Gail Renard was 16 when she heard that John Lennon was going to be staying over in Montreal. She crashed his party with a friend via a fire escape at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Ringing the doorbell during a change of security, Yoko answered the door and let her in for an interview.
Gail stayed for [...]
Click on this text for a link to a question and answer article interviewing Canadian guitarist Randy Bachman about his experiences with late guitar legend, Jeff Healey.
One of Canada’s best kept secrets is a folk singer/country singer named Stompin’ Tom Connors. Fiercely Canadian, he returned a number of Juno awards one year in protest of those artists who had shifted their emphasis to the ”south of the border market.” Stompin’ Tom earned his name for the way that he kept his [...]
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson will release both cd and dvd versions of ”Dreamboat Annie Live,” on October 23rd. The show was recorded in April of this year during the ”Love Rules,” tour. Also of note, Ann Wilson released her first solo album on September 11th this year. Check out the news at heart-music.com
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Don Ho, the legendary Hawaiian icon has died of a heart attach at age 76. Donald Tai Loy Ho, who was Hawaiian, Chinese,
Troubled by heart problems for a few years, he had a pacemaker implanted last fall. In 2005 he underwent an experimental stem cell operation in Thailand. Though maintaining a paired down schedule in [...]
David Bowie is reissuing the classic 1974 album, ”Young Americans” with Virgin/EMI on June 5. During the preceding ”Diamond Dogs” tour he had dropped hints that he was moving in the direction of R&B and this album nailed it. Notables brought in for the original recording included John Lennon on guitar and backing vocals as [...]
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U2’s Bono (Paul Hewson) will be honorarily knighted, announced the British Embassy in Dublin. Because he is not a British national he will not be able to use the title, ”Sir.” Congratulations were expressed by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair in a letter saying, ”You have tirelessly used your voice to speak up for Africa.”
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Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople fame sang, ”My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones/We never got it off on that revolution stuff..” Well, maybe he got off on Herman’s Hermits instead. Selling over 60 million records, the Hermits, headed by Peter Noone, dominated the airwaves with such classics as ”I’m [...]
On the anniversary of the death of John Lennon, Yoko, his widow, continues to call for peace. She says, ”Every year, let’s make December 8th the day to ask for forgiveness from those who suffered the insufferable.” In the full page, New York Times add she also urges readers to take responsibility for failing to [...]