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Will

The Blues is the Roots and the Rest is the Fruits

About Me

My name is Will. I am the Manager of WXAN 103.9 FM and also the host of "The Electric Blues Hours" on WDBX 91.1 FM. I also Co-Host "The Working Man's Show" with Scott Doody on WXAN Monday - Friday from 1-3 pm. In short my entire life is taken up by radio work and promoting blues music in anyway that I can. Big thanks to Big Larry Williams, Rip Lee Pryor, Jim Skinner, Sharon Clark, Ivas John, James Layman, Wayne Goodwin, Brian Powell, and all my friends and family who have helped me along the way.MySpace Backgrounds

My Interests


You Are Fozzie Bear
"Wocka! Wocka!"
You're the life of the party, and you love making people crack up.
If only your routine didn't always bomb!
You may find more groans than laughs, but always keep the jokes coming. The Muppet Personality Test

I'd like to meet:

The Big Muddy Monster, Joe Mama, Angie Daddy, a good looking woman that cooks and cleans.
You're 60% Irish
You're very Irish, and most likely from Ireland.
(And if you're not, you should be!) How Irish Are You?

Movies:

Conan the Destroyer, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Airplane.

Television:

Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas

Books:

The Bible, The Farmers Almanac, and the owners manual for a 2001 Ford Ranger

Heroes:

My Family, All of them, and Bat Masterson.

My Blog

A Part of Carbondale Gone

I never met Mary Lou Trammel.  It felt like I knew her my whole life.  I work at a radio station here in Southern Illinois and one of my daily paces is to record the funeral notices which ai...
Posted by Will on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:02:00 PST

Buddy Guy Concert

Went to see Buddy Guy last night at the Metropolis Casino.  I left perplexed to say the least.  Here is Buddy Guy, who I have seen several times, a living legend.  Buddy Guy, other...
Posted by Will on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:34:00 PST

New Road Starting

Several people have sent me comments and messages about the last blog that I put up, and I think that is the reason why all of us post these blogs, to get feed back from others.  I appreciate all...
Posted by Will on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:16:00 PST

long road ends

Love sucks.  I am at a loss for words.  One person has made me feel so down, that my fingers can hardly type this.  One day maybe I will figure things out.  However today is not th...
Posted by Will on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:08:00 PST

Lazy Sunday

Its October the 22nd and I havent done shit today.  I woke up around 9:30 and its 3:30 and all i have done is watch Football.  I have laundry i need to do, projects that I should be working ...
Posted by Will on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:31:00 PST

Women

Sometimes I just have to wonder, what the hell are women thinking.....Damn they are frustrating. 
Posted by Will on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:20:00 PST

C'dale Blues Scene Part 2

Now for Part of the Carbondale Blues Scene Blog. When I left off I was giving the run down of all the positives about the blues scene here in Carbondale and the area around us, including Cape, Paducah...
Posted by Will on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:19:00 PST

C'Dale Blues Scene , its all good..

I believe that Southern Illinois and Carbondale in particular is in a very special time right now musically.  I know that the "Townies" in Carbondale and long time residents of Southern Illinois ...
Posted by Will on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:18:00 PST

Work Sucks

Sitting here at WXAN, a radio station that I manage, but no one listens to.  Except for the two hours a day that I am on the air during the working mans show.  This job sucks ass.  It s...
Posted by Will on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:50:00 PST

just another blog

Got done with the blues show on WDBX tonight, got alot of calls, thats always the best part of radio, amking others weeks better in some small way. Still have aspirations of owning my own station som...
Posted by Will on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:47:00 PST