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We took a road trip to Staples Center to talk music with the “Voice of the Clippers”, Ralph Lawler. He tells us how the soundtrack from “Hair” changed his life, confesses his love of Broadway musicals and admits to being a hopeless romantic. He also discusses the relationship between the flow of a good song and doing play-by-play. The Los Angeles Clippers are in the NBA playoffs, which begin this weekend.
For More: http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/ralph_lawler.html
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We took a road trip to Staples Center to talk music with the “Voice of the Clippers”, Ralph Lawler. He tells us how the soundtrack from “Hair” changed his life, confesses his love of Broadway musicals and admits to being a hopeless romantic. He also discusses the relationship between the flow of a good song and doing play-by-play. The Los Angeles Clippers are in the NBA playoffs, which begin this weekend.
For More: http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/ralph_lawler.html
Transcript
Jason Bentley: Jason Bentley for KCRW’s Guest DJ Project. Taking the show on the road this week, we are at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. We are here with the “Voice of the Clippers”, Ralph Lawler. Hello sir.
Ralph Lawler: Hey, how you doing Jason?
JB: This feature gives us a chance to talk with a cultural luminaries and find out more about their interest in music. So, set this up for us, you’re going to pick some tunes. What do you have for us first?
RL: Well, I've picked them chronologically. I started as a disk jockey in the 50’s and though the 60’s and into the early 70’s and I remember putting the needle on an LP at about 1968. It was the original Broadway cast recording from “Hair” and I went "WOW". This music jumped right off the vinyl.
It wasn’t just the sound of the music or the energy or excitement of it; it was what they were saying. I was listening to the...
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