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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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CLOSEST TO THE REAL ELVIS, THANE DUNN AT THE IMPERIAL JAN. 7
I talked last week with a traveller who’d recently seen a concert where the hologram of a vocalist interacted with a live band on a stage. So some day soon actual holograms of ‘The King’ Elvis Presley may be singing with bands and orchestras [...] -
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RANDY VAIL AND NEPHEW BRENT MASON HAVE NEW RELEASES
He’s Tiny the Christmas Mouse/ He helps old Santa Claus/
Tiny The Christmas MouseHe puts the ribbon on the gifts/ With his little paws.
In my lifetime I’ve witnessed many children’s Christmas hits explode on Yuletide radio… Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Frosty The Snowman, [...]
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GOLD RECORD HIT MAKER BEN WEATHERBY DIES IN MIRAMICHI
A great Canadian singer, songwriter, recording artist and sound engineer Ben Weatherby died Tuesday night at his residence in the Miramichi
Born in Truro, N.S., Ben spent two decades in Toronto with ARC Records, starting in the 1960′s when that label had rack displays in just about every [...]
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Saint John Exhibition TONIGHT, Sept. 1, 2011
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsRandy 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 [...] -
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 [...]
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![cash rasied from drawings sold go to Appleby Cancer Fund CLOSEST TO THE REAL ELVIS, THANE DUNN AT THE IMPERIAL JAN. 7
I talked last week with a traveller who’d recently seen a concert where the hologram of a vocalist interacted with a live band on a stage. So some day soon actual holograms of ‘The King’ Elvis Presley may be singing with bands and orchestras [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ElvisThaneDunn-195x110.jpg)
![NEW CDS RANDY VAIL AND NEPHEW BRENT MASON HAVE NEW RELEASES
He’s Tiny the Christmas Mouse/ He helps old Santa Claus/
Tiny The Christmas Mouse
He puts the ribbon on the gifts/ With his little paws.
In my lifetime I’ve witnessed many children’s Christmas hits explode on Yuletide radio… Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Frosty The Snowman, [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MasonBAND2010-195x110.jpg)
![GOLD RECORD HIT MAKER BEN WEATHERBY DIES IN MIRAMICHI
A great Canadian singer, songwriter, recording artist and sound engineer Ben Weatherby died Tuesday night at his residence in the Miramichi
Born in Truro, N.S., Ben spent two decades in Toronto with ARC Records, starting in the 1960′s when that label had rack displays in just about every [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC01306-195x110.jpg)
![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-115x115.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)
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