Okay, full disclosure: since it’s a holiday weekend nobody on the vaunted Pencil Storm Editorial Board had the foresight to look ahead and realize we didn’t have a Saturday Night Special in the works. Luckily, WOSU-TV - our local Columbus, OH PBS outlet - ran a segment Thanksgiving evening on their Broad & High program about the October dedication of Willie Phoenix Way, and we’re going to plunder their YouTube channel for some videos.

Also, we’re going to put up the original City Council of Columbus video that was livestreamed the day of the dedication ceremony; October 15th, 2020.

ENJOY!!!

WILLIE PHOENIX WAY SEGMENT, BROAD & HIGH PROGRAM, NOVEMBER 26th, 2020

CITY COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS LIVESTREAM FOOTAGE; WILLIE PHOENIX WAY DEDICATION, 10/15/2020

(incidentally, at the 12-minute mark of this video, Pencil Storm’s own Colin Gawel of Watershed absolutely NAILS his turn at the mic)

LIVE PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE, BROAD & HIGH PROGRAM, 11/26/2020 - “SUZANNE”

BONUS TUNE FROM BROAD & HIGH TELECAST, “RAISE YOUR GLASS”

And last - but certainly NOT least - thanks to WOSU-PBS T.V. and to the City of Columbus for all the work they put into honoring Willie Phoenix in this way. Broad & High segment producer Mary Rathke did a KILLER job on the Willie videos and really, how many major American cities would honor a rocker in their midst in this way? I’ve never heard of Boston naming a street Willie Alexander Avenue or David Minehan Boulevard. (Or even Ric Ocasek Place, for that matter.)

Thank you Columbus City Council and WOSU T.V. - Ricki C. / November 28th, 2020