October 10th 1948. Founder of the New Orleans white boy band the Radiators. The Radiators were formed in January 1978 after a jam session in keyboardist Ed Volker’s garage. At the time, Volker, Camile Baudoin and Frank Bua, Jr. were in a band called The Rhapsodizers, while Dave Malone and Reggie Scanlan were in a band called Road Apple. Scanlan had also, not long before, been a member of Professor Longhair’s touring band. The five musicians felt an immediate rapport. Scanlan later said, “we jammed for five hours straight, then all quit our old bands the next day. On April 6, 2019, Reggie Scanlan recalled how the band came to be “The Radiators.” After joining up and playing many shows together, without a formal band name, it was determined that a name was necessary. Scanlan suggested the name.