Musician & Author Paul Myers Visits Madame Perry's Salon

San Francisco-based indie rock songwriter, musician, journalist, author, and Canadian TV personality. Myers' first book was band biography Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts Private Stories in 2001, followed in 2007 by It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry And The Birth Of The British Blues. Vancouver filmaker Nick Orchard recruited Myers to to write the script and appear in his documentary Long John Baldry: In The Shadow Of The Blues. for which Myers was nominated for a Gemini Award (the Canadian Emmy) for Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series. His most recent book, A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio, is a detailed history of the record production career of Philadelphia-born guitarist and producer and featured interviews with Rundgren and many of his production clients, including Patti Smith, XTC, Meat Loaf, New York Dolls, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Grand Funk, and Hall & Oates. The book was critically acclaimed and received four star reviews from the British magazines MOJO and Record Collector.

Musician and political activist Ray Dafrico joins us.

Theme music for Madame Perry's Salon is composed and performed by Denton Perry.