Yup, some of the best of the 60's. "Do you believe in magic" is always good for a smile.

Never met the guy, but I've been to his restaurant, Chez Piggy's, a down-home but trendy spot in Kingston Ontario, which he started many years ago with his wife. In fact, I had a steak tartare there without knowing that I was ordering raw hamburger. Once. Live and learn.

Found out in the Tor Star obit that his first wife was Jackie Burroughs, the actress who specializes in crusty-old-spinster parts in all Canadian TV series.

Zal had been out of the music biz for 25 years, but they dragged him to the Junos and gave him a lifetime achievement award anyway, in 1996 or 97.