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In this 1669th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike catches up with Blair Packham before experiencing The Impossible Dream. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, Silverwax, Yes We Are Open, Nick Ainis and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com
Former Jitters frontman and songwriter extraordinaire Blair Packham drops by this week to talk about his brand new record The Impossible Dream, and he brought his guitar to do a couple of the album's songs for us. In addition to playing the tracks, Blair shares the stories behind the songs, which leads to some conversation around Canadian history, touring hijinks, and why he sometimes has to close his eyes while he performs.
Jerry and Mark talk about today's news of the day, musician Blair Packham discusses the unearthed Tina Turner track from 1984, The Blacklock's Report with Tom Korski covers news out of Ottawa, and Jerry reacts to Mayor Olivia Chow's 7 day a week library announcement.
Blair Packham joins Bob to discuss how the "gig economy" has changed in the last 40 years. His band The Jitters were a mainstay on Toronto radio for a period with hits like "Last of the Red Hot Fools" and "Closer Everyday" being played throughout the late 80s and into the 90s. (Side note: Reunion show @ Hugh's Room Live coming up soon https://www.showpass.com/the-jitters/)
In this 1517th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike records live from the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball game at Christie Pits. He's joined by Mike Richards, former Blue Jay Rich Butler, Blair Packham, Marc Weisblott, Joel Goldberg, Robert Lawson, the VP of Salez and Maya the Mascot. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, The Advantaged Investor podcast from Raymond James Canada, The Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Team and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com
In this 1498th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with singer Lori Cullen about singing for Drake, performing on Owen Pallett's He Poos Clouds, working with Ron Sexsmith, living with Kurt Swinghammer and their meeting at Blair Packham's house. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, The Advantaged Investor podcast from Raymond James Canada, The Yes, We Are Open podcast from Moneris, The Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Team and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com
In this 1451st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike catches up with Blair Packham while he kicks out his favourite protest songs. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, The Advantaged Investor podcast from Raymond James Canada, The Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Team and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com
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For this special episode, we invited Song Studio organizers and pro singer-songwriters Blair Packham and Allister Bradley, to have a music movies and TV shows draft game show. We each named our favourite movies or TV shows about music, including documentaries, biopics, musicals, or concert films, and if the other players had the same title …
In this 1366th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike catches up with Blair Packham while he kicks out the jams. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, Electronic Products Recycling Association, Raymond James Canada and Moneris. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com
Liner Notes: Revealing Chats With Canada's Retro Music Makers
This is the 14th 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:PAUL HOFFERT arranger and keyboard player for Lighthouse, talks about the unusual way he met Skip Prokop, the uniqueness of Lighthouse and more.CHRIS HOOPER, dummer for the Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees The Grapes of Wrath shares information on how punk influenced the band, having control over their records and videos and more.BLAIR PACKHAM, singer/songwriter for The Jitters recalls his early days as a producer, forming the Jitters, the band's “revolving door of drummers” and more. JACK LAVIN, founder of Powder Blues Band tells tales of his time in San Francisco during the hippie movement, coming to Vancouver, working with legends like Chuck Berry and more.Listen to the full interview with each guest @ linernotes.ca.
In this 1275th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Blair Packham while Blair plays and discusses his 10 favourite songs of all-time. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, the Yes We Are Open podcast from Moneris, The Moment Lab, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.
In this 1204th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with comedian Chris Finn about his years in stand up, writing for MadTV, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Ron James and Rick Mercer, and what he's up to now. Blair Packham sits in and tells an amazing story about Burt Bacharach. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.
In this 1164th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike and a cast of thousands celebrate the festive season at TMLX11 at Palma's Kitchen. FOTMs contributing to this episode include, Humble, Fred, Mike Eppel, Larry Fedoruk, Peter Gross, Brian Master, Ben Rayner, David Quinton Steinberg and Blair Packham, who performs live. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Yes, We Are Open, The Advantaged Investor, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.
