Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies : Mike Little’s Journalized

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Wednesday, 27 October 2004

Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies

by mike @ 13:24. Filed under

Music

Yesterday, John Peel - longest serving Radio 1 DJ and musical hero of mine - died suddenly in Peru. The BBC have several stories:

He had a huge impact on my musical tastes, introducing me to a diverse range of music. A range which I still continue to enjoy today.
Back when I used to listen to his show religiously, I was in the fortunate position of being able to help, in my own small way, promote some of the bands he championed. I worked in a record shop in the late 70’s early 80’s, and used to try to stock anything that Peel played that I liked.
I went on to get involved in working with new and independent bands firstly on stage and promoting shows, and later in studios, and working with video and early computers!

His loss to the world of music his huge. But my deepest sympathy goes out to his wife and children.

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One Response to “Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies”

Ray Says:
December 21st, 2006 at 12:27
A sad day indeed! I believe there was a few of us who really appreciated his work.. But alas now.. No more
Perth DJ Ray

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