Speaker 1: It's with Dan Ray. I'm going easy Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2: Suzanne. Thank you. It's been a couple of years since
Speaker 2: you and I worked.
Speaker 1: Together, Yes, it has.
Speaker 2: I think it was before COVID, which goes back to
Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, twenty twenty when we used to have Saturday
Speaker 2: nights there at the station. I miss those days and
Speaker 2: I still think of you when it comes to TV trivia. Well,
Speaker 2: there you go, there you go, and I thank you
Speaker 2: for the kind intro you gave me. And happy almost
Speaker 2: end of the fourth of July.
Speaker 3: And you too, have a great night.
Speaker 2: You take care now, be careful out there. And I
Speaker 2: want to say happy Fourth of July to everybody listening
Speaker 2: right now. And I know well represented on the Esplanade
Speaker 2: are people listening on their radios to BZ. If you
Speaker 2: forgot Dan was off tonight, you're stuck with me. I
Speaker 2: mean at a midnight. So I want all the people
Speaker 2: out there on the Esplanade on the counter of three,
Speaker 2: I want you to yell night side when I count
Speaker 2: to three, one, two three. I know a lot of
Speaker 2: you did it. So now you know who else out
Speaker 2: there is listening to the same radio station WBZ that
Speaker 2: you have tuned in. Okay, this is the fourth of July,
Speaker 2: and it's a tough night to get guests. And as
Speaker 2: a matter of fact, my first two guests filled the
Speaker 2: phone lines before I came on the air. We have
Speaker 2: three phone lines here, talk lines, and all of them
Speaker 2: are filmed. All three of them are filled. And it's
Speaker 2: because of these two gentlemen who are on vacation up
Speaker 2: in but kindly gave me these two hours to let
Speaker 2: the audience know that Bill and Bo Winnaker are still
Speaker 2: in their pitcheon they do a show and I always
Speaker 2: want to say Norwood, but it's a town next to Norwood,
Speaker 2: and that's on Thursdays once or twice a month, and
Speaker 2: I think that should be moved to every Thursday, scheduled,
Speaker 2: scheduling permitted, And let's just bring them into the conversation now,
Speaker 2: Hello Bill, Hello Bo.
Speaker 4: Hello Morgan. You know there isn't any other place we'd
Speaker 4: want to be to celebrate the fourth of julyland with you.
Speaker 2: Well, thank you, that's true.
Speaker 5: Oh, we're happy to be on the Dan Ray Show
Speaker 5: and you are the main man tonight, so we're just
Speaker 5: loving this opportunity to be with you tonight.
Speaker 2: Well, you guys, have filled my lines. I'm not going
Speaker 2: to take a call yet. I'm gonna wait till after
Speaker 2: the first break that we've got Jim in Texas, Josephine
Speaker 2: and Millis and Janice and Lake Placid. We've got east
Speaker 2: to west covered here. Now, these these people are calling
Speaker 2: because of you too.
Speaker 5: Well, you know something, Why don't Why don't we just
Speaker 5: go right to those calls, because we don't want to
Speaker 5: keep anybody waiting tonight.
Speaker 2: Fair enough, fair enough, Let's go to the first call tonight.
Speaker 2: It was Jim calling in from Texas. Good evening, Jim,
Speaker 2: Happy fourth.
Speaker 6: Howdy, happy forth to you, Morgan. Always a pleasure. And
Speaker 6: I don't listen to you just when you have the
Speaker 6: Winnkers on, although I especially listen to you at those shows.
Speaker 6: But I do listen to you, thank you on a
Speaker 6: regular basis because you have the best, the best voice
Speaker 6: in radio. And you're knowledge don't know diverse subjects is amazing.
Speaker 6: Well I do believe it.
Speaker 2: Well, thank you for the compliment about knowledge on diverse subjects.
Speaker 2: I tried.
Speaker 6: All right, well I'll tell you I I am You've
Speaker 6: got you've got to two of my brothers from another
Speaker 6: mother there and uh and and and while I I
Speaker 6: mentioned that I'd like to give a shout out to
Speaker 6: the Deer Suite Annette and uh Anette run a care
Speaker 6: their their dear sweet mother. He Anette love you and
Speaker 6: uh uh. I also just want to bring bring something
Speaker 6: up to talk about the Espnaut. I just got a
Speaker 6: little quick little story about the espnaut. At nineteen eighty seven,
Speaker 6: when Mike Ducaccus was running for president, Yes, and I
Speaker 6: was shooting pictures for probably name for film by the
Speaker 6: name of Paul Reel, who was the publisher of the
Speaker 6: New England Entertainment Digest. I don't even know what give
Speaker 6: it's around anymore, but I used to take pictures. So
Speaker 6: he took me to the yespernad that day and Johnny
Speaker 6: Cash was the guest artist, and so we we got
Speaker 6: into the trailer and he was interviewing Johnny Cash and
Speaker 6: uh and uh uh he said, uh uh, I was
Speaker 6: just trying to be interesting. My goodness. I was in
Speaker 6: there with me and him and Johnny Cash and Johnny
Speaker 6: Cash's manager, and he was interviewing and any interview was
Speaker 6: over and I said, gee, I said, you look kind
Speaker 6: of tired, mister Cash. He said, well, I didn't drink.