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Allister Bradley, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and technical director of the Song Studio Songwriter's Workshop in Toronto, and co-host of the Hooks & Ladders youTube show with Blair Packham, joined us to talk about three songs with great bridges. We talked about: How the bridge differs from the verse and chorus How a good bridge …
In this 1146th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike catches up with musicians Blair Packham and David Quinton Steinberg before they perform live in the TMDS Studio. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Yes, We Are Open, The Advantaged Investor, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.
Liner Notes: Revealing Chats With Canada's Retro Music Makers
Blair Packham has had a multi-faceted music career as a recording artist, producer, sound engineer, jingle writer, educator, film and TV theme creator and much more. He is perhaps best known as the songwriter/singer for the 1980s Juno-nominated band The Jitters. In this chat with Dan Hare, Blair discusses everything from the process of songwriting, the Jitters career including opening for Heart on their UK tour and what he would do differently, recoupable costs involved in the biz, the dilemma of entertainer versus artist and much more. Find out about Blair on his website blairpackham.com
In this 1053rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by Blair Packham who shares several amazing stories of all the ways he's connected to FOTMs. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Duer Pants and Shorts.
Well Happy New Year and welcome to 2022. and this week's episode of #ForWhatitsWorthwithBlakeMelnick. It is the conclusion of our two part interview with our new artist in residence, #HeatherGemmellThis episode is the official passing of the jam. Blair Packham, our artist in residence for the past month or so, joins me as my co-host to #PasstheJam to our next artist, the amazing #HeatherGemmell. I hope you enjoy the conclusion of #LongHairedCountryGirl ....for what it's worth.And if you like the show, please share it out to your networks, and consider making a small donation to the cause by buying us a coffee, using the Support the Show linkThe Music for Today's Show, "Sadie's Reckoning"” is written and performed by #HeatherGemmell. Click HERE to visit the Blog post for this episode Other Important Links:Show website - https://fwiw.buzzsprout.comShow Blog - https://forwhatitsworthpodcast.comLink to Show Trailer: https://fwiw.buzzsprout.com/1151660/4138862-for-what-it-s-worth-trailerLink to For What it's Worth Face Book group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/720335292207376Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forwhatitsworth.podcast/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/forwhatitsworth)
Welcome to this week's episode of #TheSpaceinBetween called #SongFood. I'm your host #BlakeMelnick. And this episode is a lead into our popular music series called #PasstheJam. For those of you that are new to the show and unfamiliar with this series, here's the skinny. What began as an idea, born from our frustration, with the inability to play recorded music on for what it's worth because of the cost and restrictive nature of copyright laws particularly as they relate to podcasts as morphed into something completely different, a creative, new approach for supporting artists, their music and their stories. One which breaks free from traditional industry norms and the typical directed listener experience. It's an approach, which places, the artist and their music at the center, and allows listeners to hear music they might not otherwise be exposed to and develop a deeper connection with the artists and their stories.For the past month or so, we've been playing songs written by our current artist in residence, Canadian music icon #BlairPackham for all the intros and outros to the show. Before our next episode of #PasstheJam where Blair will join me as a co-host to pass the jam to an exciting new artist, we're going to have a bit of a musical interlude where I get to be a DJ and play all of Blair's tracks in their entirety. I hope you enjoy this episode of the space in between. #ForWhatitsWorth.And if you like the show please share it out to your networks, and consider making a small donation to the cause by buying us a coffee, using the Support the Show linkThe Music for Today's Show, "Funny How” is written and performed by @BlairPackham. Check out Blair's Interview on our Pass the Jam seriesClick HERE to visit the Blog post for this episode Other Important Links:Show website - https://fwiw.buzzsprout.comShow Blog - https://forwhatitsworthpodcast.comLink to Show Trailer: https://fwiw.buzzsprout.com/1151660/4138862-for-what-it-s-worth-trailerLink to For What it's Worth Face Book group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/720335292207376Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forwhatitsworth.podcast/Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/forwhatitsworth)
Toronto musician Blair Packham checks in to talk about songwriting, teaching and The Beatles / The 45th anniversary of John Lennon's death / If Trump had died / Spezza's suspension / The Retirement Sherpa / Dan Duran the anchorman
In the final episode of the Teachers, Mentors and Friends series, we're excited to introduce Blair Packham, who will debut two new songs from his upcoming release with The Impossible Dream. A former cohost of a long running major market weekly new radio show about music in the studio on the Bell Media Talk Radio Network. And now, 16 years after his last release, Could have Been King, Blair Packham is recording a collection of clever, catchy and poignant songs, entitled Unpopular Pop.
