Liner Notes: Revealing Chats With Canada's Retro Music Makers

This is the 13th episode of our special series ‘Guest Glimpses’, short bits from longer conversations with previous guests. You’ll hear about 10 minutes of each guest’s 60+ minute chat with show host Dan Hare. Featured guests this week are: ERIC ALPER, 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year, shares some of the perks and pitfalls of this challenging role. IAN CRICHTON, guitarist of the Canadian p...

This is the 12th episode of our special series ‘Guest Glimpses’, short bits from longer conversations with previous guests. You’ll hear about 10 minutes of each guest’s 60+ minute chat with show host Dan Hare. Featured guests this week are: TOM LOCKE, author of 'Moments In Time, Stories About Artists and Songs Of The 50s, 60s, And 70s' who talks about how he came up with the concept for the book a...

Coral Andrews is a radio broadcaster, journalist and author of the book “The Back Door” which chronicles Kitchener. Ontario’s underground subculture of the 1970s to the 1990s at the legendary Back Door bar. It’s an unique chat with Dan Hare where Coral shares insights into her love of all things arts, interviews with celebrities such as Eric Burdon and Cynthia Lennon, and much about the changing m...

B.J. Cook was the female vocalist for the ‘70s band Skylark which included keyboardist and ex-husband David Foster. In this raw, highly personal and and engaging chat with Dan Hare, B.J. reveals: much about her experiences as a woman in the early days of Canada’s music scene; working with Ronnie Hawkins; her connection to Tommy Chong; why the marriage to David ended and the status of their relatio...

Drew Arnott is the songwriter, vocalist, keyboard player, and percussionist for the '80s Juno nominated, esoteric and weird band Strange Advance. In this follow-up chat with Dan Hare, Drew talks about: being back on tour and how different it is today;; the fabulous reception from fans for the bands new album ‘Strange Advance 4’; upcoming shows; his songwriting and mentoring of new artists and much...

Brad Roberts is the singer/songwriter and guitarist for the iconic Crash Test Dummies. In his chat with Dan Hare Brad talks about: how his degrees in English Literature and Philosophy influence his songwriting; why he thought his baritone voice wasn’t suited for “pop” songs; having a #2 hit on the U.S. Billboard charts; being shunned by the Canadian music industry and embraced by the U.S. scene; h...

Blue Rodeo bassist Bazil “Baz” Donovan is adept at every genre he attempts. In this chat with Dan Hare Bazil talks about his musical background, influences and some of the famous people he has played with including Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson and others. He also reveals: how he became one of the founding members of Blue Rodeo; why the band has staying power; the “happy accident” that became the...

Singer/songwriter and all around entertainer Joey Gregorash returns for fantastic chat with Dan Hare. In his unique, engaging way Joey shares: details on his upcoming show; insights into what makes him a great MC; stories about celebrities such as Peter Noone, Wayne Newton, the late Davy Jones, and others; life lessons learned from the loss of his daughter and wife of 52 years, and much, much more...

Gary Fjellgaard is a Juno winning and multi award-winning singer/songwriter, guitar player, and Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. In this chat with Dan Hare Gary shares much about the early days of his career, working with Valdy, his extensive touring, opening for Tanya Tucker and Dolly Parton, one of his most embarrassing moments on stage, why Royalty Records tried to stop him from pe...

Connie Kaldor is a multi Juno award-winner, singer/songwriter and Order of Canada recipient. In this chat with host Dan Hare Connie talks about: how her theatrical background influenced her career; what being from the prairies taught her about forging her own path; starting her own record label; her eclectic style; her process of songwriting and performing and much more. Find out about Connie on h...

Something a bit different in this episode. Host Dan Hare enjoys a fascinating dhat with Ty Reveen, son of the famous mentalists/hypnotist Reveen. Ty recalls his fathers life and impressive career plus shares his own unique path into the musical landscape by designing visual effects for tours for hundreds of superstars including ZZ Top, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Kiss, and others. Ty a...

Teaze band members Mike Kozak (drummer) and Mark Bradac (guitarist) chat with Dan Hare about: how the band was formed; meeting the Rolling Stones; the origin of their hit song ‘Sweet Misery”; being superstars in Japan; backing Cheap Trick and Aerosmith; why the band broke up, and why they are back together after 40 years apart. Visit the Teaze Facebook page for all the latest info.

This is the 11th episode of our special series ‘Guest Glimpses’, short bits from longer conversations with previous guests. You’ll hear about 10 minutes of each guest’s 60+ minute chat with show host Dan Hare. Featured guests this week are: LEE AARON, who shares the challenges of being taken seriously as a woman in the world of hard rock, what the song 'Heavy Metal Queen' is really about and more....

