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Topic: Texas Town to Erect Wolfman Jack Statue (NSC) Return to archive
03-18-03 10:30 AM
Martha
Full Story 03/18/2003��06:35:17�EST

Texas Town to Erect Wolfman Jack Statue



A statue of the man who became Wolfman Jack when he was on a border radio station will be erected in his honor this Halloween in Del Rio.

A miniature replica of the statue, constructed by sculptor Michael Maiden out of wax, was unveiled Saturday at a daylong music festival held in honor of Wolfman Jack, whose real name was Robert Smith.

The disc jockey - whose gravelly voice and wolf howls made him one of the nation's most recognizable personalities - was featured in the 1973 film "American Graffiti." He died in 1995 at age 57.

Jay Johnson, president of the Wolfman Jack Memorial Foundation, described how Wolfman Jack helped spread R&B and rock 'n' roll tunes across the United States through high-powered radio station XERF-AM, based across the border in Mexico.

The statue replica, which stands just over 2 feet tall, depicts Wolfman Jack dancing a jig on one leg with a rainbow of musical notes. Records rain down behind him.

"I'm elated Del Rio wants to do this," said Wolfman Jack's widow, Lou Lamb Smith. "This is where Wolf began. He was never on the air before XERF."

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