Dan Burke is a legendary Toronto-based concert promoter who booked shows over the last 25 years for artists such as Orville Peck, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The White Stripes. Dan sat down with us to discuss being a big fish in a small aquarium, his 'Class Of' concert series, viewing new bands as draft picks, growing up in Montreal, working as a busboy, The Montreal Gazette, his early days as a journalist, working as a producer at The 5th Estate, Irish Canadian organized crime group 'The West End Gang', The Hells Angeles, Saturday Night Magazine, uncovering corruption within the RCMP in the 90s, Montreal weekly crime tabloids, The Main Deli, meeting Leonard Cohen, smuggling smoked brisket into prison, addiction, sobriety, becoming a club promoter, Club Shanghai, the Detroit garage rock scene, The Deadly Snakes, the El Mocambo, lower east side glam bands, The Silver Dollar, Now Magazine and more!

Dan Burke

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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