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t’s filthy and jungle-istic,’ ” he
calls, *
There was public criticism,
Newspaper ‘columns chas-
tised him for “leading the chil-
dren down the path of Evil”
at labeled him a purveyor of
h.
There was resistance to
hange,
Two days after CKWX
ited him away from CJOR in
he spring of '57 the station
anager called him into his
office for bucking the commer-
ial rotation schedule.
“Red, you're plaving too
any: instrumentals. and too
any. male vocals,” he was
old: “Our policy here . at
KWX is male, female, vocal
grou instrumental, male,
female, vocal ’ ‘group, instru-
mental...”
And there was violence, '
» He took heat from his
prers, especi ‘om a. group
f thugs he how: ‘calls. The.
Fonzies, after, the Popular 1 Tv
haracter. ;
he "The Fonzie : ou saw on
Happy Days ... had a hard edge’:
but.,a -heart of. gold,” says
Robinson’ “Those guys didn’t.
hey wore the’ leather: jackets,"

ried the switchblade knives. os

They. were bad dudes,”
One ‘night ‘he .was in New.
estminster hosting a dance. It"
kend hi drove’

dit’s:-becn patked.c out
“Ther wasn’t: “one *

lifted up the hood of the car
and pulled out all the fuel injec-
tion,” Robinson just sat on the
curb and cried,

“You gotta, inderstand,”
says the rock ‘n ‘roll deejay
who today spins oldies on
CISL’s morning show, “every
time you succeed, there's a
whole bunch of seople who
want to drag you down.

“As the girls were around
and T was signing autographs,
they wanted to rip my face off,
Instead they ripped my car up.”
He hired a bodyguard,

“People forget. Memories
are short,” says Robinson.
There are memories he'll never
forget, though,

Like spending an hour
alone. with Elvis before he
introduced the Memphis star
to an audience of 25,000 at

.. Empire Stadium.

He recalls sitting in the B.C.
Lions. locker ‘room, “talking
about cars, girls, high school.”
Elvis was bored and lifted a pair
of cuffs off. one of
:Vancouver:' police _ officers

 .. guardirig ‘the door, The star
said “OK we're going to do:a

scene. from Jailhouse Rock,”

handcuffed the star-struck dee-
jay to the shower rod and
tossed the key across the floor.
: ” The story is retold in. Red

“Rock Diner and it’s a cherished,
memory. Of all the celebrities
he’s interviewed; Elvis remains .

“his: favorite:

~swhat happened ‘to him in later .,

: years, an

of don’t know

he obviously. was on

a: self-destruct: mode,” but in

‘those early days, “he was a gen- -

tleman, he was polite and prob-

a the’ most charismatic man

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