Archive for Maureen Leeson
ONLY WOMEN BLEED by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, Health, life, Opinion, Review with tags Ann Wilson, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Tyler, Breast Cancer Awareness, Chriss Hynde, Chrissy Amphlett, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Grace Jones, Grace Slick, Heart, I Run for Life, I Touch Myself, Jaimie Vernon, Jane Siberry, Janis Joplin, Kate Bush, Lee Aaron, Lisa Dal Bello, Marianne Faithful, Martha Bouchier, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Maureen Leeson, Nancy Wilson, Olivia Newton-John, Only Women Bleed, Poly Styrene, Run for the Cure, Sharon Judd, Swedish Fish, The Divinyls, The Runaways, Velvet Hammer on October 5, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
Posted in Opinion with tags Alan Parsons, Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Brutus, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cheaper Than Therapy, crowdfunding, Dave Rave, David Quinton, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Encore Records, folk label, independent artists, Jaimie Vernon, Klaatu, Lisa Millar, Luke & The Apostles, Mainline, Mark Logan, Maureen Leeson, Moving Targetz, Moxy, Rush, Skip Prokop, Soap Opera, Swedish Fish, Swindled, The Beatles, The First Time, The Guess Who, The Kings, Twitch, Unsigned Sealed & Delivered on September 19, 2015 by segarini
24 hours ago a crowdfunding campaign to bring my old record label, Bullseye, back from the dead ended successfully with over $20,000 in donations from people who passionately believe in not only me and the label but music in general. I’m overwhelmed by the generosity and well wishes. I am truly humbled.
JAIMIE VERNON – TAKIN’ CARE OF BACHMAN (PART 2)
Posted in Opinion with tags Bachman Turner Overdrive, Bill Wallace, Bob Segarini, Brave Belt, BTO, Bullseye Records of Canada, Burton Cummings, Canadian music Randy Bachman, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donnie McDougall, Epiphone, Gary Peterson, Grapes of Wrath, Guess Who, Hummer, Jaimie Vernon, Jim Kale, Killer Dwarfs, Lee Garden, Les Paul, Maureen Leeson, Paul Whitteker, Sharon'SISTER, Sheraton Centre Hotel, Spadina, Spare Parts, Susan Abramovitch, Suzanne Little, The Docks, Tom Hooper on April 18, 2015 by segarini
excerpted from the forthcoming book ‘Bullsography: The Bullseye Records Story 1985-2010’
JAIMIE VERNON – HEY, NINETEEN
Posted in Opinion with tags Anniversary., BMG Music, Bob Segarini, Bryan Adams, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Derek Longmuir, divorce, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Duke Street Diner, El Mocambo, Great White Noise Magazine, Honeymoon Suite, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Healey, Kings X, Kingswood, little black dress, Liverpool, Made In Canada, Maureen Leeson, Moving Targetz, P.A.M., Paul Anand, Paul White, record collection, rock and roll love letter, Sharon Vernon, Spare Parts, Spin Doctors, The Bay City Rollers, The Eagles, The Kings on March 14, 2015 by segarini
As you read this my wife Sharon Vernon and I have just celebrated our 19th anniversary. We went to Cleveland to see two of her favourite bands – the American act Red Wanting Blue and Canadian rock darling The Trews who I introduced her to (musically) in 2003 after seeing them in a club in Halifax during the ECMA’s. We’ve done a lot of that on our anniversaries – going to see live acts. That includes Lighthouse on our 17th and Ian Mitchell of the Bay City Rollers (see story below).
