Name: Lee Eckley
What did you want to be when you grew up? A Golden Retriever
Where did you start your radio career? CFNY
How did you get that first job? They came to Humber College and asked some of us to send audition tapes. They picked me.
Hobbies you’d like to share? Beer and Wine.
Favourite job before radio? There isn’t one
Least-favourite job before radio? Anything in retail
Do you have a nickname? Beef
If so, what is it and where did it originate? Have you ever watched Phantom of the Paradise?
If you could choose your own nickname, what would it be?
Subject you achieved your best marks in high school? Seriously?
Favourite movies? The Great Escape, Deliverance, The Dead Zone, Shawshank Redemption, Goodfella’s, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Favourite albums? Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick. Most of the Frank Zappa catalogue. Kinda Blue, Miles Davis. Chris Squire, Fish Out of Water, Todd Rundgren, Healing, Initiation, A Wizard a True Star, Phish Live, New Years Eve 1995 at MSG, and everything by Max Webster.
Favourite concerts? Every Jethro Tull concert in Toronto from the Passion Play to Storm Watch tours. Frank Zappa at MLG in 77. Todd Rundgrens Utopia Halloween Night at the El Mocambo. Rush at MLG, Moving Pictures tour. Roxy Music, 1979 at Massey Hall. Yes, In The Round, MLG, 1979, The Police, Danforth Music Hall, and any show by Phish.
If you didn't work in radio, what would be your dream job? Airline Captain or playing drums in a touring/recording band.
And if you didn’t work in radio or your dream job, what do you think you’d be employed at now? Hard to say. Probably something in the Arts.
Got any pets? Not presently.
What is one place you would not want to be caught dead at? A MAGA rally.
If you were forced to spend the day with Ed The Sock what would you do? The question should be, could Ed the Sock be forced to spend the the day with me?
Retirement plans? Yes.
