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My Music. My Stories. My Life. Radio Wilder was born from the creative mind, music, stories, and life of Harry Wilder Sleighel. This program represents six-plus decades of Rock n' Roll attitude … and counting this former drummer continues to experience. Join in the "Wilder Nation" movement that is only growing stronger and stronger with each song, each story, and each movement! Check us out at RadioWilder.com and give us a request or comment on our hotline at ‪(602) 935-4989‬! Now let's Rock it with the Internet Radio Man, Harry "Wilder" Sleighel!!

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September 3, 2026Episode 1201 hr 46 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #94

Headline: SOMETIMES THE BEST PLANS GET COMPLETELY DERAILED! 🚂💥 I was mapping out our weekly post, but after listening back to this week's show, Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero—aka the LEGENDARY Connie Francis—completely hijacked my brain! 🤯 If you don't know her stats, brace yourself: Connie sold over 200 MILLION records worldwide! 🌍 She was the FIRST female singer to ever hit #1 on Billboard's Top 100, and she scored THREE #1 hits before any other female artist even got close. 👑🎤 🎙️ The Ultimate Accidental Hit: Here’s the wild part. During her final MGM recording session, after 8 songs completely flopped, she was asked to record a 1923 track called "Who's Sorry Now". She flat-out REFUSED! She fought with her dad and deliberately stalled, hoping to run out the studio clock. It didn't work. She recorded the song in the final leftover minutes and packed her bags, ready to leave music behind to accept a 4-year medical scholarship to NYU. 🩺🏫 📺 The Dick Clark Surprise: Fast forward to the New Year. She’s watching "The Dick Clark Show", feeling a little envious when he announces he's about to introduce a "new female singer." Imagine her SHOCK when Dick Clark started playing HER song! In just two months, it sold over a MILLION copies. So much for NYU! 🚀 Connie passed away last July at 87, and as ABSURD as it sounds, she is STILL NOT in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame!! 🤬 I could write ten more posts about her—from her dad forbidding her true love with Bobby Darin, to the unbelievable real-life tragedies she survived. Unearthing stories like hers is exactly why I love doing this show even MORE after nine incredible years! ❤️📻 ✌️ In The Deuces: We are honoring her legacy with "Don’t Ever Leave Me", paired with an absolutely BEAUTIFUL cover by the Cocktail Slippers! 🍸👠 🚨 LIVE THIS SATURDAY! Tim Dietz, President and CEO of the Self Storage Association, will be LIVE in the studio with us! Plus, keep your ears open for live, on-the-fly updates coming in hot from ‘Big L’ and T-Bone Anderson. You do NOT want to miss this one! 🔥 Thanks as always for listening and keeping the rock alive! 🤘👽 #RadioWilder #ConnieFrancis #WhosSorryNow #MusicHistory #RockLegend #RockNRoll #SelfStorageAssociation #InternetRadio #WomenInMusic #CocktailSlippers

August 27, 2026Episode 1192 hr 0 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #93

🎪 UNDER THE BIG TOP: DRUMMING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT! 🥁 This week under the Big Top, we are shining the spotlight on one of our drummer buds who always drummed to a DIFFERENT beat! Enter the incredibly cool Show Band, Tapestry ! 🕺 We’re talking about our drummer pal Rick Kern (who also crushed the vocals), Danny Evans bringing the heat on guitar and vocals, and Curt Hespe locking it down on keyboard and vocals. 🎹🎸 The thing that REALLY set Tapestry apart? They could SING. Like, really sing! 🎤 They were making major moves, even dancing around with the legendary Dick Clark , who was trying to package them with Captain & Tennille on their Summer TV Special alongside Neil Diamond! 🤯 Unfortunately, it didn't get picked up, but they hit the road HARD and played plenty of massive gigs in Las Vegas. Very different, and VERY cool! 🎲🔥 🎶 A VOCAL MASTERCLASS: We’ve got plenty of killer rock singing lined up for you today! We are starting off with Lulu, then rolling right into Ed Sheeran, O.A.R., Nancy Sinatra, and Sheryl Crow. 🌟 They can ALL absolutely sing their hearts out! ✌️ IN THE DEUCES: We are featuring the legendary Supertramp doing Give a Little Bit , followed immediately by an awesome cover from Buffalo’s own Goo Goo Dolls ! 🎸 🔥 THE HEAVY HITTERS: The rest of the playlist is absolutely STACKED with No Doubt, Nils Lofgren, Green Day, Jethro, and all the way from Finland... The Flaming Sideburns ! 🇫🇮🤘 August is hot and clammy out there, so pour yourself a cold one, kick back, and listen to a very DIFFERENT version of Radio Wilder! 🍻📻 🎂 9TH ANNIVERSARY ALERT! Our massive 9th Anniversary Show is coming up fast in September! If you want to send us a message, a memory, or a shoutout for the big show, hit our call-in line right now at (602) 935-4989 ! ☎️ Thanks for listening and keeping the rock alive! 👽 #RadioWilder #TapestryBand #ClassicRock #DickClark #VegasMusic #Supertramp #GooGooDolls #GreenDay #InternetRadio #RockNRoll #9thAnniversary

