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Junkhouse
Junkhouse was a Canadian rock band, formed during 1989 in Hamilton, Ontario. They released three albums during the 1990s, which spawned numerous charting singles in Canada. They initially disbanded in 1998, and reformed for various one-off shows afterwards. History Formed in 1989 in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tom Wilson, guitarist Dan Achen, bassist Russ Wilson, and drummer Ray Farrugia (despite their shared surname, Tom and Russ Wilson are not related). The band got its first widespread exposure opening for Crash Vegas on that band's tour to support their debut album, '' Red Earth''. Crash Vegas member Colin Cripps was one of Junkhouse's early mentors and supporters. In 1993, the band signed to Sony Records, and released a Sony Music publishing demo ''Here Lies Happiness'', which was a collection of their early recordings. The band was then moved to Sony's Epic Records division. In September 1993 they released their official debut, '' Stray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strays (Junkhouse Album)
''Strays'' is the debut album by the Canadian rock band Junkhouse. It is the band's best-selling album, being certified Gold in Canada for selling 50,000 copies. This album was also released in Japan. Track listing # "Jesus Sings the Blues" ( Tom Wilson, Junkhouse) – 5:46 # "Out of My Head" (Wilson, Memphis) – 3:45 # "Weight on Me Mama" (Wilson, Memphis) – 3:57 # "The Sky Is Falling" (Wilson, Douglas) – 3:06 # "Gimme the Love" (Junkhouse) – 3:15 # "Stone Horses" (Wilson, Junkhouse) – 4:15 # "Praying for the Rain" (Wilson, Junkhouse) – 3:04 # "Big Lake" (Wilson, Junkhouse, Malcolm Burn) – 5:20 # "This Old Man's Too Drunk to Drive" (Wilson) – 2:41 # "No Way Out of Love (The Rounder)" (Wilson, Memphis) – 4:11 # "Big Brown Turtle" (Wilson, Junkhouse) – 4:02 # "This Kitchen Feels Like Home" (Wilson, Tim Gibbons) – 3:57 # "The Buffalo Skinner" (Wilson) – 4:20 # "The Waiting" (Wilson) – 4:47 Personnel * Dan Achen – electric guitar, feedback, vocals * Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuzz (Junkhouse Album)
''Fuzz'' is the third and final studio album by Canadian rock band Junkhouse. The album was recorded in the fall of 1996 at a converted church studio in Hamilton called Catherine North, which was co-owned by guitarist Dan Achen. This is Junkhouse's only album to feature Colin Cripps Colin Cripps (born January 26, 1961 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and record producer. Career Colin Cripps is a Canadian guitarist and member of Blue Rodeo and the Jim Cuddy Band. He has been a member and producer of the bands C .... The album features the hit singles "Pearly White" and "Shine". Track listing References 1997 albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birthday Boy (album)
''Birthday Boy'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Junkhouse. This was the band's last album with bassist Russ Wilson, who would be replaced by Grant Marshall on the band's next album, '' Fuzz''. The album features the singles "Be Someone", "Brown Shoe" and "Burn for You". The album also features a duet with Sarah McLachlan on the song "Burned Out Car", which is a song about the homeless in Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca .... Track listing # "Chunk (Port Dover)" – 4:32 # "Big Daddy" – 4:00 # "Brown Shoe" – 3:06 # "Burn for You" – 4:14 # "Be Someone" – 3:05 # "Caves" – 4:32 # "Down in the Liver" – 3:19 # "Burned Out Car" (feat. Sarah McLachlan) – 3:52 # "Birthday Boy" – 3:31 # "Drink" – 5:57 References 1995 albums Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Cripps
Colin Cripps (born January 26, 1961 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and record producer. Career Colin Cripps is a Canadian guitarist and member of Blue Rodeo and the Jim Cuddy Band. He has been a member and producer of the bands Crash Vegas and Junkhouse. He has also produced and written material for Kathleen Edwards, Big Wreck, Tom Wilson, Colin James, Craig Cardiff, Jim Cuddy, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Stephen Fearing, Oh Susanna, The Headstones, Sarah McLachlan, Justin Rutledge, Bryan Adams, Collin Herring, Andrew Walker, and Dawn Langstroth. He has also worked in film, composing the music for ''Wrestling with Shadows'', ''The Life and Death of Owen Hart'', ''Machine Gun'' and ''Planet Storm''. In 2007, Cripps appeared with Bryan Adams, playing guitar and backing vocals on a BBC special in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Beatles, '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.'' In 2006-2007, Cripps played guitar on the Bryan Adams record '' 11'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wilson (musician)
Thomas Cunningham Wilson (born 1959) is a Canadian rock musician from Hamilton, Ontario. A veteran of the Canadian music scene, Wilson has been a writer and performer for many years. Wilson's eclectic musical style has ranged from the psychobilly / R&B sounds of the Florida Razors, to the western/roots style of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and the funk/blues-inspired rock of Junkhouse. Early life Wilson grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, secretly adopted and raised by his great-aunt and uncle. Later in life Tom discovered his birth parents, Louis Beauvais and Jane Lazare, both Mohawk from Kahnawake. Tom did not confirm his Mohawk identity until he was an adult."‘I am a living breathing lie’: Tom Wilson on learning the trut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. Emmylou Harris's ''Red Dirt Girl'', produced by Burn, won Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 2001 Grammys. Biography Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Burn grew up in Deep River, Ontario and became lead singer/keyboardist for the 1980s Canadian band Boys Brigade. Following the dissolution of that group, he turned towards music production and solo work. In 1988 Burn relocated to New Orleans where he would work with Daniel Lanois (known for his work with U2 & Peter Gabriel) on a number of projects. Their collaboration began with Burn playing keyboards and guitar on Lanois' solo debut record '' Acadie''. Burn recorded again with Lanois for Bob Dylan on his acclaimed album ''Oh Mercy'', and on ''Yellow Moon'' by The Neville Brothers and ''Living with the Law'', which he co-produced for Chris Whitley. Burn produced projects with Blue Rodeo, Emmylou Harris (''Red Dirt Girl'', ''Stumble i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash Vegas
