Late BONHAM Singer's Girlfriend: 'He Just Wanted His Music To Be Heard'

March 20, 2008

The longime girlfriend of former BONHAM singer Daniel MacMaster, who passed away on March 16 a Group A streptococcus infection at the age of 39, has told The Canadian Press that MacMaster's death was unexpected and sudden.

MacMaster, who had been working as a long-haul trucker, thought he had a cold and by the time the doctors realized what it was, it was too late, McCallum said.

"(It is) something most people fight off naturally, or if it is caught results in strep throat," said McCallum.

"For some freaky reason it got into his bloodstream . . . once that happens there is not a lot that they can do," she said.

After BONHAM was over, MacMaster, who was raised in Barrie, Ont., returned to Toronto where his music career had started years before when he was lead singer for the band SCORCHER.

While in Toronto, MacMaster met McCallum. She said that by the time the pair got together he was done with the rock 'n' roll lifestyle.

"In the end he didn't want to tour ... he didn't want the fame and the fortune, he just wanted his music to be heard."

MacMaster continued to write music and played with a local hobby band, OH MY BLUES BAND.

McCallum said MacMaster was a family man and the proud father of Kaleb, 8, and Aryanna, 6.

"He was a devoted father" and "a funny guy. Everybody has a funny Dan story," she said.

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