Hosts Karim Kanji and Gregg Tilston recently sat down with former Triumph frontman, lead singer, guitarist and song writer, Rik Emmett. After five decades in the biz, Rik Emmett earned the adjectives ‘prolific' and ‘eclectic'. Following over a dozen platinum albums from his Triumph years, he's produced 20 more as a non-platinum indie, ranging from rock and blues to jazz, folk & classical. He's in three Canadian Halls of Fame and has a star on two Walks of Fame, including the Canadian Walk of Fame. He's also picked up a few ‘Best Guitarist' awards from different organizations, in various style categories, along the way. Rik was the author of a GUITAR PLAYER magazine column for over a dozen years, and was also a music educator for a few decades on the heavily-respected Humber College faculty, where he taught Songwriting, Music Business, Creative Development and Directed Studies, and shared in a college Innovation Award for curriculum committee work. He's also the Artistic Director Emeritus of the Songstudio Songwriting Workshop, which he launched with his pal Blair Packham 15 summers ago. His latest creative undertaking is as a poet. Reinvention: Poems was published by ECW Press in 2021.
Mike chats with Blair Packham about his years in The Jitters, his time on Q107, Last Of The Red Hot Fools, Closer Every Day, comparisons to Huey Lewis and Doug and the Slugs, writing for other people, his work on TV and films and more.
Well welcome to this week's episode of #ForWhatitsWorthwithBlakeMelnick, called #LivingtheImpossibleDream part 2, in our music series called #PasstheJam, with my guest Canadian music icon @Blair PackhamIn part 1, we discussed Blair's early career as a singer / songwriter, the founding of his band, #TheJitters. Those heady days in the late 1980s, where they opened for Heart, the Kinks, The Byrds, and played large venues, both here in Canada and abroad. We heard about his time in the studio and the various personalities he worked with over the years. Blair shared some great stories about his time as a radio show host with CFRB and Q107 and the guests he interviewed over those years. And in particular, his favourite interview, the soulful Solomon Burke. We concluded the episode with a discussion about Blair's passion for teaching songwriting.In this episode we pick up from where we left off, and then focus on Blair's songs and his soon to be released new record called #SongFood. We will be joined by current artist in residence, @OliverMcQuaid who will take a deep dive into the art of songwriting with Blair, and help me to #PasstheJam. I hope you enjoy this episode ...For What it's WorthAnd if you like the show please share it out to your networks, and consider making a small donation to the cause by buying us a coffee, using the Support the Show linkThe Music for Today's Show, "You, Ya You" and "The Land we Knew by Heart" is written and performed by Blair Packham along with his band, #ImpossibleDream Click HERE to visit the Blog post for this episode and learn more about Blair.Other Important Links:Show website - https://fwiw.buzzsprout.comShow Blog - https://forwhatitsworthpodcast.comLink to Show Trailer: https://fwiw.buzzsprout.com/1151660/4138862-for-what-it-s-worth-trailerLink to For What it's Worth Face Book group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/720335292207376Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forwhatitsworth.podcast/Knowledge Management Institute of Canada From those who know to those who need to knowBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/forwhatitsworth)
Welcome to this week's episode of #ForWhatit'sWorthwithBlakeMelnick, part of our #PasstheJam music series, called #LivingtheImpossibleDream part 1, with my guest @BlairPackham. My multi-talented guest has been fixture on the Canadian Music and Entertainment Scene for four decades - A prolific singer, songwriter, sound engineer, composer, producer, radio personality and teacher.In part one, Blair and I discuss the early days of his career with #TheJitters; Life on the road, and in the studio; his song writing influences; The amazing musicians he's worked with, and interviewed on his radio show ...and of course the great stories!Part 1 is a lead up to