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Formed from the ashes of the Hillbilly Headhunters & Moon MD in 1998, the Hillbilly Moon Explosion have since released several successful albums culminating with their latest album "Back in time" featuring the singles "Sometimes at night" & "Kn
Singer/songwriter Rik Emmett was known as the virtuostic guitarist & singer with iconic Canadian band Triumph, and he has been an independant solo artist since the 1990s. In this episode we discuss his new memoire "Lay it on the line" which is
Legendary Canadian rocker Myles Goodwyn left this mortal coil on December 3rd 2023 after a lenghty battle with various illnesses.On December 18th 2023, I was fortunate to share memories from the life & times of Myles Goodwyn with his three surv
You may know Terry Draper from his tenure with the classic Canadian band Klaatu. Did you know he has just released his 20th solo record? His new release "In the beginning" is a quirky prog pop collection featuring solid songwriting & solid perf
This is part two of my 2020 conversation with seminal singer/guitarist/songwriter Frank Soda.In this part of our chat Frank talks about how he survived the music business by widening his horizons & not being afraid to diversify his act. As this
In part one of my classic interview with Seminal Canadian rocker Frank Soda we discuss his early years starting out in the Canadian bar circuit in the 1970s. From his time with Buddy Knox to muscle rocker Thor & beyond, Frank shares his experie
On November 10th 2023 Burton Cummings & Randy Bachman launched a false advertising law suit against former bandmates Jim Cale & Garry Peterson. In this episode I spoke with one of the leading experts on all things "The Guess Who", Robert Lawson
When I interviewed Ronnie Hawkins in 2021 he was already 86 years old, but he proved that he was still the king of one liners & had me laughing throughout our conversation. Growing up in Arkansas he was influenced by the music he was raised on
John McGale was one of my hometown guitar heroes. He was a couple of years older than me & my neighbourhood pals & was playing in a working band around the time I learned to ride a bicycle. He was very popular both in the neighbourhood & at our
In part two of my chat with Alex Machin, we pick it up from where he was a staff songwriter with United artists in LA.While he would inevitably reunite with A Foot in cold water, there was a lot more to his story in the in between years.Did you
Alex Machin is the voice behind one of Canada's most iconic classic radio hits, "Make me do anything you want." When he & guitarist extraorinaire Paul Naumann joined forces with the remaining members of Nucleus; Bob Horne, Danny Taylor & Hughie
Jaimie Vernon has been a music business insider for decades serving as a musician, record company president & author among other things. He has been described as a walking pop music encyclopedia & in fact, is the author of the "Canadian pop mus
This is a reissue of my interview with Canada's Country Gentleman, Tommy Hunter.When I reached out to him in the summer of 2020, he was more than accomodating with me & we had an awesome discussion about his early beginnings & his 30 plus years
In part two of my conversation with Danny Taylor, we discuss how the iconic Canadian band "A foot in cold water" was formed, the creation of their biggest hit & more. Danny started in the music business as a teenager still in highschool & he ha
Danny Taylor has been a part of Canadian music history since he was a teenager in highschool during the 1960s, finding success was as drummer with "the Lords of London", once considered to be Canada's answer to the Monkees. After having some co
This is the first in my new series "in performance with" & we're getting things rolling with Sandy Gillis aka comedian Jimmy the janitor. Sandy started in radio way back in 1968 & some 30 years later developed the Jimmy the janitor character as
Ray Rabbit Harrison joined Del Shannon's touring band in 1962 at a mere 16 years old & he hasn't looked back since.He's been the keyboardist over the years in the Greaseball boogie band, Shooter, Crowbar & more top shelf acts. Currently he is s
Walter Zwol started fronting the band Brutus in the late 1960s & he hasn't looked back as a pro singer since.He was the first Canadian artist to be signed with EMI records in the USA & had chart success with several singles. While he has worked
Greg Godovitz went from thinking that the Beatles with their odd haircuts looked wierd on their debut album cover to being heavily influenced by them as a budding singer as a kid in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he would travel as far away as
Kim Berley is one of the original founding members of the iconic Canadian band, the Stampeders.In this segment of our "the singers" series Kim & I discuss his early days learning to sing & how his singing voice has matured & evolved since the b
In part two of Keith Hampshire "The Singers", we discuss among other things, the challenge of singing in the recording studio & Keith's favourite singers. We also talked about how he considers himself a lucky guy with his three radio hits & a p
&Keith Hampshire's legacy as a singer is no secret to most of the Canadian "Boomer" generation, & his TV show on CBC TV "Keith Hampshire's Music Machine" was an awesome spotlight for all of Canada's best artists of the day including, April Wine
Miami born, LA based session guitarist/producer & multi instrumentalist, Fernando Perdomo came to my attention via his collaborations with legendary drummer Carmine Appice. They've recorded two instrumental albums together, the most recent rel
Ace drummer Carmine Appice is known as one of the most prolific & talented drummers on the planet.Having played with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart etc., he long ago established his legacy. Now he has partnered with LA
Way back in 1969 Jim Henman asked his cousins David & Ritchie Henman if they wanted to form a new band. David suggested he would be interested if Jim could get his friend Myles Goodwyn to join.This would be the early beginnings of what became t
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