Wolfman Jack

Wolfman Jack
Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jackwas an American disc jockey. Famous for his gravely voice, he credited it for his success, saying, "It's kept meat and potatoes on the table for years for Wolfman and Wolfwoman. A couple of shots of whiskey helps it. I've got that nice raspy sound."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDJ
Date of Birth21 January 1938
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
kids
Kids like classic rock, and so do adults.
country
When I started at XCRF in 1960, Mexico was the most lenient country in the world when it came to radio.
music rap
I'm not crazy about the rap thing. Or house music.
I looked real Neanderthal. I could have been Mexican, I could have been black; I could have been anything.
money
I'm very rich - in friends. I'm too nice a fellow. I give most of my money away.
country domestic either folks foreign life openly people secretly spirit
The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I'm-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life.
acting allen cross people queen rodney
Some people said my acting was a cross between Euell Gibbons, Rodney Allen Rippy and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
blues country format oldies radio rhythm rock straight top type
I want to go back to the format that radio started with rock n' roll, with country artists and rhythm and blues with that oldies type feeling. I want to put it all together and create a Top 40 of rhythm and blues and country and straight blues with Wolfman at the reins.
counteract found letting mess people vulnerable
I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman Jack. Because if you do nice, kind things for people, then how are they going to mess you over?
figure taught
I taught myself to tune in to another person's wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.
almost becoming bob brooklyn business care gets guy hung jack knows letting life problems smith taking
Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how to party. The challenge of my life has been letting more and more of Bob Smith go, becoming the Wolfman on an almost full-time basis, while still taking care of business.
brooklyn four learned lifetimes
It would take me three or four lifetimes to do everything I want. I'm a Brooklyn boy who learned to hustle, and I have to do something every day or I get the guilties.
country fake-people titles
My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country.
levels intensity existence
My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.