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Originally from Pegasus First Nation outside Winnipeg, William Prince grew up with music in his family. His father was a preacher, so Prince naturally first got into music because of the church choir. “I started out playing piano, but the girls just didn’t dig that,” he joked. He released his debut album, EARHTLY DAYS in …
Husband/wife team of Brad and Amy McIsaac first got serious about music in 2012. They’d played a bit in front of crowds for a couple of years to that point, but that Fall inspiration for change struck. They sold the house, jobs were left behind, and an old towable trailer became the new way of …
Originally from Sydney, Australia, bassist Allan Marshall, guitarist Steve McMurray, and drummer Glenn Beatson were in a rock group called Autumn that by early ’75 had moved to England in an attempt to cash in on bigger audiences. They were on tour in Canada that year with Lighthouse, when after seeing a good portion of …
Kenny Shields memorial Saskatoon’s Witness Inc. was formed in 1967 by singer Kenny Shields with high school friends Les Bateman on organ, Ed Clynton on guitars, bassist Allan Ayers, and drummer Dave Tupper. But before long Bob Walker had replaced Ayers and Derry Stewart had replaced Clynton. The band continued playing the prairie circuit when …
Aafter bouncing around the Toronto market for a few years, the demise of Mannequin after one album left singer Brian Maloney and guitarist Jim Huff looking for a new project. After Huff was done filling in with Teenage Head for a few months, Mannequin was briefly reformed, but eventually called it quits for good. One …
Ooriginally from Ottawa, Telemann played the local circuit in the mid 70’s and quickly gained a reputation for their slick combination for a harder-edged melodic style. They eventually settled on the ‘big rock band sound’ with singer Les Nadeau, guitarist David Aplin, Dave Kirby on keyboard, bassplayer Ron Smith, and Scott Jefferson Steck on drums. …
A conglomerate of several Sarnia garage bands in the mid ’60s, Zooom was centered around singers/guitarists Kim Mitchell and Jim Chevalier. Mitchell and drummer Brian McLellan had left The Quotations, and Chevalier, along with bassist Dave Myles and Phil Goodwin on keyboards and sax had just dissolved their own band, The Unit Four. The new …
After seven arduous years that saw the band release a string of singles but only one album, Brutus called it quits in late ’76. This left Toronto native and frontman Zwol (real name Walter Zwolinski) regrouping and going solo. A year later after assembling a back up band which partially consisted of ex-Brutus mate Dennis …
!DOCTYPE html> T he basis of Zylan was formed when Dave Miller and Helene Bolduc went island hopping, moving from Newcastle, NB to Halifax in 1971. With Bolduc handling vocals and Miller on trumpet, they wanted to create an orchestrated sound, different from everything else on the East Coast at the time. They soon added …
Born in Salo, Italy, about an hour south of Rome in 1953, Alfie Zappacosta’s family moved to Toronto when he was only 6 months old. He first picked up the guitar at age 9 and began playing in different groups while only a teen. Performing at Italian weddings opened the youngster up to diverse musical …