August 20, 2026Episode 1181 hr 48 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #92

🚛 BREAKER, BREAKER 19! THE CB DOCTOR IS IN THE HOUSE! 📻 Anybody remember CB radios?! Back in the day, I ran a store for truckers down in El Paso for Petro Truck Stops. 🌵 Those cabs were the ultimate source of communication, and sayings like "Breaker Breaker 19, it’s the Regal Beagle!" rang out all over the fuel islands and the parking lot. Let me tell you, that truck stop parking lot was like the WILD WEST—a complete city unto itself! 🤠🏜️ 🩺 THE CB DOCTOR: I knew absolutely NOTHING about CBs when I took over the store, so I called in a massive favor from my buddy Neil Waxman, commander of Coronado CB. The massive roadside sign was highly valuable real estate, and I got the OK to use it on Saturdays. We threw up a message that said: "THE CB DOCTOR IS IN THE HOUSE!" We had a line out the door! 🤯 Neil sold a TON of CBs, and we drove plenty of business right into the store. HUGE shout out to Neil—he totally SAVED MY BACON! 🥓🙌 🕊️ REMEMBERING A LEGEND: I was actually thinking about the great John Denver today as I played Take Me Home, Country Roads . It is hard to believe it will be 30 YEARS next October since we lost him when his experimental plane crashed less than 100 yards from shore. What a legacy he left behind. ✈️🏔️ 🎸 THIS WEEK'S KILLER LINEUP: We have a REALLY good mixture of the new and the old this week! You absolutely gotta love Ry Cooder’s All Shook Up ! 🕺 The Moodies and O.A.R. bringing us that incredible LIVE concert energy! 🎤🔥 Heavy hitters: Cheap Trick & The Stones ! 👅 And perfect timing for Marc Ribler’s Who Could Ask for Anything More (as he says, we got Fauci)!! 🎶 🏢 BIG STUDIO PLANS & THE HUGGBOAT: Looking ahead to next year, we are going to try and have at least TWO, if not THREE, Third-Party Management champions live in the studio! 🎙️ And finally... Welcome Aboard the HUGGBOAT ! 🫂🚢 It’s coming near you soon!! Crank it up and let's rock! 👽🤘 (Got a request? Give us a ring on the working request line at (602) 935-4989 !) #RadioWilder #CBRadio #TruckStopLife #ElPasoTX #ClassicRock #JohnDenver #TheStones #CheapTrick #Safehugg #InternetRadio #RockNRoll

August 13, 2026Episode 1171 hr 51 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #91

Headline: 🥁 RANDOM MUSINGS, ROCK 'N' ROLL DREAMS, & MASSIVE MILESTONES! 🎸 As I was listening back to the show, I started taking some random notes. A lot of my rock n' roll musician pals and bandmates were inspired by huge bands or individual artists. MY inspiration? Ricky Nelson on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ! 📺 At the end of the show, Ricky would sing and ALWAYS had girls at his feet... I wanted THAT! 😂 Funny thing though—I didn’t want to play guitar. I wanted to play DRUMS! 🥁 🤯 The Ty Grimes Connection: Cool sidebar: My lifelong friend Ty Grimes started playing before me, and he played drums his whole life with some of the absolute BEST. The ultimate irony? He actually played for TWO YEARS with Ricky Nelson! When he first told me, my jaw hit the floor. I just couldn't believe it! So on this week's show, we have Ricky covering the famous Bobby Darin track Dream Lover , and Ty gives us a killer soundbite explaining exactly how it happened! 🎙️ 🎶 The Hit List & Trivia: The Teddy Bears: Did you know To Know Him Is to Love Him took exactly 20 MINUTES to record and only cost $75 bucks?! 💸 It rocketed straight to #1 in 1958, stayed there for three weeks, and sold well over a MILLION records! 🥇 The McCoys: More musings... we are spinning I Got to Go Back (And Watch That Little Girl Dance) ! It is easily one of my favorite, most vibe-heavy tracks of all time. I can FEEL it! 🔥 Def Leppard: How about Bringin' On the Heartbreak ? That absolute ANTHEM sold a combined 10.5 MILLION records! 🤘 📺 'Conversations' Update: Our epic sit-down with Travis Morrow of The Show fame is currently UP on our Radio Wilder YouTube channel! It is REALLY good, so go check it out! 🔜 NEXT UP: The President & CEO of the Self Storage Association, Tim Dietz, will be joining us for an incredible broadcast out of our Camelback Studio right here in Phoenix on September 5th ! Mark your calendars! 🗓️🌵 ☎️ REQUEST LINE IS WIDE OPEN! Great news—our phone line is officially back up and running! Give us a ring at (602) 935-4989 and drop your song requests directly to us! 🎶📞 🎁 FREE MERCH SHIPPING: Visit Grayson’s Gift Shop on radiowilder.com ! If you find something you like, send your mailing info to info@radiowilder.com and we will ship it to you for FREE anywhere in the United States! 🇺🇸📦 Thanks as always for listening and keeping the rock alive! 👽 #RadioWilder #RickyNelson #TyGrimes #ClassicRock #TheTeddyBears #DefLeppard #SelfStorage #TravisMorrow #TimDietz #InternetRadio #RockNRoll #PhoenixAZ

