In April 1972, Wolfman Jack hosted his final show on XERB, the legendary Tijuana border blaster that launched him into the atmosphere and onto American culture. He began nine years earlier on XERF in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, right across the border from Del Rio, Texas. Did you know that until his grand unveiling in the 1973 coming-of-age classic “American Graffiti,” directed by George Lucas, nobody knew who he was, what he looked like or even his ethnicity? In his latest article for the Strange Brew, author Scott G. Shea peels back the layers of his incredible rise to fame and separates fact from fiction in this unbelievable tale of arguably the greatest disk jockey of all time. I hope you consider having Scott G. Shea, leading music historian and author of the best-selling book, “All the Leaves Are Brown: How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart,” on your program to talk about this entertainment icon. Scott not only shares the incredible story of how Wolfman Jack got on the radio and set the airwaves on fire nightly, but also delves deep into the character of Robert Weston Smith, the man behind the mic with the gravelly voice and soulful rap who became a national treasure.

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