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  • Wayback Wednesday: Still Rocking Canadian Style

    OK – maybe not a way, way, way back Wednesday, but since Triumph is kicking off their 50th Anniversary Tour with Special Guests April Wine, let’s re-visit the times earlier this year that I was lucky to chat with members of both legendary Canadian rockers on Oldies Without Borders. From March 2026 – Gil Moore…

  • Wayback Wednesday: Captain Canada Kelly Jay

    Remembering the time Kelly Jay was a guest on Oldies Without Borders. He passed in 2019 at the age of 77. In his obit, Canadian music journalist Nicholas Jennings wrote this about Kelly Jay: “During the early 1970s, no musician wore his Canadian nationality more proudly on his sleeve than Blake Fordham, better known as…

  • Celebrating 50 Years of Triumph with Gil Moore

    Get ready to rock Canadian style as Triumph is getting ready for their 50th Anniversary tour with special guests April Wine. Back in high school, I was a fan of Triumph. To prove it, I have a couple of out of focus Instamatic pictures and my ticket stubs from Hamilton Place to prove it. The…

  • My Recent Sit Down with Brian Greenway of April Wine

    After 57 years, April Wine are still rocking. As a Canadian teenager in the 1970’s, April Wine music is embedded in my memories of my high school and post-secondary days. The band was everywhere; on the radio, blaring out of car stereos, and in my own album collection. There have been several lineup changes over…

  • Gary Lewis Returns for a Second Sit-Down

    Pop Music Quiz Time! Who was Cashbox Magazine’s Male Vocalist of the Year in 1965: Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, or Gary Lewis? (Hint: It wasn’t The King or The Chairman of the Board) It was, in fact, Gary Lewis. 1965 was the breakthrough year for Gary Lewis and the Playboys. They released five singles that…

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