Bazil Donovan, bassist for Blue Rodeo

(Jon Mikl) THOR is a former Canadian and U.S. bodybuilding champion, and a songwriter, singer, and musician. In this fascinating chat with Dan Hare, Thor (as he is known professionally) shares much about his varied career including: how he combined bodybuilding, his love of superheroes and music to create his wild, glam rock persona and stage show; insights into his friendship and professional relationship with Frank Soda; succeeding in spite of litigation within his management and record label; why he took a decade long break from performing and what he did during that time; his new music and upcoming shows, and much more. Find out about Thor and the show dates @thorcentral.net

Dean Hajas is a musician, composer, engineer, producer, multi-instrmentalist, and much more. In this jam-packed chat with Dan Hare, Dean shares tales from his diverse experiences in creating music, producing and engineering and much more. He also talks about forging his own path and provides an in-depth look into the legalities of the music biz and how it has hurt artists, and much, more more. Find out about Dean @istreamguru.com, on Spotify @DeanHajas and on YouTube HERE.

Scott Merritt is a singer, songwriter, composer, guitar player, and producer with many accomplishments who has worked throughout North America since 1980. In this chat with Dan Hare, Scott talks about: songwriting; self producing his first album; working with a record label and when, and why, all that changed; making recordings for himself and others; the birth of Cottage Studios; technology and music and much more. Find out more about Scott, including his long and impressive list of credits, @scottmerritt.com

Eddie Bullen is a pianist, composer, arranger, and producer and recipient of an abundance of awards (including a Juno) and recognition (including a Grammy nomination) for his outstanding talents. To date Eddie has produced over 200 albums. In this fascinating chat with Dan Hare, Eddie talks about: his musical background in Grenada; coming to Canada; fusing musical genres including jazz, reggae, calypso etc.; working with his sons; his mentoring programs and talks for youth; what he’s working on now, and so much more. Find out all about Eddie @ eddibullen.com and his Thunder Dome Sounds studio @thunderdomesounds.ca

Jaimie Vernon - musician, author, president of Bullseye Records, and creator of The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia series. In this jam-packed chat with Dan Hare Jaimie delves into Canada’s music scene and talks about: the his rollercoaster ride in many areas of music; the journey of Bullseye Records; his life as a musician then and now; his unique ways of staying in the music industry and much more. Find out about Jaime @bullseyecanada.bandcamp.com and check out The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedias @https://canpopencyclopedia.home.blog/

Keith Sharp is the founder of the iconic Canadian music magazine Music Express and author of the book “Music Express: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Canada's Music Magazine”. In this return chat with Dan Hare Keith talks about: his connections to the late Myles Goodwin and Gordon Lightfoot; the challenges for ‘retro’ bands in today’s musical landscape; the state of radio, music production, new music, and much more. Find out about Keith and Music Express @themusicexpress.ca

Coral Andrews radio broadcaster, journalist and author of the book “The Back Door” returns for another an unique chat with Dan Hare. Coral shares: more tales for her time at The Back Door Bar, Kitchener. Ontario’s underground subculture of the 1970s to the 1990s including how she got her DJ name of “Squeaky Subversive”; the variety of radio shows she hosts; her take on radio and music today and much more. Find out about all of Coral’s endeavours @coralandrews.ca

Dan Hare,  acclaimed entertainer and musician,  moves from hosting this podcast to becoming our special guest. In this chat with  Dusty Discs Radio’s Program Director Lori Dean, Dan spills the goods on the songs and recording of his new, retro-rock album ‘I Love This Life’. He talks about: the overall flavour of the album and why he chose these 10 songs; the inspirations for some of those songs: working with legendary recording engineer/producer Mike Fraser and the lifelong friendship that has developed; the stellar musicians who play on the album; recording “old school” and much more. Listen to ‘I Love This Life’ through https://rayzordistro.lnk.to/ILoveThisLife and find out more details on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/dawnhazemusicretrorock

This is the 25th 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:

TY REVEEN - son of the famous mentalists/hypnotist Reveen and creator of iconic rock stage show visual effects for some of the biggest stars including Paul McCartney, Elton John and many others. In this short clip Ty shares how he was hired by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and what product he invented for their stage show that has since became one of the most popular visual effects in rock and roll.

BRAD ROBERTS - singer/songwriter and guitarist for the iconic Crash Test Dummies shares with Dan how his degrees in Literature and Philosophy influence his songwriting, some insights into the bands most famous hits such as Superman’s Song and how the Canadian music industry turned its back on them.

B. J. COOK - female vocalist for the ‘70s band Skylark which included keyboardist and her ex-husband David Foster. In this clip she talks about why she is called B.J., how she got together with David Foster and her “weird” connection to Ronnie Hawkins.

ROSS RHEAUME (Roman) & DAVID SMITH (Grey) - founders of the 1980s progressive, new wave band Roman Grey. Ross and David share with Dan how they got together right after high school, some of the various musical influences heard in Roman Grey and why they are hard to categorize.

LISTEN to the full interview with each guest @ linernotes.ca.

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:

STU JEFFRIES - Radio and TV broadcaster best known as the host of CBC TV’s Good Rockin’ Tonight. In this short bit Stu tells host Dan Hare

how he got the host job at Good Rockin’ Tonight, why he was “hated” for it, and how the show evolved.

MIKE KOZAK & MARCO BRADAC - Teaze band members Mike (drummer) and Marco (guitarist). In this clip which highlights the story of the ‘exploding pumpkins’, meeting Donald K Donald and The Rolling Stones, and becoming superstars in Japan then and Sweden now.

CONNIE KALDOR - multi Juno award-winner, singer/songwriter and Order of Canada recipient. This short bit features Connie revealing how her musical theatre training helps her career, the challenge of being a woman and a solo artist, and what being from the prairies taught her about forging her own path.

GARY FJELLGAARD - Juno winning and multi award-winning singer/songwriter, guitar player, and Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. In this clip Gary talks about how being a cowboy and lumberjack figure into his songs, working with Valdy and the expenses involved in touring with a band.

LISTEN to the full interview with each guest @ linernotes.ca.