Speaker 6: I look that bad, and the managers had a had
Speaker 6: a bit and he threw me out of the trailer.
Speaker 6: But but anyway, uh uh oh. About half an hour
Speaker 6: later they couldn't find their photographer and down under the
Speaker 6: hatshell there's a little maintenance office and they wanted a
Speaker 6: picture of Johnny Cash with Mike and Kitty Ducaccus. And my, my,
Speaker 6: my mind is going crazy of a man who I who?
Speaker 6: I know his name?
Speaker 5: Uh uh uh? Who?
Speaker 6: Who is the director of the Pops Back then? He
Speaker 6: did a lot of movie scores Bill and Bow, you
Speaker 6: know that, William John william John Williams, my goodness, and
Speaker 6: John Williams and Harry Ellis Dixon. So they brought asked
Speaker 6: me to do it. So I said, oh, brother, Johnny
Speaker 6: Cash had me thrown out of his trailer or his
Speaker 6: manager did so. But they brought me down to the little
Speaker 6: office and I sat in there for ten minutes with
Speaker 6: Kitty Ducaccus. They're just smoking like a smoke stack, And
Speaker 6: finally they all came in and I got a I
Speaker 6: got a.
Speaker 5: Shot of of of.
Speaker 6: Johnny Cash with the Kitty and Mike Tocaccus and and
Speaker 6: John Williams and Harry Ellis Dixon.
Speaker 2: So that photo you still have that photos?
Speaker 6: That's a that's a good question I've got man, I'll
Speaker 6: tell you I've got hard drives with so many photos
Speaker 6: on him. I don't know. I might have it, I
Speaker 6: who knows. But anyway, back to the Winnakers. They they
Speaker 6: they helped me. The thing about Bowl and Bill Winnaker is,
Speaker 6: these guys could have been really really household names and
Speaker 6: big time, but you know what, they're too busy. They've
Speaker 6: been too busy helping other people. And they stayed here
Speaker 6: advanced themselves.
Speaker 2: If they would have gone to New York or California,
Speaker 2: obviously their careers would have skyrocketed. But they stayed home
Speaker 2: to New England.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, that's possiutely.
Speaker 6: And they because I used to see them back in
Speaker 6: the Parker House years ago, and then we reunited in
Speaker 6: twenty thirteen, and we've been just so so good. And
Speaker 6: I've done a lot of publicity work for them and
Speaker 6: stuff and graphics and they're they're just wonderful people and
Speaker 6: they have brought me through some tough times emotionally when
Speaker 6: you know I wasn't doing that great. They've been so
Speaker 6: encouraging and everything else, and I just I just love
Speaker 6: these guys.
Speaker 7: Jim.
Speaker 2: You know what, let me let me make this a
Speaker 2: very succinct point. Once they meet you and you become
Speaker 2: friends with them, they are good friends to you forever.
Speaker 2: And Jim, on that point, I gotta let you go
Speaker 2: because I'm a minute late for my break. But thank
Speaker 2: you for your call.
Speaker 1: Bill.
Speaker 4: God bless your talk, so he God bless you.
Speaker 2: Thanks Jim, all right, Jim's side is open six one, seven, two, five,
Speaker 2: four ten thirty or eight eight, eight, nine to nine,
Speaker 2: ten thirty. You want to speak to the winnakers, use
Speaker 2: either of those numbers to do so. This is night Side.
Speaker 2: Dan is off. He'll be gone all next week, and
Speaker 2: obviously he'll be gone for tonight, but he will be
Speaker 2: back the Monday. And I don't have that date in
Speaker 2: front of me, but it'll be the second Monday in July.
Speaker 2: He will will be back. And on that note, let's
Speaker 2: take the break time eight sixteen temperature here in Boston,
Speaker 2: seventy eight degrees.
Speaker 1: It's night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: And Nancy, my in studio producer sitting next to me,
Speaker 2: looked up the second Monday of July. It will be
Speaker 2: on the fourteenth. Dan, we'll return to this microphone, Marie
Speaker 2: say it again.
Speaker 5: Ready to go?
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, if you're ready to go, I've got Josephine
Speaker 2: and Millis. All three callers on the line, beginning with Jay,
Speaker 2: beginning with Josephine. Welcome to nightside, Josephine, So.
Speaker 8: Thank you very much, Morgan. I want to say a
Speaker 8: special hello to Bill and bau in Annette. I grew
Speaker 8: up with them. I grew up with Bau. I graduated
Speaker 8: with bau Winaker in nineteen seventy from Millis High School.
Speaker 8: But I've known him Bill and Bow since we've been
Speaker 8: a little little kids.
