Howie Vickers's guest appearances

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

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Murray McLauchlan

The fifth episode of our special edition series of Liner Notes - ‘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 include:MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN: the singer-songwriter has won 11 Junos, is a Member of the Order of Canada, a Governor General's Award recipient, a Doctor of Laws, actor, composer, martial artist, pilot, painter and more. In this clip Murray explains why he moved to New York and why he came back to Canada, McLauchlan’s theory of recording.FRANK SODA: the guitarist/vocalist and songwriter for The Imps is known for his high energy live shows and outrageous antics. In this bit Frank tells Dan who gave the Imps their name, how he came up with his wild stunts, why he hates his recordings.HENRY SMALL: the one-of-a-kind Canadian legend has had a career spanning 40+ years. Here Henry shares bits from his glory days with the band Scrubbaloe Caine, the reality of performing on The Midnight Special, how he came to join Prism.HOWIE VICKERS - the former lead singer with the late ‘60s band The Collectors also had a career singing jingles. In this clip Howie shares tidbits on his journey from TV show house band to singing with The Collectors and recording in L.A., more on the bands eclectic style, why he left and what he did afterwards.Listen to each full interview @ linernotes.ca. Just search for the guest by name.

The fifth episode of our special edition series of Liner Notes - ‘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 include: MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN: the singer-songwriter has won 11 Junos, is a Member of the Order of Canada, a Governor General's Award recipient, a Doctor of Laws, actor, composer, martial artist, pilot, painter and more. In this clip Murray explains why he moved to New York and why he came back to Canada, McLauchlan’s theory of recording. FRANK SODA: the guitarist/vocalist and songwriter for The Imps is known for his high energy live shows and outrageous antics. In this bit Frank tells Dan who gave the Imps their name, how he came up with his wild stunts, why he hates his recordings. HENRY SMALL: the one-of-a-kind Canadian legend has had a career spanning 40+ years. Here Henry shares bits from his glory days with the band Scrubbaloe Caine, the reality of performing on The Midnight Special, how he came to join Prism. HOWIE VICKERS - the former lead singer with the late ‘60s band The Collectors also had a career singing jingles. In this clip Howie shares tidbits on his journey from TV show house band to singing with The Collectors and recording in L.A., more on the bands eclectic style, why he left and what he did afterwards. Listen to each full interview @ <a href="http://linernotes.ca" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">linernotes.ca</a>. Just search for the guest by name.

Guest Glimpses with Murray McLauchlan, Frank Soda, Henry Small & Howie Vickers

As I wrapped up my daily radio career on CISL's Wakeup Club this week in 2000, I took the opportunity to catch up with some of the friends I met along the way. Howie Vickers and I go all the way back to around this time in 1958 when he and his group The Four Quarters opened for Ritchie Valens at the old International Cinema Theatre on Vancouver's Granville Street.I worked again with Howie on CBC Vancouver's "Let's Go" from 1964-1966. This was not your typical dance party show. The program involved local talent and ended up being an excellent showcase for promising newcomers. The Vancouver Sun's Les Wedman wrote, "If producer-director Ain Soodor isn't grooming Red Robinson to host a teen-age show, he should be because this venerable DJ turned 'Let's Go' into the swingiest of shows at the weekend in the unavoidable absence of regular host Fred Latremouille. Having an array of strong talent to back him up didn't hurt Robinson any, and if that's what teenagers like musically they got it for the first time in the series."Wedman was also partly responsible for my demise on the show. By late 1965 he was having second thoughts. His Vancouver Sun column stated, "Teenage shows don’t have to be run by fellows their own age — Dick Clark and Red Robinson, for example. But it helps to have someone in charge not yet of voting age." I was 28.In this interview, Howie and I reminisce about our time on "Let's Go", the Ritchie Valens shows, and Howie's experiences with the C-FUN Classics and the Collectors. Thank you, Howie, for being a friend all these years!

As I wrapped up my daily radio career on CISL's Wakeup Club this week in 2000, I took the opportunity to catch up with some of the friends I met along the way. Howie Vickers and I go all the way back to around this time in 1958 when he and his group The Four Quarters opened for Ritchie Valens at the old International Cinema Theatre on Vancouver's Granville Street. I worked again with Howie on CBC Vancouver's "Let's Go" from 1964-1966. This was not your typical dance party show. The program involved local talent and ended up being an excellent showcase for promising newcomers. The Vancouver Sun's Les Wedman wrote, "If producer-director Ain Soodor isn't grooming Red Robinson to host a teen-age show, he should be because this venerable DJ turned 'Let's Go' into the swingiest of shows at the weekend in the unavoidable absence of regular host Fred Latremouille. Having an array of strong talent to back him up didn't hurt Robinson any, and if that's what teenagers like musically they got it for the first time in the series." Wedman was also partly responsible for my demise on the show. By late 1965 he was having second thoughts. His Vancouver Sun column stated, "Teenage shows don’t have to be run by fellows their own age — Dick Clark and Red Robinson, for example. But it helps to have someone in charge not yet of voting age." I was 28. In this interview, Howie and I reminisce about our time on "Let's Go", the Ritchie Valens shows, and Howie's experiences with the C-FUN Classics and the Collectors. Thank you, Howie, for being a friend all these years!

Howie Vickers interview, 2000

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Howie Vickers was the lead singer with the late ‘60s west coast band The Collectors. He chats with show host Dan Hare about that heady experience including: opening for The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, The Allman Brothers and other well-known acts at San Francisco’s famous music venue The Filmore; why the band spent 2 years in California; the eclectic sound of The Collectors music; the only song the band members didn’t write; his TV work on It's Happening; why he left the band; and much more.