MEET THE CREW
CHRIS VENTER
It seems as though Chris was vaccinated with a phonograph needle as he has had music as a huge part of his life since he was a toddler. He uncle introduced him to the likes of Dean Martin and Nat King Cole and that was the start. LM radio was a huge influence on his life before he moved to the other side of the pond at the age of 12. The mid 70s American rock music scene was in full bloom with the likes of Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and the likes becoming his bands of choice. Chris has spent 35 years in the music industry with catalogue marketing/compilations becoming his forte along with 5 years experience as a presenter on a Gauteng based radio station. For the last 2 years he has indulged himself in his other interest, woodworking, and has kept himself busy with various projects. |
RUSTY HORNSBY
Ruston Hornsby aka Rusty happens to like Music.... from his earliest recollections of Jim Reeves, Chuck Berry, The Beatles and Rolling Stones and everything Bluesy and Jazzy....Oh!! I forgot Frank Zappa, Classic and Progressive Rock. His Radio Idols are Stan Katz, Rafe Lavine and the Late Phil Wright and David Blood respectively. Other interests are motor racing, reading and problem solving (excluding computers and cell phones). Rusty served his early radio years on another mixed up radio station. Here he mentored several like-minded radio junkies. His current music tastes stray into and across many genre's including local artists. You can expect to hear popular tracks as well as the unexpected from Rusty's Music Vault. Rusty will soon be based abroad, but the technophobe will continue to entertain Rockingcrew streamers and showcase excellent music. |
KEITH BURROWS
My interest in radio started back in 1979 when Capital 604 started broadcasting down in KZN. For the first time since we left England there was a radio station that played real music. A local radio station not governed by the then very conservative SABC.
Why do I do this? It’s quite simple really, I just love music. Maybe there’s a frustrated musician inside me wanting to get out. My whole life I have grown up with music, and I have my parents to thank for that. Where-ever I have lived there is always a radio on in the house, or music playing. So, what I attempt to do in my show is to simply share that love of music with the listeners. Again, thanks to my parents, my appreciation of music is not limited to any specific genre. Looking back, I have been through many musical phases in my life. In my early teens I was a Top 20 fan, then moved on to a more folk/acoustic phase. I then got into jazz big time. I used to spend all weekends at the various jazz clubs in and around Durban. I then moved into jazz fusion phase, listening to likes of Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea and the like. Only much later in life did my appreciation of rock music really take off.
Consequently, during any show you could hear anything from Patsy Cline, Grateful Dead, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Al Jarreau, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and almost anything in between.
All I try to do is share my appreciation of music with the listeners, and at the same time have a whole heap of fun. Keeping in mind that radio is all about the listener.
My motto is to play
“Real Music, for Real people, on a Real Radio Station.”
My interest in radio started back in 1979 when Capital 604 started broadcasting down in KZN. For the first time since we left England there was a radio station that played real music. A local radio station not governed by the then very conservative SABC.
Why do I do this? It’s quite simple really, I just love music. Maybe there’s a frustrated musician inside me wanting to get out. My whole life I have grown up with music, and I have my parents to thank for that. Where-ever I have lived there is always a radio on in the house, or music playing. So, what I attempt to do in my show is to simply share that love of music with the listeners. Again, thanks to my parents, my appreciation of music is not limited to any specific genre. Looking back, I have been through many musical phases in my life. In my early teens I was a Top 20 fan, then moved on to a more folk/acoustic phase. I then got into jazz big time. I used to spend all weekends at the various jazz clubs in and around Durban. I then moved into jazz fusion phase, listening to likes of Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea and the like. Only much later in life did my appreciation of rock music really take off.
Consequently, during any show you could hear anything from Patsy Cline, Grateful Dead, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Al Jarreau, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and almost anything in between.
All I try to do is share my appreciation of music with the listeners, and at the same time have a whole heap of fun. Keeping in mind that radio is all about the listener.
My motto is to play
“Real Music, for Real people, on a Real Radio Station.”