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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 27 1945: Bruce Cockburn is born in Ottawa, Ontario. 1947: Rhinoceros guitarist Alan Gerber is born in Chicago. 1966: Bob Dylan’s show at Royal Albert Hall in London is the last of his most recent world tour, and the last with The Band as his backing group. 1970: Only five months after his debut …
May 26 1940: Levon Helm, drummer and vocalist for The Band, is born in Marvell, Arkansas. 1945: Garry Peterson, drummer of The Guess Who is born in Winnipeg. 1966: The Guess Who, featuring both Chad Allan and Burton Cummings, are at the Winnipeg Football Stadium for Bang-A-Rama. 1973: Anne Murray enters the US charts with …
May 23 1964: Hank Snow peaks on Billboard’s country chart at #11 with “Breakfast With The Blues.” 1966: Leonard Cohen makes his first ever TV appearance, performing “The Stranger Song” on Take Thirty on CBC. 1970: The Guess Who end a three-week run atop Canada’s RPM singles chart with “American Woman.” 1971: Morse Code Transmission …
May 21 1950: Dwayne Osepchuk of Southbound Freeway is born in Edmonton. 1955: Paul Hyde, formerly of The Payola$ and rock duo Rock and Hyde is born in Yorkshire, England as Paul Nelson. 1957: Paul Anka releases “Diana.” 1957: Teenage Head‘s guitarist Gord Lewis is born in Toronto. 1968: Captain Tractor singer/guitarist Chris Wynters is …
May 18 1948: Bill Wallace of Gettsybyrg Address, Brother and Guess Who fame is born in Winnipeg. 1951: Charity Brown is born as Phyllis Boltz in Kitchener, Ont. 1956: Mark Bradac of Teaze is born in Windsor, Ontario. 1967: Neil Young & Crazy Horse are in Providence, RI for a pair of shows that night …
May 15 1920: The Canadian Marconi Company station XWA (later CFCF), based in Montlreal, gives the first scheduled radio broadcast in North America. 1935: “What’s The Reason” by Guy Lombardo is on top of Billboard’s chart. 1940: Jackie Shane is born in Nashville. 1970: Mainline are in Toronto for a show at St Gabe’s. 1971: …
May 14 1922: Artist, writer, producer, and radio host Jackie Rae is born in Winnipeg as John Arthur Rae. 1944: Singer and actress Catherine McKinnon is born in Saint John, NB. 1946: Dixie Lee Stone, later Dixie Lee Innes of The Original Caste is born in Moose Jaw, SK. 1948: Dianne Heatherington is born in …
May 13 1938: Lucille Starr of Canadian Sweethearts is born in St Boniface, Manitoba as Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie. 1967: John Kay and The Sparrow are at The Matrix in San Francisco. The show is taped and released two years later as EARLY STEPPENWOLF. 1967: Gordon Lightfoot enters the Canadian pop chart with “The Way …
May 9 1909: Fiddle great Don Messer is born in Tweedside, NB. 1914: Hank Snow is born in Brooklyn, NS as Clarence Eugene Snow. 1953: Connie Kaldor is born in Regina, Sask. 1959: Paul Anka and Ronnie Hawkins are both performers on Dick Clark’s “Beech-Nut Show.” 1966: “Until It’s Time For You To Go” by …