Post #81659 by freddiefreelance on Fri, Mar 19, 2004 8:37 AM

I worked with him back when I was an intern @ KROQ in LA. He was a nice guy in a line of work that doesn't have alot of nice guys; he was a very down-to-earth & caring individual. I remember him bringing a young boy to the station 1 weekend morning, he was baby sitting him for a sister I think, he had the kid sitting by him watcing how to work the board & he sent me down to Dalts for ice cream for all 3 of us. Where as more than a few of the other DJs were monstered out of their tiny little minds minds much of the time & had trouble peeking out over their egos to see the rest of the staff except as "the little people who helped me get here"(That reminds me, does anyone know how Jed the Fish is doing?), but JJ was a consumate professional & a damn fine human being.

And he cared about the music: when he was the PD @ KEDG, the Edge, he added Lyle Lovett, Cowboy Junkies, Red Hot Chili Peppers & Concrete Blonde to daily rotation. in the late '80s RHCP still could hardly get arrested outside of Hollywood, & he had their cover of "Higher Ground" playing almost everyday, often sandwiched between Melissa Etheridge & Social Distortion.

Lately I've only heard him announcing the Westwood 1 concert series (I never listen to the Wave when in LA), but he still sounded just as smooth, the years had been kinder to his pipes than most.