Part 2, where I will be joined by our current artist in residence, @OliverMcQuaid, who will engage with Blair in a" deep dive" into songwriting and help me #PasstheJam on to Blair ...We will of course be introducing you to tracks from Blair's brand new, soon to be released record, #SongFood with his band, #ImpossibleDream.I hope you enjoy, "Living the Impossible Dream" ...For What it's WorthAnd if you like the show please consider making a small donation to the cause by buying us a coffee, using the Support the Show link below.The Music for Today's Show, "Proof", and "You, Ya You" is written and performed by Blair Packham Click HERE to visit the Blog post for this episode and learn more about Blair.Other Important Links:Show website - https://fwiw.buzzsprout.comShow Blog - https://forwhatitsworthpodcast.comLink to Show Trailer: https://fwiw.buzzsprout.com/1151660/4138862-for-what-it-s-worth-trailerLink to For What it's Worth Face Book group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/720335292207376Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forwhatitsworth.podcast/Knowledge Management Institute of Canada From those who know to those who need to knowBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/forwhatitsworth)
This week on NSTS I welcome back one of the industry's 'good guys', Jitters frontman Blair Packham. Blair is a friend and it's always a pleasure to have him on the show. In addition to chatting about the new record he's currently working on and his skin-vibrating songs, we also discuss how his dad inadvertently named his last record, the interesting story behind how Blair became acquainted with Crowded House's Temple of Low Men record, what Malcolm Gladwell sees him as, and how he really feels about Elvis Costello's lyrical cleverness. Packham's playlist (available in Spotify): Ron Sexsmith - Speaking With The Angel Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding Tom Petty - Dreamville Crowded House - I Feel Possessed John Legend - Everybody Knows
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Singer-songwriter and Jitters frontman Blair Packham joined us for our latest annual Holiday Gift Guide. We talked about gift suggestions in every price range. Happy shopping for the musician in your life, for yourself, or for your favourite songwriting podcast host (hint: that’s Neel).…
RIK EMMETT THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURERound Hill Records reissued 11 solo Rik recordings in the digital format – Ten Invitations (1998), Swing Shift (1998), Raw Quartet (1999), Live at Berklee (2000), Handiwork (2003), Good Faith (2003), Strung-Out Troubadours (2006), Live at Hugh's Room (2007), Liberty Manifesto (2007), Push & Pull (2009), and Marco's Secret Songbook (2012).Rik's latest release is the singer-songwriter acoustic project, Folk Songs for the Farewell Bonfire. Retired from touring, he has just completed a manuscript of poetry – working title, Reinvention. He works away in his home studio The Rockit Lab, capturing new singer-songwriter-guitarist material. He also blogs regularly on his website's member forum, interacting with his fans and answering posts.HISTORY IN BRIEFAfter five decades in the biz, Rik Emmett has earned the adjectives ‘prolific' and ‘eclectic'. Following over a dozen platinum albums from his Triumph years, he's produced 20 more as a non-platinum indie, ranging from rock and blues to jazz, folk & classical. His last full-blown rock record RES 9 was released worldwide in 2016 on the MASCOT / PROVOGUE label. His latest, entitled "Folk Songs for the Farewell Bonfire", referred to as The Bonfire Sessions, includes 18 solo acoustic / vocal tracks, as well as 6 jazz guitar instrumentals, available exclusively as downloads off of www.rikemmett.com.International notoriety earned him entry into three Canadian Halls of Fame, and a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame. He's also picked up a few ‘Best Guitarist' awards from different organizations, in various style categories, along the way.Author of a GUITAR PLAYER magazine column for over a dozen years, Mr. E. was also a music educator for a few decades on the heavily-respected Humber College faculty, where he taught Songwriting, Music