I’m joined this week by entrepreneurial juggernaut Terry Moshenberg, founder of The League of Rock.

Terry’s a true blue old school rock and roll disciple, and we have a great chat about the Seventies, Mark Knopfler, the gypsy lifestyle, The 27 Club, John Holmes (not that one), the last real rock and roll band, and a true story Terry tells about running away to the Jersey Shore that could have easily been a Springsteen song.

Moshenberg’s playlist:

Little Feat – Spanish Moon

Bob Dylan – All Along The Watchtower

Bruce Springsteen – Lost In The Flood

Bruce Springsteen – It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City

The Allman Brothers – Whipping Post

Dire Straits – Telegraph Road

Little Feat – Time Loves A Hero

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Coney Hatch’s Carl Dixon is one of Canada’s most respected musicians, and he’s also my guest this week on No Sleep ’til Sudbury. Carl is funny, humble, thoughtful, and sentimental, and it was a pleasure hosting him. I invited him to bring in his guitar and he did, treating us to a song from his new record to wrap up our chat.

Carl tells great stories from his days recording the first Coney Hatch record with Kim Mitchell producing, including how the solo from “Monkey Bars” came to be and who inspired the lyrics to “Devil’s Deck”. We also chat about his experiences fronting The Guess Who, his time serving as a musical Swiss army knife in April Wine, the horrific car accident which almost ended his life, and the songs that choke him up as he talks about them.

You don’t want to miss this.

Dixon’s playlist: 

Grand Funk Railroad – Aimless Lady

Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly

Jethro Tull – Skating Away

Johnny Winter – Jumping Jack Flash

John Fogerty – Almost Saturday Night

Thin Lizzy – Fight or Fall

Status Quo – Whatever You Want

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New York City author and singer/songwriter Chris Campion joins me on the show this week. Chris gets what we’re doing on the show and he welcomes the result of his honesty – we have a laugh that his playlist is solely comprised of songs by middle-aged white men.

In this episode we have a great talk about the vitriol of YouTube commenters, our mutual fondness for “Send In The Clowns”, electric convulsive therapy, Anne Frank, the two Aerosmiths, and how Rod Stewart navigated the 80s. He also does a mean Tom Waits impersonation.

Campion’s playlist:

U2 – The Electric Co.

Neutral Milk Hotel – Two Headed Boy

Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream

Wilco – Radio Cure

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Canadian rock singer Suzi Kory is a woman who goes after what she wants. And in NSTS Episode 62, you’ll see that she gets it.

Suzy drops by the studio to talk about the songs that make her skin vibrate, and she shares some pretty incredible stories in the bargain – meeting Axl Rose and Jim Cuddy, playing The Whiskey in Los Angeles, and her views on what sexiness truly is. It would be a mistake to underestimate this woman, friends.

Kory’s playlist:

Guns N’ Roses – Welcome To The Jungle

Barbra Streisand – Make It Like A Memory

Notre Dame de Paris – Bohemienne

Stevie Nicks – Landslide

Blue Rodeo – After The Rain

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