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Liner Notes: Revealing Chats With Canada's Retro Music Makers
Guest Glimpses with Ray Materick, Randy Hiebert, Mike Fraser, John Webster
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This is the 23rd 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:

RAY MATERICK - Canadian icon, singer-songwriter, and guitar player best known for his song "Linda Put the Coffee On", a major hit single in both Canada and the USA in 1975. In this bit from the much longer interview, Ray talks about: his early days and landing a record deal; how Bruce Cockburn ended up playing did a guitar solo ‘Linda’; why he took a break from performing and what he did instead and more.

RANDY HIEBERT - Winnipeg-born guitarist, bass player, recording engineer and producer who currently plays with, and engineers/produces for, The Bellamy Brothers. In this bit from his chat with Dan Hare, Randy talks about: his family’s band and early guitar influences; playing with The Charlie Daniels Band in a concert in Japan; joining The Bellamy Brothers and more.

MIKE FRASER - Legendary sound engineer, mixer and producer who has worked on iconic rock albums for AC/DC, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Metallica and many others. In this short bit Mike talks about: what a good sound engineer needs; working on Prism and Loverboy albums; how he came to engineer six records with AC/DC and more.

JOHN WEBSTER - keyboardist for Stonebolt and Red Rider and studio musician for such megastars as Aerosmith, AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Rush and many others. In this bit John shares highlight from; his early days in the business; his days with Stonebolt; why the band broke up and more.

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

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