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Ken Slater

Ken Slater Born at the end of February 1957, I suppose you can say I am a child of the sixties. My musical journey started one night in 1970. I was visiting an Aunt when her son Keith came home from Walsall’s rock pub the Dirty Duck. He was slightly drunk (on barley wine) and for some reason, ravenously hungry. He asked me if I wanted to listen to some music and I said yes. He played me tracks from Led Zeppelin II, Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats and Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart. I was so impressed that I woke up the next morning wearing a cheesecloth shirt, loon pants and my hair had grown past my shoulders!!!!! During the NWOBHM (1980-83) I was one of the DJ’s who compiled the weekly Heavy Metal charts for ‘Sounds’ music paper. I did this from a number of venues in the West Midlands. Member of the Production Team for Late Night Live on Cruise to the Edge. Member of the Production Team for Prog on the Ranch in Tampa, Florida. Until late 2023 and for eight years before, I was associate promotor of Prog concerts at the Robin Club, Bilston.

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Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #013 – 27/11/2024 – The Danfest Special

November 27, 2024

  Ken Slaters Progressive Musings (edition 013) Danfest Special The podcast of the show first broadcast on Wednesday 27th November 2024 is now available on the Progzilla Radio website. You can hear Ken Slaters Progressive Musings on Progzilla Radio live from The Black Country every alternate Wednesday at 3pm BST/UK, 10am East Coast US and 7am […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #012 – 13/11/2024

November 13, 2024

  Ken Slaters Progressive Musings (edition 012) on Progzilla Radio The podcast of the show first broadcast on Wednesday 13th November 2024 is now available on the Progzilla Radio website. You can hear Ken Slaters Progressive Musings on Progzilla Radio live from The Black Country every alternate Wednesday at 3pm BST/UK, 10am East Coast US and […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #011 – 30/10/2024

October 30, 2024

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings (edition 011) on Progzilla Radio The podcast of the show first broadcast on Wednesday 30th October 2024 is now available on the Progzilla Radio website. You can hear Ken Slaters Progressive Musings on Progzilla Radio live from The Black Country every alternate Wednesday at: 3pm BST/UK, 10am East Coast US and 7am […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings Special Podcast – An Antiques and Curios Collection – Box One

October 23, 2024

  Ken Slaters Progressive Musings Podcast Special: An Antiques and Curios Collection – Box One Available from 8:00am on Wednesday 23rd October 2024 on the Progzilla podcasts page. Just click the graphic below to go to my podcast page and then click the play button to stream or the ‘Download’ button to download it as […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #010 – 16/10/2024

October 16, 2024

  Ken Slaters Progressive Musings (edition 010) on Progzilla Radio The podcast of the show that was broadcast on Wednesday 16th October 2024 at 3pm BST/UK, 10am East Coast US & 7am Pacific US. You can hear Ken Slaters Progressive Musings on Progzilla Radio live from The Black Country at these times every alternate Wednesday. No […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #009 – 02/10/2024

October 2, 2024

  Progressive Musings with Ken Slater (edition 009) on Progzilla Radio The podcast for the show broadcast on Wednesday 2nd October 2024 at 3pm BST/UK, 10am East Coast US & 7am Pacific US. After a two-week break, the features are back! The subject of the Now and Then feature is David Gilmour and you will […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #008 – 04/09/2024 – The Class of’83

September 18, 2024

  Progressive Musings with Ken Slater (edition 008) on Progzilla Radio This show was broadcast on Wednesday 18th September 2024 at 3pm BST/UK, 10am East Coast US & 7am Pacific US. This week we have one main feature: The Class of ’83. The subject is The Reading Rock Festival of 1983 which was considered as […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #007 – 04/09/2024

September 4, 2024

http://podcasts.progzilla.com/ken/The_Progressive_Musings_of_Ken_Slater_-_007.mp3   Progressive Musings with Ken Slater (edition 007) on Progzilla Radio The podcast of the show broadcast on Wednesday 4th September 2024 is now available on the Progzilla Radio website. Just click the graphic below to go there and then click the play button to stream or the ‘Download’ button to download it as […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #006 – 21/08/2024

August 21, 2024

The podcast for Progressive Musings with Ken Slater (edition 006), first broadcast 21st August 2024, is now also available to listen to anytime you like or download. This week we ask Is It Prog Or Is It Not? Of The Grateful Dead and the subject of the Now and Then feature is Marillion. My personal choice […]

Ken Slaters Progressive Musings #002 – Revisited

August 14, 2024

  Please consider listening to Progressive Musings with Ken Slater for three hours of the best in classic, new and global symphonic and melodic progressive rock. Please tune in on every alternate Wednesday at 3pm BST/UK, 10am EDT & 7am PDT, on Progzilla Radio. We’re live from from the Black Country, UK on every alternate […]