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Born in 1961 in Chatham, Ontario, Michelle Wright’s childhood was filled with rural life, growing up into a musical family in the nearby town of Merlin. She actually began playing drums, not the guitar, although she picked that up early on, too. Her parents were both regular country performers around the area, and performed with …
Earle Heedram was born in Lucea, Jamaica in 1945, and grew up with traditional reggae and ska influences, but also sang in the church choir and occasionally took part in talent shows on the island. He took those vibes with him when he moved to Toronto 20 years later with aspirations of becoming an accountant. …
A native of North Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Matt Minglewood joined his first band shortly after graduating from High School, The Rocking Saints. He soon graduated from playing organ to landing a gig as guitarist for Sam Moon and The New Moon in the summer of 1968. The band paid its proverbial dues doing the …
After leaving one of Toronto’s hottest all girl bands in The B-Girls after only a single, Lukasta Ross met another promising pseudo-punk group Popular Spies, whose drummer Graham Stairs and keyboardist John Percy also saw their time was nearing an end after only one single. Both groups were regulars at The Horsehoe Tavern, and the …
After the dissolution of their eponoymous project which lasted one album effort in ’82, Hugh Leggatt (also of Lords of London, Nucleus, A Foot In Cold Water and Private Eye) and brother Gord, also of Private Eye previously all but dropped out of the music scene, occasionally popping up on others’ recordings and doing the …
Born in Lorerrettville, Quebec in 1970, Mitsou Gelinas followed in her family’s show business footsteps at an early age, as she was the third generation of actors in her family. She began acting herself at age 5, and was earning income as a model by age 12. While she learned the musical aspect of her …
Brent Macnab memorial Not to be confused with several groups with the same or similar names throughout history, Edmonton’s The Models were formed in 1975 by highschool friends singer/guitarist Peter Bodman and keyboardist David Stahl. The lineup went through several changes over the next few years, as did the band’s name – first Archer, and …
Formed in Edmonton at the beginning of the hair metal days in 1980, Millions was led by the double led guitar attack of Dave Cox and Brian Weafer, Randy Lloyd (ex of One Horse Blue) on bass and drummer Todd Ketza. By that summer the band was well on their way paying their dues on …
Not to be confused by the numerous techno or pop bands with the same name, Mindstorm was centred around Brandon, Manitoba natives singer Travis Mitchell (not to be confused either with the new age country artist) and guitarist Al Rodgers. They moved to Winnipeg in the mid ’80s and with Russ Boswell on bass and …
Moe Koffman memorial Adored by many jazz fans for his penchant for making it more accessible to the masses, but shunned by true afficianados for the exact same reason, Toronto native Moe Koffman was born in 1928 into a musical family, and was a student of music early in life, embracing the violin at the …