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Robin Trower, February 26, 1990 | Ear of Newt

November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

10 minutes on the phone with Robin Trower 35 years ago

@fenderguitarsamps.bsky.social @jbonamassa.bsky.social @guitarworld.com.web.brid.gy @classicrockmag.bsky.social @ultclassicrock.bsky.social #RobinTrower

Craig Northey, February 25, 2003 | Ear of Newt

November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

anybody else tiring of podcasts that only run 90 minutes or more? Here's a nice compact interview I did with #CraigNorthey back in 2003 when he was plugging his one-and-only solo album

Don't worry, he'd get back with #Odds soon enough

www.patreon.com/posts/craig-...

Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser of Blue Öyster Cult, January 11, 1997 | Ear of Newt

November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM

Reposted by Steve Newton

David Gogo

@davidgogoblues.bsky.social

Another “Booker T. Birthday! Besides Booker T. And The MGs, this man was an huge part of Stax Records and, amongst many other achievements, produced the Willie Nelson album “Stardust”. I’ve never met him, but I got to communicate through my journalist friend @earofnewt.bsky.social Booker T. Jones!

November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

happy 78th birthday to Blue Öyster Cult guitarist-vocalist Buck Dharma, who I've interviewed three times, this being the first:

@thisdayinmetal.bsky.social @blueoystercultist.bsky.social @buckdharma.bsky.social @riffology.co @bravewordscom.bsky.social

Tom Wilson of Junkhouse, November 8, 1997 | Ear of Newt

November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

the World War I Canadian Army belt of my maternal grandfather, Daniel Q. Calvert. I also had two uncles--Cyril (pictured) and Baz, the Newton boys from Belfast--who flew RAF bombing runs into Germany during World War II. One of the Newton boys, Lyle, died during training exercises

Lest we forget

November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

happy 72nd birthday to #MarshallCrenshaw, one of the most underappreciated pop-rock singer-songwriters ever

It was an honour to interview him back in 2013

earofnewt.com/2013/08/11/m...

November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

just posted the full audio of my 1997 interview with #TomWilson of #Junkhouse

They were one of my fave Canuck-rock bands of the '90s

@tomwilson.bsky.social

Robben Ford, November 4, 1997 | Ear of Newt

November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

lookee what my wife made at work!

Who says I’m the only talented one in the family?

November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

remembering Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Greg Lake, born on this day in 1947 in Poole, England. Back in 1992 I got flown out from Vancouver to Montreal to interview him, so that was cool

earofnewt.com/2016/12/08/t...

November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

just posted the full audio of my 1997 interview with American picker #RobbenFord, for all you #guitar freaks out there

@guitarworld.com.web.brid.gy @guitarplayer.com.web.brid.gy

Country Dick Montana of the Beat Farmers, November 7, 1990 | Ear of Newt

November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

35 years ago today #CountryDickMontana called me up from his home in San Diego and we talked about Joey Harris's wedding and stuff

Tomorrow will be the 30th anniversary of his passing

www.patreon.com/posts/countr...

David Wilcox, November 7, 1985 | Ear of Newt

November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

40 years ago today I did my first interview with Canadian blues-rocker David Wilcox, who was fun to chat with:

“Basically I feel like a plumber."

patreon.com/posts/david-...

It's '70s-rock heaven as Blue Öyster Cult, Wishbone Ash, Uriah Heep, and Nazareth play Vancouver

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November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

on this night in 1993 I saw four of my fave bands from the '70s

#Nazareth #BlueOysterCult #UriahHeep #WIshboneAsh

On November 6, 1993, I saw the Total Recall tour at the Commodore Ballroom. No less than four of my fave bands from the '70s were on the bill.

Bill Henderson of Chilliwack, December 13, 1999 | Ear of Newt

November 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

happy 81st birthday to Bill Henderson of Chilliwack

I did my last interview of the 20th century with the guy who sang and played that wild guitar on "Fly at Night"

Jeff Waters of Annihilator, November 6, 1990 | Ear of Newt

November 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

just realized that on this day in 1998 I interviewed Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule, Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet, and Rob Zombie. Not bad work, if I do say so myself. (You can hear all three interviews--and over 600 more--on my Patreon page.)

www.patreon.com/c/earofnewt

November 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

35 years ago today Jeff Waters of Canadian thrash-metal band Annihilator called me up from a tour stop in New Orleans, so I kept the tape

@thisdayinmetal.bsky.social @blabbermouthnet.bsky.social @bravewordscom.bsky.social @thrashmetaldad.bsky.social #Annihilator #JeffWaters

That time 25-year-old Paul Gilbert told me how he wangled a ride from a Mr. Big fan to see Pat Travers near Vancouver

November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

happy 59th birthday to guitar great Paul Gilbert, who I interviewed when he was 25

@mrbigband.bsky.social @classicrockmag.bsky.social @ultclassicrock.bsky.social @guitarworld.com.web.brid.gy

I interviewed Mr. Big guitarist Paul Gilbert back in March of 1992, when the band was touring behind its second album, Lean Into It.

Newt's top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, November 7 to 9

November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

my list of cool stuff to do in #Vancouver this weekend

@rickshawtheatre.bsky.social @ronsexsmith.bsky.social @hollywoodtheatre.org @cityofvancouver.bsky.social @waldorf.bsky.social @avalanche.bsky.social

Tribute band Maiden Vancouver plays a set of Iron Maiden classics and a full setlist from 1985 at the Tsawwassen Legion on Saturday.

Maria Bamford is Stephen Colbert's favourite comedian on planet earth

November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

American (don't hold it against her) comedian @mariabamford.bsky.social performs two SOLD OUT shows at the Rio tonight. I interviewed her in 2022:

"...if people laugh that means they know what I’m talking about. If they don’t, well, then we’re all in a pickle.”

earofnewt.com/2024/01/12/m...

Maria Bamford's first memories of comedy came from listening to her dad's Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy records.

Vancouver's Coast to Coast tribute band performs UFO's 1978 riff-rock classic, "Only You Can Rock Me"

November 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

hugely entertaining tribute band Coast to Coast does it again with another classic UFO cover

UFO released its seventh studio album, Obsession, in the summer of 1978, and you bet your ass I ran out and bought a copy ASAP.

Squeeze carries on undeterred after Jools Holland opts for his "Mr. Showbiz caper"

November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

happy 71st b-day to #ChrisDifford, who I interviewed 35 years ago when Squeeze was opening for Fleetwood Mac:

"I am quite excited about touring with Fleetwood Mac--I used to enjoy them when I was at school, the early albums with Peter Green."

@squeezeofficial.com @chrisdiffordlyrics.bsky.social

Eventually we had to say, 'It's either us or your Mr. Showbiz caper.' And, quite rightly, he followed his instinct and chose television."

Vancouver rockers, radio hosts, and record-store owners reflect on the power of Black Sabbath

November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM

Steve Newton

@earofnewt.bsky.social

the day before Sabbath played Vancouver for Ozzfest 1999 I asked local rock personalities like Bif Naked, Joe Keithley, Brian Gillstrom, J.J. Caithcart, John Armstrong, Lyle Chausse, and the guys from CiTR's Power Chord radio show about their recollections of the band

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JULY 15, 1999 By Steve Newton Because of its brutal sound and satanic overtones, Black Sabbath was never as widely accepted as the Beatles or the Stones, but its influence amon...