excerpted from the forthcoming book Bullsography: The Bullseye Records Story 1985-2010
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JAIMIE VERNON – TOM HOOPER & THE UNEXPLORED COSMOS
Posted in Opinion with tags 2002, 54.40, Bob Segarini, Brutus, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cardboard Man, Dan Nullmeyer, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Harrison, Goddo, Grapes of Wrath, Greg Simpson, Hamilton, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Jones, Kitchener, KOCH, Lava Hay, Lisa Millar, London, Much Music, Ottawa, Ranbach Music, randy bachman, Same Old Me, Suzanne Little, Takin' Care of Christmas, Taste of The Danforth, The Kings, The Unexplored Cosmos, Tom Hooper, Toronto on April 25, 2015 by segariniJAIMIE 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 segariniexcerpted from the forthcoming book ‘Bullsography: The Bullseye Records Story 1985-2010’
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 segariniA 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 – It Was 50 Years Ago Today
Posted in Opinion with tags Al Kooper, Alan Merrill, Andrew Gold, Beatles Tribute, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Casbah Coffee Club, DBAWIS, digital album, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Fab Four, Frank Levin, Gary Pig Gold, George Harrison, Goddo, Ian Anderson, It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Jones, John Lennon, Klaatu, Leo Sayer, Liverpool, Michael WHITE, music, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Kings, Tom Hooper, tribute album on November 9, 2013 by segariniI’ll be 50 years old on November 19th (send no cards, just cash, please). A half century of fun, frivolity and heart-ache. Fortunately, I’ve had a lot of the former
and less of the latter. Annually, I chase the notoriety of the JFK assassination by three days…and every f*cking thing The Beatles have ever done. My moments of personal glory will always be overshadowed by what they did on my birthday in various years: