A few weeks back my pal former Brighton Rock and current Storm Force guitarist Greg Fraser and I sat down to chat about his new single, a cover of Alanis Morissette’s “Uninvited”. 

As is usually the case when the conversation is good, the show ran long and we didn’t get to Fraze’s skin vibrating songs. So, here they are – welcome to part two of our chat.

Fraze’s playlist:

Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – Man On The Silver Mountain

Boston – More Than A Feeling 

Van Halen – Eruption/You Really Got Me 

Vandenberg – Burning Heart 

Alcatrazz – Island In The Sun

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An old friend of the show drops in this week to talk about his band’s haunting new single – a cover of Alanis Morissette’s “Uninvited”.  

Former Brighton Rock and current Storm Force guitarist Greg Fraser talks about how the band came up with the unorthodox choice, how former Honeymoon Suite keys player Ray Coburn helped develop the idea, and all the events that led up to the single’s release. 

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I love discovering new music, and I also love sharing those discoveries with others. This week’s guest on NSTS is indie singer songwriter Annabelle Chvostek, and her music is definitely worth sharing.

Annabelle’s latest record is called String of Pearls, recorded in both Canada and Uruguay, and features jazz, tango, and classical musicians from both countries. We chat about how the record was made, her relationship with Bruce Cockburn, 90s art rock, Joni Mitchell, and the influence of The Beatles’ Abbey Road record.

Chvostek’s playlist:

The Beatles – Come Together

Joni Mitchell – Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

Sarah Vaughn – Honeysuckle Rose

PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love

Bruce Coburn – Night Train  

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Former Spoons and Honeymoon Suite keyboardist Rob Preuss and I are working on a special and very exciting new project together, one that we originally started talking about five years ago. It’s in full production now, and this week he calls in to NSTS to talk about it. 

Specific details won’t be divulged until the project is in its later stages, but in keeping with the No Sleep ’til Sudbury theme, Rob brought in a handful of instrumental songs that may or may not be part of it. Enjoy!

Preuss’ playlist (available on Spotify):

Spoons – Trade Winds

Split Enz – Wail

Gary Clark – A Jackson in your Kitchen

Andrew Lloyd Webber – Entr’Acte 

Gary Numan – Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)

Elton John – Song For Guy – Elton John

Walter Murphy – A Fifth of Beethoven

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Something rather unexpected, highly improbable, and absolutely moving happened to me last week, and I was so inspired by it that I wanted to share it on the show. 

It’s a personal story about how Metallica’s very first record impacted two 14 year old kids, almost 40 years apart. One of those kids was my stepdaughter. The other kid was me.  

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You’re likely familiar with a question that’s been all over the internet lately – “what’s up with Bon Jovi’s singing voice?” 

There are a lot of theories and a lot of positions out there, but I personally think there’s a little more to it than aging, COVID-19, the absence of Richie Sambora, or technical issues. And this week on NSTS I share my perspective. 

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The legend of Elvis Presley is tremendous, but his entire story arc is tragic. Towards the end of his career, the poor kid from Tupelo, Mississippi who became the King of Rock and Roll was lonely, exhausted, and depressed, eventually succumbing to the pressures of his own fame. 

Is it conceivable to think that his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, a man with a dark history who lied about his real identity until the very end, was responsible for the death of Elvis Presley?  

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Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters caused a bit of a stir recently for speaking his mind.

This week on No Sleep ’til Sudbury I take a closer look at the man and all the things I’ve personally learned about him over the past couple of weeks.   

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I recently saw something on the internet involving one of my childhood heroes, Metallica’s James Hetfield, that gave me pause. 

Over the years we’ve seen a progressive humanization of Hetfield, but now we’ve gone beyond the expected arc. And it got me thinking about where we’ve been and where we are on a greater scale. And this week on NSTS, we talk about it.  

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Sometime next year, pop cultural icons KISS will play their final show after more than 50 years of fire, blood, and bombast. For the first time in half a century, KISS will no longer be.  

KISS masterfully deployed the power of nostalgia to leave a significant and indelible mark on millions of rock fans of my vintage. Now, as they approach their end, I look back at what the whole thing really meant.   

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