Sept 27

1943:
Randy Bachman is born in Winnipeg.

1951: Michel Rivard of
Beau Dommage is born in Montreal.

1963:
China White's Rick Shermack is born in Edmonton.

1967:
The Mandala play at Steve Paul's The Scene in New York. It's singer George
Olliver's last show with the band.

1971: Hank Snow peaks at #91 on Billboard's country chart for the first of two weeks with "A
Good Gal Is Hard To Find."

1975:
Steppenwolf release their HOUR OF THE WOLF album.

1975:
The Band release their album, NORTHERN LIGHTS – SOUTHERN CROSS.

1979: CFNY Radio in Toronto debuts the first
Blue Peter single, "Same Old Place."

1979:
Stampeders release the album BALLSY, and its only single, a cover of the blues
standard, "Got My Mojo Working." By now only Ronnie King is left from the original group.

1981:
Mahogany Rush release their THE POWER OF ROCK N ROLL album.

1982:
Lee Aaron is in Kitchener, Ontario for the first of a three-night run at the Coronet
Motor Hotel.

1984:
Helix opens for
Rush at the Capitol Centre in Landover, Maryland.

1984:
Avril Lavigne is born as Avril Ramona Lavigne in Belleville, Ont.

1989: Ex-
Payolas frontman Paul Hyde releases his first solo single, "America is
Sexy."

1993: Jazz saxaphone great Fraser MacPherson passes away in his Vancouver home at the age of 65.

1994:
Blue Rodeo sees FIVE DAYS IN JULY released in the US.

2003: A Thunder Bay, Ont street is named "
Bobby Curtola Drive."

2010:
Kim Mitchell performs at the Arden Theatre in Edmonton.

2011:
Susan Aglukark releases the WHITE SAHARA album.

2011:
Jim Cuddy releases his third solo album, SKYSCRAPER SOUL.

2012:
Texarillo is at Calistoga Grill, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.

2014:
Neil Young is among the performers in a Nebraska corn field, protesting the Keystone
XL Pipeline project.

2014:
The Tea Party peak at #17 with "The Ocean At The End" on Billboard's
chart.

2016:
Rik Emmett releases his new single, "Human Race," featuring
Rush's Alex Lifeson.

2018: Tim & The Glory Boys release their sophomore album, BUFFALO ROADSHOW.

2019:
Honeymoon Suite release the video and single, "Tell Me What You
Want."

2019: Donny Lee is in Cold Lake, Alta for a show at the Lakeland Inn.

2019: People get involved in Climate Marches around the world. In Toronto, it winds up in Queens Park,
where
Barenaked Ladies and
Brothers Creeggan bassist Jim Creeggan performs for free.