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Formed in 2001, Theory of a Deadman hails from Delta, BC and was the brainchild of highschool friends Tyler Connolly and Dave Brenner. With Dean Back on bass and drummer Tim Hart, they began writing some songs, one of the first of which was initially called “Theory of a Deadman” – about a man contemplating …
Stompin’ Tom Connors memorial It’s hard to argue that no one flew the Canadian flag higher or wore the Maple Leaf prouder than Stompin’ Tom Connors. Born Thomas Charles Connors in St John, New Brunswick in 1936, he spent a short time as a child living with his single mother while she did time in …
Singer, actor, social activist, and philathropist Tom Jackson was born of Metis descent in 1948 on One Arrow First Nation in Saskatchewan, northeast of Saskatoon. His family moved to Namao, Alberta when he was seven, then to Winnipeg when he was a teenager. Along the way he learned to play guitar, and showed signs of …
Theresa Sokyrka first caught national attention as a finalist from the 2004 season of ‘Canadian Idol,’ but the Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan native had already been cutting her teeth since moving to Saskatoon at the age of eight. The youngest of three kids, she grew up in a musical household where traditional Ukraininan folk songs was …
The brainchild of Jon Mikl, the vision was to combine pounding rhythms with a live spectacle not to be outdone, all rolled into one anything but neat package of metal mayhem. Born in 1955, Mikl grew up in Vancouver, and had two passions he was able to combine. As a bodybuilder, he was the first …
Formed in Ottawa in the early ’60s by a bunch of high school friends, the band was fronted by Bobby Gauthier on vocals and organ, guitarists Ron Chenier and Jim Bildoeau, Ted Saucier on bass, and drummer Brian Ferguson. They played the school parties and whatever other work they could find, while mimicking the British …
Formed in London, Ontario, their origins began in 1970 when high school friends guitarist/singer Joe de Angelis and Bill Durst on keyboards/guitars began jamming together in the garage, quickly recruiting bass player James Corbet and Ed Pranskus on drums. They began playing the local scene as Pink Orange, doing mostly Beatles/Stones/Led Zeppelin covers, all the …
Born in Edmonton in 1957, Tim Feehan was studying sociology at the U of A, where a scholarship for the Law Department is named after his father Ned, when he joined his first group on a serious level. He spent much of his spare time writing songs and his college band became so popular on …
The pride of Saskatoon, Maple Blues Award nominee Tim Vaughn is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, whoses soulful voice and immaculate guitar, bass and keyboard work have been resonating through clubs across Canada since he first began playing live in the late 1990s. His debut album, TWO TONE BLUE, was released in 2003, and it wasn’t …
The pride of Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Tom Cochrane’s early childhood consisted of using music as an escape from the rural doldrums, which included Acton and Etobicoke, Ontario. His seclusion from ‘civilization’ helped him learn the craft that would make him one of Canada’s most prolific story-tellers/songwriters. He bought his first guitar at the age of …