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Celebrating 50 Years of Triumph with Gil Moore
Get ready to rock Canadian style as Triumph is getting ready for their 50th Anniversary tour with special guests April Wine. Back in high school, I was a fan of Triumph. To prove it, I have a couple of out of focus Instamatic pictures and my ticket stubs from Hamilton Place to prove it. The…
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My Recent Sit Down with Brian Greenway of April Wine
After 57 years, April Wine are still rocking. As a Canadian teenager in the 1970’s, April Wine music is embedded in my memories of my high school and post-secondary days. The band was everywhere; on the radio, blaring out of car stereos, and in my own album collection. There have been several lineup changes over…
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Gary Lewis Returns for a Second Sit-Down
Pop Music Quiz Time! Who was Cashbox Magazine’s Male Vocalist of the Year in 1965: Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, or Gary Lewis? (Hint: It wasn’t The King or The Chairman of the Board) It was, in fact, Gary Lewis. 1965 was the breakthrough year for Gary Lewis and the Playboys. They released five singles that…
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My Sit Down 2.0 with Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon
Their first album, Together, topped the folk charts in 2023, so why not return to the studio for an encore? Together Again is the second album from Tom Paxton (Wasn’t That a Party) and John McCutcheon (Christmas in the Trenches). The album echoes many of the themes from their first album. They reflect on the…
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