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This is the 14th 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:

PAUL HOFFERT arranger and keyboard player for Lighthouse, talks about the unusual way he met Skip Prokop, the uniqueness of Lighthouse and more.

CHRIS HOOPER, dummer for the Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees The Grapes of Wrath shares information on how punk influenced the band, having control over their records and videos and more.

BLAIR PACKHAM, singer/songwriter for The Jitters recalls his early days as a producer, forming the Jitters, the band’s “revolving door of drummers” and more.

JACK LAVIN, founder of Powder Blues Band tells tales of his time in San Francisco during the hippie movement, coming to Vancouver, working with legends like Chuck Berry and more.

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

Blair Packham has had a multi-faceted music career as a recording artist, producer, sound engineer, jingle writer, educator, film and TV theme creator and much more. He is perhaps best known as the songwriter/singer for the 1980s Juno-nominated band The Jitters. In this chat with Dan Hare, Blair discusses everything from the process of songwriting, the Jitters career including opening for Heart on their UK tour and what he would do differently, recoupable costs involved in the biz, the dilemma of entertainer versus artist and much more. Find out about Blair on his website blairpackham.com