ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 6, 1992 By Steve Newton Once in a blue moon, I’ll come across an album by a band that I’d never heard of before and be blown right away. Such was the case when local promoter Brock Armstrong turned me on to Fourth Estate, an instrumental rock band … Continue reading Fourth Estate guitar wizard Dave Beegle is nuts about Max Webster
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Kim Mitchell hits 40 and just keeps getting wet with life
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON AUG. 6, 1992 By Steve Newton Used to be that whenever you saw Kim Mitchell’s name on an album’s liner notes the name of his lyricist, Pye Dubois, would be right there beside it. But Dubois’ moniker is nowhere to be found on Mitchell’s latest release, Aural Fixations. Seems the long-time songwriting … Continue reading Kim Mitchell hits 40 and just keeps getting wet with life
Tom Cochrane talks Mad Mad World just before “Highway” hits it huge
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, OCT. 31, 1991 By Steve Newton I’ve been a fan of Tom Cochrane’s since Red Rider’s debut album, but his new tune, “Life Is a Highway”, threw me for a loop. Its bouncy sound wasn’t what I expected from the steely hero of Canadian heartland rock, and at first … Continue reading Tom Cochrane talks Mad Mad World just before “Highway” hits it huge
Kim Mitchell, who once wrote “IS THIS MIDDLE ‘C’?” on my guitar, plays Vancouver tonight
Kim Mitchell, the party-rockin' pride of Sarnia, Ontario, plays the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver tonight. Should be a good 'un. I remember when I interviewed Mitchell and his songwriting partner Pye Dubois at a Vancouver restaurant back in the late '80s/early '90s I think it was, around the time of Rockland. I took my plexiglass … Continue reading Kim Mitchell, who once wrote “IS THIS MIDDLE ‘C’?” on my guitar, plays Vancouver tonight
I was there to see Tom Cochrane, not Glass Tiger
By Steve Newton One of the few worthwhile legacies of the 1986 Vancouver Expo was the Expo Theatre, where I saw a few good shows around that time, including Kim Mitchell, Joe Jackson, and Alvin Lee from Ten Years After. One summer day in '87 I visited the outdoor venue to see Tom Cochrane, who I've … Continue reading I was there to see Tom Cochrane, not Glass Tiger