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DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE
01 May 2011 7:44 AM | No CommentsSean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...]
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Wilf Carter and Cori Brewster
17 January 2011 4:42 PM | No Comments“Wilf Carter!” she said. “Then you should talk with Cori Brewster, my opening act,” she said. She's from Banff and her grandfather and father were promoters of Wilf's early on.”
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Eleanor McCain sings like my favourite Irish folk singers
16 December 2010 10:27 AM | No CommentsIn the 1980's when our provincial parliament was planning a Come Home To N.B. Year some famous ex-patriots were being invited, expenses paid, to return home for the celebration.
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Saint John Exhibition TONIGHT, Sept. 1, 2011
Randy Vail
LYONS AND VAIL TONIGHT AT EX, N.B. COUNTRY HALL OF FAME FRIDAY
It seemed to many local country fans that when Randy Vail and Steve Lyons split and the Lost Highway band subsequently disappeared an era had ended.
It was hoped both of them and the original Lost Highway band could be brought together [...] -
Mast at Martell Saint John, Grand Manan Folk Festival
BEFORE MAST AT MARTELLO TOWER, MAICHER AT GRAND MANAN FEST
It’s a Fab Forts Weekend at Carleton Martello Tower, Saint John West this weekend.
Saturday you can enjoy a concert by the high energy and highly entertaining Before The Mast nine-voice men’s sea shanty chorus 2 to 3 p.m. and eat ice cream from [...] -
another look at Alden Nowlan
ALDEN, JOHNNY, JUNE, RICHARD AND PRINCE CHARLES
There was a sensational cover image on the Telegraph-Journal’s Salon section Saturday, April 16.
Alden Nowlan, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Richard Hatfield and a lady whom I believe was Progressive Conservative organizer Libby Burnham. Richard Hatfield was then New Brunswick’s premier.
The photo was taken in 1975 during a concert [...]
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Daniel O’Donnell here June 5th
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsDANIEL BRINGS HIS IRISH CHARM TO HARBOUR STATION The autumn days are here again, the night winds chilly blow, The woodlands turn to golden hue, the harvest moon’s aglow. To [...] -
DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE
Posted on May 1, 2011 | No CommentsSean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...] -
A CHARLIE PRIDE ARTICLE FROM 2005
Posted on April 4, 2011 | No Comments(This year, 2011, Charlie Pride will be in NB, Saint John May 14 and Moncton Casino April 10 ) CHARLEY PRIDE HAS ALWAYS DONE IT HIS WAY! Interviewing Charley Pride Saturday….I made a rather embarrassing blunder by suggesting he had appeared on the Nashville music scene at just the right time. “No, my friend, it was a [...]
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![Saint John Exhibition TONIGHT, Sept. 1, 2011
Randy Vail
LYONS AND VAIL TONIGHT AT EX, N.B. COUNTRY HALL OF FAME FRIDAY
It seemed to many local country fans that when Randy Vail and Steve Lyons split and the Lost Highway band subsequently disappeared an era had ended.
It was hoped both of them and the original Lost Highway band could be brought together [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RickRussell11closeup-195x110.jpg)
![Mast at Martell Saint John, Grand Manan Folk Festival
BEFORE MAST AT MARTELLO TOWER, MAICHER AT GRAND MANAN FEST
It’s a Fab Forts Weekend at Carleton Martello Tower, Saint John West this weekend.
Saturday you can enjoy a concert by the high energy and highly entertaining Before The Mast nine-voice men’s sea shanty chorus 2 to 3 p.m. and eat ice cream from [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Carlypressphoto2-195x110.jpg)
![Daniel O’Donnell here June 5th DANIEL BRINGS HIS IRISH CHARM TO HARBOUR STATION
The autumn days are here again, the night winds chilly blow,
The woodlands turn to golden hue, the harvest moon’s aglow.
To [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DaODonnell-115x115.jpg)
![DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE
Sean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CharliePride1-115x115.jpg)
![A CHARLIE PRIDE ARTICLE FROM 2005
(This year, 2011, Charlie Pride will be in NB, Saint John May 14 and Moncton Casino April 10 )
CHARLEY PRIDE HAS ALWAYS DONE IT HIS WAY!
Interviewing Charley Pride Saturday….I made a rather embarrassing blunder by suggesting he had appeared on the Nashville music scene at just the right time.
“No, my friend, it was a [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CPrideFans.jpg)
I have been a writer/columnist for oveer thirty years. My focus have been folk and country music in the Maritimes, but I have also been involved in writing for the Atlantic Advocate, Canada Folk Bulletin, Canadian Bluegrass Review magazine