About me:
Doctor Roman Franklin is a practicing physician with an extensive knowlege of music of the 50s , 60s and 70s. He is known as the " Doctor of Doo-Wop".
Ben E. Jet Founded the famous band Benny And The Jets in 1973 and is still rockin today.
The show interacts with the listening audience as the hosts receive calls about the songs played or to discuss the eras of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Although the Stations format is Oldies, the show attracts a diverse listening audience with a wide spectrun of ages-the majority living in the Oakland County Michigan area.
Special guest include Duke Fakir of The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon and local Music Historian, David Washington ... just to name a few.
It's the Woodward Dream Cruise every Wednesday night !
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pretty much SOS Silver Canyon band left a message on our comments, Chubby Checker said he was in NY, our friend JT the Brick www.myspace.com/jtthebrick is still looking for bands to play on his radio show ... the gusy doing that doc-u-movie about Cobo Hall got some footage of Alto Reed (Bob Seger) and me. I think they are tring to catch up to KISS at the casino in Windsor Canada
Tue our gig at wayne road pub was cool
Wed the radio show at o-tools pub in waterford mich was huge (www.wpon.com)
thurs at the Thunderbowl ... we been playin euker (spelling?)
fri .. went to our old pal JAMMER's funeral ... very sad ... his kid is only 16 years old .. Jammer knew a lot of musicians did lights and helped a lot of band and a lot of people (we have a photo of jammer on our page) www.myspace.com/bennyandthejets
also fri the art show was in plymouth mich ... kind of cool we went to the box bar and had a $8 hamburger ... lol
Sat a lot of fun at our Fiddle bikni bar gig (wayne mich) there was the US 12 car cruze going on ... some cool cars a lot of people and some bands too .. I heard Arlen Salem Witchcraft and Lemmon James did great at the Vet Fest at the Dearborn location
Today is your birthday celebrating the first day you graced us all your presence is presents for everybody sadly my pennies can buy no commodity all I have is my thanks you are here one cheer for you three's kinda weird Happy Birthday Doc. Franklin I hope it’s the best I mean this with all of the heart in my chest actually, I must confess I hope your 99th birthday is better
SOS around here ... been busy, computer is running slow
Me and Pam the wife went downtown looked at some riverfront condos .. very nice but I don't think they are in the cards for us ... also ate at Ron Camoron's new sub shop called the Home Run Sub shop ... lol .. It is pretty much right downtown -Lafayette near the old Free Press building close to Cobo and AT&T .. pretty good location for a downtown food biz ... and super good subs
Man last Tuesday at the Wayne Road Pub was .. Magic
A bunch of the old gang came by and jammed ... I think we had 5 guitars plus bass, sax, drums and girl singers! wow I had to stop and look at the roof to made sure it was still there ... Long Hair Rob and Sean Allendorff have a band called Georgia Overdrive they where the jist of the jam. But Fred Lorenze the sax and Billy Star (studio lounge) John Houl and Carry Cogain the drummer .. sometimes that many players is a cluster but once in a while it is magic and there were some Seger/Springstein type power moments ... very cool, very fun ... PS Chris Campbell from Seger's band was in town too
A lot of people talking abot Ted Nugent at the Detroit music awards ... he got a bunch of his old players together including our old pla piano player Rick Lober ... seems like that must have been a cool event ... I guess Johnny B from the Rockets jammed too
I heard our pal Question Mark and Mysterians are playing in Ann Arbor at the old Heidelberg???? that was one of the first places Benny and the Jets band ever played ... way back in the day
Any bands should feel free to mention thier gigs and events on the comment section at www.myspace.com/bennyandthejets ... lot of traffic there ... Rossco the old Sunday Funnies drummer sent me some stuff about singer Fidge doing some Detroit gigs with the Doctor Pocket band (Rossco had a county band now days Silver Canyon) i think ....
WOW right while I am typing this I get a call from Tommy C ...(Tommy is going to
I try to read this comment page everyday I like to keep in touch with everyone
I got a CD from our friends Mercury Bullet today (now I need to listen to it) I met them via JT the Brick's Fox Sports radio show He does a thing called myspace monday .., he need bands/music see www. myspace. com/jtthebrick
I am back in Detroit ... from my out west exseriton I tell you the economy may be bad but you would never know it by traveling around car rentals busy, air ports busy, Vegas busy, traffic jams everywhere .... need a vacation from my vacation
Alive and well and back in Az we did LA and Vegas ... WOW and we did SEE NIKI at the PLAYBOY CLUB ... and she is as cool as her myspace ... #1 ... ALSO met Harley Williams (Movie Star?) at the Playboy Club
man LA and even Vegas is a cluster .. traffic ... long lines everywhere
Soooooooo hanging out here in Az for the week then back to DETROIT
A woman standing nude in front of a mirror says to her husband, "I look horrible, I feel fat and ugly, pay me a compliment." He replies, "Your eyesight is perfect."
A wife gets naked & asks her hubby, "What turns you on more, my pretty face or my sexy body?" Hubby looks her up and down and replies, "Your sense of humor!"
An elderly couple is attending Mass. About halfway through, the wife leans over and says to her husband, "I just let out a silent fart; what do you think I should do?" He replied, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid. "
HI DOC & BENNY, WANNA WISH YOU GUYS A SUPER GREAT HOLIDAY & A VERY HEALTHY 2009 BENNY, YOU'RE TRULY AN INSPIRATION THE WAY YOU LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. YOU'RE ALWAYS UPBEAT AND POSITIVE. THANKS!!!!!. LIKE YOU SAY "LIFE IS GOOD". GOD BLESS YOU & DOC .TWO GREAT REPS FOR US OLD SCHOOL MUSIC MAKERS. OLD SCHOOL IS THE GOLD SCHOOL. "SONG MAN FROM SOPRANO LAND" FRIEND TO YOU BOTH,PEACE,LOVE, RAY
we are goint to start doing the RADIO show from Pete's Coney on Dixie 10 miles west of Telegraph
also saw this in the paper
Our Detroit band Benny and the Jets has found some success in France. The new Rolling Stones Fan movie "VERS L' OLYMPE" directed by Philippe Puicouyoul of the Pompidou Centre in Paris uses a Benny and the Jets song entitled "the Oldest Rolling Stones Fan." A song Benny wrote and recorded about Detroiter Bob Harris. Harris who recently wrote the book "Motor City Rock and Roll of the 60s and 70s" met the Stones in 1964. Benny and Bob have a small part in the movie and are currently looking for a venue for a local screening. IF you have a venue, want to see the trailer, hear the song, or contact Benny, go to www. BennyandtheJets. com
