Sunday, March 06, 2005
Farewell to Rick West
Who, you may ask? Rick West became Tommy Vance when he took his first job in radio at KHJ Los Angeles. The only jingle package available was for a DJ called Tommy Vance who had not turned up for his new job. Rick became Tommy and the rest is history. this weekend Tommy died, aged 63, from a stroke.
The most significant thing about Tommy was his deep, rocky voice. It was what made him such a successful DeeJay in his chosen field of Heavy Metal and Rock. In recent years he has also become a very successful voice over artist - that voice again!
To lose Tommy so soon after the great loss of John Peel is a saddening event and one that will have all of us who grew up with their distictive voices considering our mortality.
Some archive material HERE including plenty of archive audio clips.
Somewhere in heaven tonight there'll be a party going on and a familiar voice shouting 'ROCK ON'. Our loss is their gain.
RIP Tommy Vance 1943 - 2005. He will be missed.
The most significant thing about Tommy was his deep, rocky voice. It was what made him such a successful DeeJay in his chosen field of Heavy Metal and Rock. In recent years he has also become a very successful voice over artist - that voice again!
To lose Tommy so soon after the great loss of John Peel is a saddening event and one that will have all of us who grew up with their distictive voices considering our mortality.
Some archive material HERE including plenty of archive audio clips.
Somewhere in heaven tonight there'll be a party going on and a familiar voice shouting 'ROCK ON'. Our loss is their gain.
RIP Tommy Vance 1943 - 2005. He will be missed.
