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Pat Blythe – A Tribute to Jack Richardson, Tom Cochrane and Music

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Bobby Curtola, Bobby Gimby, Coca Cola, Davide Di Renzo, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fanshawe College, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre St Catharines, Five Man Electrical Band, Gerry Lee, Great Lakes Blues Society, Humboldt, Jack Richardson, Jack Richardson London Music Awards, Jack Richardson Music Awards, Jeff Jones, Juno, Ken Greer, luvthemusic, McCann-Erickson, Music Arts Industry Program, Nimbus 9, Order of Canada, Pat Blythe, SOCAN, Tara Scott, The Guess Who, The Staccatos, Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, Westernairs on April 11, 2018 by segarini

Back in London, Ontario for the Jack Richardson Music Awards (JRMA) and Jack Richardson Music Week. My home town and it’s about time I attended. There are multiple events happening every night. Great Lakes Blues Society presents Bill Durst; Doll House Showcase celebrates the Women of London in Music with Juno nominee Emm Gryner; Battle of The High School Bands in honor of Richardson’s love of teaching and encouragement of London’s young musicians ($2,500 top prize); an oral history of the London music scene from the 1960’s forward presented by Greg Simpson and Bob Klanac; Jack’s London Live….a full evening devoted to promoting live music and the live music venues in London (wonder how many I can cover in a single evening) and of course, to cap off the week Jack Richardson Music Awards presentation and gala.

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JAIMIE VERNON – TRUE NORTH GLUTEN FREE

Posted in Opinion with tags Aboriginal Day, assassination, Beer, Bob Segarini, Bobby Gimby, Bruce Cockburn, Canada Day, Canadian Music, CBC, Celine Dion, DBAWIS, Dieppe, Doggie style, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fete du Canada, FLQ, Fox News, Geraldo Rivera, Gordon Lightfoot, Hockey, Jaimie Vernon, Justin Bieber, Lockerbie, military, Nickelback, Ottawa, Parliament Hill, Peter Mansbridge, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, sex, Shania Twain, Sir John A. MacDonald, Snow, The Bells, The Five Bells, The Guess Who, The Trews, Tragically Hip, Vimy Ridge on October 25, 2014 by segarini

In the early morning aftermath of two tragic military assassinations in Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario this week America tuned in and saw a different kind of Canada.

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JAIMIE VERNON – CANADA DOESN’T LOOK A DAY OVER 145

Posted in Opinion with tags Aboriginal Day, Beaver, Bob Segarini, Bobby Gimby, British Empire, Bruce Cockburn, Canada Day, DBAWIS, Doggie style, Dominion Day, Don't Believe a Word I Say, fireworks, French, Jaimie Vernon, John A. MacDonald, Life's a Canadian Rock, Lightfoot, Moody Manitoba Morning, music, Provinces, Quebec, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, Records, Toronto, Tragically Hip on June 29, 2013 by segarini

July 1^st is Canada’s 146^th birthday. And unlike Amerka’s Independence Day, ours is a true birthday. It was on that day in 1867 that Prime Minister and Scottish whiskey guzzling champ Sir John A. MacDonald spread his legs and shat out a proclamation declaring the Province of Canada (Quebec and Ontario) plus New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to be, henceforth, bastard siblings. History would record any number of schools named in his honour.