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Vince Aubin, Mark Bowman, Kim Brown, Roy Carson, Gino Cosentino, Tirra Del Guidice, Greg Dickie, Jason Dickie, Tom Dowding, Randall Drader, Ray Ducharme, Dan Erickson, Carl Fairclough, Marcus Fleischer, Dennis Fox, Gary Giacomelli, Bob George, Kevin Hagan, Greg Hamilton, Patsy Hansen, Dwayne Hanson, Roger Haugejordan, Stephen Hebert, Jim Hewitt, Brian Hilleren, Tom Hoehn, Pam Huber, James Hoogland, Jim Inkster, Brent James, Esme John, Greg Kellor, Jacob Krauss, Trevor Kelly, Mike Lane, Brad Lemna, Brian Liddle, Dan Lowther, Anna Lyman, Ron MacDonald/Mickey D, Gerry Mattson, Brent McKenzie, Rick McLean, Kevin McMillan, Glen McMurray, Yves Morais, Glen Ogilvie, Jim Olson, Jeff Oriecuia, Russ Otterbien, Walter Perry, Dan Richard, Dan Riley, Pat Riley, Zelda Riley, Doug Saunders, Jason Schruers, John Smisko, April Staaf, Jon Stromquist, Don Thompson,, Scott Turner, Roland van Nus, Mason Welsh, Melissa Wolford
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Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar, Drums and Vocals |
| The Jammer of the Year 1996 The following is republished with the express permission of Peak Publishing Ltd.
Aubin wins Jammer TitleFor the fifth year in a row, Westview Hotel hosted the Jammer of the Year competition in honor of local musical talent. Last Saturday, March 29, eight finalists, selected by audience members during the eight previous Saturdays, jammed off for two judges and bar patrons. In the running were: Margaret Boutilier, Shane Winegarden, Paul Murphy, Vince Aubin, Brent Nicol, Glen Ogilvie, Jim Thompson and Marion Keller. When the ballots were counted, all the musicians were within three votes of each other, says hotel co-owner Terry Werner. "The winner was Vince Aubin. He plays bass and drums and is a singer. He played with Headpins." Aubin now lives in Powell River and is a member of local band River Rats. He was the first choice of both judges and the audience to receive air fare and accommodation for one week in Las Vegas. |
Ray Ducharme
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Personally I have been involved in music for as long as I can remember. I started on my first six string acoustic at age 6 and have been going ever since. I am mostly a rhythm guitarist but have worked on lead. In my practice room I have set up drums, bass, guitar's, pa and a 4 track it's not much but I love it. I played brass instruments in school and believe it taught me some finer points. Anyway I am very interested in getting together with other musicians so am always open to suggestions. |
Dennis Fox
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Starting very young with accordian lessons at age six in 1966 it was apparent that I had musical abilities. My stepfather played music as well so I took guitar lessons from him at age eight or so and learned to read a bit of music. In grade six I joined school band playing alto saxophone,(which my stepfather also played) and I continued to play in school band switching to tenor sax in grade eleven. I joined my stepfather's country and western band at age thirteen when the bass player quit and very quickly learned the in's and out's of country and rockabily. As he was also a Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly fan I got the basics of Rock and Roll down pat early. At age fourteen I joined a band of local guys nearer my age and we played dances and parties and honed our craft. Using black lights and strobe lights we were the in thing on a friday night on Texada Island where I grew up. That band was called "LECTRIC BLUES". The quartet became a quintet briefly and then a trio when Dave Hull came along with his excellent lead guitar and Peter Frampton hair.That band was called "TRYPICAL". It was then that I began to sing. By 1978 it fizzled out and until I moved to Powell River I played with my stepfather's band only. In 1979 I met all sorts of musicians and began to play a lot. Bass players being a rarity at that time, I was in three bands with; Mike Kennedy, Sam Hurrie, and Phil Gross as the group leaders. This was a trend that continued for some time. I was almost always the youngest member of every group and benefited from the experience of the older members. One day I got a call from Al Brown and things really began to heat up. Rock and Roll became a whole new monster as the trio, called "NO LEFT TURN", (originally with Paul Murphy on drums) began to get serious. Tim "Boom Boom Bang Bang" Ironmonger stepped into the drum seat and a new sound was born. Original songs became a part of that group and many many gigs both home and on the road. This band evolved when Al Brown moved to Vancouver and Rob"Meathead" MacDougal took over on Guitar. Closer to heavy metal and hard rock, this band evolved with twenty or more original songs and became known as FOXX ROXX. In 1984 or so I moved to Vancouver and got my first real taste of city