This thread is devoted to Canadian Rock Musicians and their songs over the past 50 years.
Here's one I've rather enjoyed
Dude, Canadian shit sucks! It's not that we're any less talented, but simply the US lifestyle and paycheque just cannot be resisted!
So, we move to NY or LA!
Lots of Canadians infiltrating their shit! OK though... We look the same, and talk/sing almost the same also, so nobody knows...
December 4, 2000. Scott Smith of Lover Boy is washed overboard. He or his body was not recovered. I sold this boat to Scott in May of the same year, in San Rafael Ca. It was a Westsail 32. He and his crew were sailing back from the Farallones Islands, about 30 miles west of San Francisco. A terrible time of year to be doing this. The boat is a heavy crushing boat, and was capable. Apparently Scott was not teathered to something solid and was washed overboard. I have searched for this boat off and on for the last 15 years. True story.
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Wow, that's very interesting but I thought this thread was about Canadian musicians?
Mentioning the "band" (cringe) "Lover Boy" with anything having to do with music is kinda off topic don'tcha think???? ac_toofunny
Tough crowd!
Haha
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Wow, that's very interesting but I thought this thread was about Canadian musicians?
Mentioning the "band" (cringe) "Lover Boy" with anything having to do with music is kinda off topic don'tcha think???? ac_toofunny
Wasnt he a Canadian rock musician? Are you saying this band is or was lame? Maybe I'm not getting your sarcasm. I heard of them before. When the boat broker called me for a demo sail, he never mentioned who this person was. Anyway he bought my boat. Not long after he killed himself on her.
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Wow, that's very interesting but I thought this thread was about Canadian musicians?
Mentioning the "band" (cringe) "Lover Boy" with anything having to do with music is kinda off topic don'tcha think???? ac_toofunny
Wasnt he a Canadian rock musician? Are you saying this band is or was lame? Maybe I'm not getting your sarcasm. I heard of them before. When the boat broker called me for a demo sail, he never mentioned who this person was. Anyway he bought my boat. Not long after he killed himself on her.
You got the Canadian part right and the "lame" part especially correct.
Although 'lame" may be an understatement. Loverboy, like so many so-called rock bands from the late 70s and 80s were the epitome of "corporate rock" garbage.
Canada's Finest!!!
Ah shit, I thought it was going to be a Brian Adams video.
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So, we move to NY or LA!
Lots of Canadians infiltrating their shit! OK though... We look the same, and talk/sing almost the same also, so nobody knows...
Well Ace, not all folks, incl. our Yank friends livin' south of the 49th would agree with your assessment, Bud.
Here's one of America's biggest stars wowing the crowd in LA with what she considers one of Canada's Best:
...that's fairly impressive that these sisters could receive accolades from someone like Taylor Swift in what most consider the media capital of the USA & the world. In other words, their own backyard.
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Wow, that's very interesting but I thought this thread was about Canadian musicians?
Mentioning the "band" (cringe) "Lover Boy" with anything having to do with music is kinda off topic don'tcha think???? ac_toofunny
Wasnt he a Canadian rock musician? Are you saying this band is or was lame? Maybe I'm not getting your sarcasm. I heard of them before. When the boat broker called me for a demo sail, he never mentioned who this person was. Anyway he bought my boat. Not long after he killed himself on her.
You got the Canadian part right and the "lame" part especially correct.
Although 'lame" may be an understatement. Loverboy, like so many so-called rock bands from the late 70s and 80s were the epitome of "corporate rock" garbage.
You don't know me Rene. You are right, I don't know shit about Canadian rock bands. He did buy my boat, and paid me in cash. I could tell he fell in love with that boat. It was what he was looking for. It's really ashamed he lost his life aboard. I first found out from a friend who knew I owned and sold that boat to Scott. I moved out of the U.S. soon after I sold her.
Anyone like Hedley. They have some good tunes.
