Rideau Lakes Radio

07/08/2024

If you’ve got local events coming up, we’d love to hear about them. Send us a message. https://rideaulakesradio.com/wave

07/06/2024

Mötley Crüe’s cover of Brownsville Station’s 1973 hit “Smokin’ In The Boys Room” became a blockbuster for the hair metal band in 1985, and put them on the map in the mainstream. The album Theater of Pain would go one to be certified 4X platinum and Mötley Crüe would become arena superstars after the success of the song. In the liner notes of the album, the musicians given credit are band members Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, as well as four other individuals helping with backing vocals and percussion. Lead vocalist Vince Neal is given credit for the iconic harmonica solo that anchors “Smokin’ In The Boys Room.” But that isn’t who played it.

“Yeah, that was Mickey Raphae on ‘Smokin’ in The Boys Room,’” Raphael confirmed to The Sun Herald‘s Jeff Clark in a recent interview. “They wanted a harmonica player and I had worked with (producer) Tom Werman when I recorded with Blue Oyster Cult, so he called me up and asked me to come in and play on the song. Vince played a harmonica on the last note of the song, so he was credited for harmonica. If you look in the fine print somewhere it says, ‘Additional harmonica by Mickey Raphael.’ The funny thing is that Vince even won an award that year for ‘Best Heavy Metal Instrumentalist.’”

Vince Neal played one lousy note on the song, and he walked away with all the credit. He’s like the Milli Vanilli of harmonica players.

Listening back now to “Smokin’ In The Boys Room,” of course it is Mickey Raphael. Luckily, revisionist history has been kind to Mickey, and on Wikipedia and other places proper credit has been given to him for his contribution to the song. Mickey had also confirmed his role in the song to the Orleans Times Herald.

07/05/2024

Great watching the boys play with the old man.

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July neighbours.

07/02/2024

Tonight.

07/01/2024

Happy Canada Day, eh!

06/29/2024

Tune in tonight for Campfire Karaoke beginning tonight at 8pm. The rain is going away so it’s going to be a great night out. Sing loud and proud so we can hear you on Spring Street.

06/26/2024

How does your dog chill-out after a hard day?

06/23/2024

Get social, every Saturday at the Westport Market. Don't forget to MARKET on your calendar.

06/22/2024

JP & Paige Turner visited the Westport Market today. It’s fun, it’s super social and there are tasty treats! Now go!

06/22/2024

Paige Turner and JP had chance to visit the Westport Market today. Tune into the Daily Wave with Tony Stuart on Rideau Lakes Radio to hear what they were up to.

06/22/2024

It’s Westport Market Day.

Rain or shine our Market is open. Come support our local vendors who have been preparing for today all week. Come before the rain does! Open 9am to 2pm.

06/21/2024

Tune in to Floyd Friday at 7pm tonight for a whimsical 3600 seconds of music; and listen closely for our 4 second Floyd clue. Tonight’s winner will given a free luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. ⭐️

06/20/2024

Are you a Jelly Roll fan?

To date, the "Save Me" singer has only been able to play in the lower 48 due to some past arrests.

06/19/2024

-Our Weekday Programming-

6-8AM The Blend
8-9AM The Morning Rush
9-11AM The Daily Wave
11-Noon The Eleventh Hour
Noon -12:30 The Lunch Box
12:30-2pm Cottage Wattage
2-3PM The Happy Hour
3-4 More Wattage
4-5 The Rush Hour (repeat)
5-7PM The 2nd Wave (repeat)
7-8PM Speciality Programs
8-Midnight Campfire Karaoke
Midnight - 5:59AM Midnight Mayhem

06/16/2024

Predictions?

06/13/2024

Join Cynthia for Happy Hour from 2pm to 3pm on Rideau Lakes Radio.

06/13/2024

-WESTPORCH 2024-
The official date for this event is Saturday September 21st, 2024. We’ll have 2 time slots again for your performers (12-3pm and 3-6pm). This year, we’ve created a handy little online registration form for you to fill out with all your information. Here is the link:

https://www.whatsonwestport.ca/westporch-2024-registration/

You must register by July 1st, 2024. We have limited this year’s festival to 20 porches and we are already at 50%, so get your registration in to us ASAP to avoid disappointment.
Followers

06/10/2024

Have your say…
Could you do Mondays without coffee?

06/08/2024

Tomorrow is Westport Market day.

06/03/2024

The 2024 WestPorch Festival is coming, so save the date(Saturday, September 21st). More details about online Porch registration, will be available soon. Stay tuned!

06/01/2024

Every Saturday is Westport Market day in the village of Westport. Mark It On Your Calendars.

05/31/2024

-What's your go-to campfire karaoke jam? Share with us in the comments!