Gary Bird Gary is a bit of a legend on the Alberta music scene. At least in my mind. He played for years with the Backline Orchestra. I first took him out on the road in 1988, originally as a soundman. When Cathy Cook left the group he came in as a player. He toured […]
Continue ReadingHistory, The Expanded notes 2-Eugene’s Guitar
I picked up a new old Guitar yesterday. A 1905 martin 0-21 which was willed to me by it’s previous owner, Glen Elfman. Glen left me this message about the history of the guitar. In the early 1900’s, my grandmother, Rosa Angelina Peck, purchased a small 1905 Martin Style 0-21 parlor guitar, eventually giving it […]
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It must be my sister Cathy’s first communion. I look like I’m maybe 2, max. That’s my brother Ed, me, Sharon, and Cathy. You can probably identify mum and dad. It’s a world away from Stepney and Monaghan. Mum and Dad came over on HMS Georgic, a year apart. They both passed through Pier 21. About 50 […]
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This has been the motif for most of the past 25 years. While most of you have been in one place I have been touring. I estimate my average life speed to be 38 mph. This includes lunch and sleep
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