Here's an old Gordon Lightfoot tune sung by an Irish band, the Johnstons:
Echoed to her footsteps as soft as eiderdown
Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears
Waiting through the years
Bitter green they called her walking in the sun
Loving everyone that she met
Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun
Waiting for someone to take her home
Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea
Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free
Lost upon the ocean he died there in the mist
Dreaming of a kiss
Bitter green they called her walking in the sun
Loving everyone that she met
Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun
Waiting for someone to take her home
But now the bitter green is gone the hills have turned to rust
There comes a weary stranger whose tears fall in the dust
Kneeling by the churchyard in the autumn mist
Dreaming of a kiss
Bitter green they called her walking in the sun
Loving everyone that she met
Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun
Waiting for someone to take her home
Bitter green they called her walking in the sun
Loving everyone that she met
Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun
Waiting for someone
To take her home
Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian new wave band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single (1980's "Echo Beach") under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and the core members of the band also charted in Canada and internationally as M + M.
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Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian new wave band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single (1980's "Echo Beach") under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and the core members of the band also charted in Canada and internationally as M + M.
I only knew Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins chuck wagon.
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian fiddler, singer and songwriter from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997. His 1995 album Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-platinum selling Canadian record.
Edward Bear was a Toronto-based Canadian pop-rock group, formed originally in 1966 by Larry Evoy and Craig Hemming. The band signed with Capitol Records in 1969 with a lineup of Evoy, Danny Marks and Paul Weldon. Marks left the band the following year and was succeeded by Roger Ellis. The band had several chart successes in the early 1970s before disbanding in 1974. Their name is derived from A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh, whose "proper" name is Edward Bear. Their top selling singles include "You, Me and Mexico", "Last Song", and "Close Your Eyes", all three of which were Top 5 hits in Canada and charted well in the United States.
Big Sugar officially formed in 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Gordie Johnson, bassist Terry Wilkins, and drummer Al Cross, though the three musicians had already played together for several years as a supporting band for Molly Johnson's jazz performances and as an informal jam band with members of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. After Molly Johnson returned to rock music with Infidels, she helped her former bandmates to secure a record deal; their eponymous debut album was released in 1991 on Hypnotic Records.
https://youtu.be/XGCgdCl1gPk
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
https://youtu.be/toEk9DaLrgs
....the Real Suzanne....
https://youtu.be/AY80R2Pb7LE
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Big Sugar officially formed in 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Gordie Johnson, bassist Terry Wilkins, and drummer Al Cross, though the three musicians had already played together for several years as a supporting band for Molly Johnson's jazz performances and as an informal jam band with members of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. After Molly Johnson returned to rock music with Infidels, she helped her former bandmates to secure a record deal; their eponymous debut album was released in 1991 on Hypnotic Records.
I like Big Sugar, but it's bad for my teeth.
:laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5N6dupJ2Ko
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I like Big Sugar, but it's bad for my teeth.
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Big Sugar aint too bad.
Everyone knows Canadians don't have music. The closest thing they have is some guy beating a beaver tail with a stick from a maple tree.
Lotta great music from Canada. This is "The Oaf" by Big Wreck:
https://youtu.be/LuhzlSQovxc?si=Xb-xao9efKGDdLDa
Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuhzlSQovxc
Another Canuck rock goodie from 2003. The video is good, too:
https://youtu.be/lbbvs4LQ0oI
Amen.
This excellent cover of the Neil Young classic is by a band called Our Lady Peace. From Canada, of course.
https://youtu.be/1otngu-8dL0
Amen.
https://youtu.be/cTlpEmadHAQ
Ian Thornley is/was the creative driver in Big Wreck and Thornley.
Amen.
Great Canadian band:
https://youtu.be/LUwviJMVV5g
Amen.
This song shot up the charts pretty high in 1971:
https://youtu.be/oeT5otk2R1g
If i remember correctly, Tesla had a pretty big hit with it some years later.
Amen.
This is a very recent find. I like the high energy in the video. I'd never heard of this song, or this band for that matter. But, they are well known in the 51st State 😁 as is the song:
https://youtu.be/dD0xeHKAPOA
Amen.
Lotta great music from The Great White Norrh:
https://youtu.be/_bx347ilv64
Amen.
