Back by popular demand, singer Suzi Kory returns to the studio for Episode 069 of the No Sleep ’til Sudbury podcast with a new batch of songs that make her skin vibrate.

It’s always great to have Suzi on the show. This time around, she talks about sharing the mic with Steven Tyler, what her hidden agenda is in bringing in French songs, her plans to convert me into a hippie, Lana Del Rey’s connection to Axl Rose, and why she’s the Forrest Gump of rock and roll.

Kory’s playlist:

Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

Aerosmith – Dream On

Celine Dion – Le Blues de Businessman

Lana Del Rey – Ride

Sarah McLaughlin – The Path of Thorns

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Talking with this week’s NSTS guest Bob Mayo was a genuine pleasure. In this episode, Bob speaks honestly and courageously about his upbringing, and I commend him for that. He brings in the songs that helped him get through the difficulties he faced during his high school days, and speaks very frankly about how they provided a sense of security to him as a kid.

A lot of my personal favourites get talked about, including Van Halen, Sabbath, Priest, and a heartbreaking story about Bob making a friend through KISS, and I’m reminded of the similarities between us as we chat about these bands and what they can mean to people who truly needed them. Bravo, Bob.

Mayo’s playlist:

Cheap Trick – The House Is Rocking

Van Halen – I’m The One

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

Gillan – Mister Universe

Judas Priest – Steeler

KISS – I Want You / Take Me

Motorhead – Too Late Too Late

BONUS: Fleetwood Mac – Albatross

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This week I’m joined by Dr. Malcolm Galloway, a neuropathologist, musician, and actor from London, England.

I invited Malcolm on the show to expand the breadth of our consideration of music beyond the typical, in the interests of how we interpret it. In our discussion about the songs that make his skin vibrate, Malcolm intertwines the emotionality of music with the technical aspects that contribute to that emotionality, making for a very interesting conversation spanning Prog, David Gilmour’s kidney disease, the criticality of musical timing, the Minimalists’ impact on classical music, and ABBA.

Galloway’s playlist:

Warm Wet Circles – Marillion

Eight Lines – Steve Reich

Drowning – All About Eve

The Rite Of Spring – Igor Stravinsky

Quartet from the musical Chess

Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

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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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It’s my distinct pleasure to introduce this week’s No Sleep ’til Sudbury guest, former Joydrop lead singer and current Sportsnet Hometown Hockey co-host Tara Slone. Tara joins me in person to talk about the songs that make her skin vibrate, and the result is a great discussion in which she graciously shares some fantastic stories, insights, and laughs.

In this episode T and I have an emotional chat about Bowie’s final album, the soundtrack to her grade 9 crush, how Hall & Oates made a surprise appearance on her final playlist, the impact of The Ramones on her life, and the artist that she and Ron McLean both love. And if that’s not enough, she even does a little singing!

Slone’s playlist:

George Michael – Father Figure

David Bowie – Blackstar

Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Knock Me Down

Ramones – Rock and Roll High School

Toto – Rosanna

Pretenders – Middle of the Road

Tom Petty – Only a Broken Heart

Mew – The Zookeepers Boy

Leh-Lo – 2 out of 3

Blinker the Star – Below the Sliding Doors

Hall and Oates – One on One

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On the 40th anniversary of the release of the KISS solo records, friend of the show and KISS lunatic Chris ‘The Pink Chief’ Long joins me this week from Florida to talk about the songs from those records that make his skin vibrate (spoiler alert – they all do).

I wisely limited The Chief to 6 selections, and here’s what he came back with:

Chief’s playlist:

Paul Stanley – Tonight You Belong To Me

Paul Stanley – Hold Me Touch Me

Ace Frehley – Rip It Out

Ace Frehley – Speeding Back To My Baby

Gene Simmons – See You Tonight

Peter Criss – I’m Gonna Love You

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Returning to the studio for NSTS episode #60 is former Jitters frontman Blair Packham, to cover off the songs we didn’t get to during his first appearance in episode #58.

Blair is a compelling guest for a lot of reasons, two of those being his great sense of humour and the visceral insight he provides while dissecting the songs that make his skin vibrate. During this week’s chat Blair and I discuss the particulars of Squeeze’s songwriting, the dark origins of MTV’s Unplugged series, Blair’s Jitters days playing alongside bands like Rheostatics and Blue Rodeo, and a reconsideration of Bob Marley.

Packham’s playlist:

Squeeze – Is That Love?

Jules Shear – This Primal Fire

Bob Dylan – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue

Bob Marley – War

The Beatles – Hey Bulldog

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