Speaker 2: Out it says Jelt to theme. But I can tell
Speaker 2: you not a Jeosphine. What's your first name?
Speaker 8: I actually I actually am. I have a very deep voice,
Speaker 8: but I'm a woman. Yeah, okay, But anyways, I wanted
Speaker 8: to tell you that I grew up with them, and
Speaker 8: I've got a great story I wanted to share. Milliss
Speaker 8: is a little Tanny town.
Speaker 2: It's small, okay.
Speaker 8: And uh and and there was this man, Frank Gobala
Speaker 8: he uh uh mister, he brought the music program to
Speaker 8: Millis and uh he you know, he's brought you know,
Speaker 8: he's taught kids how to play instruments, and uh, you
Speaker 8: see all these kids, you know, like at one point,
Speaker 8: you know, nobody was seemed to be playing instruments, and
Speaker 8: all these kids are running around with you know cases
Speaker 8: with the you know, horns and you know, violins and
Speaker 8: everything in it. So he, uh, he had this program
Speaker 8: going and probably about a year after he started it,
Speaker 8: he wanted to showcase everybody. So he put show on
Speaker 8: out of middle school. It was the old Memorial School,
Speaker 8: and of course, you know, different people played, but the
Speaker 8: real highlight of that night and just about everybody in
Speaker 8: their town with their parents were there at this school.
Speaker 8: And the highlight of the night was Bo because Bo
Speaker 8: he he wasn't so much taught how to play by
Speaker 8: by mister Goballard because Bo's father was ed Winuker, who
Speaker 8: had his own orchestra, right, and and he taught uh,
Speaker 8: you know, Bow and Bill how to play instruments since
Speaker 8: they were really young. So here's this kid, bau Winiker said,
Speaker 8: you know, we called them Bobo back in those days,
Speaker 8: but seven or eight years old. And he comes on
Speaker 8: stage and he was a finale of the night. And
Speaker 8: he played, you know, by himself midnight in Moscow with
Speaker 8: his trumpet, and he brought the roof down, I mean
Speaker 8: literally brought the roof down in that place standing ovation.
Speaker 8: That's all anybody in the entire town talked about for uh,
Speaker 8: you know, for my song ed. My father was a
Speaker 8: World War Two veteran and he just talked about Bobo every.
Speaker 4: Night at dinner.
Speaker 8: But that was unbelievable, that that that event, that.
Speaker 2: Bum bum bum bum. I'm humming it, bum bum bum
Speaker 2: bum b.
Speaker 5: U.
Speaker 2: I know the song, but I have no music. I
Speaker 2: have no music.
Speaker 5: Hey, Josephine, that that's a that's a phenomenal memory. And
Speaker 5: thank you for calling us tonight and for sharing that story.
Speaker 5: It's a fact of the story. And I remember it well.
Speaker 5: I was shaking in my head. I was shaking it.
Speaker 5: I was so nervous to be on the stage of
Speaker 5: the Memorial School, but I I got it out somehow.
Speaker 5: It was.
Speaker 8: It was phenomenal bo. I mean it was because uh,
Speaker 8: you know, nobody had ever seen anything like that, you know,
Speaker 8: And and that's all anyone talked about, you know. And
Speaker 8: and I remember that so vividly.
Speaker 4: And I, of.
Speaker 8: Course now the school is the town Hall, and I
Speaker 8: went down there to vote, and I went by that
Speaker 8: auditorium when I went to vote, and it's just it
Speaker 8: hasn't changed a bit. But I just remember that night
Speaker 8: so vividly that that was absolutely incredible. And uh. But
Speaker 8: but the other thing I wanted to say about bo
Speaker 8: and Bill in a nut are you know, besides these
Speaker 8: phenomenal musicians, they are the greatest, warmest people you ever
Speaker 8: could possibly meet, and they're so gracious if you go
Speaker 8: and see them, they they will come around at intermission,
Speaker 8: they go to everybody's table that's in the audience and
Speaker 8: they personally greet them, and they want to hear all
Speaker 8: about them, what their story is, and and they listen
Speaker 8: to you and they make you feel like you're the
Speaker 8: you know, the greatest person on the planet. But they
Speaker 8: are just such gracious people.
Speaker 2: And Joseph in what I've noticed when I've seen them,
Speaker 2: and I've seen them on a couple of occasions, they
Speaker 2: remember you. I've had them on busy I'm going to
Speaker 2: stay easily a half dozen times times over the years,
Speaker 2: somebody will start to tell a story and Bill o'bo
Speaker 2: are both will pick up the story from a certain
Speaker 2: point because they remember playing at this wedding, they remember
Speaker 2: playing at this function, they remember when somebody came to
Speaker 2: see them at Skip Jacks or the Parker House or
Speaker 2: any of the other venues that they have appeared. You
Speaker 2: mean something to them when they meet you, because you
Speaker 2: meet them absolutely.
