Lisa Loeb, 'Stay (I Missed You)', swings by with a great story of how a phone call from “an acquaintance” Ethan Hawke, landed her the gig of a lifetime.Fred Penner... What you may not know about Fred is, he’s an amazing guitar player along wit

Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Margo Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies, Mark Holmes of Platinum Blonde

Nov 2nd, 2022 13m 12s

Lou Gramm of Foreigner enlightens us with how a simple drum beat evolved into lyrics for one of their biggest hits, 'Juke Box Hero'.Margo Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies recalls some memorable experiences that came to be due to their song 'Sweet

Paul Young, Sam Reid and Alan Frew of Glass Tiger, Jean-Marc Pisapia of The Box

Oct 26th, 2022 14m 53s

Paul Young sheds some light on his song 'Every time You Go Away' and how it was originally meant for a TV show.Sam Reid and Alan Frew of Glass Tiger. Here’s the guys on the song 'Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)', the writing process and having

Alex Lifeson of Rush, Gino Vannelli, Sandy Horne of Spoons

Oct 19th, 2022 12m 13s

Alex Lifeson of Rush goes into detail about recording 'Tom Sawyer' in the winter.Gino Vannelli talks 'Black Cars' and how it’s not really about, black cars.Bassplayer/singer and founding member Sandy Horne from the Spoons on their song 'Roman

Randy Bachman, Steven Page formerly of Barenaked Ladies, Michael Sadler of Saga

Oct 13th, 2022 15m 4s

In this episode, Randy Bachman explains how one of his biggest songs, 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' , wasn’t really meant to be a song at all, but more of a sibling rivalry thing.'Jane' from the Barenaked Ladies and former member, Steven Page g

Fred Schneider of the B-52's, Ian Thomas, Freddy Curci and Steve DeMarchi of Sheriff

Oct 5th, 2022 15m 14s

Fred Schneider of The B-52's joins us to give some background on their biggest hit, “Love Shack” and what exactly a love shack is.Ian Thomas talks about life on the road, strip joints and missing home with "Painted Ladies".Freddy Curci and St

Dennis DeYoung (Styx), Gowan, Keith Hampshire

Sep 28th, 2022 17m 35s

Keith Hampshire has an amazing story about how a song you could only buy at the ballpark got stuck in our heads forever.Gowan tells a good story about how a visit to a jail cell inspired a 7 minute song about the thought process of a criminal.

A Flock of Seagulls (Mike Score), Andy Kim, Triumph (Mike Levine)

Sep 21st, 2022 13m 42s

We kick off episode 3 of Behind the Vinyl with the very charming, total gentleman and legend Andy Kim with his song “Baby, I Love You”.From the rockin’ Canadian trio Triumph, bass plater Mike Levine gives his take on “Magic Power”.And Mike Sc

Midge Ure, Lorraine Segato of the Parachute Club, Honeymoon Suite’s Derry Grehan and Johnnie Dee

Sep 14th, 2022 15m 29s

In this episode of Behind The Vinyl: The Podcast, where we continue to feature artists playing their biggest hits on a turntable and giving us the back story...Lorraine Segato from The Parachute Club with a song that’s not a song. It’s a unive

Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Tom Cochrane and David Wilcox

Sep 7th, 2022 14m 55s

Welcome to another season of Behind The Vinyl, where artists stop by, drop the needle on their songs and roll out their take on how the song came to be. In this episode, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister sheds some light on “We’re Not Gonna Take It”

Myles Goodwyn (April Wine), Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Alex Lifeson (Rush)

Apr 7th, 2021 13m 5s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: The always charismatic Alex Lifeson of Rush shares some insight on the song “Limelight” and how an extremely cold winter helped the band record one of their biggest hits. Myles Goodwyn of

Glass Tiger, Barney Bentall, Howard Jones

Mar 31st, 2021 14m 36s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Howard Jones had an encounter with a fan about the song “Things Can Only Get Better” that left him with a memory and moment, he’ll never forget. Sam Reid and Alan Frew of Glass Tiger shed

