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[Mega Hertz]

I can see the direction this thread is heading...

[jadednihilist]

What was on RIFF2?

RIFF2 plays a ton of local music + blend of alternative, electronic, some hip hop, occasional metal - largely underground. It has the sound of an old school college station.

[Denis Davison]

Does anyone here have any recordings of the riff rock cafe from when the show first aired ? I trying to pin down what song was used for the intro into that show that featured a single synthesizer with an echo effect. Any help would be fantastic

thanks
Denis

[bjmcdevitt]

Does anyone here have any recordings of the riff rock cafe from when the show first aired ? I trying to pin down what song was used for the intro into that show that featured a single synthesizer with an echo effect. Any help would be fantastic

thanks
Denis

Denis and I have been trying to find this for a long long time. He nailed the second song "Party Tested" by DNA, but we're trying to figure out what the first part of the song is. One was mixed into Party Tested. A bit like Threshold by Steve Miller, but simpler. I've contacted several of the jocks that hosted the Rock Cafe, but they didn't remember

https://youtu.be/0E2anDpjDtg

[Denis Davison]

Thanks for replying. I would think there must be an audio archive of that show somewhere or someone that still has old cassette recordings of the rock cafe that we could plug into one of the online music identifier programs that would give us an answer. I'm not giving up until I find the name of that first song

https://lettheuniverseanswer.com/2018/0 ... 1982-1985/. I found the second intro version here on the first audio clip at 3:30 but the voice over is still the same just different music

[macgoldfan]

Just need to bring back Peter Werbe now.

I'm a fan of Peter, but the man is 80 years old. That's going to fly on a rock station anymore.

I had no idea! I thought he was late 60s or around 70.

If need a Peter Werbe fix he was ML Soul of Detroit podcast on 2/1. He was asked about doing another show/podcast and he said he doesn't want to put in the work it takes to put out another show and that he's enjoying retirement.

[Denis Davison]

I finally after 40 years have found what song was used on the original intro for the Riff Rock Cafe

I give you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r80DaDWAwgQ

[SteveS]

How was the mystery solved?

[bjmcdevitt]

I finally after 40 years have found what song was used on the original intro for the Riff Rock Cafe

I give you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r80DaDWAwgQ

Now just pay Dave Simmons to do a voiceover and mix it

[Cogdog]

Werbe is intensely skilled. Sadly, his ambition is to be an evangelist for the far-left and not to speak to, and for, communities.

I concur ...he turned a great orchestra of ideas into a 1 stringed banjo.

[Ben Zonia]

Peter Werbe's cousin, Lou Werbe, would be about 66. He used to call and hang out at radio studios all the time, but as far as I know, he never worked in radio. Maybe that's the Werbe who you're thinking of.being substantially younger.

[BillT]

Werbe was a massive hypocrite.

[BillT]

Different rules for white people versus blacks, to put it quickly. That's after listening to his show for many years.