Episode #16
S6 Ep 16 Josh Venable
This week on Dallas Famous, we sit down with Josh Venable, the legendary DJ who took over Adventure Club on 94.5 The Edge at just 19 years old and turned it into the show that broke Dallas music. Josh and his co host were the first radio station in America to play Weezer, thanks to a bootleg cassette from Pagfish, and they were early champions of Oasis, Toadies, Tripping Daisy, Old 97's, and Deep Blue Something before any of them were household names. We talk about what it was like growing up around the Dallas music scene in the 90s, the symbiotic relationship between radio, press, and clubs that made that era possible, and why he believes Dallas bands could go toe to toe with anything coming out of Seattle at the time. Josh also opens up about his best friend Bret Reilly, the loss that pushed him to start collecting oral histories from the scene, and his upcoming book These Are The Days, a 20 year oral history of Dallas Fort Worth music from 1985 to 2005. Josh now lives in Tulsa where he's the program director and morning host at The Edge, and he still fronts Panic, a Smiths tribute band that plays sold out shows around Dallas. Watch, listen, and subscribe to Dallas Famous for more conversations with the people who built the Dallas music scene. Josh Venable Salim Nourallah - "Unstoppable" Theme Song (All Rights Reserved to Salim Nourallah) Electrik Ants - "Place To Be" Outro Theme (All Rights Reserved to Electrik Ants) Andrew Sherman - Your Host The Dallas Famous Podcast is supported by the Mullen & Mullen Music Project . The Music Project was created by Mullen & Mullen Injury Law Firm to champion the independent music scene in North Texas. Hit play. Then subscribe.
