Paul laine

One of the two founding members of Trooper, Ra McGuire was born in 1950 in Vancouver, BC. He began singing professionally at the age of 12. He's written or co-written well over 200 songs - 100 of which have been recorded and released, a dozen of which have topped the charts. He's received multiple song writing awards and a West Coast Juno for "Best Male Vocalist". In 2012, McGuire was honoured with a SOCAN National Achievement Award, which is presented to artists who have had outstanding success over the span of their song writing career.

Ra co-manages Trooper, is the president of Great Pacific Records and P.O.P. Publishing. He's currently under contract with Universal Music, BMG Music, Warner Music, and Sony/ATV Publishing. He's an active member of SOCAN, ACTRA, The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, AVLA and The American Federation of Musicians Local 145.

He's a best selling author (check out his book, "Here for a Good Time", here), writes for publications such as The Loop Magazine, and is an occasional national radio and TV person

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