Year: 2013
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Happy 50th Anniversary, Carole!
Carole and I will have been married for 50 years on May 18. Where has the time gone? Someone told me this is our Golden Anniversary. Please send the gold to my address! All kidding aside, I feel blessed having met and married Carole and blessed with three children: Sheri, Kellie and Jeff. Sadly we…
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Radio In The Genes?
All grandparents are proud of their grandchildren. These photos show my grandkids at the Red Robinson Show Theatre sitting in front of the console where I worked for years. Aidan is 10 and Mazzy is 12. While looking at them sitting there I thought maybe they could do a radio show. I was just 5…
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Guitar Lesson From Eddie Cochran
What an honour to be on the May 2013 cover of the British music magazine Now Dig This. The cover photo features Eddie Cochran showing me how to play a guitar taken in 1957. The magazine highlights my interview with BBC announcer Spencer Leigh. It runs for 3 pages and has photos of myself with…
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Judy Collins on Global TV’s Morning News
Judy Collins came to Vancouver this week to perform at UBC’s Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. I had the pleasure of meeting Judy and talking with her at the Four Seasons Hotel. She has an engaging personality. We talked mostly about her music and her political activism over the years. I have always wanted…
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Looking Good On TheRush
It was formerly known as Urban Rush with Mike and Fiona. Mike Eckford left to co-host the Rock 101 morning show with Bro Jake. Fiona Forbes hosts the show and they invite a different co-host each week. I was a guest on today’s show and it was great fun. This week’s guest host Patrick Maliha…
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Word Of Mouth — Radio Personalities Meet
Twelve years ago Carole and I and Michael Godin started what is now called RPM — Radio Performers Membership. We started gathering at Brother’s restaurant in Gastown and moved around to different locations over the years including Planet Hollywood and the Bayshore. In those days each facility requested a guaranteed menu and parking was a…
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Celebrating A Roy Orbison Birthday
Roy Orbison (1936-1988) would have turned 77 on April 23. Hard to believe. This historic photo shows John Lennon feeding Roy some birthday cake. Also in the photo is Roy’s first wife Claudette (patterned dress) and their son Wesley standing below. Roy told me how much he loved his first tour of England, so the…
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April Wine At The “Red”
Two years ago New Year’s Eve April Wine first appeared at the Red Robinson Show Theatre. The guys have not lost any of their style. A most pleasant group and so down-to-earth. Well, what can you expect from true talent from the Maritimes? I have always enjoyed their music and in particular Just Between You…
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Bublé Hosts, Buzz Signs Off
Michael Bublé hosting the Junos? He must be getting a kick out of doing it. Who would have thought years ago that this young saloon singer and performer in the Arts Club Theatre production of Red Rock Diner would someday be admired from coast to coast and around the globe. He never gave up reaching…
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We Lose Three More: Reveen, Annette, The Iron Lady
My friend Peter Reveen (above, with me at the opening of the Red Robinson Show Theatre) has died at age 77. Peter died at his home in Las Vegas of complications from diabetes and dementia. He immigrated to Canada from Australia in 1961. Reveen, the illusionist and hypnotist who toured extensively in Canada, developed a…