life, music and starvation. I joined Al Brown and the sound which was a five piece group with sax and keyboards. I played the best gigs for outdoor festivals in front of five or six thousand people and I played the worst gigs in front of drunken half empty roadhouses. This band went through an average of one new drummer every two weeks and it was a real experience. As always, this band fizzled out by 1986 and I began the starvation part of my experience. I briefly went on the road with Terry Edmunds of "Minglewood band" and we called that country rock group,"TERRY AND THE MERCURY'S. One day I got a call from Ray Lee and Brent Nicol,(Brent is from Powell River) and I was eating again! That band was called "ORIGINAL COPY" and we played every week all over B.C. and back again.Three part harmony was our forte. When personal differences split the group one year later, I joined Ray Lee with another guitar player named Bruce Carrick (HAPPY GUY'S) and we played a southern brand of rock for about a year. This band was called "DIAMOND" later changed to "I SPY" when Ray and I wrote a song called I SPY. Due to musical difference or was it indifference?, Bruce left the group and Ray and I found a guitar player named Ernie Patsall. Ernie had never played in a regular band but had played a lot in garage bands and was very unique. He had a synthesizer guitar and was a technical genius with computers and midi controlled sound effects. I SPY went on to become very different than most groups on our tour and we had no lack of work. alas, this too would pass as a new guitar player would enter by the name of Randy and the songwriting heated up and our three part harmony became scary! One year later it all quieted down (again!) and I moved back to Powell River. This was about 1989.Linking up with local musician Paul Murphy things started to roll again. Joining Mark Bowman in the band "MARK AND THE BEAUMONTS" with Dave Spragge on guitar. When Mark went his own way after some forgettable incident or two, Paul, Dave and myself joined up with Garnet Avery from Texada Island and we churned out some serious country and pop music. We called this band "FOUR PLAYER'S". This too would pass. During this time a brief band with Bob Mills called U.B.T. ( UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE) with Derek Cole on drums also came to pass. A short lived band with Brent Nicol and Paul Murphy also existed but was casual and never really got off the ground.(BRENT NICOL BAND). Spending some time jamming around as I've always done, I formed a country group for a local once a week house gig and usually had Dave Spragge and Sam Sansalone play. It was called the "APPLE CORES". A new years gig with John Tait and other local "Superstars" led to the forming of "UNHINGED" which was a tribute to the Doors as well as other music of the era. Short lived but intense and musically accurate, with local musicians such as Paul Murphy (Drums), Dave Spragge (Guitar), Glen Ogilvie (Bass), Ian Tite (keys) and myself (Lead Vocal and Harmonica). We had gone where no other local group had gone before. Many other short lived groups have come and gone but for the present I am in musical recluse. I have an accordian and an acoustic guitar and am recharging as I have done in the past. I do not know if I will play again. That remains to be seen. June 11, 2002
I am currently playing with three active bands. The first being a 5 piece band call Zoot Suit Riot. I play sax and front the group. Members include Glen Ogilvie, Mike Brooks, Ted Durnin, and Neko. The second band is a trio called Hook Line and Sinker. I play bass and it includes Sam Sansalone and Dan Erikson. This is also the Westview Hotel Jam house band. The third group was formed by Mike Percey on rhythm guitar. It is called Retrofit and includes Rawn Wolfe and Dan Erikson and myself on bass. This group differs from the second by being more pop and less grinding rock. There are currently 3 inactive bands that I could be called up to do a gig or a jam at any time. Between the Moose jam on Saturdays and the Westview jam on Sunday nights it's pretty hard to get out of shape. Jam on! |
Gary Giacomelli
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Like a lot of West coast baby-boom musicians, I played around Vancouver years ago doing the clubs and bars. When I finally lost interest in that scene, I hung up my bass and I didn't do much playing until 2001 or so. In the intervening years, however, I had cultivated a love for Jazz that eventually moved me to consider becoming a Jazz player. I taught myself mostly by reading, wood shedding with "Band-in-a-box" and getting together with local Vancouver area Jazz players for sessions whenever possible. We would usually pick tunes from "The real book" or one of its clones for our structures and go from there. I moved to Powell River in 2006. My interest lies mainly in playing instrumental Jazz standards although I will admit to a lifelong affinity for the blues. My main axe, a Fender Precision bass is strung with D'addario flat wound strings and equipped with an EMG active pickup. My amp consists of a 120 watt Warwick head over a 2x10 Gallien Krueger speaker cabinet. I also employ the Fishman Bass blender EQ. This outfit produces a warm, mellow tone with a little sheen on the top for good articulation. I can be reached by email at garygiacomelli@shaw.ca |
