Burton Cummings left nothing undone at last night’s Massey Hall Show. Kicking off Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival, Cummings performance proved him well deserving to be the first individual inducted to the Walk of Fame “twice”…first with The Guess Who and now as a solo artist. Cummings opened the show with “No Sugar Tonight / [...]
The screening of Neil Young Journeys by Jonathan Demme and Neil Young was a most enjoyable experience… a fascinating glimpse into Neil’s past and a riveting re-run of Neil’s Massey Hall concerts back in May of this year (2011). Following the film presentation, the audience was rewarded with a rare opportunity to hear from both [...]
Monday September 12, 2011… the premier showing of Jonathan Demme and Neil Young’s latest documentary “Neil Young Journeys” and Youngtown was there. My son Stephen and I arrived around 4:00 in efforts to insure a good place in line…objective was secured. Waiting in line (actually Stephen waited in line while I sat across the road) [...]
Sep 062011
THIS EVENT HAS ENDED – FANTASTIC SOLD-OUT SHOW… THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE IT A GREAT SUCCESS – Performers, Sponsors, Volunteers, BobFM, Loblaws (Lindsay), Fans, and media supports…you know who you are! SEE YOU AT YOUNGTOWN JAM FIVE IN 2012 Youngtown Jam 4 – Official Trailer 2011 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youngtown-Rock-Roll-Museum/118113934885526#!/photo.php?v=10150375809151841&set=vb.118113934885526&type=2&theater _____________________________________________________________________________________________ YOUNGTOWN JAM “4″ 2011 Ticket [...]
Alzheimer’s Disease isn’t easy on anyone’s mind…including the amazing country / pop legend Glen Campbell. For decades Campbell has been front of the herd as a singer, guitarist extraordinaire, TV show host, actor, and first rate studio musician having backed the Monkee’s and Beach Boys to name but two. Sadly, the disease that has taken [...]
Ran into another Toronto music great not long ago… Mr. Robbie Lane. A former DJ from CHUM AM, Robbie keeps busy these day’s as radio host with Zoomer Radio AM 740… listen to the “Sixties at Six” and “The Seventies at Seven” (See link below). Perhaps most significant, Robbie and The Disciples have been a [...]
Jun 232011
Sugar, ah, honey, honey / You are my candy girl / And you got me wanting you…. They sure don’t write lyrics like that anymore but back in my youth, Bubble Gum Pop Music was (along with the heavier FM sounds of course) part of our music diet. Yup, and thank goodness it was cause [...]
Jun 172011
UPDATE!!! (June 19th.) Attended the Brian Wilson concert at Massey Hall last night. If you couldn’t attend you sadly missed out on a fantastic evening of entertainment. Brian still has the magic and his band is outstanding… wonderful show! PS – Hey Scott (Band member) thanks for your help and kindness. Trevor and Stephen Hosier. (Photo [...]
They say that behind every successful person there is someone. In the case of Neil Young, there may well be many but perhaps few as dedicated as his older brother Robert. In fact, it was brother Bob, not Neil, that first set the stage for success in the Young family. As a young boy (and [...]
Massey Hall 1971… Neil’s performance (captured on film) would later become his “Live At Massey Hall” album. During that historic performance Neil introduced a number of songs that would find release roughly a year later on his greatest commercial success album to date – “Harvest”. Flash forward forty years to Massey Hall 2011… another historic [...]