Canadians make it in the " BIG TIME....."

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I saw Sass Jordan give a FREE concert maybe 10 -15 years ago...

after a while...people were getting up in DROVES and leaving!..That had to hurt watching from the stage!

B.
 
DrumBob said:
Three-fifths and eventually four-fifths of Steppenwolf was Canadian. Don't forget The Ugly Ducklings and The Haunted, two great Canadian sixties garage rock bands.
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Bob, do you remember Kensington Market ?
 
BigMur said:
Spelled my daughter's first name the same way as Alannah Myles.

Sass Jordan, Canadian, although not a fave of mine!! Give me Jan Arden. Check out the drummer's that she has hired!

My favourite band was Streetheart. Kenny Shields is still out rocking. Spyder may still be the best bass player in Canadian rock (now with Loverboy).

What, nobody mentioned Allan Thicke? Leslie Neilson?

How about Hank Snow? Hank was going to marry June Carter at one time.
Nobody wanted 6" of Snow in June!!!!
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Spyder is ok but he is no Geddy Lee, Mike Tilka or Prakash John :wink:
 
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Haven't taken the time to read everything, but how about Oscar Peterson and Leonard Cohen.
 
Steppenwolf.."Lower level Of Fame"????? Take that back you swine! :evil:

Russian Dragon said:
I can think of a few;

Rush, BTO, Guess Who, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Barenaked Ladies, Maynard Ferguson, Nickelback, Shania Twain, Terri Clark ( the country singer, not to be confused with Canada's greatest drummer). And on a slightly lower level of fame - Paul Bley, Bruce Cockburn, John Kay ( Steppenwolf), David Clayton Thomas (BST), ..ummm...I dunno...Nick Gilder??
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onemat said:
Steppenwolf.."Lower level Of Fame"????? Take that back you swine! :evil:

Russian Dragon said:
I can think of a few;

Rush, BTO, Guess Who, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Barenaked Ladies, Maynard Ferguson, Nickelback, Shania Twain, Terri Clark ( the country singer, not to be confused with Canada's greatest drummer). And on a slightly lower level of fame - Paul Bley, Bruce Cockburn, John Kay ( Steppenwolf), David Clayton Thomas (BST), ..ummm...I dunno...Nick Gilder??


Steppenwolf and David Clayton Thomas (Blood Sweat and Tears) were huge recording and touring acts. Nick Gilder's hit Hot Child in the City was #1 all in the US and Canada
 
How about Goddo? Moxy?
or.... Anvil, featuring the mighty Robb Reiner on drums
 
st3ady said:
How about Goddo? Moxy?
or.... Anvil, featuring the mighty Robb Reiner on drums


Moxy and Goddo two good 70's bands, I liked Moxy with Buzz Shearman, not so much with Mike Reno.
 
weeping tile featuring sarah harmer and luther wright. luther also went on to make a pink floyd bluegrass tribute album that is real interesting. his band is luther wrong and the wrights.


mike
 
Lenny Breau made the artistic big time more than he ever made big bucks.

As a boy he learned to play simultaneously all Chet Atkins multitracked parts, (Kinda like Joe Walsh learning all George Harrison's parts on And Your Bird Can Sing).

Chet Atkins and Randy Bachman give him major props. His Live at Shelley's Mannhole (sp???) was a sweet piece of work.

Patrick
 
No east coasters here???..SHAME...Marg,Charlie,and The .........c,mon :lol:
 
wayne said:
No east coasters here???..SHAME...Marg,Charlie,and The .........c,mon :lol:


I mentioned Rita MacNeil and Hank Snow. How about The Minglewood Band,Ashley McIsaac...
 
Patrick said:
Lenny Breau made the artistic big time more than he ever made big bucks.

As a boy he learned to play simultaneously all Chet Atkins multitracked parts, (Kinda like Joe Walsh learning all George Harrison's parts on And Your Bird Can Sing).

Chet Atkins and Randy Bachman give him major props. His Live at Shelley's Mannhole (sp???) was a sweet piece of work.

Patrick


Lenny is probably one of the best guitarists, sadly he flew under most peoples radar.
 
BennyK said:
wayne said:
No east coasters here???..SHAME...Marg,Charlie,and The .........c,mon :lol:


I mentioned Rita MacNeil and Hank Snow. How about The Minglewood Band,Ashley McIsaac...

Don Messer's Jubillee?
Rita MacNeil has the pipes and terrible stage fright. HIlarious on "The Trailer Park Boys".

How about Tommy Hunter then? Nelly Furtado? Natalie MacMaster(sp)?

Transplanted American, Nanette Workman? Everyone has HEARD her, maybe not heard of her! My bro-in-law gigs/records with her.

http://www.myspace.com/nanetteworkman
 
wayne said:
No east coasters here???..SHAME...Marg,Charlie,and The .........c,mon :lol:


Okay Wayne. Marge Osborne and Charlie Chamberlain sang with Don Messer and His Islanders.

They were a big hit on the East Coast of Canada from the '40's on, which is more a modest regional success than the BIg Time. Eventually they broadcast nationally on CBC TV, and were an enormous hit in the '60's playing old time fiddle music and music hall kind of stuff. "Big Time" meant careers owning gas stations, driving cabs, etc. When CBC canned the show in 1969, there was a major national ruckus. Speeches in Parliament etc. At the time of cancellation, the show was still on top.

Charlie Chamberlain and Marge Osborne were the tandem lead singers, both drenched in sentimentality. Charlie also served as the bouncer at gigs. The Islanders used to play the same country dance halls my bands "inherited" in our time. Charlie was still famous 10 years gone for how he could pick up and toss rowdies.

Don Messer specialized in something called old time fiddling. Fiddle style designations can get fraught, but his style had a mix of Irish, Scottish and French styles.

The band was WAAYYYY better than my young brain could absorb. I dismissed the whole thing as uncool at the time, but with the usual hindsight, have some inkling of what I was missing. Old school, lots of two steps, square sets etc. Really kind of cool. Bill Leblanc, the drummer, leaned on woodblocks, military beats all kinds of stuff drawing from the era before we kept a ride cymbal running like clockwork. Reminiscent of Sonny Greer if you can imagine.

Their musical influence has been profound. Canada is still chock a block with great fliddlers and old time afficianados. Practically invisible below the northern states.

Patrick
 
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