@JohnnyRastaDJ - is the Host/Producer of Back In The Day: a history of funky music, a weekly exploration of R&B, Soul & The Funk on 98.7 FM WMVO Monona. The show airs Saturday mornings at 10am CST and streams on the web at * http://wvmo.fm/ * http://player.listenlive.co/46741
Johnny was immersed in funky music as a child when his older sister Karen started bringing home 45's by James Brown, Aretha Franklin & The Isley Brothers. He became a disco DJ in the late 70's at Madison's Cardinal Bar and wrote columns about music, sports & the arts for Isthmus & Milwaukee Shepherd Express. Shivers also spent a year as the Rap Music Editor for Night Sites & Sounds.
He returned to college in the late 90's at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, earning a BA in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in Africology.
The DJ Johnny Rasta currently resides in his hometown of Madison, WI.