Crash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s. Biography The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988, who were also in a romantic relationship. They had met in the late 1970s, and McAdorey had later appeared in the music video for Blue Rodeo's song "Try". The two could not agree on a name for the band, originally selecting Giant Tambourine. McAdorey stated that they eventually settled on Crash Vegas by "bouncing words around", a name she liked for its "abrasive vividness". Jocelyne Lanois joined the band as bassist, and shortly after Ambrose Pottie joined as drummer. It was one of the early acts to emerge from the vibrant Queen Street West music scene that developed in downtown Toronto beginning in the mid 1980s. The group's first performance was at The Cameron House in Toronto, and it played many opening shows for Blue Rodeo over the course of the following year, including at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horseshoe Tavern
The Horseshoe Tavern (known as ''The Horseshoe'', ''The 'Shoe'', The 'Toronto Tavern' and The 'Triple T' to Toronto locals) is a concert venue at 370 Queen Street West (northeast corner of Queen at Spadina) in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and has been in operation since 1947. Owned by "JC", Ken Sprackman, Craig Laskey and Naomi Montpetit, the venue is a significant part of Canadian musical lore. It is captured in the memories of thousands of concertgoers, and in books such as '' Have Not Been the Same.'' History The building, erected in 1861, previously housed a blacksmith. Originally known as a ''Country Roots n' Rockabilly Music Tavern'', it was an 87-seat saloon. The Horseshoe Tavern welcomed blues and folk in the 1960s, reggae, mod rock, and punk in the 1970s, new wave and alternative rock in the 1980s, and everything from ska, surf, swing, Celtic and alternative country in the 1990s. Influential acts that have played concerts include the Rolling Stones, the Police, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Linden
Colin Kendall Linden (born 16 April 1960) is a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Linden plays acoustic and electric guitar, specializing in slide guitar, country blues, and ragtime fingerpicking. He frequently collaborates with country and folk performers. He is a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings with Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson. He has worked with Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, T-Bone Burnett, Kevin Gordon, Colin James, Emmylou Harris, Leon Redbone, Rita Chiarelli, Chris Thomas King, The Band, Keb' Mo', Charles Esten and Bob Dylan. Career Early years Linden was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he was still an infant, his family moved to White Plains, New York. The ten-year-old Linden heard rock performers in New York venues, such as Van Morrison, the Flying Burrito Brothers, James Taylor, John Mayall, Johnny Winter and Taj Mahal. 1970s When the family moved back to Toronto, Linden became interested in performers such as Taj Mahal, Mississi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are a Canadian folk rock–alternative country band with blues and country influences. The band was formed in 1996, in Hamilton, Ontario, by Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing, and Colin Linden. Career Early Period: 1990s Tom Wilson (former lead singer of Junkhouse and Tom Wilson & the Florida Razors), solo artist Stephen Fearing, and guitarist and producer Colin Linden started Blackie and the Rodeo Kings as a tribute to one of their favorite Canadian folk artists, the singer-songwriter Willie P. Bennett. Their name was taken from Bennett's 1978 album '' Blackie and the Rodeo King''. What started as a side project soon turned into a full-fledged band after their first album, ''High or Hurtin': The Songs of Willie P. Bennett'', was a critical success and popular with fans of both Bennett and each individual artist. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings have released numerous full-length studio albums and received many awards and nominations. In 1999, the band recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Due South
''Due South'' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 26, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999. The series starred Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano, and Callum Keith Rennie. The show follows the adventures of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Constable Benton Fraser, who first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father, and has remained, attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate. He works alongside a detective of the Chicago Police Department to solve crimes. Both are aided at times by Fraser's deaf white wolf, Diefenbaker. The show's format mixed between elements of a police drama and comedy, derived from the stereotypical differences between Canadian and American culture at the time. It also included elements of fantasy derived from Gross' character being v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Earth (Crash Vegas Album)
''Red Earth'' is the debut album by Canadian indie band Crash Vegas. It was released by Risque Disque, a label formed by Blue Rodeo. Greg Keelor, one of Blue Rodeo's musicians, collaborated with Michelle McAdorey and co-wrote some of the music for the album, and also provided guitar performances for the recorded version of the songs "Red Earth" and "The One That Keeps Me Running". The band toured in support of the album in 1990, and again from late 1991 to mid-1992. The second tour included opening act Junkhouse, which became increasingly popular as a result of this exposure. The album is typically described as melancholic and brooding folk rock, with a style reminiscent of Cowboy Junkies or 10,000 Maniacs. It was primarily recorded at The Lab, a studio in Hamilton operated by the band's then-bassist Jocelyne Lanois, formerly of Martha & The Muffins, and her partner Malcolm Burn. Songs that received notable airplay on Canadian radio included "Sky", "Smoke" and "Inside Out", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
