Gene Arnold - 1988 To Today

1988 To Today

Arnold was injured in a car accident in 1988, and was forced to retire from his ad agency creative work. In 2001, after encouragement from his son Jody, and with the assistance of Rich Levin and Bob Davis of Soul-Patrol.net and web hosts Netcetra.com, much of his original broadcasts have been updated and made publicly available. In an interview, Arnold said of this re-release:

"It's great therapy to hear from listeners and viewers you pleased a long time ago who've now found you on the web...I can't do "live" radio now due to an accident that took my spontaneous creative thinking process, but still enjoy communicating with the help of editing, re-takes, and of course, my wife, who keeps it all together for us. That way, nobody hears the mistakes or mis-pronounced words that occasionally pop-out, but he states it's still lots of fun to do the updates for our original broadcasts."

On August 24, 2004, Gene MC'd at the Brotherly Love All-Star Tour, which included performances by his long-time friendsCharlie Gracie, The Soul Survivors, Essra Mohawk, Stewkey's NAZZ, American Dream, and The Orlons, who were all friends with Arnold during their careers.

On July 23, 2011, Arnold was presented the "Lifetime Achievement Award In Soul Music" and "Black Legends Of Music" award, has been entered into the "Disco DJ Hall Of Fame" (now part of The Library Of Congress), and the "Philly TV and Radio Hall Of Fame." He was also recently voted 25th on s "All Time Top Disco DJ" list compiled by Europe's popular DJ Yahu, He is also a member of The Broadcast Pioneers.

Arnold's latest projects include narrating for the documentary films "Dummy Hoy, A Deaf Baseball Hero", and "Survivors Stories, WW2." Terry Arnold, under the stage name 'Terryl', recently appeared in films "eBay Disco Ball" and a spoof on "The Price Is Right" as "Goldie Goforit" an enthusiastic contestant.New movie-star Brooklyn Decker played the model, with long-time Hollywood actor Jack English as Bob Barker. Both Terry and Gene are featured in a television documentary on (Jimi Hendrix]]. Recently, an ASCAP Composition co-written by Terry with Russ Edwards, a long-time Philly folk-rock-country personality, "I Won't Quit Now"..was released on his CD "They Call Them Cowboys." Both Arnold and Edwards have suffered long-term cognitive damage from auto accidents, and the song is an encouragement to "never quit"..even if you don't make sense to your own self sometimes. Terryl Arnold has a new CD called "Here With You", a love song benefiting the USO and Wounded Warriors, and is available on cdbaby.com, iTunes.com, and amazon.com