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Life was formed from the ashes of one of Montreal’s most popular groups in the mid ’60s, The Scene, when producer/songwriter Neil Sheppard (real name Neil Ship) was looking for a new group to record his songs. The band could credit Sheppard with having already kickstarted their career, helping them land a deal with BT …
Bob McBride memorial One of Canada’s most original pop groups ever, Lighthouse was formed in Toronto early in 1969 when drummer Skip Prokop (ex of The Paupers, Janis Joplin, Al Kooper and Carlos Santana) had a vision of incorporating horns and strings with modern rock, sort of a heavy-hitting ‘big band’ sound. After a chance …
A native of Surrey, BC, Lisa Brokop was born in 1973 into a musically gifted family, and was performing on stage with her mother by the time she was seven. Even at this early age she was heavily being influenced by traditional country, as well as what was getting airplay at the time. She took …
Scott Smith memorial The band’s roots stem back to 1979 when guitarist Paul Dean, originally from Calgary, and Edmonton-native drummer Matt Frennette left Streetheart and moved to the west coast. After a brief stint with a band Brian MacLeod was putting together as a sideline to Chilliwack (The Headpins) – Frennette’s path crossed with Dean’s …
Born in Montreal in 1958, Luba Kowalchyk took vocal lessons as a child, as well as guitar, piano, and flute lessons by the time she was a teenager. Her earliest public performances were doing traditional folk songs across the country at various Ukrainian festivals and weddings, all the while listening to the pop artists of …
by Nick Warburton The Doors and Elektra Records’ producer Paul Rothchild is reported to have once lamented that Toronto R&B outfit, Luke & The Apostles were the “greatest album I never got to make”. Indeed, the group’s lone single for Elektra, released in early 1967, a year after it was recorded, hardly does justice to …
Born in Chatam, NB, Lisa Price grew up in a military family, and after time at Moncton Garrison and 4 Wing Cold Lake, spent her youth in Swwibrooken and Baden Baden, Germany and Metz, France. By ’67 they were back in Canada, where they settled in Quebec while her father finished out his career in …
Developing a style that crossed over between country and light commercial pop, Lisle personified the MOR radio format, and was formed in the late 1960s by Barrie, Ontario natives Bill Chambers on guitars and lead vocals, bassist Brian Mathias, and drummer Dan Stephens. For their first few years on the Ontario bar circuit, they covered …
Billed as ‘Canada’s oldest rock & roll dance band,’ the basis of The Consuls revolved around school chums Bruce Morshead (vocals and keyboards), drummer Peter Deremegis, guitarist Ken Pernokis, and Norm Sherrat on sax. They started playing the Toronto halls in 1956 and became staples at The Palladium. Over the next few years some noteable …
Nicknamed ‘Long John’ due to his lanky 6′ 7″ frame, John William Baldry was born in 1941 in the small English village of East Haddon. He spent much of his youth in Edgware, Middlesex, where he was first introduced to the American blues. After attending grammar school, he began incorporating those influences into one of …