Walter de Paduwa

Walter de Paduwa (aka Dr Boogie, born 1 February 1953) is a Belgian radio DJ, musician and rock'n'roll historian best known for his association with Canned Heat.

Walter de Paduwa was active in the Belgian rock scene of the early 1970s, forming the band T.U.S.H. in 1976 with Dany Lademacher and Charles Deraedemaecker (Charlie Maker) of the classic Brussels group Klepto. The band was originally named Toxic Cow-Dung, then Squeeze, and was to be renamed Tush after the ZZ Top song of that name, but on their album We're Just Boys (September 1977) the recording company (EMI) put full-stops between each letter creating the name that stuck as T.U.S.H. The album had limited success though the December 1977 single "No No No" was belatedly rediscovered as an example of classic glam-punk.

Walter de Paduwa's show Doctor Boogie features up-beat blues, boogie, groove and zydeco music. It has aired weekly for over 20 years, since 30 October 1994 on Belgium's RTBF Radio 21 and its successor station Classic 21 and was cited in Mark Elliott's book Culture Shock! Belgium as demonstrating the unusual creativity and openmindedness of Belgium's radio scene. During the 20th anniversary show of 31 October 2014, De Paduwa revealed that the name Dr Boogie, while partially inspired by the Flamin Groovies' song, was in fact a nickname given to him by B J Scott. The show was initially intended to run for three months but never looked back. After 15 years airing on Sunday early-evenings, the show was shifted three times, ending up with a Friday late-night slot, but de Paduwa claims he'd keep making the show with the same passion 'even if it were at 4am on a Tuesday'. June 26, 2015 marked the 1000th edition of the Dr Boogie radio show, and was celebrated with a three-hour Canned Heat special. De Paduwa also presents Cool Cats, a late night show featuring mainly rockabilly music, and since 2016 also runs what he calls a three hour 'Blues Train' in the relaunched Classic 21 Blues show. De Paduwa has a penchant for playing rare vinyl recordings from his extensive personal collection. In conjunction with his shows, several Dr Boogie compilation albums have been released celebrating these genres of music.

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