Speaker 8: And you know, I want to say a couple of
Speaker 8: years back, we got like ten of us because I
Speaker 8: graduated with Bow in nineteen seventy, but we got ten
Speaker 8: of our classmates that graduated with Bow and we all
Speaker 8: went into Biancas that's in Brookline. It's a restaurant home
Speaker 8: by another one of our friends, him Cushman, and we
Speaker 8: went in there for brunch and they were playing in there.
Speaker 8: And do you know that Bo brought in uh their
Speaker 8: CD and he and he handed he had one for
Speaker 8: each one of us, all ten of us, and he
Speaker 8: gave us their their brand new CD. Uh and uh
Speaker 8: but you know, and Bill took pictures. Bill takes pictures
Speaker 8: of everybody, and UH is marvelous people.
Speaker 2: I just I just got this the other day. They
Speaker 2: mailed them to me and they came yesterday and I'm
Speaker 2: going to listen to them over the weekend.
Speaker 5: Well, Josephine really you just uh, you hit a grand
Speaker 5: slam with this call. Thank you so much for taking
Speaker 5: the time to be in touch with this. Of course,
Speaker 5: you know we had a lot of great experiences. Used
Speaker 5: to come over to our house all the time I did.
Speaker 5: But I know we have to move on to another call.
Speaker 5: But but happy fourth of July to you and we
Speaker 5: look forward to seeing you soon.
Speaker 8: Absolutely, Bill God and give you your mother ant a
Speaker 8: big hugging kiss for me. Okay, take care, of course
Speaker 8: we will.
Speaker 2: Bye Joseph. By Joseph. He Now, I've only got ninety
Speaker 2: seconds before I have to take a quick you the
Speaker 2: news in a couple of spots, so I'm not gonna
Speaker 2: bring Janis in just to kick your off ninety seconds later.
Speaker 2: And we've got Janet holding as well in Boston. A
Speaker 2: line open, and I'm always gonna make sure people know
Speaker 2: when there is an open line, because when I have
Speaker 2: these gentlemen on phone, traffic will definitely increase. So if
Speaker 2: you want to call in six one, seven, two, five,
Speaker 2: four ten thirty or eight eight, eight, nine to nine
Speaker 2: ten thirty, I've got the winnakers And bo I was
Speaker 2: told that you're gonna play a little something for me
Speaker 2: I've got about a minute, so that would be a
Speaker 2: good time to let you play. I don't know what.
Speaker 5: Let's do it, Okay, you'll hear it.
Speaker 7: Okay, Love the Free and the Braid, Keith, I am
Speaker 7: that grand old.
Speaker 2: See. I know all the words to that, but but
Speaker 2: Nancy had to hit me over the head with a
Speaker 2: stick to make me stop singing.
Speaker 5: No, no, you were fine. It was great.
Speaker 2: Well, you were great, excellent rendition, perfect for this evening.
Speaker 2: And I'm now going to take.
Speaker 5: We have another one later on in the show.
Speaker 2: Oh what did you want to say?
Speaker 5: We have another patriotic song later in the show.
Speaker 2: We will do another one later on. Janet, you will
Speaker 2: be no, I'm sorry. Janes will be next, then Janet
Speaker 2: and then Louise. Here on night Side, Dan Ray is
Speaker 2: off tonight, but Bill and Bo Winnaker are going to
Speaker 2: be here until ten o'clock tonight. Time and temperature eight
Speaker 2: thirty seventy eight degrees.
Speaker 1: It's night Side with Dan Ray on wb Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Dan is off, he's on vacation. He will return on
Speaker 2: the fourteenth of July. I'm here tonight. My name Morgan
Speaker 2: White Junior. A lot of you know me, from being
Speaker 2: a part of BZ for Good Grief almost thirty years,
Speaker 2: and I am joined by two gentlemen who have been
Speaker 2: entertaining for pretty much double that amount of time all
Speaker 2: over the country, but primarily here in New England, the
Speaker 2: Winnickea brothers, Bill and Bo, and they're on vacation. They're
Speaker 2: up in Maine. But once I called to say, guys,
Speaker 2: you want to play radio again? They said, sure, Morgan,
Speaker 2: and I appreciate the kindness because it's tired to find
Speaker 2: guests for the evening of July fourth, for a variety
Speaker 2: of reasons. You guys, ready to go back to the phone,
Speaker 2: Then let's go to Janice in Lake Placid. You're next
Speaker 2: to the night side.
Speaker 1: Hello Janie, Hi Morgan.
Speaker 9: I'm calling from Lake Placid, but I'm actually from Action Maths.
Speaker 5: Okay, we're up.
Speaker 9: Here for the fourth and you might hear some noise
Speaker 9: behind me. We're on the lawn overlooking Mirror Lake, waiting
Speaker 9: for the fireworks at nine point thirty.
Speaker 2: Fair enough.
Speaker 9: I just wanted to call and say how much I
Speaker 9: love Dylan Bow and Bo belated Happy birthday.
Speaker 5: Oh thanks so much.
