Doug Thompson: CONFESSIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL ROCK AND ROLL INTERVIEWER – “WELCOME BACK…TO THAT SAME PLACE OLD PLACE THAT YOU LAUGHED ABOUT”.

I really started interviewing musicians and other celebrities in earnest in the mid 1970’s.  Several friends of mine had a company called Footprint Productions, one of Canada’s first independent syndication companies.  In the summer of 1976, Footprint’s co-founders Dan Plouffe and John Hanlon were working on a multi-hour program called “Welcome Back”.  The premise was back to school stories from celebrities plus comedy skits with plenty of 70’s hits.