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Despite being born into a farming and cowboy life, George Fox’s ability to resonate with country audiences was anything but natural. Born in 1960, his family moved from Calgary to a cattle ranch outside Cochrane while he was still young, but he didn’t pick up the country music vibe until the age of 20, when …
Kurt Winter memorial One of Winnipeg’s early favourite local groups, Gettysbyrg Address was formed in 1967 by vocalist/keyboardist Mike Hanford. The first incarnation of the group was rounded out by guitarists Kurt Winter and Orest Andrews, Bill Wallace on bass, and drummer Craig Hamblin. Initially Hanford wanted to carry on the name of his previous …
The native of Montreal grew up with music in his home, literally. An accomplished big band musician, his father Russ had played with practically every major star of the era, exposing Gino to a wide variety of styles – a trademark of his over 3 decades of songwriting. He was admitted into McGill University in …
Some of Canada’s most endearing music emerged during the 1980s and were also some of our biggest exports. Leading that hit parade was Glass Tiger, whose roots are seeded in Newmarket, Ont. With the demise of their previous band, Onyx, Scottish-born Alan Frew and hometown keyboardist Sam Reid formed Tokyo with guitarist Al Connelly, Wayne …
Glen Drover CD review: METALUSIONBy: Dan Brisebois Glen Drover has established himself as one of Canada’s premier and heaviest axemen, listing Megadeth, King Diamond, Testament, and Eidolon on his resume that’s spanned nearly two decades. A native of Mississauga, Ont, METALUSION is his debut album, an instrumental work of art. And although you won’t hear …
Robbie Rae memorial After seven albums together with Saga, Jim Gilmour and Steve Negus (also ex of Fludd) took advantage of a break the band was on in the mid ’80s to work on a side project, dubbed the Gilmour-Negus Project, or GNP. They sat down with mutual friend Robert Bevan, who’d made a career …
> Frustrated with the direction Fludd was going, Scarborough, Ont native and local bass wiz Greg Godovitz formed Godo, a makeshift group with studio musicians that released a 45 on A & M that featured a cover of The Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie” in 1975. When the song started gaining some momentum, he recruited ex Brutus …
Hailing from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Twin brothers Brian and Bruce Good originally fronted the popular The Kinfolk in the late ’60s with Marty Steiger and Margaret McQueen. They concocted a traditional country recipe with a distinct Canadian flavour while playing the coffeehouses and folk clubs in Toronto and the fairs throughout Ontario. When Steiger left …
Gordon Robert Tapp was born in London, Ontario in 1922, and grew up with music in the house, picking up the harmonica at age 5. He played in the school choir and took guitar lessons, performing in front of local crowds at fairs and the like while growing up. He studied at the Lornie Greene …
Born in Orillia, Ontario in 1938, Gordon Meredith Lightfoot was the youngest of two children, and the son of a successful drycleaning company owner. But it was his mother that encouraged his love for music from the earliest age, and made his first public performance singing an Irish folk song over the school intercom during …