August 6, 2026Episode 1161 hr 37 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #90 Sweethearts

🎪 STEP RIGHT UP: SWINGIN' SWEETHEARTS & BIG SHOUTOUTS! 🎺 Under the big top this week, we are throwing it WAY back to the golden era of 1937-1949! 🕰️ Get ready to meet the International Sweethearts of Rhythm —a racially mixed, SIXTEEN-piece, all-women Swing orchestra! 🎷 The word 'International' stood for their incredibly diverse makeup, featuring African American, Latin, Asian, Jewish, Hawaiian, White, and Native American musicians. WOW! 🤯 They were a FORMIDABLE force against the all-male bands of the day. These ladies completely SHATTERED box office records on tour across Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Miami, and even played for a massive crowd of 11,000 in Kansas City! 🏟️ Sadly, they never got the media love they deserved back then, and it took 50 YEARS for them to be truly appreciated. But let me tell you, they could play swing jazz like nobody else! Catch a REAL treat this week as we show massive love and respect for these wonderful ladies with a double-play of Bugle Call Rag and Jump Children! 🎺🎶 ❤️ A FOREVER SWEETHEART: Writing about "Sweethearts" reminded me of my own... a massive HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my baby, who celebrated on August 5th! 🎂 You are my FOREVER sweetheart! 📻 BIG NEWS ON THE DIAL: Huge shoutout to Ashley ‘Joni B’—he has officially moved his station UP the dial to Big 94.9 WHKS for all you folks in PA and New York! 🍎 Every Sunday night, he streams Radio Wilder from 7-9 PM Eastern on Big94radio.com . A massive CONGRATULATIONS from the entire Radio Wilder team on your 5-Year Anniversary! Keep on ROCKIN'! 🤘👽 #RadioWilder #InternationalSweetheartsOfRhythm #SwingJazz #WomenInMusic #Big949 #WHKS #HappyBirthday #ClassicRock #InternetRadio #RockNRoll

July 30, 2026Episode 1152 hr 5 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #89

🎸 BIG SURPRISES, LEGENDARY GUITARISTS, & A MUSICAL HEAT WAVE! 🔥 This week's MASSIVE surprise was brought to us by none other than the official Radio Wilder Musical Librarian, Mike Labauve! 📚🎶 Mike earned that title by hooking us up with almost 1,000 tracks, mainly from his exclusive Rock n’ Roll Graffiti Radio Play Only library! 🤯 🌕 THE PINK FLOYD CONNECTION: His absolute WINNER this week? Turning us on to the legendary David Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame! Rated a Top 15 ALL-TIME great guitarist by Rolling Stone AND a Top 35 ALL-TIME vocalist! BEAT THAT! 🎸🎤 You have to tune in to hear us break down all of his incredible accomplishments—it is truly amazing. We are featuring his 2015 track Rattle That Lock 🗝️, and we'll be sharing awesome stories and tidbits about him throughout the entire show! 🔥 THIS WEEK'S HEAVY HITTERS: We are packing the rest of the playlist with absolute HEAT: Bob Dylan’s favorite backup crew, The Band ! 🎩 Southern Culture on the Skids 🍗 Steve Winwood 🎹 The Rolling Stones 👅 Paul Revere and the Raiders (Fun fact: My own band actually had the chance to play with them back in the day! 🤯) ✌️ IN THE DEUCES: We are throwing it back to the original Pacific Northwest garage rockers! The Wailers AND The Sonics are delivering Dirty Robber in the Deuces! 🚨 🌊 CATCH OUR MUSICAL HEAT WAVE: There is a massive heat wave cooking a lot of the USA right now, but ignore the weather and catch our very own Radio Wilder MUSICAL HEAT WAVE! 🔥📻 Thanks for hanging out and listening to us! 📩 REQUEST LINE UPDATE: While we upgrade our phone lines, ALL requests are currently going straight to info@radiowilder.com . Send 'em in and we'll spin 'em! 🎧👽 #RadioWilder #DavidGilmour #PinkFloyd #ClassicRock #TheSonics #TheBand #RollingStones #PaulRevereAndTheRaiders #InternetRadio #RockNRoll

