Eagle & Hawk is a Canadian

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group based in

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, active since 1994. They are most noted for winning the Juno Award for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 2002 for their album ''On and On''. The band had numerous members throughout its history, with guitarist Vince Fontaine as the primary and constant member.

History

The band was formed in 1994 by Vince Fontaine and

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. Their debut album ''The Dream'' was released in 1997. However, Westwood left the band that year as he was unable to balance the band's touring commitments against his work as a football player for the

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. He was replaced by Jay Bodner, who remained the band's lead singer for the rest of its career, although Westwood remained an occasional guest collaborator. Other musicians associated with the band have included keyboardists Gerry Atwell, Jaylene Johnson, Will Bonness, and Rena Semenko; bassists Randy Booth, Jeff Monkman, Clint Adams, Lawrence "Spatch" Mulhall, D.J. St. Germain, and Tik Mason; and drummers Mike Bruyere,

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, Steve Broadhurst, Kevin Radomsky, Marty Chapman, and Rich Reid. The band released 10 albums throughout its career. In addition to their Juno Award win, the band won three awards, for best songwriter, best rock album for ''Mother Earth'' and best song for "Sundancer", at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2004. The band garnered two further Juno Award nominations for Aboriginal Recording of the Year, in 2004 for ''Mother Earth'' and in 2006 for ''Life Is''. They also won awards from the

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, the

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, the

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s, and the Indian Summer Music Awards. In 2011, Fontaine collaborated with

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, William Prince, Pamela Davis, and Neewa Mason in

Indian City Indian City is a Canadian folk-rock musical group best known for their 2017 Juno Award–nominated album ''Here & Now''. Originally formed as a side project by Vince Fontaine of the band Eagle & Hawk, Indian City is a rotating collective of musicia ...

, a project whose 2012 album ''Supernation'' fused traditional aboriginal music with experimentally tinged folk rock. Amero won Male Entertainer of the Year, and ''Supernation'' won Best Pop Album, at that year's Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards. Although the band have not recorded a new album since 2010's ''The Great Unknown'', they continued to perform occasional live dates, including a 2012 benefit concert for musician

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following his stroke. Fontaine died of a heart attack on January 11, 2022, at the age of 60."Vince Fontaine, 'true visionary' and Juno Award-winning Manitoba musician, dies at 60"

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Manitoba, January 12, 2020. The death was announced by his niece, provincial MLA

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Discography

* ''The Dream'' (1997) * ''Indian City'' (1999) * ''Eagle & Hawk'' (2000) * ''On and On'' (2002) * ''The Red'' (2003) * ''Mother Earth'' (2004) * ''Life Is...'' (2005) * ''Red Road Stories'' (2007) * ''Sirensong'' (2008) * ''The Great Unknown'' (2010) * ''20 Years Best of'' (2018) * ''Liberty'' (2019) * ''Sundancer 21'' (2020) * ''Code Red'' (2021)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eagle And Hawk 1994 establishments in Manitoba Canadian rock music groups First Nations musical groups Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year winners Musical groups established in 1994 Musical groups from Winnipeg

History

Discography

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