David Crane

David Crane   

Age: 42

Originally from Hampshire, but I've been living in and around Harrogate since 1994.  

My interest in radio comes from many years of making compilation tapes and CD's using old 60's radio jingles to link the music. I have had a strong passion for music all my life and I'm rarely without a music player of some type. I was a Mod/Scooterboy through the 1980's and I have been involved in many different music scenes over the years, but with a constant alliance to the Scootering scene.

My earliest memories of music date back to the early 70’s when we'd sit down for Sunday lunch as a family and listen to Jimmy Savile's 'Double Top Ten' show on Radio 1. Each week would be songs from 2 different charts from the 50’s and 60’s, and I’d tap my feet and sing along to the ones I knew. I learned a lot of my early musical knowledge from listening to that radio show.

I started presenting shows on Harrogate Hospital Radio in March 2007, ranging from request shows to my own 50's & 60's oldies show. I started presenting shows on internet stations during the 2nd half of 2008 and have had shows aired on several stations online since then. 

At present I broadcast on internet station, Ace Radio.

Interests:  

Music is my main passion.

Influences:

Jimmy Savile, Tony Blackburn, Alan Freeman, Noel Edmunds.

Favourite Music:  

The Beatles, The Who, Small Faces, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Madness, The Specials, The Jam, Oasis, Ordinary Boys, Paul Weller (Modfather).

Rock'n'Roll, Country, Doo-Wop, Ska, Reggae, Northern Soul, Motown, Rock, Punk, Rockabilly.

First Record Bought:

Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier (1980)

Favourite Song Lyric:

"I look at the world and I notice it's turning, while my guitar gently weeps. With every mistake we must surely be learning, still my guitar gently weeps." 

(While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles)

Most Memorable Live Shows:

Bad Manners - DISC'85, Donington Park, 1985.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Manchester Apollo, 1997.

The Offspring - Manchester Evening News Arena, 2001.

OzzFest - Donington Park, 2002.

Joe Brown / Marty Wilde - Harrogate International Centre, 2003.

Bootleg Beatles - Harrogate Internationl Centre, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007.

Favourite TV Shows:  

Open All Hours, Dads Army, Only Fools And Horses, Porridge, Happy Days, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Friends, Father Ted.

Favourite Movies:  

Quadrophenia, McVicar, Grease, The Wanderers, The Warriors, Highlander, Suburbia, Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Star Wars saga, Classic British war movies, Clint Eastwood westerns, Carry On... movies.

Childhood Heroes:

Jimmy Savile, Kevin Keegan, The Fonz, Evel Knievel.

Most Embarrassing Moment:

Aged around 4 years old... Falling in the deep end of the swimming pool at Butlins in Bognor Regis and emerging at the shallow end (somehow) and pulling myself up the steps, in tears, by holding onto a shocked womans bikini.

(If you were that woman, "I'm so sorry" LOL)

Favourite Books/Authors:  

JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit, Lord Of The Rings.  

Stephen King - Pet Sematary, The Stand.  

Maggie Furey - The Artifacts Of Power, Shadow League.  

James Herbert - The Rats, Lair, Domain.

Favourite Sport:  

 Portsmouth FC forever!