S2 E17 – With The Beatles, Side One – Barry Keane of The Gordon Lightfoot Band - The Walrus Was Paul

Episode 17

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19th Feb 2022

S2 E17 – With The Beatles, Side One – Barry Keane of The Gordon Lightfoot Band

Veteran session drummer and the man on the drum kit for over 40 years with The Gordon Lightfoot Band - Barry Keane - talks to Paul Romanuk about The Beatles second album, With The Beatles.

Like millions of others, those early Beatles albums turned something on in Barry's mind and made him want to become a musician. Barry has played on hundreds of albums but is best known for his great work with Gordon Lightfoot (Listen to those brilliantly understated tom fills on The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald and you'll know, immediately, how Barry likes to approach a track). Lots of talk in this episode, not surprisingly, about Ringo's drumming. Barry also shares some great stories from his early days in the Canadian recording business as an A&R guy (there's a good one about Rick James jumping up and down on his desk, declaring "I'm gonna be a star!") before he decided that his place was behind a drum kit and not a desk.

Here's Barry's profile on discogs.com



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Winner, "Outstanding Music Series", 2022 Canadian Podcast Awards. In this passion project of a podcast, longtime Hockey Night In Canada and TSN broadcaster (and Beatles expert!) Paul Romanuk chats with great Canadian music people about the greatest band in the history of pop music - The Beatles. Each episode will feature a different guest, who will dive into their favourite Beatles or Beatles solo album, track by track. Some of the biggest names in Canadian music tell their stories about discovering the Beatles and their music. Join us, as we stroll along the Cast Iron Shore and peel back the layers of the Glass Onion. A splendid time is guaranteed for all......
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