Jon Participating in Canadian Bruce Fairbairn Tribute
~ Wild Wonderful Mary Beth ~
Tribute to Fairbairn
By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun
Over his 20-year-plus career, Vancouver producer Bruce Fairbairn
worked with some of the biggest bands in rock -- Aerosmith, Bon Jovi,
AC/DC, INXS, KISS, Van Halen, The Cranberries and Yes, along with
Canadian acts Loverboy, Prism and Honeymoon Suite.
That musical legacy has led to Fairbairn's posthumous induction into
the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame during Sunday night's Juno Awards at
SkyDome (CBC-TV, 8 p.m.).
Fairbairn, who learned to play the trumpet at age five and began his
producing duties with '70s band Prism, died suddenly in his sleep last
May at the age of 49 while producing the latest Yes album, The Ladder.
"It's very unusual that we could rally round after that event and
say, 'Let's get this album finished and dedicate it to Bruce, because
he'd given us so much, you know?'" said Yes singer Jon Anderson in an
interview with The Sun in December.
"He was such a beautiful guy," continued Anderson, who actually
discovered Fairbairn's body at Fairbairn's Vancouver home. "It's hard
to explain how we felt about him. We had great respect for him."
The Hall of Fame award will actually be presented to Fairbairn's wife,
Julie Glover, and their three sons, Scott, 21, Kevin, 18, and Brent,
14, by the members of Loverboy about halfway through the two-hour Juno
broadcast.
<b>The presentation will be preceded by a three-minute taped tribute
to Fairbairn, which will include appearances by Aerosmith's Steven
Tyler and Jon Bon Jovi.</b>
Coincidentally, members of AC/DC -- lead and rhythm guitarists Angus
and Malcolm Young, along with drummer Phil Rudd -- arrive in Toronto
over the weekend to promote their latest album, Stiff Upper Lip . But
they are scheduled for an hour-long radio interview at Q-107 at 9 p.m.
on Sunday.
People don't know the names of producers, says Michelle Parise, the
associate producer of the Hall Of Fame tribute. "And Bruce Fairbairn's
responsible for (Bon Jovi's) Slippery When Wet, which sold 13 million
copies worldwide. It was the biggest selling album of 1986, so he had a
pretty big impact."
Fairbairn was also responsible for Aerosmith's comeback album, 1987's
Permanent Vacation, which produced their first hit in a decade, Angel.
Other notable albums were 1997's Elegantly Wasted, the last album by
INXS before singer Michael Hutchence committed suicide, and 1998's
Psycho Circus, the first KISS studio album in nearly 20 years.
"He used to come and see Yes play because he did like the band, which
helps a heck of a lot," said Anderson. "The guy who's going to produce
you, understands who you are and what you're trying to achieve
musically."
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Mary Beth :-)
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