You won’t meet many people more genuinely passionate about music than my pal and friend of the show Bob Mayo. He joins me from Massachusetts this week with a new batch of songs that make his skin vibrate, and as always, he enlightens me on a few things.      

Bob can always be counted on to bring in fascinatingly obscure tracks, because he’s a believer in us discovering music we may have never heard of. He also brings in a few of my favourites. On both fronts, the conversation is great – we chat about who REALLY plays lead guitar on the early Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, and KISS records, the most controversial Scorpions album covers, the hard rock band Billy Joel played in, Black Sabbath’s creative challenges, the Golden Earring we didn’t know, spaceships getting swallowed up by black holes, what the greatest rock song of all time really is, and so much more. I love talking to this guy. 

Mayo’s playlist:

Golden Earring – She Flies on Strange Wings  

Aerosmith – Combination    

Rush – Cygnus X-1  

Motorhead – Orgasmatron

Montrose – Space Station #5

Ursa Major – Sinner

Scorpions – We’ll Burn The Sky

Black Sabbath – Megalomania

The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again

Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated

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I was delighted to be joined in studio this week by Chalk Circle vocalist and guitarist Chris Tait. I listened to him a lot as a teen (still do), so it was great to have him in for a conversation about his playlist AND my favourite Chalk songs. 

I won’t spoil it, but Chris does something really cool with his playlist here. Every song has a place on the list for a very specific reason, and I was impressed at how the whole thing was carried out. Great stories too, including the fact that he actually argued against having Chalk Circle’s biggest hit, “April Fool”, as a single – he didn’t even want it on the record! Really great conversation.    

Tait’s playlist:

Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night

Led Zeppelin – Black Dog

Rush – Working Man

The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated

The Skids – Into The Valley

Echo & The Bunnymen – The Cutter

Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It

David Bowie – Space Oddity

Matthew Sweet – Divine Intervention

Blinker The Star – September Already

Earth, Wind, & Fire – September

Vullpeck – Dean Town         

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Juno award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and actor Marc Jordan joins me this week to talk about the songs that make his skin vibrate. 

Marc has written songs for Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Cher, and others, and we talk about that and some other stuff too – like why we love the art that we do, the band he plays in with Murray McLauchlan and Ian Thomas, how “Walk On The Wild Side” is a missing link between musical genres, and his new solo record, Both Sides. Check it out at https://nosleeptilsudbury.org

Jordan’s playlist:

Madeleine Peyroux – You’re Going to Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Rod Stewart – This

Chet Baker – Almost Blue

Marc Jordan – Walk On The Wild Side

Renee Fleming and YoYo Ma – Mew York Tendaberry

NIIA – Last Night in Las Felez 

Tedeschi Trucks Band – Midnight in Harlem

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome The Kings’ guitarist and founder, Mister Zero! 

Everybody knows The Kings megahit “This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide”. This week, band founder Mister Zero drops by to talk about how the song came together, why it’s two songs in one, Bob Ezrin’s contribution to the recording to the song, The Kings appearance on American Bandstand, the night he and Kings singer David Diamond were out with Blondie’s Debbie Harry at an Iggy Pop show, who his favourite guitar player is, and so much more. Check it out!   

Zero’s picks:  

Nat King Cole – Stardust

Bruce Springsteen – Sandy (4th of July Asbury Park)

The Beatles – She Loves You

Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love

Glen Campbell – Gentle On My Mind

Frank Sinatra – One For My Baby

Blondie – Rapture

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