Thanks, Gary.  Yeah, I'm just now hearing so many of these great Canadian
bands and solo artists.  I hope to check out more of them soon!  Thanks!

HeyJude (Judy)
www.superoldies.com
www.topshelfoldies.com
Check out the above links for the most obscure '50s and '60s
music....streaming oldies, chat, etc.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GaryPig@aol.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: Canadian groups...


>
> Hey Jude
> (et al),
>
> A quite old little Canadian Pop Primer column of mine should still be up
> at......
>
> http://www.cosmik.com/aa-april01/gary70.html
>
> .....but this only really scrapes the tip o the proverbial iceberg.
>
> Yet as Jaimie and Ralph have already stated
> (and as so many others have been railing about for YEARS now),
> Canada's rich musical history, and the talent which produced it,
> have been given so little of the respect it and they most certainly
deserve,
> from within its homeland industry most especially, and most tragically.
>
> I guess it's been about twenty years now since a fine series of "Made In
> Canada" compilation elpees began to right this sorry situation, but next
to
> nothing has been attempted since to get the absolute wealth of Canadian
rock, pop,
> punk and especially R&B music back out on the market and, just as
importantly,
> properly packaged and promoted to American and European audiences.  And
most
> attempts to bring these stellar catalogs completely and properly back to
> digital life (via Jaimie and Bullseye Records best of all) have been
bogged down in
> an even larger than usual swamp of legal caca.
>
> Where is the Canadian equivalent of the Library of Congress / Smithsonian
> Institute / R n R Hall of Fame even ??  Get the John Einarsons, Jaimie
Vernons,
> Peter J. Moores, Larry LeBlancs et al of Canada together in and on a
common
> cause, give them the support (and budget) (and legal army) they and the
music
> deserves, and get this history OUT THERE already!!
>
>
> Okay,
>
> Finished ranting (for now),
>
> Gary  "The O'Canada Factor"  Pig
>
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