Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
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Roxanne Tellier: My Toronto – Part Two
Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Ben Bergmann., Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bomb Records, Brutus, Burton Cummings, Carole Pope, CHUM FM, CITY TV, Coney Hatch, Crowbar, DBAWIS, Divine, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eaton Centre, El Mocambo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Foot in Cold Water, Frank Soda, Garwood Wallace, Gary Cormier, Gary Topp, geoff pevere, Goddo, Hap Roderman, Hard Rock Café, Harlequin, Hellfield, Hotel California, Jackson Hawke, JoAnn Brooks, Kenny Shields, Kevan Staples, Killing Joke, Larry's Hideaway, Lou Reed, Maple Leaf Gardens, Max Webster, Mike Myers, Moxy, Nickelodeon, Nico, Ozzy Osbourne, Performer, Piccadilly Tube, Prakash John, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Saga, Steve Ambrose, Streetheart, Sun Ra, Teenage Head, The Bobcast, the Chimney, The Cramps, The Edge, The Forge, The Garys Martha and the Muffins, The Gasworks, The Lincolns, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Viletones, Tim Curry, Tommy Ambrose, Toronto, True North, Twitch, Wayne/Jayne County, XTC on April 13, 2014 by segarini
Toronto was a different place in the late 1970’s and early eighties. Although it’s easy to look back with rose coloured glasses, it was, in fact, a watershed time for Toronto musicians. Everywhere you turned, you were surrounded by outstanding music, made by dedicated and very talented players, who enjoyed the freedom to create their art, and make a living at the same time.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 