Mike Quigley
Mike Quigley contributed regular articles to Vancouver's notorious underground newspaper THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT and its successor THE GRAPE from December 1970 to August 1972. He also wrote numerous freelance articles and reviews of classical and pop music, theatre and films for THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE, one of the city's two daily newspapers from 1969 to 1976.
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Beach Boys, The: The Beach Boys: Vancouver 1969
Interview by Mike Quigley, Georgia Straight, The, July 1971
This interview with Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Mike Love and Bruce Johnson was recorded in January 1969. ...
Chicago: Another interview with Jimmy Pankow
Interview by Mike Quigley, Rick McGrath, Georgia Straight, The, April 1970
After Chicago played their first set at the Gardens a couple of Thursdays ago, we wandered backstage to try and line up an interview with ...
Chicago: Interview with Jimmy Pankow
Interview by Mike Quigley, Poppin, Summer 1969
This interview took place during the Vancouver Pop Festival in 1969, a horribly-organized mess which actually took place near Squamish, about an hour north of ...
Interview by Mike Quigley, Poppin, September 1969
MIKE QUIGLEY: What's the reaction been like wherever you've played? ...
Elton John: This Is Your Song: The Elton John Interview
Interview by Mike Quigley, Rick McGrath, Georgia Straight, The, April 1971
WE ENTER THE Holiday Inn on Howe Street through its Southern-fried colonnade and up its Harlequin Romance staircase into the Columbia Room with its Christmas ...
Gordon Lightfoot: Scotch & Pretzels: The Gordon Lightfoot Interview
Interview by Rick McGrath, Mike Quigley, Georgia Straight, The, October 1970
ANOTHER TWO-TIMER with Mike and I. We really did this one as a favour for the record company exec, who used to give us lots ...
Pink Floyd: An Interview With Pink Floyd
Interview by Mike Quigley, Georgia Straight, The, October 1970
This interview was conducted before Pink Floyd's first Vancouver concert in October of 1970. Despite a whopping hangover, I managed to struggle out to the ...
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