{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Behind the Shedd","title":"#39 Hard Workin' Man -with Ralph Carroll","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5215,"description":"Welcome back to Behind the Shedd!  Today we have a special guest who had what Harold called \"The toughest job in the business\" - Music promotion.  Ralph Carroll was instrumental in 90's country radio play.  He was VP/Promotion under Harold Shedd at Polydor and a dear friend.   You never know, Harold may pull him off the golf course and back into music..\nBIO\nFollowing 11 years in radio, Carroll’s label career began when he moved to Nashville in 1989 doing Pop promotion with Polydor and Giant. He was Polydor’s Country VP/Promotion under label head Harold Shedd in 1995 when he launched R&R And Associates, an independent promotion firm promoting Country, Alternative, CHR, CHR/Rhythmic and AC radio. His radio career included on-air and programming stints at WQLT/Florence, AL, WCGQ/Columbus, GA and KKFR/Phoenix.\nThanks to our Behind the Shedd Members on Patreon.  Ron Ledet - Stacy Shedd - Kay Wilson\nPatreon episode supporter, Richie Ferguson!\nBehind the Shedd podcast is a weekly podcast series available on all major podcast platforms.  This podcast relives music row memories from Nashvilles most successful independent music producer, Harold Shedd.   Harold owned and operated the Music Mill Studio on Roy Acuff Place in Nashville and was later head of Mercury Records Nashville. \nCreated by Wm. Wade Smith.  \nProduced by Russ Zavitson and Wm. Wade Smith \nOriginal Behind the Shedd theme song written by Russ Zavitson \nSound and audio by Russ Zavitson \nCameras by Mike McKee\nDirector of Photography & Editing by Matt Holbrook at InFocus Media\nAssociate producers Brian Rawlings, Chuck Bedwell and Jason Morris\nGet caught up on the latest episodes here:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@BehindTheShedd/videos\nCheck out all our Youtube shorts here:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@BehindTheShedd/shorts\n\nIf you love the show and would like to help us continue making content, consider becoming a member on our Patreon page.  We have membership levels as low as 5 bucks or choose an option to hear your...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZXQmz6zWPcm8Xf-PkHQz-z0aInZ02kAFxyy5Q8TwIE4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGQ3/YjY5ZDA4MTA2YTdh/YTU1ZDAyMGI0ZTk2/MDNmNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}