Canada’s second National Anthem06.20.08

The theme song from CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) has recently made the news and created a major debate both socially and politically in this country that I call home!

This theme is something that we all grew up with. Every time this song was played on a Saturday night on CBC, it meant the […]



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My Fender Lead II11.10.07

I have been using my Fender Lead II as of late. I only have one guitar stand and I rotate the guitars that I put in it many times throughout the year.

I got this guitar off a exchange student from Japan around 1984-85. Oddly enough, this is a Student Guitar, meaning the body is smaller […]



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Canada’s band plain and simple - no debate needed09.12.07

Well ya know, men have this saying about women and here it is for all to ponder! “Women may not always be right …….but their never wrong!”

This statement certainly rings true for the many music aficionados that contemplate “who is/was” the finest Canadian Rock & Roll music of our time. We are the ones who […]



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Rick Wakeman’s band is terribly talented08.20.07

Oh my GOD!!! The show left me literally in a state of incomunicato. Not just because of R. Jackson’s generous gift of buying a ticket for me (which I WILL remember for the rest of my life!), but due to the pure talent of Rick Wakeman and his band mates. The tour is called Rick […]



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A Realization that I can play guitar02.09.07

I was just surfing while listening to one of my favorite Canadian musicians of all time, Bruce Cockburn(B.C.). I came to the realization that I am finally playing like a great guitar player of the 80’s, Mark Knopfler.
In grade 8, a song came onto the music scene that was really new and refreshing. […]



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