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Based in Vancouver, the core of Blue Northern was formed in 1977 and was centred around on Garry Comeau (not to be confused with Gary Comeau of Esquires, Townsmen) on piano and fiddle, bassist Lee Roy Stephens, guitarist Ray O’Toole (ex of Northwest Company), and Oklahoma native Jimmy Wilson (ex of Cement City Cowboys) on …
Blue Peter’s beginnings were pretty typical – friends getting together in the basement to play rock and roll and hopefully impress the girls, and the late ’70’s had some of the freshest sounds anywhere. Disco was on its way out and punk was making a statement, leading the way for new wave. Originally formed by …
The first time Toronto friends Jim cuddy and Greg Keelor met was while both played for Toronto Collegiate’s football team. When they finally decided to collaberate together, they’d actually both moved to Alberta and each took the occasional performing gig while making ends meet. They both moved back to Toronto again by ’76, where Cuddy …
Not to be confused with the band from the Maritimes in the mid 1960s with the same name, Vancouver’s Blue Shadows was one of the west coast’s most promising country/pop groups during the mid ’90s. Formed by frontman/guitarist Billy Cowsill (ex-Cowsills – the band that inspired the creation of The Partridge Family, Blue Northern) when …
Originally fronting a covers band called Jade that performed material from the Stones, Bowie, Dylan, Springsteen and J Geils, Montreal’s Maurice Raymond was approached by Kingston, ON native Paul Martin in late ’78 one night after he caught one of their shows. He agreed to join him in his own band Consillium, and along with …
Bob McBride memorial Born in Toronto in 1946, Bob McBride had already taken singing lessons for several years and was also adept at the guitar by the time he attended North Collegiate Institute. He dabbled in a couple of ill-fated groups after graduating from high school, and in 1970, he joined Lighthouse, replacing original singer …
Originally from Hawkesbury, Cape Breton Island, Bobby Cameron moved to Edmonton in the mid ’80s, where he toiled in a number of cover bands. Although not doing the music he wanted to, his own, the experience on the road gave him opportunity to develop his own style. By the time he entered MuchMusic’s Guitar Warz …
Born in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ont in 1944, Bobby Curtola grew up listening to the developing pop sounds of the day. Even while working at his father’s garage, he was performing at high school dances. At the tender age of 15 he formed his first band, Bobby and the Bobcats. He caught the …
Born in Winnipeg in 1943, Bobby G Griffith and his family moved to Dryden, Ontario when he was a teen, and began singing in nightclubs after moving to Toronto while in his twenties. He joined The New Movement, a funk/soul garage band, and they released one single in ’67 on the independent Stone Records label …
by Nick Warburton For a brief moment in 1966 Bobby Kris & The Imperials were arguably the most popular group in Toronto and one of the best paid on the southern Ontario circuit. Their tasteful rendition of the Dionne Warwick classic, “Walk on By” was one of the most professionally produced singles to be recorded …