John Mayall on his album, Road Dogs, did "Short Wave Radio." I have a picture
of me with John, at the Fox Theater here in Tucson. His band was once called a
finishing school for blues-rock guitarists. Clapton, Taylor, Green, Mandel,
Montoya, etc.
Wes N7WS
On Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 09:24:24 PM MST, Steve via Topband
<topband@contesting.com> wrote:
G'day
Hat off to Steve VE6WZ for his AI-assisted songwriting. I particular like
the 'Echoes of Topband' country song, despite my love of Stevie Ray
Vaughn-style blues.
The song really captured the essence of the Topband Disease and the love of
listening for a distant lowband radio signal to slide up out of the noise in
the ether.
Thank you to Steve for his contributions of two great songs.
For those that are interested, there are some excellent songs about the
magic/love of radio in the Americana mainstream.
My two favourites are 'Windfall' by Son Volt and 'This Empty Northern
Hemisphere' by Gregory Alan Isakov. This latter contains the lyrics:
'while you were sleeping I was turning the dials
and I walled up your kingdom with radio wires
and the bells of the choir came in low and rumbling
.aw you should a heard them.'
Vy 73
Steve, VK6VZ/VL6T/G3ZZD
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:13:08 -0700
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Subject: Topband: Echoes of Topband
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I promise this will be the last.
In fact if Tree is moderating please remove if it?s too far off-topic, but
it is about Topband.
I did receive quite a few emails about the TopBand Blues song, so here is
one more describing the Magic of TopBand radio, the love and the addiction.
For those that are more Country inclined, this might ?resonate? more.
I am NOT a musician, this is all from the magic of Suno AI. I just provided
lyrics and guided the robot for the ?sound? I wanted.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJYrfXV5j9DCRmy50798FrTyaU_9BorT/view?usp=s
haring
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJYrfXV5j9DCRmy50798FrTyaU_9BorT/view?usp=
sharing>
Steve VE6WZ
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