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Performers and Band Members

Ray Davies (The Kinks)
Tommy James
Gordon Lightfoot
Slash
Al Kooper (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Bob Dylan, Blues Project)
Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, Queen)
Marc Cohn ("Walking In Memphis")
Alice Cooper
Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
Meat Loaf
Andy Summers (The Police)
Ray Manzarek (The Doors)
Burton Cummings & Randy Bachman
Ron Sexsmith
Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Rik Emmett (Triumph)
Steve Lukather (Toto)
Micky Dolenz (The Monkees)
Eric Burdon (The Animals)
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
Pete Best (original Beatles drummer)
Lawrence Gowan (Gowan, Styx)
Murray McLauchlan
Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies, Thin Buckle)
Stephen Fearing
Gregg Lawless
Harrison Kennedy
Gordie Johnson (Grady)
Holly Woods (ex Toronto vocalist)
Dweezil Zappa (Zappa Plays Zappa)
Joe Sumner (Fiction Plane)
Terry Moshenberg (League Of Rock)
Craig Northey - The Odds
Donnie Walsh (Downchild)
Blair Packham
Allister Bradley
The Stupids
Uncle Herb Dale
Chris Hillman (The Byrds)
Gino Monopoli (Champion Elvis Tribute Artist)
Jeff Jones (Red Ryder, Bachman-Cummings)
Tom Wilson and Sonny Milne (Little Caesar and the Consuls)
George Simkew (Ritchie Knight and The Mid-Knights)
Mark Hudson (Hudson Brothers)
Suzie McNeil (We Will Rock You)
Bill Henderson (Chilliwack)
Gil Moore (Triumph)
Donnie Walsh (Downchild Blues Band)
Serena Ryder
Carole Pope and Kevan Staples (Rough Trade)
Lighthouse: Paul Hoffert, Ralph Cole, Dan Clancy, Skip Prokop
Matt Minglewood
Sylvia Tyson
Emm Gryner
Eddie Schwartz ("Hit Me With Your Best Shot")
David Clayton-Thomas
Rain - The Beatles Experience
Dr. John Bjarnason (Whiskey Howl)
Danny Marks
Jack De Keyzer
Roag Best
Jeff Healey
Rik Emmett & Dave Dunlop (The Strung-Out Troubadors)
Daylight For Deadeyes
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings
Chris Koster
Frank Soda
Lawrence Gowan (Styx)
Edwin
Arthur Brown
Trailer Park Boys
Carol Kaye (Legendary Session Bassist)
Sass Jordan
Denny Doherty ( Mama's and Papa's)
Peter Miniaci & David Goyette (Toronto Beatles Celebration)
Lenny Soloman (Spamalot Orchestra)
The Sally Zito Project
The Ride Theory
Pat Smear (FOO FIGHTERS)
The Toronto Shadows club
Greg Wyard
Sebastian Agnello
George Thorogood
Brian Vollmer (Helix)
Andy Curran (Coney Hatch - SRO Anthem)
Jim McCarty - The Yardbirds
Kelly Jay (Crowbar)
Mike Reno (Loverboy)
George Olliver (The Mandala)
Grant Smith (Grant Smith And The Power)
Paul Dean (Loverboy)
John Gibb (The Wives)
Paul Myers (solo, The Gravelberries)
Cleave Anderson (The Wives, Blue Rodeo)
Dave Love (Bachman-Cummings Group)
Stewart Copeland (The Police)
Dee Long (Klaatu)
Luke Mulholland
Ed and Steve Pilling (Fludd)
Roy Young (Tony Sheridan and Hamburg-era Beatles pianist)
Ra MaGuire (Trooper)
Ronnie Hawkins
The Partland Brothers
Dave Bingham (The Ugly Ducklings)
Anberlin (EMI Recording Artists)
High Voltage
Dala
Murray McLauchlan
Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel's long-time drummer)
Alannah Myles
David Wilcox
Ken Whiteley
Suzie McNeil
The Guys
Drew Winters
Glenn Reid
Seb Agnello
Kim Doolittle
David Henman (founding member of April Wine)
Julian Taylor
Kirsten Jones
Danny Taylor & Hughie Legatt (Lords of London, Nucleus, A Foot In Cold Water)
Andy Stochansky
Derek Downham & Tom Barlow from The Beautiful Unknown
Revival Dear

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Authors and Writers

Janie Hendrix (Author: "Jimi Hendrix: The Illustrated Experience")
Pattie Boyd (Author: "Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me")
Crystal Zevon (Author: "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life & Times of Warren Zevon")
Mick Wall (Author: WAR - The Unauthorized Biography of W. Axl Rose)
Bob Mersereau (Editor: "The Top 100 Canadian Albums")
Mark Bego (Author: "Billy Joel - The Biography," "Joni Mitchell")
Carlton Smith (Author: "Reckless - Phil Spector")
Sean Manning (Author: "The Show I'll Never Forget")
Larry LeBlanc (Billboard Magazine)
Richie Unterberger (Author: "Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film")
Mike Tanner (Author: "Flat-Out Rock")
Will Romano (Author: "Big Boss Man - The Life And Music Of Bluesman Jimmy Reed")
John Einarson (Author: "Mr. Tambourine Man - The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark)
Bob Spitz (author of "The Beatles")
Ben Fong Torres (Long-time Rolling Stone writer, Author: "The Doors By The Doors")
Randy Poe (Author: "Skydog: The Duanne Allman Story")
Beatles Engineer Geoff Emerick ( Author: "Here There and Everywhere: My Life Recording The Music Of The Beatles")
Paul Saltzman (Author:/Photographer "The Beatles In Rishikesh")
Michael Walker ("Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock And Roll's Legendary Neighbourhood")
Sam Dunn (writer/director "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey")
Robert Greenfield (Author: "Exile on Main Street")
Jerry Naylor (Author "Rockabilly Legends ")
Peter Ames Carlin (Author: "Catch a Wave - Brian Wilson")
Paul Myers (Author: "It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry & The Birth of British Blues")

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Managers, Labels, Institutions

Bob Ezrin (Producer - Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS)
Jack Richardson (Producer - Guess Who, Bob Seger, Peter Gabriel)
Jac Holzman (Elektra Records Founder)
Geoff Kulawick (Linus Entertainment)
Vicki Bonomo (Promotions-EMI Canada)
Howard Kramer (Director of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)
Pete Bennett ("World's Number 1 Promo Man")
Jaimie Vernon (President of Bullseye Records of Canada)
Don Bernstine (Hard Rock Cafe Acquisitions Mgr. )
Allan Williams (Beatles' first manager)
Marc Zakarin (It's Only Rock & Roll Auctions)

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Friends, Family and Co-workers

Janie Hendrix - Jimi's step-sister
May Pang - John Lennon's girlfriend
Crystal Zevon - Warren's ex-wife, author of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life & Times of Warren Zevon"
Howard Ungerleider - RUSH's lighting director
Rick Fox (Musical Director We Will Rock You)
Andrew Pole (Associate Director We Will Rock You)
Louise Harrison (George Harrison's sister)
John Rowlands (Beatles Photographer 1964-65 Press Conference)
Suzanna Leigh (Elvis Co-star: Paradise, Hawaiian Style)

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Fans

Shawn Weiss (attended Beatles Ed Sullivan Show, Shea Stadium, Apple rooftop concert)
Jeff Augsburger (Beatles memorabilia expert)
Jim Cushman(Beatles memorabilia expert)
Scott Williams and Carol Butler (Elvis Presley Enterprises)
Peter Miniaci (Beatlemania Shoppe)
Jerry Stone (Rolling Stones friend and collector)

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