Guest Glimpses with Cathy Young, John Einarson, Jim Vallance, Jane Siberry

Liner Notes: Revealing Chats With Canada's Retro Music Makers

This is the 22nd episode of our special series ‘Guest Glimpses’, short bits from longer conversations with previous guests. You’ll hear about 10 minutes of each guest’s 60+ minute chat with show host Dan Hare. Featured guests this week are:

CATHY YOUNG - singer/songwriter, guitar player, producer, and voice over artist who won the 1974 Juno award for Best New Artist. In this bit Cathy shares: the watershed moment that started her career; how her face ended up on a 22 store mural: becoming part of the Yorkville music scene of the 1960s, and much more.

JOHN EINARSON - award-winning author, music historian and recipient of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence who has researched and written a total of 19 music biographies and many articles about the Canadian music scene. In this short clip John talks about: becoming a music historian; his collaborations on the autobiographies of Randy Bachman, John Kay of Steppenwolf, and Ian Tyson; why Burton Cummings threatened to sue him, and more.

JIM VALLANCE - four time Juno award-winner for songwriter of the year, and one of Canada’s pre-eminent songwriters and the creative force behind top tracks for artists like Bryan Adams , Aerosmith, Glass Tiger, and Prism. In this clip from his chat with Dan Hare, Jim talks about: why it’s great to be ‘in the background’; meeting Bryan Adams and why this collaboration works; co-writing Bryan’s hit song ‘Summer of ’69’, and more.

JANE SIBERRY - incomparable, multi-fasciated person and performer known for such hits as ‘Mimi On The Beach’ and dueting with k. d. Lang on the song ‘Calling All Angels’. In this clip Jane shares: why studying science led her to meditation; the importance of the energetic connection between performer and artist; why she produces her own music, and more.

LISTEN to the full interview with each guest @ linernotes.ca.