John Varham

As a fully fledged  member of “The Caister generation”, I was
brought up on a diet of Beer, Soul, Jazz Funk & Fried chicken along  with early morning Burgers at “The Orsett Cock” on journeys back  from The Goldmine & Zero 6.

Closer to home was the legendary  Flicks where resident DJ Colin Hudd along with regular guest DJ’s Robbie Vincent & Jeff Young  provided a level of musical substance that set me on the path
to  a lifetime love  affair of  Funk, Soul, Jazz Funk and everything
inbetween.

On those long pilgrimages to distant Cathedrals of Funk, cassettes of
the Robbie Vincent show  & Greg Edwards were played at high volume to set us in the mood for a serious bit of clubbing. Of course long  before Internet Radio was a thing, the early eighties saw an explosion of Pirate Stations across the London airwaves & suddenly it was  possible to hear our music everyday!

In those early days as well as grooving to the music I was also playing
to the crowds, both with my mobile disco & later across various clubs & pubs across the South East, until my day job sadly had to take  priority.

Later years saw me on one of the earliest Internet Stations – Soul     24-7,then a few years on commercial station Time 107.3 with a  Weekend  Soul & Disco show & a playlisted show on sister station Time 106.8  followed, along with freelance work on various stations in the  South East plus a couple of community stations Academy 107.8 &  BRFM 95.6.

I’m now delighted to share my music to all the  listeners on  Soul Groove Radio