Legendary Music Promoter, Larry Magid, Stops By WMGK Studios

One of my favorite things as an on-air DJ for WMGK is when we have guests live in the studio and broadcasting on-air to the greater Philadelphia area. Whether it is an actor, actress, musical artist, comedian, or anyone else in the entertainment industry, it is always great radio getting to have a conversation with a guest on any given day.

Well last week, I had a great on-air visit from one of the most successful concert promoters in the world and the main architect for the concert industry as we know it today, the great Larry Magid.

If you have been keeping up with my posts, you know Larry is no stranger to me or success in the music industry, whether it be taking me and a few other radio friends to a sneak peek listen of The Hooters' new album a few months ago or being honored with a lifetime music achievement award by the Philadelphia Music Alliance.

During his visit to the WMGK studios, Larry chatted about his great new exhibit called “ELECTRIFIED: 50 Years of Electric Factory.” The exhibition will be held at the Peck Center Gallery and Bossone Research Center at Drexel University.

It will be celebrating and taking a deep dive into Philadelphia’s own, Electric Factory and Electric Factory Concerts and how they impacted the music business around the world.

One thing I am looking forward to checking out is how they brought Live Aid to Philly and then turned around and did it again decades later with Live 8.

On top of that, the exhibit will also cover the early years of the Electric Factory, concert sound systems, and the psychology of rhythm, which is a key piece to enjoying music.

Larry Magid really has changed the world as we know it today with his career as a music promoter and I am happy his and the Electric Factory’s stories are being told.

Don’t think for one second that his story isn’t continuing to this day, though! Larry Magid is actually the promoter for both Bruce Springsteen shows later this month at Citizens Bank Park. The shows are taking place on August 16 and August 18, and limited tickets are still available for both if interested!

The exhibit will be open from September 21 through December 31, so get out there and see it at some point!

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As many of you know after reading my post about the Stanley Cup from yesterday, I spent the last week on vacation down the Jersey shore.

And from many of my other posts before that, you know I enjoy going for some long bike rides — especially down the shore!

So what could be better than squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week's long vacation? Squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week’s long vacation with a great friend of mine, of course!

I got to go on a great ride with my buddy Casey Boy from The Preston and Steve Show on our sister station, WMMR.

We rode through multiple shore towns as we got in a practice ride in preparation for this Sunday’s Ben To The Shore ride! For those that don’t know, the Ben To The Shore Bike Tour is a charity event that raises funds for Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation, which is for the families of fallen first responders and police officers.

It is always a lot of fun and something I look forward to each year!

During our practice route, Casey Boy and I rode about 25.81 miles from Wildwood to Town Bank to Cape May Point to Cape May then all the way back to Wildwood where we started.

It was a great time and has me ready to conquer the 65-mile Ben To The Shore ride! This will actually be my tenth year riding in the event and each year it gets better and better.

If you are interested in donating, visit fbbcf.org or visit the Team WMMR Rock and Rollers page.

I can’t wait for Sunday and hopefully, the weather holds up for the ride! I’m sure there will be a lot of people on the ride for this great cause!

Who do you think will cross the finish line first, me or Casey Boy?

Here's a selfie Casey Boy took on our ride. It is of Casey, Pattyann, and myself. What a great crew.

I took this during our ride. I'm not sure how I kept my balance! Just ahead of my leading the way are Casey and Pattyann.

Like I mentioned in the photo above, there they are leading the way. It's a tight bridge like many down the shore. Luckily, we all managed to make it across.

The first sign you see in Town Bank. Apparently, it is the birthplace of the South Jersey. I wonder what it was like in 1635?

Outside the beautiful Willow Creek Winery. What a cool sign. We definitely needed to check this place out on the ride.

The land the winery was on was beautiful. Look at those flowers! The property was huge.

You know we had to make our way into the winery! Riding on the bricks was not as hard as you would think. It was even cooler on the inside.

You know I had to grab a group picture inside the winery! I am actually wearing a jersey from a previous Ben To The Shore ride! I wonder what this year's will look like?

Just a group of people that love a good bike ride. I know we all can't wait for Sunday's ride. Hopefully, the weather is as nice as it was on this day!

The map of our 25-mile ride. We covered so much ground. It is nuts looking at it in map form!