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MODERN PAIN (1995)Expectation and the Blues We Used to Ride ‘Em Untitled Waltz Your Game Again Owlsong La Souffrance des Gens Lament for Lester Cousins Lives of Attrition (The Best We Can Do) You and Your Creeping Heavy and Leaving UNFORGIVING MISTRESS (1999)Mora (Blackberry) The Case of the Wine Soaked Preacher Remains of You Guitar …
Corb Lund’s rise as one of Canada’s top country balladeers is a far cry from his first recording group, The Smalls. The indie punk rock band from Edmonton sold nearly 40,000 copies of four albums over ten years, while touring part time throughout North America, and even made a trip to Bosnia, Slovenia and the …
June 16 1940: Canadian wrestling legend and part-time country music star Sweet Daddy Siki is born in Montgomery, Texas as Reginald Siki. 1946: Singer/songwriter Malcolm Tomlinson is born in Islworth, England. 1952: Gino Vannelli is born in Montreal. 1967: Paupers are in Monterey, California at the Monterey International Pop Festival. 1967: The Mandala are in …
June 11 1958: Cindy Church is born in Bible Hill, NS. 1960: Brad Kilburn, bassist for Brandon Wolf is born in Calgary. 1974: Justin Paige releases his first single, “Who’s Been Messing With Sally?” 1974: Ray Materick releases his sophomore album, NEON RAIN, as well as its first single, “Linda Put The Coffee On.” 1976: …
May 30 1960: Micah Barnes of The Nylons is born in Vienna, Austria. 1963: Voivod drummer Michel Langevin is born in Montreal. 1986: Papa Joe Brown, patriarch of The Family Brown, dies in Chesley, Ontario after succumbing to cancer at the age of 60. 1970: Steppenwolf finish up recording what would become their FOR LADIES …
May 25 1963: Hank Snow peaks on Billboard’s country chart at #9 with “The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe.” 1969: Lighthouse make their first ever appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York. Everyone in attendance is given a copy of their debut album. 1974: Gordon Lightfoot peaks on Billboard at #26 with …
May 22 1950: Gary Weeks of Gary & Dave is born in Charlottetown, PEI. 1957: CHUM AM switches to a “Top 50” format, and begins its own chart. 1959: Lisa Dalbello is born in Toronto. 1967: Dan Roberts, bassist for Crash Test Dummies is born in Winnipeg. 1967: The Rabble, The Isabella Blues Band, and …
April 3 1943: Richard Manuel, keyboardist for The Band, is born in Stratford, Ontario. 1947: James Leroy is born on a farm near Cornwall, Ontario. 1961: Paul Anka appears on CBS-TV’s “Make Room For Daddy.” 1961: The folk duo Malka and Joso make their onstage debut at Toronto’s Lord Simcoe Hotel. 1971: Poppy Family end …
Feb 21 1948: Offenbach bassist MIchel Lamothe is born in Sainte Hyacinthe, Quebec. 1960: Former Annihilator frontman and DOA bassist Randy Rampage is born in Vancouver as Randall Desmond Archibald. 1965: The Esquires open for The Beach Boys at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. Backstage after the show, the band is awarded the first ever RPM …
Feb 20 1941: Singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, who wrote Donovan’s anti-war protest “Universal Soldier” and co-wrote the not-so-angry “Up Where We Belong,” is born on the Piapot Reserve in Saskatchewan, near Craven. 1944: Lew Soloff, trumpeter for Blood Sweat & Tears is born in Toronto. 1945: Oakley‘s namesake, Robert Ritchie Oakley, is born in Halifax. 1950: …