A message from the author:
I’m thrilled to report the first run of “Max Webster: High Class” has sold out, and that a second edition is in the making. Since printing the first thousand copies, I have accumulated a boatload of additional images, including hundreds from the collection of Kim Mitchell himself, and discovered nearly a hundred more concert dates and related info. I have also conducted new interviews with drummer Gary McCracken and bassist Mike Gingrich.
Add yourself to the waitlist, and you will be the first to find out once the books are printed and available. And this isn’t just aimed at new buyers – even if you bought the first edition, the second edition will be even bigger and grander, and you won’t want to miss it!
And please contact me if you have any old Max Webster photos or memorabilia that you’d like to be included in it !
Second Edition Waitlist
“This is an extremely well done history of Max Webster’s journey from start to finish ! Congratulations Bob !!!”
— Kim Mitchell
“This is a labour of love that does not hide its heaping amounts of both.”
— The Globe and Mail
“You did such an amazing job on the book. I can’t thank you enough.”
— Paul Kersey
“The book is a MASTERPIECE!!! I can’t get my head around the amount of work you put into pulling all this information together.”
— John de Nottbeck, producer of A Million Vacations
“I’m speechless at the amount of research. With each page I’m astounded with your journalism.”
— Robert “Fuzzy” Frazer, monitor mixer for Max Webster in 1980/81
“Never in my library of music books have I seen a book with so much depth, with so much heart, with so much love, and may I say so much understanding of the world of music.”
— legendary CHUM-FM DJ David Marsden
“Max Webster: High Class is a result of seven years of unbelievably in-depth research by Bob Wegner. A labour of love from beginning to end, Wegner deftly weaves together an incredibly impressive chronicle of the vast majority of gigs Max Webster ever played with a well-written narrative of every aspect of the band’s career. The text is complemented by a stunning array of photos of the band on and off stage, advertisements, tickets and other memorabilia. The result is an encyclopedic tribute to one of the most original and ultimately underrated bands in Canadian rock history.”
— Rob Bowman, Grammy-winning music historian and Professor of Ethnomusicology, York University
“This is really, really good. I’m such a big fan of somebody doing something to preserve Canadian music history, and it is just jammed with stuff. If you’re a fan of Max Webster, and you can’t really be a music fan if you’re not, pick up this.”
— Alan Cross, radio broadcaster and music historian
About the author.
Bob Wegner is a music historian, multi-instrumentalist, and radio show host. He has been credited for everything from fact-checking to photo archivist in numerous publications and products, including “Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History” (Skip Daly, Eric Hansen, 2019) and Max Webster’s box set “The Party” (ole label group, 2017).
His fifteen years of experience playing in theatres, on the road, and in the studio began with being selected by Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor to play guitar in the Toronto production of the “We Will Rock You” musical, ultimately leading to approximately 1,300 performances of the show around the world.
He later performed with Classic Albums Live and collaborated with Grammy-winning producer David Bottrill in a musical collective called Stone Fabel. The first season of his radio show and podcast “Bollocks with Bob” aired in 2022. He resides in Toronto, Ontario.