Business and Directed Studies. He's also theArtistic Director Emeritus of the Songstudio Songwriting Workshop, which he launched with his pal Blair Packham 15 summers ago.HISTORY IN A BIT MORE DEPTHRik Emmett gained international recognition as the lead singer/songwriter/guitarist with Triumph from 1975 to 1988. Five gold & platinum decades in the music biz provided entry into the Canadian Rock Hall of Fame, the Music Industry Hall of Fame, the Junos Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Walk of Fame. with a few ‘Best Guitarist' awards in various categories garnered along the way. Emmett morphed from Smooth Jazz awards in '05 and '07 to the worldwide release of a prog rock project called Airtime in ‘07, to a Latin / Mediterranean guitar trio project called ‘ Trifecta ‘ in 2009 (nominated for a Best Instrumental Juno). The full-blown rock band project, RES 9, by Rik Emmett & RESolution9, was released worldwide by the MASCOT / PROVOGUE label in 2016. His latest 2020 creative recording project is Folk Songs for the Farewell Bonfire, (The Bonfire Sessions) comprised of 18 solo acoustic / vocal tracks, as well as 6 jazz guitar instrumentals, available exclusively as downloads at www.rikemmett.com. Searching backwards chronologically, the 18th and 19th albums of his independent career (released through his website, www.rikemmett.com ) were “ Marco's Secret Songbook ”, [2012] a concept album with 15 music tracks, a spoken word narrative & symphonic underscore: and “ Then Again ”, [also 2012] an acoustic duo with Dave Dunlop, reworking the most popular Triumph repertoire with new arrangements. In 2011 “ reCOVERy Room 9 “ was released (also an acoustic duo with Dave Dunlop ), featuring nine cover songs from a wildly eclectic range of pop music. Rik was a popular columnist for Guitar Player magazine (his 13 years of Back to Basics resulting in his published educational series, For The Love of Guitar), and an innovative music educator of long standing with Humber College in Toronto, and is the Artistic Director Emeritus of the annual Songstudio Songwriting Workshop.A guitar magazine once wrote that Rik Emmett was “… his own worst enemy ... one of the only guitarists out there who may be too talented for his own damn good”. In a digital sound bite world, this offers insight on a music biz lifer, recognizing a unique artist, still going strong. For 48 years, as his own worst enemy, Rik has made choices as a loyal friend to his gifts - never a slave to fashion. Rik offers his best to every audience, of every stripe, in every piece of music that he performs, holding true to the magic power of the music.
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Song Talk Radio is happy to welcome our good friend Blair Packham to the studio. This episode, Blair is talking about his songwriting and the latest songs that he is working on. In fact, he will preview one of the songs he is considering for his new collection/album.…
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One of our favourite guests drops by to give practical advice on performing. Blair Packham – songwriter, teacher, performer and 80’s hitmaker – talks about the best practices to entertain and present your songs to an audience, live or on-line. Blair also shows off his dulcimer, which is very impressive.…
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For our first podcast while in self isolation, we talked about things we can do as songwriters while in isolation :). We talked about: Taking the Song Talk Meetup online – stay tuned for details on April’s meetup The We Should Write Sometime app Frank Horvat’s project: Music for Self-Isolation Neel’s working on productions for Melanie Peterson Phil and Neel working on re-mixes for Mike’s song from our Songwriting Challenge Resources for rhyming: B-Rhymes and Rhyme Zone – don’t forget about our episode on rhymes with Blair Packham!…
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Blair Packham joins us to talk about Songwriting Duos and other stuff. What we talked about: Phil’s FET-1 Pedal kit Build BuildYourOwnClone.com FET PreAmp Kit BlairPackham.com …