JAIMIE VERNON – 29 WITH A BULLET
Posted in Opinion with tags Anger Brothers, Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Brave Belt, Brutus, Bullseye Records, Canada Music Week, Canadian Music, Cats & Dogs, CMW, Creighton Doane, Dave Rave, David Quinton, DBAWIS, Dee Long, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eight Seconds, Figures at Dawn, Geoff Gibbons, Glen Foster, Goddo, Greg Godovitz, Guess Who, Harem Scarem, Honeymoon Suite, International Pop Overthrow Festival, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Healey, Jeff Jones, John Boswell, Killer Dwarfs, Klaatu, Maureen Leeson, Michael White & The White, Moxy, Santers, Silverlode, Soap Opera, Terry Draper, That Canadian Guy, The Beatles, The Brunswick House, The Dishes, The First Time, The Florida Razors, The Kings, The Shakers, The Sweet, Tom Hooper, Tom Wilson, Wild T & The Spirit on May 10, 2014 by segarini
A major anniversary passed surreptitiously on April 20th. It was the 29th anniversary of my long-suffering record label Bullseye Records. Normally I’d have shouted from the rooftops and run some kind of anniversary commemoration on Facebook or with musicians I know or privately, silently weeping, into my morning orange juice. But, I actually forgot about it.
So far removed am I from the music world now, and my own legacy, and exhausted from the grind that is my paycheck shackles that it slipped under my radar.
JAIMIE VERNON – GOT YOU COVERED
Posted in Opinion with tags Arlington Hotel, Black Swan, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Tyler, Canadian Music, Christina Bianco, cover tunes, Creighton Doane, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duanne welsh, Ennio Morricone, Gary Jules, Geoff Wilson, Harry Nilsson, Healey's Roadhouse, Jaimie Vernon, Jaymz Bee, Julie Nunes, Lawrie Ingles, Maureen Leeson, Maynooth, Miley Cyrus, Richard Cheese, Rick Miller, Sharon'SISTER, Spare Parts, The Beatles, tribute bands, Ukelele Orhestra, Van Der Kill on September 4, 2013 by segarini
This week I’ve been discussing a reunion of my old cover band Spare Parts with the original participants – Maureen Leeson (vocals), Duanne Welsh (drums) and Geoff Wilson (guitar). We were a ‘thing’ from 1993 through 1997. By thing I mean a true-blue working act at clubs across southern (and north-eastern) Ontario getting paid to make people drink beer, dance, grope inappropriately and puke in restrooms. Achieving all four in an evening was considered a success by bar owners and audience members alike. More times than not we could do all four or at least fashion a passable trifecta. Oh, and we were really fucking good at what we did which might be why we were employed every other weekend for four years straight.
JAIMIE VERNON – Women Are From Bay City, Men Are From Syrinx
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morrisette, Carole Pope, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Jaimie Vernon, Joni Mitchell, Jully Black, Lee Aaron, Maureen Leeson, music, The Curse, The Women of Rock! on July 21, 2012 by segarini
This week I stepped into a Facebook hornets nest of women commenting on a current concert photo of Tom Jones. The conversation was going along swimmingly as the ladies talked about when they’d seen him perform for the first time, the last time, how great he still sounds and what their favourite songs were. Then it happened. Someone said he was still ‘hot’. And that’s when I lost it. I dove in with a roundhouse to the solar plexis. My response to the thread is the same as it is every time I see a pop star’s picture posted and banal conversations about same. Guys talk about the music – guitar solos, drum technique, wicked harmonies, cool staging and lighting, and the show itself. The ladies, meanwhile, talk about the hotness. The tight trousers, the long, shiny hair, the puppy-dog eyes and kissable mouth. Everything but the music or the performance. And they call guys superficial? If men think with their penises and listen to music with their ears, then women think with their hearts and listen to music with their vaginas.
JAIMIE VERNON – I Like the Beatles And My Baby Loves The Rolling Stones
Posted in Opinion with tags Bullseye Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, International Pop Overthrow, IPO, Jaimie Vernon, Maureen Leeson, Sharon Vernon on March 10, 2012 by segarini
Bob Segarini’s song is an apt musical metaphor for “Men are from Mars, Women are from Anywhere They Damn Well Please”. But in my case, the title means exactly what it says. I’m a Beatles fan. My wife, Sharon Vernon, is a Rolling Stones fan. In our household that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s a well balanced diet of charm, wit and brilliant pop sensibilities vs. machismo, grit and bad boy sexuality.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 