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This is the 17th 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:

CRAIG MCCAW - founding member of The Poppy Family who chats with Dan about meeting and working with Terry and Susan Jacks, and how his sitar playing made its way into Poppy Family songs.

KEITH SHARP - founder of the iconic Canadian music magazine Music Express, shares how an interview with The Stampeders was the catalyst for Music Express and discusses meeting Bryan Adams and being along for his first world tour.

(MR.) ZERO - founding member of The Kings and co-writer of the bands big hit ‘This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide’ tells Dan how he got his name and info on the bands fast rise (and fall) in the U.S. market.

MICHELLE MCADOREY - lead singer and co-founder (along with Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor) of Crash Vegas talks about songwriting, the impact the London scene on her as a musician, and her introduction to the dark side of the biz.

Listen to each full interview @ linernotes.ca. Just search for the guest by name.

Mister Zero and David Diamond of The Kings join Desert Tiger to talk all about the 40 year anniversary of their debut album ‘The Kings Are Here’ and it's hit double single ‘This Beat Goes On/ Switchin To Glide’! The Kings have also recently released footage from their closing set of the 1980 Heatwave Festival in Toronto, and we dive into detail about that day and what recovering that material was like. We also discuss where the present finds the band, having released another double single in 2019 ‘Circle Of Friends / Man That I Am’ which reunited them once again with the legendary Bob Ezrin, who produced their debut album! All this and much more, so come join us in the sand for another journey across the desert.