Paul Dean

The band paid tribute to their late lead singer Gord Downie, who died in 2017 from brain cancer.

The Hip was among four musical acts to receive the honour, alongside Feist, Loverboys Mike Reno and Paul Dean, and French-Canadian artist Roch Voisin.

In Alberta, the Calgary International Film Festival is showcasing some of the country's top talent.

And it's also revealing the very busy double life of one of the stars on screen.

Lead guitarist

Paul Dean accepted the award on behalf of himself and Mike Reno and shared some words of wisdom for the next generation of songwriters.

Put the time into writing songs.

That's what I always tell people.

Without mentioning, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony took place on Saturday at Massey Hall.

And they were honoring Leslie Feist, Loverboy members Mike Reno and Paul Dean, Quebec pop singer-songwriter Rock Voisin, and did I get them all? And Leslie Feist.

And it was a great show.

I mean, it started with Amanda Marshall singing Turn Me Loose.

I mean, I think the first show I went to was in 1990 there, but tomorrow, a big, big show.

The members of the Tragically Hip Mike Reno and Paul Dean from Loverboy.

We chatted with Paul Dean earlier in the week.

Feist as well will be there.

And a ton of performers.

Rock Voisin's with us, by the way.

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction.

He goes in tomorrow, along with Feist, the Tragically Hip, Mike Reno, Paul Dean from Loverboy.

We had Brian Adams on last week, and this week we're talking about the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Toronto Today with Greg Brady.

And on September 26th, a week from Saturday, along with some pretty important Canadian music figures as well, including the Tragically Hip, including Rock Voisin, and including Feist, lover boy bandmates mike reno paul dean are being inducted into the canadian songwriters hall of fame we're lucky enough to be talking to the guitarist paul dean right now um no one ever calls you the better half of lover boy or even a half but but you're uh an integral part of the uh of the duo of uh dean and reno reno and dean whichever way we want to go right

Yeah, well, I'm a fifth.

It's not a half, but a fifth.

And next night, we wrote a couple of tunes together.

And that's where it started.

Paul Dean is kind enough to join us on Toronto Today with Greg Brady, going into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and so well-deserved with his bandmate, Mike Reno.

That's at Massey Hall, just down the street from where we are right now.