Tommy Solo's famous friends

Rocket Norton is mostly recognized as the drummer in Canadian classic rock band, Prism who toured North America in the 70s & 80s promoting their hits Armageddon, Take me to the Kaptin, Young & Restless, Spaceship Superstar etc . There's a lot more to his life & to the band Prism than most would know. We talk about everything from his days as a young musician who was influenced to play drums after...

Rainer & Cindy Wiechmann are a fairy tale rock & roll love story ...& a lot more! I consider them both to be some of my closest friends & they have been occasional members of my band, the Night Crew, but more than that they have been members of Canadian classic rock band Helix & have garnered critical praise world wide for their progressive band Nail. Before they left their home province of Newfou...

Greg Simpson has been in the music business for over 50 years. While most of his career has been spent in radio & broadcast journalism, he's spent a lot of time behind the scenes managing & promoting several artists including Bill Durst, Thundermug & Shelly Rastin. Greg is past the normally accepted retirement age, but that doesn't stop him from moving forward on his job with Canada Music Week, hi...

Walter Zwol was the 1st Canadian artist to be signed with American record label EMI & seemed to be destined for fame & fortune. While he was the frontman with the band Brutus had a marginal hit with a song produced by Jack Richardson called Ooh Mama Mama & things were looking good for his career. We talk about everything from his early years as a singer opening for bigger acts to his sharing a fli...

Mario Circelli is mostly known as the man behind the Forest City London Music Awards & Hall of Fame. He's also had careers in broadcasting & record production. As a record producer, Mario produced successful artists like the Ghandarvas etc. He's been a radio station manager & a documentary producer among other things. Currently, Mario heads up the Digital Creative Arts Center at the Boys & Girls c...

I grew up in the same neighbourhood & attended the same high school in North Bay, Ontario with John McGale. John is one of very few musicians who I've known over the years who's been able to successfully make a living as a full time musician from his teen years to present day. He has gained most of his notoriety as lead guitarist with Quebec based band, Offenbach. The irony is that he was initiall...

James Stewart Reaney is well known in South Western Ontario as an entertainment journalist, support local advocate & member of the Forest City London Music Awards committee. Now retired as former London Free Press entertainment editor, we discuss his passion for 1960s bands the Byrds, Herman's Hermits, his love for classical music etc. He has passion for promoting accessible entertainment & is an...