Marc Applegate

Marc Applegate - Announcer/Producer
Announcer/Producer

I am a carbon-based life form from the planet Earth who specializes in making noise. I have been audible since 1951. Early on I laughed, cried and gurgled, then, to the dismay of many; I spent several years talking until I stopped long enough to hear a better way of making noise from the Beatles. Since then I've made noise with guitar, bass and voice. Those noises supported me for many years and took me across the US and to Europe.


My politics are between Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs and my philosophies have been shaded by Alan Watts, Baba Ram Dass, and The Firesign Theater.


The last decade I've played early blues and rags and, due to limited demand for those, I've had time to make noise on KUNC and share my primary love-music. I like Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Hot Tuna, The Grateful Dead and kind people.

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9:00am

Sat January 5, 2013
Marc On The Blues

Four Stories Around Some Legends Of The Blues

Every week on The Nine O’clock Blues I try to include a couple of very well-known Blues artists, this week it’s the jackpot. Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Elvin Bishop, Etta James and both Winter brothers, Edgar and Johnny.

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9:00am

Sat December 29, 2012
Marc On The Blues

Nine O'clock Blues: Wynton & Willie Sing The Blues

Credit Blue Note Records

I could write about Wynton Marsalis for a month and still leave a lot out. The same can be said of Willie Nelson.

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9:00am

Sat December 22, 2012
Marc On The Blues

The Blues & Gospel: A Tale Of Saturday Night Versus Sunday Morning

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As Christmas approaches it seems an appropriate time to discuss and listen to the music that is certainly the closest kin to the Blues: Gospel.

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9:00am

Sat December 15, 2012
Marc on the Blues

Nine O'clock Blues: Hot Tuna

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Each era seems to have someone who has the ability to draw fans of the primary music choice of the times toward the Blues.

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9:09am

Sat December 8, 2012
Marc On The Blues

Nine O'clock Blues: The Rhythm Kings And A Roomful of Blues

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Two lists of some of the biggest names in Blues and music, and the bands they've played together in. Sometimes, the Blues is remembered for individual legends, but when Blues talent gets together?

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