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Greg Williamson (drummer)
Greg Williamson (born August 13, 1978) is a Canadian drummer, session musician, and songwriter. He is best known for his work with touring act Tupelo Honey, which is an original project started in 2003 in St. Albert, AB, Canada, where he resides. They have played with numerous acts including Bon Jovi, Default, Theory of a Deadman, Bif Naked, Three Days Grace, Thornley, The Trews, Billy Talent, and Sam Roberts. Williamson has also performed with bands such as Econoline Crush, Mourning Wood, The Raygun Cowboys, and Cops + Robbers. He does session work in Canada and abroad for other artists, such as Brian Melo Brian Melo (born August 15, 1982) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario who was the winner of the fifth season of ''Canadian Idol'' in 2007. His first studio album, ''Livin' It'', achieved Gold Status in Canada. His second albu ... on his record "Livin' It". He plays many musical styles. References Living people Canadian male drummers 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina ( ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 census, Regina had a List of cities in Saskatchewan, city population of 226,404, and a List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, metropolitan area population of 249,217. It is governed by Regina City Council. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159. Regina was History of Northwest Territories capital cities, previously the seat of government of the Northwest Territories, North-West Territories, of which the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta originally formed part, and of the District of Assiniboia. The site was previously called Wascana (from "Buffalo Bones"), but was renamed to ''Regina'' (Latin for "Queen") in 1882 in honour of Queen Victoria. The name was proposed by Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Default (band)
Default is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1999. Since forming, the band has released four albums, and has sold more than a million records. The majority of their fan base is in Canada, but they had brief mainstream success in the United States with the release of their hit single " Wasting My Time". The group disbanded in 2013 after a hiatus following the release of their fourth album, and lead singer Dallas Smith pursued a country music solo career. In 2018, Default announced that they were back together. The band also announced a tour in support of Stone Temple Pilots and Seether, and a co-headline tour with Ages of Days. No new material has since surfaced from the band, as Smith remained active with his solo endeavors. Between 1996 and 2016, Default was among the top 150 best-selling Canadian artists in Canada and among the top 50 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. History Upon obtaining their demo tape, Chad Kroeger, the vocalist of fellow Canadian post-gru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musicians From Regina, Saskatchewan
A musician is someone who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate a person who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters, who write both music and lyrics for songs; conductors, who direct a musical performance; and performers, who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer (also known as a vocalist), who provides vocals, or an instrumentalist, who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians can specialize in a musical genre, though many play a variety of different styles and blend or cross said genres, a musician's musical output depending on a variety of technical and other background influences including their culture, skillset, life experience, education, and creative preferences. A musician who records and releases music is often referred to as a recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Session Musicians
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1978 Births
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Canadian Male Drummers
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Brian Melo
Brian Melo (born August 15, 1982) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario who was the winner of the fifth season of ''Canadian Idol'' in 2007. His first studio album, ''Livin' It'', achieved Gold Status in Canada. His second album, ''The Truth'', was released October 2010. Biography Early life Brian Melo was born in the East End of Hamilton, Ontario to Maria and Augusto Melo, immigrants from São Miguel, Portugal. He is a graduate of Cathedral High School. He professionally trained vocals at the Royans School for the Musical Performing Arts, which also featured Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida. In 1997, Melo sang back-up for Shania Twain as part of a choir and from 2003 he was the lead singer for Hamilton, Ontario alternative/indie band Stoked with guitarist Joe Cacioppo, bassist Rick Fazendeiro, and drummer Paul Fontes. ''Canadian Idol'' 2007 At the time of his Idol audition, Melo was still living in Hamilton and working as a construction worker. He had aud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter)
Sam Roberts (born October 2, 1974) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has released seven albums. His debut EP ''The Inhuman Condition'', reached the Canadian charts in 2002. He and his bandmates have released three albums as Sam Roberts and four albums as Sam Roberts Band. He is also a member of the Canadian group Anyway Gang, who released their debut self-titled album in 2019. Roberts has been nominated, together with his band, for fifteen Juno Awards, winning six, including Juno Award for Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year twice (2004 and 2009) and Juno Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year once (2004). Early life and Northstar Born in Westmount, to White South African, South African immigrants who had arrived in Montreal three weeks earlier, Roberts grew up on Cedar Avenue in Pointe-Claire, where his family moved to when he was five years old. Roberts is an alumnus of St. Edmund Elementary School, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Beaconsfield; Loyola High School (Montr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Talent
Billy Talent is a Canadian Rock music, rock band from Mississauga, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with lead vocalist Benjamin Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D'Sa, bassist Jonathan Gallant, and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk. There have been no lineup changes, although Solowoniuk has been on hiatus from the band since 2016 due to a relapse of multiple sclerosis. In the three decades since their inception, Billy Talent has sold well over a million physical albums in Canada alone and nearly 3 million albums internationally. During their most successful period, they were ranked as one of the top 10 best-selling native bands in Canada. The band existed for almost a decade before mainstream success. The members met and played in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School under the name Pezz and remained underground in Toronto's indie music scene until 2001. The band renamed itself Billy Talent after running into legal trouble with the old name. It was then that Kowalewicz's connection with an emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trews
The Trews are a Canadian rock music, rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Theo Mckibbon. The band is currently based in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario. From their formation in 1997 to 2016, The Trews were among the top 150 best-selling Canadian artists in Canada and among the top 40 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. History The band started their career with the name ''One I'd Trouser'', a line taken from a song in ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life''. They changed their name to ''Trouser'' and eventually changed their name to ''The Trews''. They released an EP as ''One I'd Trouser'', and a second EP under the name ''The Trews''. In the early summer of 2002 the band entered Rocksearch, a high-profile contest that is held annually by CHTZ-FM, a St. Catharines rock radio station. Winning the contest would prove to be their big break as they soon landed a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornley (band)
Thornley is a Canadians, Canadian alternative rock band formed by Ian Thornley in 2002. The band was started when Thornley returned to Toronto after Big Wreck went on hiatus. Collaborating with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Thornley signed to Kroeger's 604 Records. The last line-up of the band as Thornley had Paulo Neta (guitar), Dave McMillan (bass guitar), Christopher Henry (drums) and former Big Wreck member Brian Doherty (guitar). History The band's first album, ''Come Again (Thornley album), Come Again'', was produced by Gavin Brown (musician), Gavin Brown,[ Biography of Thornley on All Music] and released on 604 Records in 2004. Thornley toured Canada and the USA extensively after the album was released and ''Come Again'' was Music recording sales certification, certified gold in Canada (50,000 units) by the Music Canada, CRIA, while also producing two No. 1 singles ("So Far So Good" also certified Gold in Canada, and "Come Again"). Thornley was nominated for two Juno A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
