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Feb 15, 2021 · From Johnny B's first TV special: Johnny Love Dart presents newsman bluesmen BUZZ KILMAN aka "The Captain of Romance" singing the theme from THE LOVE BOAT.
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He started in radio as the public service director for WBUS-FM, "The Magic Bus" in Miami Beach, Florida. Kilman remained there until station management discovered many of his late night interviews were spoofs. In 1974, he was at WSHE in Ft. Lauderdale, where he did morning news and a weekend public service talk show that had many comedic spoofs. On...
When Kilman came to Chicago, he brought his harmonica and a predisposition to the blues. In 1988 he formed the All Bubba Blues Band and played around the area for the next five or six years until the band broke up in the mid 1990s. In 2001, he formed the Blues Rocket Scientists and continues to play.
As a result of his friendship with director Jonathan Demme, Kilman has appeared in a number of bit parts in Demme's films. For instance, he played a paramedic in The Silence of the Lambs. In the scene where Hannibal Lecter, impersonating a wounded guard, is taken away to an ambulance, one paramedic can be heard referring to the other as "Buzz."
Always a movie fan and occasional critic, he and noted artist Tony Fitzpatrick did a weekly radio segment on WLUP called Drive In Reviews in which they coined the phrase "quality kill." In October 1993 they took the show to television for a two-season run on Comedy Central, during which they featured particularly gruesome film clips from their favo...
Kilman is widowed and resides in Chicago with his daughter, Piper. His lost his wife Aimee died due to breast canceron November 20, 2018.
On Sept 6 2012, Jonathon Brandmeier & Buzz Kilman renewed their radio magic after a decade apart. An Edwardo - Squire Hogg production.
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Jan 7, 2024 · Just a few minutes before midnight on the night of March 9, 2018, AC/DC’s iconic rock song “Highway to Hell” blared out of 4,000 watts of raw radio power atop Chicago’s John Hancock Center. On any other night, this would be nothing out of the ordinary for classic rock stations.
Nov 29, 2023 · Then-famous names like Sky Daniels, Buzz Kilman and Bob Stroud reveal station rivalries with other RIP rock stations like WMET, recall seeing a young band named Van Halen at the Aragon and describe microphone effect pranks gone awry. “It was mayhem,” Kaempfer remembers.
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Explore Buzz Kilman's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Buzz Kilman on AllMusic.
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Song for Buzz by Squire Hogg. Based on the song Push It by Salt n Pepper circa 1987. Eat me.
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