Third Bass: The Untold Story of Trinidad’s Urban Radio Revolution

Send us Fan MailBefore urban radio became part of everyday life in Trinidad and Tobago, Adrian “Third Bass” Hackshaw was among the young DJs helping to take the music of the streets, maxi taxis and record shops onto national radio.In this episode, Third Bass takes us from the little boy who practised being a radio announcer at home to becoming one of the pioneering voices of 98.9 FM and 96.1 FM.He shares how Third Bass was formed, why he left his first 9-to-5 job before lunchtime, the rise of Dancehall Good to Beand the criticism urban radio faced for changing what a generation of young people was hearing.We also get the stories behind J’Ouvert Morning, Make Me Feel High and Stush in the Bush; his early work with Destra Garcia; the songs he helped break; the music he secretly wrote for other artistes; and the infamous night one song played repeatedly on 96.1.This is a conversation about knowing your purpose, trusting your instincts, challenging the establishment and helping to change Caribbean music and radio forever.If you enjoyed this conversation, like the episode, share it and subscribe to The Corie Sheppard Podcast.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎧 SUPPORT THE PODCASTGet early access, extended conversations and exclusive episodes on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/coriesheppardpodcast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📱 FOLLOW THE CORIE SHEPPARD PODCASTInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/coriesheppodFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/thecoriesheppardpodcastTikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@corieshepX:https://x.com/coriesheppod#ThirdBass #CorieSheppardPodcast #TrinidadRadio #CaribbeanMusic #Soca #Dancehall #TrinidadAndTobago