In The Studio

Behind The Mic

At Ted Nugent ranch 6/2008

A career professional radio broadcaster and rock musician interviewer for  four decades, Redbeard is the producer/host of In The Studio (www.inthestudio.net), the nationally syndicated rock star interview radio show heard each week in the U.S. and Canada. Now in its twenty-third consecutive year, In The Studio is produced by Redbeard’s Barbarosa Ltd. Productions .

Redbeard was a top-rated Program Director and internationally-known on-air radio personality on Memphis’ ROCK 103 from 1978-1983 , and Dallas/Ft. Worth’s Q102 1984-1998. As one of the original “Dirty Dozen” Program Directors hired, Redbeard pioneered XM Satellite Radio as the first afternoon host of “Deep Tracks XM-40” from September 2001 through June 2002. In 2007-2008 Redbeard hosted afternoons on Lone Star 92.5/KZPS in Dallas/Ft. Worth, a unique Texas regional rock/Americana hybrid that featured no recorded commercials.

XM Satellite Radio 9/2001

Redbeard has been recognized many times both inside and outside the broadcast industry. He’s a Billboard magazine Major Market Music Director of the Year (1992) award winner; industry trade publication Friday Morning Quarterback Music Director of the Decade 1980-1990 (1st runner-up); Dallas Observer “Best of Dallas” winner in three successive decades, including 2007; and Redbeard solely represents both Dallas/Ft. Worth and Memphis in the permanent radio exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

With Steve Earle 9/2007

Redbeard currently serves as a Director on the Boards of two non-profit 501(c)3 charitable organizations: Kaufman County Animal Awareness Project (www.spayneuternet.org) which provides low-cost spay/neuter surgeries to reduce pet overpopulation & suffering in rural East Texas; and Visible Music College (www.visible.edu) of Memphis TN. Redbeard is a voting member of NARAS (The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) Memphis Chapter and a past Governor on their Board (www.grammy.com); the National Corvette Restorer Society (www.ncrs.org) Texas Chapter;

a patron member of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Ft. Worth; and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, Kaufman TX where he is a Trustee & volunteers to run the sound for worship services each week.

Redbeard and his wife celebrated their 23rd anniversary in 2011 on their 150-acre horse ranch outside Dallas Texas USA with numerous stray dogs, cats, and a dozen horses.