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Dianne Heatherington memorial Born in Winnipeg in 1948, Dianne Heatherington grew up wanting to be a singer, and her first professional group was The Merry-Go-Round when she was barely out of high school. The alumni of that group included Bill Wallace, future member of Brother, Gettysbyrg Address, The Guess Who, Crowcuss, and Kilowatt. The band …
The roots of The Dice first sprouted in 1982 as a four-piece group out of Toronto called Pretty Boys. But when Errol Starr Francis left, it left singer/guitarist Gary Lima, bassist Trevor Russell, and drummer Hayden Vialva looking for a new project. They toured relentlessly throughout Ontario, and eventually gathered up enough material and money …
Not to be confused with several other groups with the same name (including a Vancouver area group around the same time), Dillinger was formed by the Harrison brothers – Jacques (vocals, flute, sax, organ) and Robert (drums) in 1973. Although they were originally from Montreal, they’d moved to Toronto to try and access a bigger …
Spawned in Toronto at the beginning of the punk revolution, The Diodes formed in 1976 by frontman Paul Robinson (originally from Boston, Mass) and guitarist and Birmingham, UK native John Catto. They added David Clarkson on bass, and drummer Bent Rasmussen, and although no one was particularly schooled in the finer points in playing, by …
Born in Moose Jaw, SK in 1946, Dixie Lee Stone moved to Calgary as a child with her family. She was playing the coffee houses and the like when she met future husband Bruce Innes. Joining his band New Country Singers, they soon moved to LA and changed their name to Original Caste. Releasing two …
Generally considered one of the pioneers of the punk movement in the late ’70s, DOA (Dead On Arrival) is also one of the few bands to give the genre any commercial credibility in Canada. Hailing from Vancouver, their beginnings stemmed from the demise of the Skulls, another group that although musically inferior to much of …
Doug Bennett memorial After moving to Vancouver from Toronto in 1974, Doug Bennett worked for the local Georgia Strait newspaper as a cartoonist/editor while sidelining in a number of bands. In 1977 he was looking for a new avenue to let his creative musical juices flow and meld his love for pop and Motown in …
The pride of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Doc Walker was formed by Chris Thorsteinson in 1991 with Kevin Berard on drums and Bill Pullmark on bass. They worked the prairie circuit while developing their own style of pop-flavoured country and writing some material. Over the next few years Pullmark was replaced by Darren Stefanishion, and …
Shop For Domenic Troiano Domenic Troiano memorial The epitome of what many have termed over the decades, ‘a musician’s musician,’ Domenic Troiano and his family moved from Modugno, Italy to Toronto in 1949, when he was only three. Barely a teen, he was inspired by the burgeoning scene while checking out the matinee shows at …
Born in Montreal in 1952, Jerry Doucette was exposed to music literally from the day he was brought home from the hospital, as his father and uncle had a band which did the local bars and coffee houses. His family moved to Hamilton when he was four and by the age of six, owned his …