Ra McGuire

Who is Ra McGuire?

Ramon Wayne "Ra" McGuire is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and founding and longtime member of the rock band Trooper. Ra has performed with Trooper along with Brian Smith from 1975, when their first album was released, to the present day.

From 1996 to 1998 McGuire and his wife, Debbie, spearheaded the formation of a Fine Arts based school in the Surrey, British Columbia school district. The school is presently housed at White Rock Elementary with another proposed for the northern end of the city. 2005 saw the couple fighting high rise development in their hometown of White Rock, BC.

At the 1999 SOCAN Awards, McGuire received a SOCAN Classic Award for the Trooper hit "Two for the Show", presented for songs that have received over 100,000 documented radio plays. He received two additional Classic Awards with songwriting partner Brian Smith for "We're Here for a Good Time" and "Santa Maria".

McGuire received a fourth SOCAN Classic Award in 2005, for "Oh, Pretty Lady."

In 2006, McGuire published an account of life on the road with Trooper, Here for a Good Time, with Insomniac Press.

In 2007, he served as one of three judges for the CBC's Seven Wonders of Canada competition and co-produced his son, Connor McGuire's first solo album, Different After Dawn.