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Although she received the Order of Canada for her social activism in 2005, Heather Bishop’s music career began by taking piano lessons as a child, and later picking up the guitar and taking vocal lessons. The Regina native earned a BA in Music in 1969, and had also formed the all-girl dance group, Walpurgis Night. …
Paul Hackman memorial The earliest version of the band was born in 1974 and featured Brian Vollmer’s pipes, and guitarists Brent Doerner and Ron Watson, rounded out by Keith Zurbrigg on bass, drummer Bruce Arnold and Don Simmons on keyboards . Despite the early use of guitar melodies and keyboards, they quickly developed a “rip …
ka economn Rick Lamb memorial After beginning his music career as the drummer for John Lee Hooker, Mitchell Field bounced around in different rock groups and bars before approaching Bob Gallo of CBS Records in 1977. Though impressed with the demo tape Field gave him, the record company wasn’t interested in signing new solo artists. …
The seeds to Hemingway Corner were first planted in 1992, when Johnny Douglas met David Martin in Nashville in 1992. Douglas was doing some session work, and by this point was already a seasoned road vet, having been a member of Rowan Brothers, Dancer, and John Stewart’s band, and also had a pair of solo …
A native of Durham, North Carolina, Anne Elizabeth Woods moved from San Fransisco to Toronto in the mid 70’s after fronting Sass, and then Gambler. She was introduced to Brian Allen in 1977, whose own band, Rose was on the verge of being cut from their label if they didn’t produce a ‘hit’. Woods guested …
One of BC’s first bands to lay claim to the ‘supergroup’ title was Hometown Band, formed in 1975 by Claire Lawrence, who’d recorded a ’73 solo album, and also ex of Collectors, Chilliwack and production work for TV’s “The Beachcombers” and CBC Radio’s “The Great Canadian Gold Rush,” on sax and flute, Shari Ulrich (Pied …
Not to be confused with an American band of the same name that ran rampant for a few years in the early ’90s, one of the most prolific groups from the East Coast was Haywire. Formed in Charlottetown, PEI in 1982 by Paul MacAusland on vocals, guitarist Marvin Birt, Ronnie Switzer on bass, David Rashed …
Brian MacLeod memorial Originally formed by Brian MacLeod and Ab Bryant as a sort of ‘side project’ from Chilliwack in 1980, the group’s earliest beginnings included drummer Matt Frennette, ex of Streetheart and Randy Bachman‘s wife Denise McCann, who had enjoyed a moderately successful disco career a few years earlier on vocals. The Pins and …
The deepest roots of Honeymoon Suite took seed in 1981 when Johnny Dee (real name Jonathon Richard Degiuli) left Lennex and formed a new band, naming it in honour of his Niagara Falls home. Making Toronto their home, the band went through several early lineups, but began to solidify early the next year when he …
How’s it goin’ eh?! Liona Boyd … John Allan Cameron … The Irish Rovers … many great musical acts have come from Canada, but none was more respected than Bob and Doug McKenzie. The story of our unofficial ambassadors to the rest of the world is a twisted tale from day one. They’re actually the …