He is the author of “Shutting Down the National Dream: A.V. Roe and The Tragedy of the Avro Arrow” that was the sourcebook for the CBC docudrama “The Arrow” starring Dan Aykroyd and “Arrow Through the Heart – The Life and Times of Crawford Gordon”,  national business book award-winner, Greig Stewart has just released his third book titled: “Hawkins Hound Dog, Elvis and Red: How Rock and Roll Invaded Canada”.Greig has done extensive research in writing this book having delivered more than one hundred interviews with vintage bands from 1951 to 1963.Get ready to travel back to an era of Cadillac tail fins, T-Bird opera windows, jukeboxes, drive-ins and cottage country dance pavilions.  The inside story of how 1950s rock and roll invaded Canada and set the stage for the British invasion of the 1960s.Joining Dianna via phone is award-winning author, Greig Stewart who will share some of the first bands that performed in Simcoe County including Wasaga Beach along with local former rock and roll stars that reside in our region and his special relationship with Ronnie Hawkins.To reserve a copy, go to quickredfoxpress.com or call Quick Red Fox Press Customer Care at 647-381-3838.Special thanks to Joe Bickerstaff for making this interview possible.

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