agreed to air the show, but things fell apart. I then pitched my friends David Fleischman and Jon Scott of All Memphis Music.com who liked the idea and I started recording the interviews. The first Interview with my friend Jack Rowell, Jr. aired on 8/13/2013. Since then I have done interviews with Don Nix, Reba Russell, Jimi Jamison, Jon Fry, JoJo Jefferies, Steve Cobb, Eric Hughes and Greg Reding. These are not question and answer interviews, they are conversations.

Many of the people I interviewed have shared stories that they have never told anyone else in an interview. That was what I was looking for, not just stories but unique stories. The response to the show has been overwhelmingly positive, much better than I ever imagined. For me this is a dream come true. It is an honor to sit down and talk to these icons of Memphis music and to document their stories.

I plan on creating a website to archive all the shows so they can be heard at any time. I thank Brenda O’Brien of Pancho’s and Neil Hines of Neil’s Music Room for their support as sponsors from week one. I need more sponsors to continue the show, if you know of anyone who might want to support this project to help preserve Memphis music please inbox me. To get updates on the Memphis Music InterView podcast, subscribe to my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/mitchmccracken), or listen at (https://www.buzzsprout.com/739001/episodes/2180546).