This band from Niagara Falls, Ontario, is still in business. I really liked this number when it came out in the 1980's. Nice and chunky:
https://youtu.be/uK0AmgDGpPo
Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-t8W4X8Obo
:good:
Sad about Downie. Hip was a great band. I never have understood how some Canuck bands/artists make it big in Canada, but fame in the USA somehow evades them. Oh well. Thanks to the internet, access has never been greater.
Amen.
When I first heard this on TV, I bought the album. Toronto band. 'nuff said:
https://youtu.be/sTFVMMCwsss
Amen.
True, this is a cover and a damned fine cover it is. Gob is from British Columbia:
https://youtu.be/6-y_DoutnLU
Amen.
The Stampeders were formed in Calgery and had a #1 hit with this:
Amen.
Quote from: J E B Stuart on December 27, 2024, 09:23:07 PMThe Stampeders were formed in Calgery and had a #1 hit with this:
Amen.
I saw the Stempeders years ago play the Stampede in Calgary. They were not too bad despite being fossils.
Kim Mitchell is highly regarded in Canada and has had a long career there. This song is good:
https://youtu.be/gwwV0xE70Ks
Amen.
Kick Axe is a metal band well-known in their native country Canada. Like so many artists, success in the US eluded them. No matter. This is their cover of the old Beatles standard. Some aspects of their cover reminds me of Joe Cocker's cover. Oh well. It's not a contest. Have a listen and enjoy:
Amen.
Patrick Henry Travers' first album came out in 1976. I have it. A guitar god, Pat has had a very productive career. Now 70 years young, he is still going strong. This tune from his first album is one of my favorites:
Amen.
Quote from: J E B Stuart on January 04, 2025, 12:34:40 PMKick Axe is a metal band well-known in their native country Canada. Like so many artists, success in the US eluded them. No matter. This is their cover of the old Beatles standard. Some aspects of their cover reminds me of Joe Cocker's cover. Oh well. It's not a contest. Have a listen and enjoy:
Amen.
I saw them in Saskatoon when I was sixteen.
A Saskatchewan trio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DByMKeQRQp8
Good one. I read that WMM hails from Saskatoon. Good time to plug this song by a well known Canadian band:
Quote from: J E B Stuart on December 22, 2024, 04:36:18 PMWhen I first heard this on TV, I bought the album. Toronto band. 'nuff said:
https://youtu.be/sTFVMMCwsss
Amen.
Tom Cochrane's early band.
Old JEB Stuart posted some early Tom Cochrane with Red Rider. This was their best tune in my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXY9wANQIsY
I'm just throwin' this out there, although I do have an album by them. I've never been able to quite get my head wrapped around any of their songs. But, they were essentially the predecessor to Bachman Turner Overdrive, a truly great band. This is the only song by Brave Belt to make the Canadian charts; nothing they produced made the US charts.
Amen.
Quote from: J E B Stuart on January 16, 2025, 05:58:35 PMI'm just throwin' this out there, although I do have an album by them. I've never been able to quite get my head wrapped around any of their songs. But, they were essentially the predecessor to Bachman Turner Overdrive, a truly great band. This is the only song by Brave Belt to make the Canadian charts; nothing they produced made the US charts.
Amen.
Wait a minute. I thought the Guess Who were the predecessor to BTO?
Quote from: Herman on January 16, 2025, 08:34:34 PMWait a minute. I thought the Guess Who were the predecessor to BTO?
As I understand it, in 1973, BTO was formed by Fred Turner and Randy, Robbie and Tim, the Bachman bros. Of them, only Randy was in The Guess Who. As for Brave Belt, all four of the BTO members were in it at one time or another, plus Chad Allan, who was the lead singer for The Guess Who prior to Burton Cummings. Chad was never in BTO.
As a side note, I was very disappointed to discover that Tim Bachman, now deceased, had some underage sex charges: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bachman
Amen.
Quote from: J E B Stuart on January 17, 2025, 12:47:39 AMAs I understand it, in 1973, BTO was formed by Fred Turner and Randy, Robbie and Tim, the Bachman bros. Of them, only Randy was in The Guess Who. As for Brave Belt, all four of the BTO members were in it at one time or another, plus Chad Allan, who was the lead singer for The Guess Who prior to Burton Cummings. Chad was never in BTO.
