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Roots Rampage
Time: Tuesdays @ 7pm
Program Host: Triangle Slim
Contact: triangleslim@gmail.com
Slim bio:
Triangle Slim has hosted various roots music radio shows In the Triangle for more than 20 years. He first subverted the local airwaves in 1981 with a show called “Bottom of the Barrel” at the late, lamented WDBS with co-host David Weaver. Duke pulled the plug on WDBS within a year, though to this day Slim denies that Bottom of the Barrel had anything to do with it. When David left town a year later, Slim inherited his other show, “The Orange County Special” on WXYC, which he hosted for the next 15 years. In 1994, Slim also landed a world music show on the fledgling N.C. Central station, WNCU, and was moving inexorably forward with his plan to dominate the entire left half of the Triangle’s radio dial. Fate intervened, however, and Slim moved to Houston in 1995, where he somehow convinced the powers at Rice University to let him host a world music show on 50,000-watt KTRU, which he did until his departure from Texas in 2001. It is no coincidence that Houston became one of the nation’s most cosmopolitan cities during that period. Returning to North Carolina, Slim found himself blacklisted by the area’s public radio mafia, which insisted that traditional and roots music shows should be boring and lifeless. The creation of the area’s first community radio station, WCOM, provided Slim with the pefect outlet to share his eclectic collection of recordings as well as his unorthodox and somewhat twisted view of the world, and Roots Rampage was born.
Show description:
Roots Rampage plumbs the oft-hidden world of non-commercial recorded music, spanning the decades past, present and future to spin an engaging and entertaining mix from across the country and all corners of the globe. Smashing genre boundaries at will, the show blends the essential oils of the blues, soul, r&b, rockabilly, country, bluegrass/old-time, world styles, novelty tunes and traditional as well as contemporary folk music into a frothy, throbby melange. Rare gems that elicit visceral reactions and violent emotional swings are the norm on the Rampage. Be prepared to take a dip in the deep end as host Triangle Slim challenges tired assumptions about the bland, homogenized tastes of the modern radio audience and offers a three-hour spelunk into the unexplored and cavernous depths of the musical universe. Occasional live performances by local musicians, listener requests, ticket giveaways and a spotlight on great music coming to area venues supplement Slim’s scintillating selections from his massive vault.
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