Gordon Lightfoot is from Orillia, Ontario. He began playing guitar at a young age just for personal pleasure and a sense of achievement. Gord is referred to “As Canada’s Greatest songwriter” from all quarters of the music business. His early… Continue Reading →
Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal (Westmount), Quebec. He loved Montreal, the French Flavour, the various ethnic parts of the city and he revelled in all things Montreal. He would frequent the Main Street Steak House (a restaurant that I really… Continue Reading →
Joni was born Roberta Joan Anderson at Fort Macleod, Alberta. At age 9 she contracted Polio and during her recovery she learned guitar and began performing and entertaining her fellow patients. In 1963 she began singing in and around Alberta and… Continue Reading →
The Rankin family is from Mabou, a little town in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, a great place to visit. I know it is a great place, as my good friend Ray S. lives in Mabou and I have visited on many… Continue Reading →
Stanley Alison Rogers was born at Hamilton, Ontario and raised at Woodburn, Ontario. His parents were from Guysborough, Nova Scotia and young Stan spent his summers and as much time as feasible in Nova Scotia, being influenced by the music… Continue Reading →
Bobby Bazini is from Mont Laurier, Que. He began playing guitar at a young age and admired Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot and all. He began singing in and around Montreal acquiring a loyal following of fans that constantly showed up at… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
May all your dreams come true. Here is ‘Auld Lang Syne’ for your listening pleasure. A staple in Canada as well as the British Commonwealth, A Robbie Burns poem written in 1778 and melded to a Gaelic folk song. Guy Lombardo introduced the song to the… Continue Reading →