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One of the leading folk groups to call Montreal ‘home’ at the dawn of the 1970s, Tapestry was the brainchild of Jack Winters, Along with Judy Harmon and Heather Woodburn, the trio worked their way into a deal with Polydor, releasing their self-titled debut album, and the single, “Love Me Brother”. Produced by The Bells‘ …
By the time Italian-born Alfie Zappacosta realized that white bell bottom pants and disco balls were on their way out, he’d already been in several pseudo disco groups, lastly with the Janette Brant Lee. The group featured three women singers, a three piece-horn section, and had melded into Toronto’s disco/R & B scene. They played …
Hailing from Windsor, Ontario, The Tea Party was formed by Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood and Jeff Burrows. Although they’d all played in different bands previously, and knew each other, it wasn’t until 1990 while they were each living in Toronto that they decided to form their own group. Naming themselves after the infamous hash sessions …
The story of Teaze is one of unbridled success in foreign lands, yet often a constant struggle at times for mere recognition on their native soil. They were formed in Windsor, Ontario in 1975 by Brian Danter on bass guitar and vocals, guitarists Mark Bradac and Chuck Price, and Mike Kozak on drums. “In the …
Born in Abercomb, northern Rhodesia (what’s now Zambia) to Polish immigrants, Ted Wesley and his family moved to England at age six, then to Fort McMurray, Alberta three years later. He moved to Yellowknife, NWT in 1961, lied about his age (still only 16 and had to be 21) to work in the gold mines. …
Frankie Venom memorial Often referred to as Canada’s answer to The Ramones, Hamilton Weston High school buddies Frank Kerr and Gord Lewis formed the group in 1975 with bassist Steve Mahon and Nick Stipinitz on drums. They took their name from a Flaming Groovies song title and quickly gained a loyal following on the Ontario …
Formed in Scarborough, ON in late 1981, the band’s origins started when Andy McLean, a Brit holidaying in Canada met fellow guitarist and vocalist Gary Brown. They struck a friendship and Brown soon introduced him to some friends he’d just formed a band with, drummer Derek Gassyt, bassist Lewis Mele and Fraser MacDougall on keyboards. …
Born in Montreal in 1968, Terri Lynn Sauson grew up in a musical household. Both her parents played guitar and her mother was particularly centred in the local folk scene. As well, her grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both well-known on the Canadian country scene, having opened for artists like George Jones, Johnny Cash, …
John Hannah memorial Terry Crawford and Rick Johnson began playing together while they were still attending high school in Winnipeg. They formed the first incarnation of Crawford in the early ’70s with Johnson on guitars, Scott Gair on bass, drummer Birch Nero and Tony Ward on keyboards. The lineup changed a few times while they …
Born in Winnipeg in 1944 and the oldest of five boys, it was always assumed Terry Jacks would carry on in the family architecture business. In fact, that’s what he was studying at UBC after the family had moved to Vancouver when he joined his first band. Like virtually every other corner of Canada in …