Jay Ferguson (born October 14, 1968) is a Canadian musician and a member of the rock band Sloan. He is the only member in Sloan who comes from

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Biography

When Ferguson was 12 years old, he was given a job at Ol'Dan's Records, a secondhand record store. Before joining Sloan, Ferguson was in a band with

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from 1987 to 1990 called Kearney Lake Road. In 1991, Ferguson and Murphy started Sloan along with

Patrick Pentland Patrick Pentland (born 20 September 1969) is an Irish rock guitarist member of the Canadian rock band Sloan. All four members of Sloan write, produce, and sing their own songs, but Pentland primarily plays lead guitar for most songs. He occasiona ...

and Andrew Scott. Ferguson plays rhythm guitar and occasionally bass and drums. Some of his more famous songwriting contributions, each of which he sings lead vocals on, are "I Hate My Generation" from the album '' Twice Removed'', "

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" from '' One Chord to Another'', "Who Taught You to Live Like That?" from the album '' Never Hear the End of It'', "Witch's Wand" from the album ''

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'', "You've Got A Lot On Your Mind" from the album ''

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'' and "Right To Roam" from the 2018 album '' 12''. In December 2005, Ferguson began hosting a show on

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with Sloan bandmate

. Their show broadcasts Saturday and Sunday on

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station (channel 94). Ferguson also collaborates with other musicians and can be heard on

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's 2004 release ''Darby & Joan''. He also occasionally DJs at

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area clubs.

Trivia

In 2005, Halifax musician Mary Cobham released an album about the Sloan member called ''Songs in the Key of Jay'', which explores themes of Teenie-Bop magazines and her long-standing crush on Jay Ferguson.

External links

Sloan
official website
''Never Hear the End of It''
album launch website
Being There Magazine featureSloan
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