About Me

Strange as it may seem, over the years I've been asked some rather unusual questions. Naturally I won't respond to any of them here, but for the rest of you here are some obvious answers to some obvious questions infrequently posed to me over the years.

"What's your day job? We know you can't make a living writing."
I actually work in radio broadcast sales. I started on air in radio while still in high school in 1970 and have worked in virtually every aspect of the broadcasting business including station management, on air and programming.

"Where do you live? On an island or something?"
I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and as a matter of fact it is on an island. It's called Vancouver Island located near Vancouver BC and Seattle WA.

"Why did you write a book about Progressive Rock?"
The idea for the book came about in 1982 when I was hosting and producing a progressive rock radio show called Exposure. Each week I would feature old and new progressive stuff wherever I could find it. I was always having trouble finding background material on the artists and I suggested to some friends that somebody should write a book about prog. They said, "Why don't you do it." So I did.

"Have you written anything else?"
As a matter of fact Yes. I've also written about the fifty most influential prog artists in a book called 20th Century of Rock and Roll: Progressive Rock as well as a book about psychedelic rock, appropriately entitled The Psychedelic Rock FIles.

"Where can I purchase these books?"

These books can be ordered through all good stores or purchased on line from amazon.com or chapters.ca, or directly from the publisher at cgpublishing.com.