July 23, 2026Episode 1141 hr 50 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #88

🤯 9 YEARS OF RADIO WILDER: FROM A SIMPLE IDEA TO 10,000 HOURS! 📻✨ Checking out the music for this week’s show, I was struck by The Yardbirds' track Happenings Ten Years Time Ago . It really got me thinking... ten years ago, I hadn’t even seriously considered creating an audio leave-behind for my daughter! Fast forward to today, and as we approach our massive 9th Anniversary on September 24th, it is truly HARD TO BELIEVE what this journey has become! 🎉 📻 THE ORIGIN STORY: Fun fact: I originally wanted the name ‘Wilder Radio’, but it wasn’t available. So, we launched as Radio Wilder —and today, I wouldn’t change it for the world! 🌍 The original goal was maybe 6 to 8 hours of audio, splitting the playlist between my favorite songs and hers. The reality? We now have between 9,000 to 10,000 HOURS recorded! 🤯 About 75% of those tracks are mine, and the rest come directly from YOU GUYS, our incredible listeners! That is SO COOL! 🙌 🌍 A WORLDWIDE FAMILY: Because of this show, I now have friends all over the globe and have even been invited to stay at the home of one of our absolute favorite bands! Radio Wilder has been a true BLESSING. 🙏 (By the way, next week I’m going to highlight some of our fantastic guest ‘Conversations’, so stay tuned for that!) 🎸 THIS WEEK'S KILLER LINEUP: Let's dive into the music! We are bringing the heat this week: A rock n’ roll classic from the Rocky Fellers, Killer Joe , covered by the legendary Kingsmen (of Louie Louie fame)! 🎷 ZZ Top 🕶️🚗 The Raveonettes 🖤 The Kills ⚡ Paul Simon 🎶 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ☮️ Imagine Dragons 🐉 T. Rex 🦖 Soraia 🔥 Crazy to think about, but I have now played music on Radio Wilder LONGER than my actual rock n' roll playing time with my own bands! 🎸🎙️ Thanks for taking this wild ride with us. Crank it up! 👽 #RadioWilder #9thAnniversary #TheYardbirds #ZZTop #ClassicRock #InternetRadio #RockAndRoll #MusicHistory #RadioShow

July 16, 2026Episode 1131 hr 45 min

ROCK N' ROLL CIRCUS #87 Shuffling

🤯 9 YEARS OF MIND-BLOWING MUSIC DISCOVERIES! 📻✨ Through our almost NINE YEARS together, I have discovered so many new, incredibly cool, and beautiful things about music that I never even knew existed! 🎶 🦅 WHO ARE THE RED BIRD GIRLS?! On this week’s show, we are spinning a track by The Red Bird Girls! If you haven't heard of them, they were a brilliant collaboration of legendary producers and talent like Shadow Morton, Jeff Barry, Leiber & Stoller, and George Goldner! ✍️ The songwriters they relied on were just as ICONIC: Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Ellie Greenwich, Chip Taylor, and the one and only NEIL DIAMOND! 💎 Their sound will bring a smile to all but the absolute most jaded pop fans. We HIGHLY recommend adding this to your collection—you don’t have ANYTHING like it! 🧛‍♂️ ENTER THE HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES! Ever heard of them? It’s a massive SUPERGROUP formed by Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, and Joe Perry! 🎸 They are dropping their version of My Koo Ka Choo and you are going to absolutely love it! 🎸 THE HEAVY HITTERS: Of course, we are also bringing the rockers we all know and love to the Wilder stage: Jeff Beck ⚡️ The Beatles 🍏 The Police 🚨 L.A. Guns 🔫 Fatboy Slim 🎧 The Pretenders 🎸 Black Eyed Peas ✌️ And a little bit of Juice Newton to top it all off! 🧃 Come hang out with us, crank the volume, and enjoy the sounds! 👽🤘 #RadioWilder #RedBirdGirls #HollywoodVampires #AliceCooper #JohnnyDepp #ClassicRock #NeilDiamond #JeffBeck #TheBeatles #InternetRadio #RockNRoll

July 14, 2026Episode 11259 min

Radio Wilder with Travis Morrow - Special Edition!

1. "Lose Yourself" – Eminem 2. "Livin' on a Prayer" – Bon Jovi 3. "I Want It That Way" – Backstreet Boys 4. "Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses 5. "You Shook Me All Night Long" – AC/DC 6. "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen 7. "Wagon Wheel" – Darius Rucker 8. "Danger Zone" – Kenny Loggins 9. "Rockstar" – Nickelback 10. "Drunk on a Plane" – Dierks Bentley

July 10, 2026Episode 1111 hr 32 min