Speaker 9: I can't believe the two of you are actually on vacation.
Speaker 9: I didn't think you ever took a vacation.
Speaker 5: We just started taking baking. Yeah, yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 4: Sorry, it seems like.
Speaker 9: You just go, go go, But I have studied that
Speaker 9: we have a long history with the Winnaker Band. They
Speaker 9: played at my cousin Christine and Mark's wedding, which is
Speaker 9: almost forty years ago. And then when I got married,
Speaker 9: I wanted them, but they weren't available, so we had
Speaker 9: to go with somebody else, not the big band, but
Speaker 9: not the Winnaker Band, but we when my dad loved
Speaker 9: big band music, and when we found out that the
Speaker 9: Winnakers were playing at Skipjacks at Copley, we started taking
Speaker 9: my parents there and it just became a regular routine
Speaker 9: of going there to celebrate anniversaries and birthdays. And I
Speaker 9: have two boys, and they both took up clarinet and
Speaker 9: the Winnakers they welcomed him and he would play. The
Speaker 9: older son. The younger son did it once or twice,
Speaker 9: but the older son was a regular. So we would
Speaker 9: go to Skipjacks for Sunday brunch and my son, who
Speaker 9: was eight at the time, would men carrying a clarinet
Speaker 9: and Bill and Bo would be waving us in and
Speaker 9: so excited to see us. And you know, they always
Speaker 9: let Alex come up and play with them a song
Speaker 9: or two, which was wonderful because it really, you know,
Speaker 9: inspired my son to continue playing. He played for a
Speaker 9: few years through middle school, and then once Skip Jacks closed,
Speaker 9: it was very sad because we sort of lost touch
Speaker 9: with them. And it wasn't until my mom, sadly was
Speaker 9: in her mid nineties and she happened to be in
Speaker 9: rehab at Life Care Center and acting and hadley. It
Speaker 9: was about a week before she passed, actually, but I
Speaker 9: saw on the calendar that the Winnakers were going to
Speaker 9: be there in the garden one night. It was in June.
Speaker 9: It was actually seven years ago, right around this time,
Speaker 9: and so we took my dad and my mom out
Speaker 9: and my mother said, oh, they'll never recognize me, and
Speaker 9: you know what I mean, I have tears in my
Speaker 9: eyes now. I mean, they knew who my parents were.
Speaker 9: They were so excited to see us. And I know
Speaker 9: your other guest has said out you know, everyone's family
Speaker 9: or friends and they never forget you, they never do
Speaker 9: and never. It meant so much to me that night,
Speaker 9: the way they embraced us in my parents and so
Speaker 9: they were always very special to us, and you know,
Speaker 9: my because of my dad and his love for the
Speaker 9: big band music. You know, they were always so gracious
Speaker 9: to him. They played any song he wanted to hear
Speaker 9: on Sundays. But then my son got married and they
Speaker 9: had a reception at Savor in Boston, and so my
Speaker 9: husband was thinking and asking them, you know, do you
Speaker 9: need a band, and they were like, oh, we want something,
Speaker 9: you know, just small, and so he immediately looked up
Speaker 9: Bill and Bow and saw that they were playing at
Speaker 9: Niroli's and Norwood. So we took my daughter in law
Speaker 9: out there to hear them because my son works for
Speaker 9: Arsenal soccer team, so he's in London. So we knew
Speaker 9: he loved We knew he loved Bill and Bow, but
Speaker 9: we needed to get her approval, of course. So we
Speaker 9: went out for dinner last August and I had my
Speaker 9: fingers crossed under the table and she loved them, of course,
Speaker 9: and so they played at their wedding reception three weeks ago,
Speaker 9: Wow Sunday as Savor and it was phenomenal, So Billo,
Speaker 9: it was fantastic, And then the pictures they took so
Speaker 9: many pictures during the reception, and they would take pictures
Speaker 9: with polaroids. And also when we would go to Skip Jacks,
Speaker 9: they would take pictures of us and our group, and
Speaker 9: they got our address and Bill would always send the
Speaker 9: pictures out to us a couple of weeks later. I mean, wow,
Speaker 9: it is a while that having Bill and Bow at
Speaker 9: my son's reception two weeks ago, it just brought everything
Speaker 9: full circle. Not only was I happy that they were
Speaker 9: there to share, but it brought my parents in as well,
Speaker 9: and all of the memories.
Speaker 10: And the music, and I can't say enough about them.
Speaker 2: Jannie's great phone call, well, yeah, you touched our hearts
Speaker 2: so deeply with this call.
Speaker 5: Enjoy the fireworks, Happy fourth of July, and we look
Speaker 5: forward to seeing you at Nioli later this summer.
Speaker 9: We're coming, and we're coming in a couple of weeks,
Speaker 9: and my cousins are coming to.
Speaker 3: We'll see you.
Speaker 2: Take care of the July.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Super great call. And guys, I was teasing about Nerola
Speaker 2: should have you every week, but you just do once
Speaker 2: a month.
