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56 North with Allan Hawco
It isn’t very often that a Canadian Television program can captivate an audience from coast to coast, let alone a worldwide audience in 999 countries. Thankfully, we live in times that allow us to watch a show that does just that. Republic of Doyle (Sundays at 7:00 p.m. on CBC) is the show I am alluding to. Allan Hawco is the writer, producer, star, chief cook, and bottle washer. I got a chance to speak with Hawco while he was in Newfoundland, editing the current episodes of the show. We had a chance to speak about a variety of topics including how Republic of Doyle has spread its nets across Canada and the world; Hawco’s roots in many places across the province; his favorite spots to eat in St. John’s; and much more.
56 North is a specialty program hosted by Rosco. It’s an opportunity to hear from not only rock’n’rollers, but generally interesting people from coast to coast and beyond. All the past shows, and dates for future shows are found online at www.krock.fm
Rock Facts
The artist formerly known as, now once again known as, Prince is a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix.
The song Purple Rain is an allegory to Purple Haze.
Speaking of Hendrix, piano and soul legend Little Richard kicked Jimi out of his band for stealing the attention of the audience. The story goes that Jimi wouldn’t wear the uniform Richard had imposed (since he wanted all the attention) and the audiences were drawn to Jimi firstly for his clothes, not his music.
Punk rock legends The Sex Pistols in their prime were banned in almost every part of the UK, so they started touring under the name SPOT (Sex Pistols On Tour).
This story should ring true to our morning man, McCully: In Freddie Mercury’s video The Great Pretender, one of the women that sings with him is actually the band’s drummer Roger Taylor disguised as one.
Ever have a teacher that impacted your life? Lynyrd Skynyrd took their name from a high school teacher named Leonard Skinner who had suspended several students for having long hair.
Ever preach one thing, and do anther? Unlike pretty much every rocker, Frank Zappa didn’t like beer. He used to say his body “gets along better with pepper, tobacco, and coffee”. The problem with that statement is Zappa also said “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” I’ll pick beer.
ROCK BIRTHDAYS
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February 1, 1937 | Ray “Dr. Hook” Sawyer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) |
February 2, 1966 | Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) |
February 4, 1948 | Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier) |
February 6, 1945 | Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley) |
February 6, 1962 | Axl Rose (William Bailey) (Guns n’Roses) |
February 6, 1966 | Rick Astley |
February 8, 1961 | Vince Neil (Motley Crue) |
February 11, 1962 | Sheryl Crow |
February 13, 1950 | Peter Gabriel |
February 16, 1935 | Sonny Bono (Salvatore Phillip Bono) |
February 16, 1961 | Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) |
February 17, 1972 | Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) |
February 18, 1933 | Yoko Ono (Lennon) |
February 19, 1960 | William “Holly” Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) |
February 20, 1946 | Jerome Geils (J.Geils Band) |
February 20, 1950 | Walter Becker (Steely Dan) |
February 20, 1967 | Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) |
February 26, 1932 | Johnny Cash |
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March 1, 1944 | Roger Daltrey |
March 2, 1962 | Jon Bon Jovi |
March 4, 1948 | Chris Squire (Yes) |
March 4, 1950 | Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) |
March 5, 1958 | Andy Gibb |
March 12, 1941 | Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) |
March 17, 1951 | Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) |
March 17, 1967 | Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) |
March 18, 1938 | Charlie Pride |
March 18, 1941 | Wilson Pickett |
March 18, 1947 | Robert Harrison (Procol Harum) |
March 20, 1947 | Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) |
March 21, 1949 | Eddie Money |
March 26, 1948 | Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) |
March 29, 1967 | John Popper (Blues Traveler) |
March 30, 1933 | Willie Nelson |
March 30, 1942 | Graeme Edge (Moody Blues) |
March 30, 1945 | Eric Clapton |
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April 1, 1945 | John Barbata (Jefferson Starship) |
April 1, 1948 | Ronnie Lane (Faces) |
April 1, 1948 | Jimmy Cliff (James Chambers) |
April 2, 1952 | Leon Wilkerson (Lynryd Skynyrd) |
April 2, 1961 | Keren Woodward (Bananarama) |
April 3, 1928 | Don Gibson |
April 3, 1939 | Jeff Barry (songwriter) |
April 3, 1941 | Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) |
April 3, 1942 | Billy Joe Royal |
April 3, 1943 | Richard Manuel (The Band) |
April 4, 1952 | Gary Moore (Skid Row/Thin Lizzy) |
April 5, 1965 | Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) |
April 6, 1945 | Bob Marley |
April 7, 1949 | John Oates |
April 12, 1944 | John Kay (Steppenwolf) |
April 20, 1948 | Craig Frost (Grand Funk Railroad) |
April 21, 1947 | Iggy Pop |
April 22, 1950 | Peter Frampton |
April 23, 1936 | Roy Orbison |
April 27, 1950 | Paul “Ace” Frehley (Kiss) |
April 28, 1945 | John Wolters (Dr. Hook) |
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