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Contrary to early popular belief, no one in the band Billy Talent actually has that name. They first got together as teens at Mississauga, Ontario’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School, and consisted of vocalist Ben Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D’Sa, bassist Jon Gallant, and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk. They chose the name Pezz because of …
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June 27 1942: Composer/pianist Frank Mills is born in Montreal. 1966: Lovin’ Spoonful, which features Canadian Zal Yanovsky peaks at #2 on RPM’s Top 100 list with “Jug Band Music.” 1970: Festival Express, a touring concert consisting of The Band, The Good Brothers, Mashmakhan, and Ian & Sylvia, among others, is in Toronto for the …
June 15 1946: Duris Maxwell, drummer for Skylark, Powder Blues, and Doucette is born in East York, Ontario as Ted Lewis. 1956: Uriah Heep frontman Bernie Shaw is born in Victoria, BC. 1968: “How’d We Ever Get This Way” by Andy Kim peaks on Canada’s pop chart at #16. 1971: Bif Naked is born in …
June 14 1894: The doors to Toronto’s Massey Hall open for the first time, with a performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” 1937: “The Happy Gang” troupe of musicians, led by singer pianist Bert Pearl, make their first broadcast on station CRCT, a CBC affiliate in Toronto. 1938: Pacific Salt‘s Ian MacDougall is born in Calgary. 1969: …
May 29 1945: Mike Hanford, singer for Gettysbyrg Address is born in Winnipeg. 1948: Walter Rossi is born Rossignuoli Rossi in Naples, Italy. 1970: Manchild are in Toronto for a show at St Gabe’s. 1973: Guess Who is in Fort Worth, Texas for a show at The Tarrant County Convention Centre. 1971: Smyle enter the …
May 26 1940: Levon Helm, drummer and vocalist for The Band, is born in Marvell, Arkansas. 1945: Garry Peterson, drummer of The Guess Who is born in Winnipeg. 1966: The Guess Who, featuring both Chad Allan and Burton Cummings, are at the Winnipeg Football Stadium for Bang-A-Rama. 1973: Anne Murray enters the US charts with …
May 17 1944: Jesse Winchester is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He moves to Canada in 1967 to evade the US draft, and became a Canadian citizen in 1973. 1947: Dave Wynne, drummer for Influence, is born in Stockport, Manchester, England. 1953: Headpins drummer Bernie Aubin is born in Quebec City. 1954: Robbie Rae is born …
May 12 1958: The movie “Let’s Rock”, with Paul Anka among others, opens across the US. 1967: Walter Rossi plays his first show with Wilson Pickett at Massey Hall in Toronto. 1967: The Paupers begin a three night run in San Fransisco at the Fillmore West, backing Jefferson Airplane. 1973: Hank Snow peaks on Billboard’s …
April 2 1938: Wes Dakus is born in Mannville, Alberta. 1946: Kurt Winter, guitarist for Brother and The Guess Who is born in Winnipeg. 1959: Chris Stiffler of Platinum Blonde is born in Toronto. 1971: The Poppy Family‘s “That’s Where I Went Wrong” peaks at #19 on the Billboard pop chart in the US. 1979: …