As a side note, I was very disappointed to discover that Tim Bachman, now deceased, had some underage sex charges: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bachman
Amen.
I only knew Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings from the Guess Who.
Ya, I knew one of the Bachman boys was a fiddler. Randy had nothing to do with him after he found out. Tim became a real estate agent in Vanacouver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz45xadRJjQ
This is Great Big Sea from Newfoundland. They combine traditional Newfie music which is similar to Irish music with rock and pop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Bsb-8pxG8
Quote from: Herman on January 26, 2025, 08:25:29 PMThis is Great Big Sea from Newfoundland. They combine traditional Newfie music which is similar to Irish music with rock and pop. . . .
Never heard of 'em, so thanks for sharin', amigo. That's an example of music I'd rarely, if ever, listen to while driving down the road. They do, however, strike me as a band that'd be really good to hear live.
Amen.
J E B Stuart, Great Big Sea has some more commercial sounding stuff too. They are mainstays on Canadian radio stations.
This is one of their biggest hits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-oC-kNtPTs
Quote from: Shen Li on January 26, 2025, 11:37:49 PMJ E B Stuart, Great Big Sea has some more commercial sounding stuff too. They are mainstays on Canadian radio stations.
This is one of their biggest hits. . . .
Noice! :thumbup2:
Amen.
I like The Tea Party......I hope you like them too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFdmpKzrb-g
Quote from: formosan on January 27, 2025, 09:51:35 AMI like The Tea Party......I hope you like them too. . . .
I do like them. I think I posted one earlier called "Heaven Coming Down."
Amen.
Billy Talent from Mississauga, Ontario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BXNKyoW_Ow
Quote from: J E B Stuart on January 27, 2025, 10:11:18 AMI do like them. I think I posted one earlier called "Heaven Coming Down."
Amen.
I'm sorry J E B Stuart.......I either didn't see it or I forgot.
Quote from: formosan on January 28, 2025, 12:18:04 PMI'm sorry J E B Stuart.......I either didn't see it or I forgot.
Oh, heavens to Betsy, formosan. You don't owe me an apology. I very much enjoy sharing and discussing our musical interests.
Amen.
This is a good band discovered by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAocvKHUidg
Another good song by Default.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEtd4duXOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQL_luMMlhY
Quote from: Shen Li on February 09, 2025, 12:14:03 AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQL_luMMlhY
Slik Toxik? Never heard of 'em, but that song is good. From their 1992 album "Doin' The Nasty." Thanks!
Amen.
Amen.
What a terrific old song. Rush was so talented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osN-dGs2d2A
Canadian band out of London, Ontario. They had a #1 hit in Canada with this smoothie that also went up to #18 in the USA in 1969:
Amen.
I still enjoy listening to The Tea Party.
Underrated Canadian rock band.
https://youtu.be/wB5V0ujnIqM?si=JrO5-uiRxEiJ6B4m
https://youtu.be/9vZHuO7WPwM?si=u-gMyTiuXYINZMK8
Do I like to rock, you ask? Does a bear shit in the woods?
Amen.
This my favourite song by April Wine J E B Stuart..
It was playing on the radio the night my husband proposed to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_34N87Eokk
For me, picking a favorite April Wine song is very difficult because their stuff is so damn good. They're still in business, despite the passing of Myles Goodwyn in 2023. To his credit, he found a suitable replacement for himself in 2022 so the band could carry on.
Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siMPWhNiSGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YrWsmlJSiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Iyi2pscjI
Well. I just read that BTO just released its first new song in over 40 years. So, here it is. It's pretty good, although the rhythm is identical to their old classic, Takin' Care of Business:
Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkMaBy6EX0w
Sloan is from Nova Scotia. Just found 'em today, although they've been in business for quite a while. Virtually no success in the USA, but have enjoyed a lot of popularity in Canada. This is from 1992:
Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_nqeOsgLHg