Brad Lemna
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Born and raised in Powell River, Brad completed the Malaspina Jazz Diploma program. After some years away from town, Brad has returned to P.R.; his day job is at Overwaitea, and he plays in various ensembles in town. Band: Jazz Unlimited |
Ron MacDonald/Mickey D
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Mickey D, has been a professional bass player for near twenty five years. (It sounds longer than it really is). He sings lead and backup, plays electric, acoustic and electric upright bass. Over the years Mickey has toured throughout North America. Playing and recording with many of North America's finest musicians. Playing everything from Blues to New Age. King Biscuit Boy, Jim Barnes/ Al Foreman, Mel Brown, Maureen Brown, Jack Dekeyzer, William Ellwood, Doc Fingers, John Lewis, Dutch Mason Solo PerformanceInquires: Please feel free to submit inquiries to Mickey D. about performance possibilities, either as a soloist (opening act?) Or as a backup musician. |
Kevin McMillan
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I'm known as "KEEVIN THE LEFTY" Actually know what I'm doing in a recording studio. Just learning how to play BASS guitar. Nothing real serious, would like to jam....I guess?
Band: VERNACULAR 6846 Burnaby st. 604) 485- 6587 Send e-mail to: derekc54@shaw.ca |
Yves Morais
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I started playing in a band in Matagami, a remote Northern town in Quebec, there wasn't much to do, so I started singing in a band with 3 other guys, we had to practice in a church as they were the only people that had a drum set (cause we had no money and were going to school), so the deal was that during the week we could borrow the church's drum set and practice as we wanted, but on Saturday afternoon and Sunday we had to play at church during Mass and of course I had to guide the churchgoers through all the hymns and songs, my partners were tucked in very far in a corner, playing their instruments, but I was right in front of everybody. After a while one of the guitarists quit so I started learning how to play the Bass guitar and I picked it up pretty quick, we then started playing in the hotels and motels around town (eventually buying our own equipment). We travelled all over the province during the summer and even went in Ontario for a week-end, but the drinking age was 21 then so we had to go to our rooms after every set, so we never returned there after that. The summer after, 2 of us in the band started working in mines that paid better so we all went our own way. I then moved to Val d'Or and bought a guitar (that I still have) and taught myself how to play, that was 25 years ago, and I still enjoy playing and singing, I wish I could do more of it, but with 4 kids we are very busy at home . |
Glen Ogilvie
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I started playing bass when I was 31 years old. I had always listened to music as if I was a player so when I did get started I had visualized playing bass for years. I am self taught and have learned to be a bass player by attending every jam session I could get the guts up to go to. Shamedly I've embarrassed some of the best but that made me work harder at skills needed to play off the cuff. My first band, Stoned Crow, included John Tait and Jimmy Brown. We did a few gigs and I moved on to play with the ever popular Larry Hanson. Along with Dwayne Hanson, The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly rocked the Sunshine Coast for two years. It was at a Saturday afternoon jam session when Shane Winegarden and Derek Cole approached me to join them in their little project. We did our first gigs as Local Motion, later became known as More Beans Please. After about a year we were joined by Marion Keller and the Beans went on to become Tangled Web. Our biggest boast is that we opened for The Grapes of Wrath at the local arena, and we were hired for many functions. The band moved on when Marion left and John Tait stepped in with Ian Tite also doing a short stint. My most recent role has been with the legendary Sam Hurrie, including Rawn Wolf on drums and Ian Tite on keyboards. Mike Dechaine took over on drums when Rawn left town. We play blues with a lot of old time rockers splashed in. I love playing bass, I think it's the best instrument to play in a band situation. I am proud of my strengths at being able to sit in on a lot of music that I've always listened to but never or hardly ever