GUEST: Bob Bryden

Welcome to Canada, eh! We’ve showcased albums from around the globe but this time out it’s an all Canadian affair as we discuss the incredible career of Bob Bryden. From his early teen days as the “accidental musician” to his time with Reign Ghost and the formation of Christmas, “I wanted to start my dream band”. We dig into each track of their fantastic 1970 album Heritage and discuss their follow up Lies to Live By and the ultimate dissolution of the band. Bob’s story doesn’t end there though as we then chat about his other bands and his solo career as well as his time producing one of Canada’s premier punk bands. He’s had a fascinating life in music with many great albums along the way.

I hope you dig Heritage as much as I do.

-FJ

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2) Check out Bob’s music at https://bobbryden.bandcamp.com

3) Check out Bob’s YouTube video for the song “Cowboys are Guys you can Trust”, dedicated to Cousin Bill here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfc3nqr7ZD8

4) Here's a Spotify link to all the songs used in this epysode:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SRrlKdAWtNEHT0ytQwn9J?si=54e2b2cacbed46fa

==SONGS==

Songs used for this Epysode (in order of appearance). A Spotify playlist for this show has been created - see link above.

(*denotes a song not available on Spotify)

BLONDE ON BLONDE “Heart Without a Home”

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE “Saturday Afternoon”

THE DOORS “The End”

BOB BRYDEN “Cowboys Are Guys you can Trust”

REIGN GHOST “Reaching”

REIGN GHOST “Southern Hemisphere Blues”

REIGN GHOST “Enola Gay”

REIGN GHOST “Long Day Journey”

REIGN GHOST “Solar Nice”

CHRISTMAS “Just Suppose”

CHRISTMAS “Jungle Fabulous”

CHRISTMAS “Don’t Give it Away”

CHRISTMAS “Zenith”

CHRISTMAS “Rise Up”

CHRISTMAS “Goin’ To Oklahoma”

CHRISTMAS “Something Borrowed”

CHRISTMAS “Point Blank”

CHRISTMAS “Zephyr Song”

CHRISTMAS “Bustin’ Out Tonight”

CHRISTMAS “Blues on an Iceberg”

CHRISTMAS “April Mountain”

CHRISTMAS “Heritage”

CHRISTMAS “I am a Song (Sing Me)”

CHRISTMAS “When Night Falls”

*PRESTON WYNN “Happy Man”

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS “Voice in the Wilderness”

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS “The Factory”

*BENZINE JAG “Heavy Water”

AGE OF MIRRORS “Talk to the Crowd”

BOB BRYDEN “Love in the Atomic Age”

THE FORGOTTEN REBELS “No Beatles Reunion”

??MYSTERY BAND?? tune in to the next Epysode to find out...

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “Yippie-i-o”