Lisa Loeb, Fred Penner, Jay Semko and Don Schmid of The Northern Pikes

Lisa Loeb, 'Stay (I Missed You)', swings by with a great story of how a phone call from “an acquaintance” Ethan Hawke, landed her the gig of a lifetime. Fred Penner... What you may not know about Fred is, he’s an amazing guitar player along with being a naturally born storyteller. Fred explains ho…

Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Margo Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies, Mark Holmes of Platinum Blonde

Lou Gramm of Foreigner enlightens us with how a simple drum beat evolved into lyrics for one of their biggest hits, 'Juke Box Hero'. Margo Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies recalls some memorable experiences that came to be due to their song 'Sweet Jane'. Lead singer/bassist from Platinum Blonde, Mar…

Paul Young, Sam Reid and Alan Frew of Glass Tiger, Jean-Marc Pisapia of The Box

Paul Young sheds some light on his song 'Every time You Go Away' and how it was originally meant for a TV show. Sam Reid and Alan Frew of Glass Tiger. Here’s the guys on the song 'Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)', the writing process and having a few beers with Bryan Adams to pitch him on being pa…

Alex Lifeson of Rush, Gino Vannelli, Sandy Horne of Spoons

Alex Lifeson of Rush goes into detail about recording 'Tom Sawyer' in the winter. Gino Vannelli talks 'Black Cars' and how it’s not really about, black cars. Bassplayer/singer and founding member Sandy Horne from the Spoons on their song 'Romantic Traffic'.

Randy Bachman, Steven Page formerly of Barenaked Ladies, Michael Sadler of Saga

In this episode, Randy Bachman explains how one of his biggest songs, 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' , wasn’t really meant to be a song at all, but more of a sibling rivalry thing. 'Jane' from the Barenaked Ladies and former member, Steven Page giving his side of song’s story. Michael Sadler of Sag…

Fred Schneider of the B-52's, Ian Thomas, Freddy Curci and Steve DeMarchi of Sheriff

Fred Schneider of The B-52's joins us to give some background on their biggest hit, “Love Shack” and what exactly a love shack is. Ian Thomas talks about life on the road, strip joints and missing home with "Painted Ladies". Freddy Curci and Steve DeMarchi of Sheriff stopped by our studios to giv…

Dennis DeYoung (Styx), Gowan, Keith Hampshire

Keith Hampshire has an amazing story about how a song you could only buy at the ballpark got stuck in our heads forever. Gowan tells a good story about how a visit to a jail cell inspired a 7 minute song about the thought process of a criminal. What’s the deal with “Mr. Roboto”? What does it mean…

A Flock of Seagulls (Mike Score), Andy Kim, Triumph (Mike Levine)

We kick off episode 3 of Behind the Vinyl with the very charming, total gentleman and legend Andy Kim with his song “Baby, I Love You”. From the rockin’ Canadian trio Triumph, bass plater Mike Levine gives his take on “Magic Power”. And Mike Score from A Flock of Seagulls explains the inspiration…

Midge Ure, Lorraine Segato of the Parachute Club, Honeymoon Suite’s Derry Grehan and Johnnie Dee

In this episode of Behind The Vinyl: The Podcast, where we continue to feature artists playing their biggest hits on a turntable and giving us the back story... Lorraine Segato from The Parachute Club with a song that’s not a song. It’s a universal anthem of freedom and equality, "Rise Up". Niaga…

Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Tom Cochrane and David Wilcox

Welcome to another season of Behind The Vinyl, where artists stop by, drop the needle on their songs and roll out their take on how the song came to be. In this episode, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister sheds some light on “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and how the key line from the song, was years ahead of…