![]() Anyways Brian Howe from Bad Company came into the picture here as to the buzz Chris was creating for us as a rock band, he mentioned that Jason Bonham, Ian Hatton and John Smithson were in a studio in California working on a release. Catherines, Q107 Toronto, stations like that. That’s alright though because I was born in York, Toronto, a city who has always played the music, whether it be Scorcher or Bonham tunes, and 97.7 out of St. and good friend, of local station rock 95 in Barrie Ontario, (back when they used to play our music), had to put that in cause they won’t give me the time of day now, even as a Canadian artist. Hardrock Haven: How did you meet Jason Bonham?ĭaniel: “At the time Chris Michaels, a D.J. How did your involvement with the band come about?ĭaniel: “I had started out taking guitar lessons from Terry Baker, the band guitarist, then eventually I began singing for the band, we all had a good chemistry, oh and we showed up for rehearsals.” I figured at the time, as well as James Brown, mother said this could not be as I was not black, my dad tells me of times when at five I would be jumping up and down in the backseat of the family wagon, shouting out “hey dad play black dog again”, “play black dog again”, as he was fond of Led Zeppelin, among others whom influenced me, he was as well fond of Marty Robbins, Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Rod Stewart, so as to defining moments john you might find these amusing.” Hardrock Haven: Is there a defining moment that set you on your path to become a singer?ĭaniel: “My mother reminds me of singing into the vacuum cleaner, between the ages of 3 to 5 as I was going to be one of the Jackson Five. Hardrock Haven: What bands were you into growing up?ĭaniel: “AC/DC, Ozzy Ozbourne, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Doors, The Who, again some here are solo artists, but you get the idea again, too many to mention.” I also had a few uncles who played guitar and sang, one uncle in the family used to play the Horse Shoe Tavern in downtown Toronto for a span of thirty years, my dad knows the details on that more than I.” Hardrock Haven: Were you raised within a musical family?ĭaniel: “Apart from what I listened to as to what my parents, John Stewart MacMaster, Lorraine Carol MacMaster were playing as I grew. Hardrock Haven: Who inspired you to become a musician?ĭaniel: “Jackson Five, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvyn Gaye, Billie Holiday, Rod Stewart, Terrence Trent ‘Darby, Freddie Mercury, Seal, Robert Johnson, Sun House, Mississippi Fred McDowle, …there are so many artists, I have only named but a few here.”
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