Ray Materick is a Canadian icon, singer-songwriter, and guitar player best known for writing and performing the 1975 song "Linda Put the Coffee On", a major hit single in both Canada and the U.S. In this chat with Dan Hare, Ray talks about: growing up as the son of a preacher and musician; becoming part of the Toronto music scene; Bruce Cockburn’s solo on ‘Linda’; why he took a break from performi...

Radio and TV broadcaster Stu Jeffries is best known as the host of CBC TV’s Good Rockin’ Tonight and is currently the morning show host at Boom 97.3 in Toronto. In this fascinating chat with host Dan Hare, Stu talks about: his early days in radio; how he got the Good Rockin’ Tonight job; interviewing some of the biggest international and Canadian musicians; the Brian May “incident”; the two musici...

John Webster has worked with everyone from his days as the keyboardist for Stonebolt and Red Rider to his in studio work for such megastars as Aerosmith, AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Rush and so many others. In this fascinating conversation with host Dan Hare, John talks about: his days with Stonebolt and Red Rider, his friendship and working relationship with Tom Cochrane, the ins and outs of s...

This is the 10th episode of our special series ‘Guest Glimpses’, short bits from longer conversations with previous guests. You’ll hear about 10 minutes of each guest’s 60+ minute chat with show host Dan Hare. Featured guests this week are: ALFIE ZAPPACOSTA, multi-Juno Award & American Music Award winner singer/songwriter, artist, actor, producer, performer. Alfie talks about his start in the...

Legendary sound engineer, mixer and producer Mike Fraser talks to host Dan Hare about his work on iconic rock albums for AC/DC, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Metallica and many others. Mike also shares: how he started as a janitor in Little Mountain Sound; being part of a team with Bob Rock and Bruce Fairbairn; the process of making records; why a sound engineer needs a calming personality; why, in the ‘8...

Winnipeg born Randy Hiebert is a guitarist, bass player, recording engineer and producer who currently plays with, and engineers/produces for, The Bellamy Brothers. In this chat with host Dan Hare, Randy talks about: learning music on his grandfather’s electric organ; playing guitar in his parents country band; his stints with Harlequin and Idle Eyes; how he ended up playing with the Charlie Danie...

Singer/songwriter Jane Siberry is an incomparable, multi-fasciated person and performer known for such hits as ‘Mimi On The Beach’ and dueting with k. d. Lang on the song ‘Calling All Angels’. In this very unique and personal chat with host Dan Hare, Jane talks about: the balance between music as art and as science; the energetic connection between performer and artist and why that is so important...

In this episode host Dan Hare chats with Ross Rheaume (Roman) and David Smith (Grey) of the 1980s progressive, new wave band Roman Grey. Ross and David share many insights into their experiences including: the moment they “got serious” about making music; the music that influenced their unique and varied sound; having a #1 hit in Italy; the songs that ended up in U.S. TV shows; the exploitive natu...

With an unprecedented four Juno awards for songwriter of the year, Jim Vallance is one of Canada’s pre-eminent songwriters and the creative force behind top tracks for artists like Bryan Adams (‘Cuts Like A Knife’, ‘Summer of ’69’), Aerosmith (‘Deuces Are Wild’, ‘Rag Doll’), Glass Tiger (‘Don’t Forget Me )When I’m Gone’, ‘Someday’) and Prism (‘Spaceship Superstar’). In this chat with Dan Hare Jim...

This is the ninth episode of our special series ‘Guest Glimpses’, short bits from longer conversations with previous guests. You’ll hear about 10 minutes of each guest’s 60+ minute chat with show host Dan Hare. Featured guests this week are: MITCHELL FIELD, drummer, keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist,  songwriter and founder of the late '70s band Hellfield. In this clip Mitchell explains why it...

This is the eighth episode of our special series ‘Guest Glimpses’, short bits from longer conversations with previous guests. You’ll hear about 10 minutes of each guest’s 60+ minute chat with show host Dan Hare. Featured guests this week are: ROBERT LAWSON, author of ‘Wheatfield Empire’ the definitive comprehensive history on The Guess Who discusses what his book is - and isn’t, including the “rev...

John is an award-winning author, music historian and recipient of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence. He has collaborated on books with artists such as Randy Bachman, Steppenwolf’s John Kay and The Byrds Chris Hillman to name a few, and has researched and written a total of 19 music biographies and many articles about the Canadian music scene. In this fascinating c...