Even as a young man, Ghomeshi had that musical itch. When they were in Grade 9, Ghomeshi and a few friends started a band called Urban Transit. Unfortunately, it didn’t get far.
His next attempt was much more successful: Moxy Fruvous, a four-person folk-rock group, started up in 1992. At first, they just busked on the streets of Toronto. But a year later they were opening for Bob Dylan and many other big bands.
Moxy Fruvous toured internationally and recorded three albums, enjoying its fame for eight years.
After 2000, Ghomeshi focused on writing and reporting about Canadian arts and culture. He wrote a few opinion pieces for The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and The Washington Post.
Ghomeshi started occasionally co-hosting CTV’s The Chatroom—a sort of precursor to eTalk—with Ben Mulroney. With that broadcast experience, Ghomeshi finally was hired by CBC to host the music program Play for three seasons. Ghomeshi co-created and started hosting Q in 2007. It has gained an all-time high audience share for a morning program on CBC Radio One.
A long-time radio listener recalls when Ghomsehi was interviewed years ago with Moxy Fruvous on CBC’s Morrningside with host Peter Gzowski. Ghomeshi—a relatively famous musician living the dreams of many—told Gzowski that he wanted to have Gzowski’s job. Now, Ghomeshi finally does.
Lead image via the Toronto Star.
