77: Legendary rockstar Bryan Adams

Be Here For A While

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🗓️ 12 October 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Rachael had the honor of interviewing Bryan Adams on this episode of Be Here For A While. As he is someone she's looked up to and listened to since she can remember, Rachael eagerly asks Bryan about how his career began, some of his most memorable songs and performances, and what he's working on now. Tune in for a one-on-one conversation with this rock and roll legend. Bryan Adams is a singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist. Adams rose to fame in North America with his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless, which produced some of his best known songs, including "Run to You" and "Summer of '69".[1] In 1991, he released "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from the album Waking Up the Neighbours and the song became a worldwide hit which went to number 1 in many countries, including 16 consecutive weeks in the United Kingdom, a new record.

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0:00.0	But, Hey guys welcome back to the episode of Be Here for a while.
0:19.0	I am the most excited I have ever been about a podcast episode and I'm not just saying it.
0:26.8	This episode and interview meant so much to me.
0:28.9	As a huge rock fan and a fan of his music, being able to interview Brian Adams was everything.
0:33.0	Adams rose to fame in North America with his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife
0:36.5	and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless, which produced some of his
0:40.6	best-known songs including Run to You and Summer of 69.
0:44.2	In 1991 he released Everything I Do I Do It For You from the album, Waking Up the Neighbors,
0:49.2	and the song became a worldwide hit.
0:51.4	For his contributions in music, Adams has garnered many awards and
0:55.4	nominations including 20 Juno awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy
1:00.1	Award nominations, including a win for best song written specifically for a motion
1:03.6	picture or television in 1992. Adams is also one of the best-selling music
1:08.1	artists of all time. And if that's not enough he's also an incredibly
1:11.2	accomplished photographer, activist, and
1:13.2	humanitarian you can catch him touring all around the world performing his new album
1:17.3	Get Up and you get to hear from him right now I'm super honored to have Brian Adams as a guest.
1:24.0	Well, thank you for doing this. I'm really excited to speak to you and I hope to meet you in person at some point and come to one of your shows.
1:31.0	You're more than welcome.
1:33.0	Yeah, I've loved your music for a long time.
1:35.0	Thank you, Rachel.
1:36.0	Yeah.
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