Guest Glimpses with Sylvia Tyson, Errol Starr Francis, Liona Boyd, Eddie Schwartz

Liner Notes: Revealing Chats With Canada's Retro Music Makers

This is the 29 th 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:

SYLVIA TYSON, singer, songwriter, Order of Canada recipient, Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee and seven time Juno nominee and legend in the Canadian music scene. In this clip Sylvia talks about: the huge success of her first song ‘You Were On My Mind’; her personal and professional relationship with Ian, and much more.

ERROL STARR FRANCIS, Juno award-winning singer/songwriter, sound engineer, producer, SOCAN songwriter of the year recipient, multi award-winner for TV and radio production and best know for his 1989 hit song ‘Angel’. In this clip Errol shares: why he dropped the second “l” in Errol; what seeing KISS live brought to his performance and why that disqualified his band from a Battle of the Bands competition, and more.

LIONA BOYD, “The First Lady of The Guitar”, five time Juno Award winner, recipient of several Lifetime Achievement awards and an Officer of the Order of Canada. She has recorded 29 albums, many of which are Gold and Platinum. In this clip from a fascinating and jam-packed interview Liona reveals: how music has taken her around the world multiple times; the member of the Royal Family who was her pen pal; why dating Pierre Trudeau opened the door for her to meet world leaders; her friendship with Olivia Newton John and much more:

EDDIE SCHWARTZ, iconic songwriter, multi award-winner, and Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee who, in addition to his own career, has had his songs recorded by Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Paul Carrack (‘Don’t Shed A Tear’) and Pat Benatar (‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’). In this clip from a whirlwind interview Eddie reveals: the scenes in NY and Toronto that inspired him and his songwriting; how songwriting helps him deal with depression; why writing ‘Hit Me Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ at a low point turned everything around, and more.

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