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What Canadian Superstar is really English? How a U-turn on Toronto's Church Street saved Loverboy's career? What incident sparked an on-going rift between Corey Hart and Bryan Adams? How Music Express escaped the grasp of the New York Mafia? Which Canadian musician/producer lost his band's record deal when he tried to pick up the label president's wife at a N
ew York bar? These questions and many more are answered in MUSIC EXPRESS - THE RISE AND FALL OF A CANADIAN MUSIC ICON due to be published later this year. Authored by former magazine publisher and former Calgary Herald sportswriter, Keith Sharp, this book follows the creation of MUSIC EXPRESS magazine from its concept at a one-off Alberta-based newspaper initiated as a protest to the lack of music coverage in his own Herald newspaper. As MUSIC EXPRESS grew in stature to eventually become the Toronto-based `Pulse Of Canadian Rock' it chronicled an amazing growth of popular music both domestically and internationally through the late 70's and 80's before its eventual demise in 1993. Viewed from the perspective of MUSIC EXPRESS, you will follow the development and exploits of the likes of Bryan Adams, Loverboy, Rush, Triumph and many other famous...and not so famous names. You will experience the excitement of touring Australia with David Bowie, Poland with Iron Maiden, East and West Berlin with Bryan Adams and Germany with Kiss and Helix. The book documents the phenomenal growth of MUSIC EXPRESS in the United States as the official in-store magazine of Minneapolis-based Musicland-Sam Goody, climaxed by our 1.3 million copy print run of our October 1977 issue (Michael Jackson on the cover) as well as the inevitable decline once the Musicland contract was lost in 1990. Filled with fascinating anecdotes from the artists and industry insiders who sparked this exciting musical movement, MUSIC EXPRESS - THE RISE AND FALL OF A CANADIAN MUSIC ICON is a must read for those who participated in those heady days as well as music fans both young and old who would like to re-experience the golden years of Canadian Music! PLEASE LET YOUR FRIENDS AND OTHER FANS KNOW ABOUT THIS PAGE AND CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES....
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