How Michael Des Barres Calms the COVID Waters With His Radio Show (Guest Blog)

“When I first sat before that mic, Narcissus disappeared,” the former glam rocker says of his SiriusXM gig

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It was a bad time for me. When I was sick with a brain tumor I remember curling up in the fetal position and conjuring up an invisible shell around me, keeping well-meaning people away. Very few people were able to pierce that imaginary veil, but one man did. It was the man whose dulcet tones announce the music (and its backstory) on “Little Steven’s Underground Garage” every weekday morning on SiriusXM Channel 21 who finally got me up and motivated to recover.

Yes, Michael Des Barres, former front man for Power Station at Live Aid, former glam rocker, Murdoc from the first iteration of “MacGyver” and now reprising that role as the new Murdoc’s mentor.

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