Year 2017

C JAM BLUES by OSCAR PETERSON

Oscar, was born and raised in the Little Burgundy Section of South-Central Montreal, his dad Daniel, worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway and played trumpet. His sister Daisy played piano. Being surrounded by the jazz influence and the music scene that… Continue Reading →

THE HOME COMING by HAGOOD HARDY

Although Hagood Hardy was born in Angola, Indiana (his mother was American and his father Canadian) he was raised in southern Ontario around the Hamilton area. He found that music gave him a feeling of accomplishment and he pursued his musical… Continue Reading →

LOVIN YOU AIN”T EASY by MICHEL PAGLIARO

Michel Pagliaro is a rock guitarist and song writer from Montreal. Born in 1948, he became interested in music at an early age and by the time that the Beatles arrived he knew exactly what he wanted to do for a… Continue Reading →

MAMA LET HIM PLAY by JERRY DOUCETTE

Jerry was born in Montreal but at age four his family moved to Hamilton where he learned Guitar and started to have dreams of being a Rock Star. Jerry is a prolific guitar player and I feel that he doesn’t get… Continue Reading →

BORN TO BE WILD by STEPPINWOLF

Another photo that just screams Canadian Band.  In 1962 five guys from Southern Ontario decided that they wanted to be rock stars. John Kay (lead Vocals Guitar), Jerry Edmonton (Drums), Goldy McJohn (Bass), Larry Byrom (Guitar) Rick Harason (Guitar, Keyboards) and they… Continue Reading →

AS THE YEARS GO BY by MASHMAKHAN

Mashmakhan from I’lle Perrot, Quebec. In 1960 Pierre Senecal, Jim Nuchter, Brian Edwards and Ray Blake formed The Phantoms and over the next couple of years, they became the Ray Blake Combo and then the Domino’s. Again in 1965 they changed their name… Continue Reading →

THE FRENCH SONG by LUCILLE STARR

Lucille Starr was born Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie at St, Boniface, Manitoba. Her family moved to the Francophone community of Port Coquitlam / Maillardeville British Columbia when her dad needed to find work. At an early age she learned to play guitar, bass… Continue Reading →

FOUR STRONG WINDS by IAN AND SYLVIA

Ian Tyson was born at Vancouver B.C. in 1933 and learned to play guitar while recuperating from a fall. In the 1950’s he moved to Toronto to pursue a singing career. Sylvia Fricker was born at Chatham, Ontario in 1940. … Continue Reading →

SH BOOM SH BOOM by THE CREW CUTS

Formed in Toronto in 1952 and were active as a Top singing group until 1964. Rudi Mangeri (Lead & Baritone) John Perkins (Lead & Tenor) Ray Perkins (Bass) Pat Barrett (lead & Tenor) They met when singing in the St. Michaels Choir school… Continue Reading →

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