Speaker 5: Correct, We do once a month right now, and eventually
Speaker 5: we may do more. But it just seems to work out. Well,
Speaker 5: we have a lot of other things that we have
Speaker 5: to do too, So once a month people look forward
Speaker 5: to that and we usually have a full house every time,
Speaker 5: so it's working just well.
Speaker 1: You look forward to coming.
Speaker 2: To When is your next one? Your next appearance?
Speaker 5: When will it be the twenty twenty fourth of July? Okay,
Speaker 5: and then the twenty eighth of August.
Speaker 2: Write those down people, Yeah, and we'll make.
Speaker 5: Your reservations in the supper club and it's a really
Speaker 5: fun fun night and we'll tell you really is.
Speaker 2: We'll tell you how to get to the After my
Speaker 2: next call, let me get Janet on before I have
Speaker 2: to take a break. Janet in Boston. Well, good evening
Speaker 2: to you.
Speaker 3: Good evening, gentlemen. I'm so happy to have the opportunity
Speaker 3: to publicly thank the Winnakers for just creating a wonderful
Speaker 3: memory for my mother and I many many years ago.
Speaker 3: They used to come and visit me every year in Boston.
Speaker 3: They lived in Nova Scotia, and the highlight the one
Speaker 3: thing they one thing they wanted to do every we
Speaker 3: want to go to the Parker House and have a meal.
Speaker 3: And frequently the Windakers would be performing and they enjoyed
Speaker 3: it so very much. And this particular year, when my
Speaker 3: dad arrived, I knew that he had been diagnosed with
Speaker 3: Alzheimer's and his behavior was very unpredictable, and my mom said,
Speaker 3: I really don't think we should, you know, go, and
Speaker 3: but Dad wanted to go to the Parker House and
Speaker 3: we did. We went and we were eating the windakers
Speaker 3: were setting out getting ready and Dad got up and
Speaker 3: walked up and stood watching them, and I went to
Speaker 3: retrieve him and bring him back to the table, and
Speaker 3: he absolutely refused, and one of the musicians just you know,
Speaker 3: put his finger up and basically told me to go
Speaker 3: back and sit down, and he took my dad. He
Speaker 3: put a chair beside him, sat my Dad down, and
Speaker 3: my dad sat there through the entire performance wow, tapping
Speaker 3: his foot, clapping appropriately, smiling, and when the performance was over,
Speaker 3: brought him back to our table. And it just created
Speaker 3: such wonderful memories for my mom and I. Because Dad
Speaker 3: passed away I think about three months after that, and
Speaker 3: I did write you a note at the time, but
Speaker 3: that was many, many years ago. But it's so wonderful
Speaker 3: to be able to thank you in person.
Speaker 2: Do you guys remember this?
Speaker 3: I do.
Speaker 5: I remembered very well. Uh, and I think we did
Speaker 5: send some messages back and forth uh after that, Yes,
Speaker 5: yes we did. Yes, Well, thank you so much for
Speaker 5: calling tonight. It really touches our hearts as well to
Speaker 5: hear this story.
Speaker 3: Oh it really we we of course my mom has
Speaker 3: passed away now also, but it created just such wonderful memories.
Speaker 3: And uh, it just gave us our dad back the
Speaker 3: way the way he was before his diagnosis. And I
Speaker 3: thank you so very much for that, and we.
Speaker 5: Love you well.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Jennet, We and you and others tonight. Boy
Speaker 2: have they been powerful phone calls? Powerful feels all right? Jemmy, sure,
Speaker 2: Jiet's line is open. You want to grab it. Six one, seven,
Speaker 2: two thirty, eight, eight, eight, nine, nine, ten thirty. I'm
Speaker 2: going to take a break. When we come back from
Speaker 2: the break, tell everybody the address of Nirolis. If there's
Speaker 2: a phone number or a website, we can give that
Speaker 2: when I come back. And the next two callers, one
Speaker 2: is from California and one of some Colorado. The night
Speaker 2: with the reach of BZ and the power the drawer
Speaker 2: of the Winnakers. Good grief, what a combination that line,
Speaker 2: that was opened has been filled. Time and temperature. If
Speaker 2: you want to call in, wait till I take another
Speaker 2: phone call after these messages. Time and temperature eight forty
Speaker 2: five seventy eight degrees.
Speaker 1: You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's
Speaker 1: news radio.
Speaker 2: The win Nickers are here, Bill and Bow. I'm here too,
Speaker 2: Pillian for Dan. Dan is off until the fourteen eighth
Speaker 2: of July. All next week. Dam won't be here Monday, Tuesday,
Speaker 2: and Wednesday. Bradley j Will be here, and I'll be
Speaker 2: here Thursday and Friday. But I'm here now with Bill
Speaker 2: and Bow Winnaker. And let's go right back to the phones.
Speaker 2: We're going to go to Louise in San Francisco. Good evening, Louise.
