Christopher Ward, MuchMusic/Black Velvet

Original MuchMusic VJ Christopher Ward checks in from ‘temperate’ Santa Monica to talk about being chosen AHEAD of Mike Myers for the Second City touring company, Mike’s iconic Wayne Campbell character making his TV debut on City Limits, kicking off the inaugural broadcast of The Nations’s Music Station at 6pm on Aug 31 1984 with current Fox News anchor John ‘JD’ Roberts, an inspirational Greyhound bus ride to Memphis with 40 Elvis impersonators, writing Black Velvet [and winning a Juno] for Alannah Myles, bonding with Bon Jovi/George Harrison/Peter Gabriel/Bob Geldof/LaToya Jackson, his amazing experiences at ‘the global jukebox’ of 1985’s Live Aid at London's Wembley Stadium, the streaming release of his re-mastered 1978 debut album ‘Spark of Desire,’ harvesting the rich music interview archives with Tom Jokic for their ‘Famous Lost Words’ podcast, and BREAKING NEWS about new life for his 2016 book ‘Is This Live? Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic!’

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