Tribute to Scott Richards
Scott Richards began his music industry career in the 1960's as bassman for David Clayton Thomas and the Shays. After too many nights on the road, he settled down as a studio bass player and was eventually hired by Al Mair at Apex Records (a division of MCA Records) as a promotion rep. He worked his way up as promotion manager and at age 32, became the youngest President of MCA Records Canada, signing rock groups such as Triumph, Trooper.
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By 1980 Scott got off the corporate carnival ride and founded his own company, Freedom Records, signing acts John Allan Cameron, David Wilcox, John Lewis, Lee Arron. In 1985 he became company manager of The Music Brokers, which eventually morphed into Music Solutions Inc.
Scott always kept his fingers on the pulse of the music industry, playing bass with a variety of artists like Jeff Smith, Ed Preston, Johnny Murphy and taught marketing & promotion at Harris Institute for the Arts. Scott was the late husband of Linda Dawe.
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