Speaker 10: Oh, Hi, Hi Morgan.
Speaker 11: How are you? Thank you for having Dylan Beau on
Speaker 11: this evening? I am, first of all, I wanted to
Speaker 11: thank Bill and Beau for making so many people's lives
Speaker 11: happy all these years with your great music and your
Speaker 11: sensitivity to your audience. It's just so inspiring. Bo and
Speaker 11: I were at New England Conservatory together and we actually
Speaker 11: dated back in the dark ages, and he was always
Speaker 11: such a wonderful person and I remember the great relationship
Speaker 11: he had with Bill, and how wonderful his family was.
Speaker 11: I had the great four of hearing the band and
Speaker 11: the three of them before them together they were just
Speaker 11: also wonderful and inspiring. So I just wanted to call
Speaker 11: in and say, I think if you often, I remember
Speaker 11: how beautifully both played my funny Valentine in Jordan Hall
Speaker 11: with the lucal horn solo with a big band. I
Speaker 11: think I'll never forget that.
Speaker 2: And Louise, Louise, I'm betting you two dated for however
Speaker 2: long you dated. He was a perfect gentleman throughout the relationship.
Speaker 1: Oh.
Speaker 11: Absolutely, absolutely, just the best, very sweet, sweet person.
Speaker 5: Yep, Well, I'm gonna chime in here, Louise. It is
Speaker 5: just so great to hear your voice. You sound like
Speaker 5: you sounded years ago at school. You you have, you
Speaker 5: still sound like a young brilliant pianist that you were
Speaker 5: still are. Uh for sure. Uh, It's just great to
Speaker 5: hear hear your voice, And it just means the world
Speaker 5: to build in myself that you would take the time
Speaker 5: to be in touch with us tonight.
Speaker 11: Well, I wouldn't miss the opportunity, and I was so
Speaker 11: grateful to get the announcement that you're on tonight, So
Speaker 11: I just thought i'd drop in for a minute and
Speaker 11: take congratulations and that you're always in my heart and
Speaker 11: thank you for all the wonderful things you.
Speaker 2: Do, Louis. Thank you for the call.
Speaker 5: Thanks a million.
Speaker 2: And you do you live in San Francisco? Now? Are
Speaker 2: you visiting?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 9: No, I live in the Bay Area.
Speaker 11: I'm just south.
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay. It's a beautiful city. I haven't been there
Speaker 2: in a couple of decades, but I have fond memories
Speaker 2: of being in San Francisco eating at Alioto's. Does alioto
Speaker 2: still exist on the waterfront?
Speaker 11: You know, I'm not sure.
Speaker 3: I don't.
Speaker 11: I'm not. I don't say think it does.
Speaker 3: I have to check that out.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry.
Speaker 2: It was delicious seafood from what I recall, Louise. Thank
Speaker 2: you again for calling and tell.
Speaker 11: Me about.
Speaker 5: Louise. If you comeing, make sure you let.
Speaker 11: Us know absolutely I can. I will contact you and
Speaker 11: I'll look forward to staying in touch. Sending a big.
Speaker 5: Hug, thank you so much, bye bye.
Speaker 11: Thanks, Thanks, Morgan and Fight You're welcome.
Speaker 2: Before I take Kathleen in Colorado, I promised you guys
Speaker 2: would tell everybody how to find Neroli's.
Speaker 5: Sure Well Nroley is located at two eighty two Washington
Speaker 5: Street in Westwood, Massachusetts. The phone number for the restaurant
Speaker 5: is seventy eight one three seven five two five nine four.
Speaker 5: Now it's very important that when you call to make
Speaker 5: the reservation, you tell them that you want to make
Speaker 5: the reservation for the supper club. Uh, it's a room
Speaker 5: in the back of the restaurant. We've had some folks
Speaker 5: just make reservations for the restaurant and they end up
Speaker 5: in another room and then they call the next day
Speaker 5: and they said, well, we came and had a great meal,
Speaker 5: but we never heard you. So make sure you make
Speaker 5: the reservation for the supper club.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 5: It's just a fantastic place. The food is wonderful. The
Speaker 5: number one more time is seven eight one three seven
Speaker 5: five two five nine four, and the restaurant's located at
Speaker 5: two eighty two Washington Street and Westwood, mass You won't
Speaker 5: be disappointed. I promise. We're there on the twenty fourth
Speaker 5: of July and the twenty eighth of August.
Speaker 2: And I'm going to give my phone numbers here because
Speaker 2: we just clayed a line six one seven two, five, four, ten, thirty, eight, eight, eight,
Speaker 2: nine to nine, ten thirty use either of those numbers
Speaker 2: that will get you on. Shane is producing tonight. Rob
Speaker 2: is off, but Shane is here, and Rob gave him
Speaker 2: all the pointers of producing for Nightside because Shane produces
Speaker 2: for me on Saturday night. But producing the Morgan Show
Speaker 2: is nowhere near as difficult as producing Nightside, much more
Speaker 2: to it, and Shane's doing an excellent job. So now
Speaker 2: let's go to Colorado and speak to Kathleen. Kathleen, you're
Speaker 2: next here on Nightside.