Taylor Dayne, Gord Deppe of the Spoons, Midge Ure

Mar 24th, 2021 13m 43s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Producer, singer and songwriter Midge Ure tells us the story of how “Do They Know It’s Christmas” came to be along with the challenges of recording it with so many stars. Taylor Dayne sha

Gowan, Pukka Orchestra, Steve Earle

Mar 17th, 2021 15m 36s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Steve Earle destroys every pre-conceived notion we had about the bagpipes intro of his song “Copperhead Road”. Gowan takes a few minutes to explain his song “Strange Animal” and how a cer

Andy Kim, Lee Aaron, Tom Cochrane

Mar 10th, 2021 19m 6s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Tom Cochrane goes into detail about his song “Lunatic Fringe” and why the song and album had to be totally re-recorded after 9 months of hard work. Andy Kim tells us how long it took to w

Blue Peter, Moe Berg (The Pursuit Of Happiness), Barenaked Ladies

Mar 3rd, 2021 12m 49s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Ed Robertson and Tyler Stewart of the Barenaked Ladies do a deep dive into their song “If I Had A $1,000,000” and reveal how many original versions actually exist! Paul Humphry and Chris

The Northern Pikes, Michael Sadler (Saga), Lou Gramm

Feb 24th, 2021 11m 12s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Lou Gramm, former Foreigner frontman talks about his solo hit “Midnight Blue” and how lyrical inspiration came from wise words a family member used to say. Bryan Potvin and Don Schmid of

Rich Dodson (The Stampeders), Honeymoon Suite, Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC)

Feb 17th, 2021 19m 1s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Darryl McDaniels of Run D.M.C. is a master storyteller! Darryl not only sheds light on the making of their biggest hit “Walk This Way” he wraps it up with an amazing lesson we can all ben

Maestro Fresh-Wes , Darby Mills (Headpins), Kim Mitchell

Feb 10th, 2021 13m 13s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Kim Mitchell gets to the bottom of his song “Go For Soda” and how it really has nothing to do with drinking, but rather... relationships. A rap history lesson from Canadian hip-hop legend

Tom Cochrane, Jean-Marc Pisapia (The Box), Bob Geldof

Feb 3rd, 2021 18m 1s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Singer, songwriter, political activist and author goes into great detail about how the song “I Don’t Like Mondays” came to be and how it still resonates today. Tom Cochrane talks about ho

Terry Draper of Klaatu, Ian Thomas and Dennis DeYoung of Styx

Sep 11th, 2020 17m 17s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Terry Draper of Klaatu explains the creative process behind their hit “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” along with a big thank you to The Carpenters for covering their song and

Lorraine Segato of Parachute Club, Moe Burg of The Pursuit of Happiness and Gary Numan

Sep 11th, 2020 14m 27s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Lorraine Segato of Parachute Club sheds some light on their song “Rise Up” and how it became an anthem for many people and what the song means to them. Moe Burg from The Pursuit of Happin

David Wilcox, Colin James and George Thorogood

Sep 11th, 2020 13m 51s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: David Wilcox shares his thoughts on one of his biggest songs “Riverboat Fantasy” and how a homemade raft was inspiration for the song. Colin James turns total fan boy about his memories o

Ra McGuire of Trooper, 54-40 and Howard Jones

Sep 11th, 2020 11m 51s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Ra McGuire of Trooper reveals how the producer of the album wanted to change the lyrics from “Raise a Little Hell” to something less, devilish. Neil Osborne and Brad Merritt of 54-40 expl

Glass Tiger, Indigo Girls and Rik Emmett of Triumph

Sep 11th, 2020 13m 27s

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Alan Frew and Sam Reid of Glass Tiger shed some light on the perils of shooting the video for “I Will Be There” when you include snow, a mountain edge and a helicopter. Emily Sailers from