played. That comes from being on stage right from the very beginning, ie: at jam sessions and other open stage opportunities. It has taught me to listen, watch, and to have a few (should be many) good fundamentals of my instrument, in the company of many fine musicians. Now with all of that I still sit in with many fine musicians and I find myself flung into many great tunes that I always wished I had in my repetoire. My latest project is ZOOT SUIT RIOT. I was telling Dennis Fox about the kind of band I'd love to play in when he suggested I put a band together following my "dream band" fantasy. After making a short list and a few phonecalls I had my band. Glen McMurray, Mike Brooks, Dennis Fox, Rawn Wolfe and myself set out to put together a band that addressed tightness, continuity mixed with good fun and danceable beats. We focused on Rocking Blues, and Swing Rock. Within a few months Rawn reluctantly had to leave the band and we were lucky to get Sam Sansalone drum with us for about a year. Sam got busy with other projects and Rawn rejoined us. Suddenly Rawn and Glen McMurray were faced with employment relocations and we found ourselves with half a band. Things looked a little grim when out of the blue Ted Durnin and Neko joined the band. To date we've rehearsed for about 3 months now and have played at a house party. The band is sounding great and we are preparing for gigging in 2003. |
Dan Richard
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I was one of three lead guitarists in a band in Powell River in the late 60's called "Leader Sound" (later changed to "Crystal Ship"). There was not a bass player in town who was available so one of us had to switch! I loved the Beatles and McCartney so I took up bass in 1967 after playing lead and rhythm guitar for four years. Dan's influences were: "The Beatles, the Beatles and the Beatles!!!!" There were and are others such as Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead), James Jamerson (everything from Motown) and Tower of Power's guy whose name I forget. But if you were 16 in 1964 like I was, there could be no other like the Beatles (unless you were a Stones fan). A couple of guys from Lund (Steve Martin and Gerry Mattson)used to play guitar and they'd bring them on the bus to school to show us wannabe's at lunch break how to play "Sleepwalk" and "Wildwood Flower". A lot of us Wildwood guys got into guitar thanks to them and I bought my first acoustic guitar from a neighbor for $6. It was cracked in the back, only had five strings (one of which was tied together after being broken) and was to say the least, BEAT UP! My first tune was the theme from "Bonanza" whose melody I learned from the TV show (I never did learn to chord it). When the Beatles came out a year later, there was no looking back, I was hooked! My first band wasn't until I moved from P.R. to Ladner, where in Grade 12 in 1965 I joined "The Erls" an eight-piece R and B band. I played rhythm guitar (the lead guitarist was bad with chords, but could he play solos!). After graduating from high school, I returned to P.R. to work in the mill ('66) and joined "Leader Sound/Crystal Ship"
After an absence of two years, I returned to P.R. in 1970 and formed a band called "Aries" with the following lineup:
At the same time, I was also playing with a band called "Lipdust" which included:
You won't believe this but at this time, there was a REAL shortage of bass guitarists in P.R. and I was also playing in Snuffie Ladret's Chicago-style band, Joe Kane's lounge duo and occasionally with Bob Drage, Jim Fraser and my sister Andrea (who was then my brother, Ray)! By the end of 1971, Brian Eccles, Dave Cowan and I had moved to Victoria and were playing full-time in a band called "Sunnybrook Farm". We were together for three years and came to P.R. frequently to play at Max or Dwight or Oddfellows Hall. In '73 and '74, I played in a Victoria nightclub band called "Lightning Express" (the tightest, best rehearsed band I was ever in). Times got tough and I was basically out of music from '75 to '90 when I got interested in Country Music. I found a band in Surrey, later called "Barbara Farrell and the Brats" that even had pedal steel and a girl who could really sing like Patsy Cline and play excellent keyboards, too! We even did the Inn at Westview once in 1992. After two years, it, too fell apart. Back to P.R. in 1995 and I play at every jam that I can find every week for a year! Meet Brent Nicol, Dan Erickson and Rawn Wolfe and "Crossroads" is born. Very HOT band! Got to open for Jim Byrnes and Powder Blues. But, can't find a 'straight job' and !getting hungry...back to Vancouver to go to computer school for a year...still not enough skills to find work so, back to P.R. to study some more and, well, here I am in 1998 playing again and living on Sunnybrook Farm (Stillwater)! Present Bands: Blues Train/RetroActive/Desolation Sound |
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