A conversation with Tom Wilson not just about his music with Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and Junkhouse but his powerful personal story about family secrets ,addiction and rebirth. Tom discovered in his mid 50's that he was adopted and is of Mohawk heritage. An author and now the subject of a new documentary called Beautiful Scars he has used his own life experiences  in both his striking visual art and his music

Blackie and the Rodeo  Kings new album is called O Glory and drops July 8.

In this episode we also discover a Canadian "Hidden Gem" . As well we learn about an artist that has flown "Under The Radar" . Also the guys have different views in "The Best of..... " this week -Rock Guitarists. Who do you love?

And do you know that Canadian bands often can make a good living touring overseas long after they have faded in Canada? Find out who's still rocking the rest of the world.

Some Artists and Albums talked about:  Les Stroud, Rehostatics Whale Music,  Jeff Beck, Warren Haynes

In the Talk Music Podcast A Multi Platinum music producer/manager and a music super fan talk music. The focus is both Canadian and Global.

Over his 40 yr music career, Tom Treumuth worked as a talent scout for RCA (USA) including working closely with Gene Simmons. His Hypnotic label released over 100 albums via A&M/Universal. Tom also ran a recording studio, did artist management/bookings and he produced over 60 albums with 8 achieving Gold and Platinum awards ( Honeymoon Suite, Helix, Big Sugar). More recently Tom was Co Managing Director of indie label Frostbyte (Universal) . His career started as a musician in True Myth who recorded the world's 1st digital rock album.

Co -host Andrew Schalk a chef and a self professed music junkie.

The Producer of The Talk Music Podcast is Eric Morrison, a television producer , executive and journalist. He was President of The Canadian Press for 14 years. Before going to CP he was Vice-President of CTV News . He had extensive experience in national and international news, including overseas postings and a variety of management positions. They included Executive Producer of the CTV National News and Producer of Canada AM . He has won Michener, CJF and RTDNA awards for editorial excellence. He was Co founder of Latitude 44, a tech conference in Toronto . He was Executive Producer and Co founder of The Disruptors , a program about high tech startups that now runs as weekly segments on BNN.

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