Speaker 10: Hi, good evening. How are you all doing?
Speaker 5: We're fine.
Speaker 10: I'm trying to remember when I first met you, guys,
Speaker 10: and I'm trying to think Lucy's here too, Hi, trying
Speaker 10: to think that it might have been the last of.
Speaker 5: Us, probably, So.
Speaker 2: Okay, Kathleen, who's there with Kathleen? Who's there with you?
Speaker 10: Yeah, we moved Boston.
Speaker 2: What's her name again, Kathleen. What's your daughter's name again?
Speaker 10: Lizzy?
Speaker 9: Well?
Speaker 2: Did you say Lizzie or Lucy? Okay, there you go.
Speaker 10: Well, it's nice to talk with you.
Speaker 2: Well, don't go away so quickly, guys, do you remember
Speaker 2: this mother and daughter?
Speaker 5: Okay? We know them very very well, and it's great
Speaker 5: of you guys to call.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 10: I got your email this morning, and you know, it's
Speaker 10: fourth of July, but it's not even dark out here,
Speaker 10: so sort of in between events. We actually have a
Speaker 10: parade this on fourth of July because it's too cold
Speaker 10: to have it a Memorial Day, so it's it's a
Speaker 10: nice place. And I miss you guys. I miss the
Speaker 10: old days. And I haven't heard of Boston accent in
Speaker 10: a long time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh we miss you too. Did you used to
Speaker 2: live in the New England area.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm from Belmont.
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, well there you go. And why Colorado.
Speaker 10: Because I'm a skier.
Speaker 2: Ah. I love the weather in Colorado because you can
Speaker 2: get six inches of snow on a Monday and it's
Speaker 2: sixty five seventy degrees on a Wednesday. That's just about
Speaker 2: the way the weather goes in Colorado. Am I correct?
Speaker 10: It's it's pretty wild. Yeah, we have four hundred snow
Speaker 10: a year. Bill Bow, you're not playing together the Red
Speaker 10: Sox thing?
Speaker 3: Yeah, in the background, say that again.
Speaker 5: We were just talking about we were talking about your dad,
Speaker 5: Dick O'Connell. Yeah, you was Dick O'Connell.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, keep that a secret, thank you, Kathleen.
Speaker 4: I just used to go to those roofs.
Speaker 2: Everybody remembers when he was a GM of the Red
Speaker 2: Sox back in the sixties, seventies, in into the eighties.
Speaker 10: Yeah, sixty sixty seventy seven.
Speaker 2: I think, Okay, well there you go. I bet you
Speaker 2: had great seats whenever you wanted to go to a game.
Speaker 10: Well, it was all unusual. We did have some lovely feats,
Speaker 10: but we sat next to mister Yackey and he didn't
Speaker 10: like to hear any noise.
Speaker 2: Ah well, he paid attention to his team out in
Speaker 2: the field.
Speaker 10: We weren't really allowed to cheer, but that way, why not,
Speaker 10: because mister Yackey did not like cheering in.
Speaker 4: The next box. So that was bad.
Speaker 10: So to this day, I go to a sports game
Speaker 10: and I don't cheer.
Speaker 2: If if he has had a home run, you couldn't
Speaker 2: say yeah, yeahs.
Speaker 10: Uh no.
Speaker 3: It was very quiet.
Speaker 2: Oh dear, I took the fun out of going to
Speaker 2: a game.
Speaker 4: Now, you know, those were great those those were great
Speaker 4: times for us because when the Yakies were in charge,
Speaker 4: we were playing all the Red Sox parties, some of
Speaker 4: those parties. Yesh, Yeah, we played it. Yes, Carlia Sremsky's
Speaker 4: retirement party. We played a lot of Red Sox Christmas
Speaker 4: parties at the Charles River Country Club.
Speaker 5: And I know your mother was a terrific singer. She
Speaker 5: used to sing uh with with us with this, not
Speaker 5: so much with us, but with other groups. Your mother
Speaker 5: beautiful boy.
Speaker 2: All right, guy guys, I hate to do it, but
Speaker 2: I got news knocking on the door. So Kathleen, thank
Speaker 2: you for calling in, and have a good fourth of
Speaker 2: joy out there right.
Speaker 10: Thank you. We have a drone show because we have
Speaker 10: too much fire games.
Speaker 4: Well, enjoy your drone show.
Speaker 5: Bye bye, Kathleen and Bill and Bow.
Speaker 2: We're gonna do one more hour with you two. So
Speaker 2: let me throw it to Shane and he can push
Speaker 2: buttons so we'll hear commercials and do news more. Bill
Speaker 2: and bau here on Nightside, coming up shortly time. Five
Speaker 2: excuse me, five eight fifty eight and I'm still thinking
Speaker 2: it's seventy eight degrees