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Brothers From Another Mother: Ben and Skin (Sort Of) In Their Own Words
Ben Rogers and Jeff Skin Wade have had the most unlikely rise to radio fame in Dallas history. Now they re ready for their next challenge: to overthrow Prestige Worldwide.
Any full account of the spectacular rise of Ben “Kenobi” Rogers and Skinny “Skin” Wade to North Texas radio dominance during the weekday hours of 2 pm to 5 pm in the demographic of men aged 25 to 54 must necessarily begin on the storied hardwood of Richardson’s Huffhines Recreation Center.
It was there, in the early ’80s, that the two middle schoolers met and formed a friendship not unlike that of Ben and Jerry, or Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac, or Cagney and Lacey, a friendship that would take them to great heights, some of which were achieved, truth be told, with the aid of dank weed supplied by their friend Erykah Badu. But it all began with pickup basketball games at Huffhines Rec. Ben’s game was predicated on his sinewy thighs
The track is part of an forthcoming triple LP set on vinyl.
By Tim Rogers
Published in
FrontBurner
February 26, 2021
1:29 pm
Something special will happen June 12, which is Record Store Day. The guys behind the local record label Eastwood Music Group that’s Skin Wade from Mavericks broadcasts and The Eagle’s
Ben and Skin Show, and Luke Sardello from Josey Records will drop a full-length triple LP as part of their Truth To Power Project. It’s a righteous cause, and you should read more about it here as you listen to this advance track.