Summary: He was the lead singer/songwriter for The Arrows , a top Canadian band in the 80's who was responsible for writing such great hits as "Heart of the City" "Talk Talk" and "Meet Me in the Middle and TONIGHT, Dean McTaggart joins the Unstoppable Frankie Picasso and Johnny Collin on the Frankie & Johnny Music Hour. When the Arrows dissolved in 86, Dean stayed on with A&M records as a Staff songwriting who went on to pen mega hits for Amanda Marshall, one being Dark Horse and the other Birmingham. He has also written songs for Anne Murray, Australian super star Tina Arena, Terri Clark, Kelly Coffee, John Berry,The Guess Who, John McDermitt,Wynonna Judd , the Rankin Family and many others. Dean has twice been nominated for a Juno for songwriter of the year and has received many SOCAN and ASCAP awards.Over the years Dean has been kept busy producing,recording,writing and playing live either with a band or in solo songwriter situations. His new cd "Shed my Sin" is a soulful rootsy collection featuring some of the best players in Canada How does he do it? Find out next, on Frankie and Johnny Music Hour.