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This week SongTalk welcomed our old friend Blair Packham to our studio. The Toronto-based artist, first gained attention for his work with ’80’s power pop band The Jitters. He is now an acclaimed solo artist and musician. Blair released two strongly-reviewed solo albums before shifting his focus to composing music for TV and films, teaching songwriting at the post-secondary level and in numerous special event workshops, and co-hosting a long-running major market weekly radio show about music (“In the Studio” on the BellMedia talk radio network).…
This week on NSTS, the great Blair Packham returns to the show for his third time, and he brings his guitar with him. We have a lengthy chat about all sorts of things, including No Sleep 'til Sudbury's upcoming first-ever live audience recording at Hugh's Room in Toronto on Thursday, June 27 featuring Carole Pope and Rob Preuss (get yer tickets at hughsroomlive.com!) In addition to a great chat about The Boss, sticking it to The Man, how Tom Petty came up with "Swingin'" on the spot, heroin, and John Prine, he also performs a Springsteen classic, some of his own tunes, and a Dylan song to close out the show that chokes me up. Packham's playlist: Bruce Springsteen - The River Tom Petty - Swingin' The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power Public Enemy - Fight The Power John Hiatt - Learning How To Love You
Returning to the studio for NSTS episode #60 is former Jitters frontman Blair Packham, to cover off the songs we didn't get to during his first appearance in episode #58. Blair is a compelling guest for a lot of reasons, two of those being his great sense of humour and the visceral insight he provides while dissecting the songs that make his skin vibrate. During this week's chat Blair and I discuss the particulars of Squeeze's songwriting, the dark origins of MTV's Unplugged series, Blair's Jitters days playing alongside bands like Rheostatics and Blue Rodeo, and a reconsideration of Bob Marley. Packham's playlist: Squeeze - Is That Love? Jules Shear - This Primal Fire Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now Baby Blue Bob Marley - War The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
Canadian veteran singer songwriter and former lead singer of The Jitters Blair Packham joins me live in the studio this week to talk about the multitude of projects he has on the go these days, and he brings in some great songs and tremendously thoughtful lyrical insights to chat about. Blair really gets the show's gist, and his perspectives bolster some great discussion. Blair and I talk about our common fondness for sad songs, our love for John Prine and Elvis Costello, the absurdity of musical guilty pleasures, and whether or not people will be talking about latest musical trend reggaeton in twenty five years. Probably not. Packham's playlist: Steve Goodman - The Dutchman John Prine - Far From Me Elvis Costello - I Want You Jennifer Warnes - Song of Bernadette Ron Hynes - A Good Dog Is Lost
June 25, 2017 Full Show 0:01-3:00 - Show Intro 3:01-13:00 - Research shows #SealOil as nutritional therapy for type 1 #diabetes - Dr. Evan Lewis (www.nutarniq.com) explains 13:01-22:49 - Advice for financially planning your summer #vacation with Meridian Credit Union's Dilys D'Cruz 22:50-28:39 - Artists who hated their biggest hits with Musicologist Eric Alper 28:40-34:38 - How Jane Durst Pulkys (www.CreativeHealth.ca) is motivating people to take control of their health, transform their confidence & change lives 34:39-44:27 - What's in your drink? SoCIAL LITE Vodka's Neetu Godara on the lack of transparency for calories & #sugar in the #alcohol industry 44:28-50:37 - Blair Packham performs 'Baby, What'd You Come Here For' LIVE in our #StudioSessions SUBSCRIBE to What She Said and watch interviews & more: http://www.youtube.com/WhatSheSaidTalk Miss a show? Stream & download full shows for free on iTunes: http://www.apple.co/1U700c0 Follow us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @WhatSheSaidTalk Website: http://www.whatshesaidtalk.com What She Said! with Christine Bentley & Kate Wheeler airs Saturday and Sunday at 10-11PM ET on Jewel 88.5 Toronto. Listen LIVE on the APP: http://www.streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/v5/CKDX