By Darrell Wheeler, Contributing Writer
Tayari Howard, the award-winning broadcasting legend, was celebrated and honored for his excellence in broadcast journalism and community leadership.
Last Saturday on the patio of Bowlegged BBQ’s tasty establishment, family and friends of the famous smooth jazz DJ host, educator and entrepreneur let the compliments fly as they took turns on the microphone sharing their admiration and appreciation in song and speech for Dr. Tayari Howard.
“My family and I grew up listening to Tayari. [He] is a very important part of this community, he is the definition of iconic,” Bowlegged’s co-owner Carlos Stans shared. “We gladly open our door to him anytime he wants to celebrate here. He is the man.”
Others also shared similar compliments about the man of the hour and his 50 plus years of outstanding accomplishments.
“I have to thank my daughter, Summer. Brian Goodin and his significant work as an archivist and Black historian. You, Darrel, for the work that you do. Mr. Parisi, Carlos and his family, and everybody that helped put this together,” Dr. Howard shared on the microphone. “We still have a lot of work to do as a community. We keep getting pushed around, but we are going to keep pushing back.”
