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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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FRozen Charlotte..an old folk song
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsWITH REFERENCE TO DAVID GOSS’ FROZEN CHARLOTTE :The Song Leafing through the Reader last weekend I came across something that always rivets my attention….a page of lyrics! It drew my eyes to the heading, Frozen Charlotte, now there is a name dear to my heart! It wasn’t familiar with the dolls by that name [...] -
Posted on February 4, 2012 | No CommentsFIDDLER ON THE ROOF KICKS UP HEELS AT IMPERIAL MONDAY & TUESDAY In a few short days the entourage of Fiddler On The Roof and it’s stage prop trucks will roll into Saint John’s Imperial Theatre for performances next Monday and Tuesday, Feb 6-7 at 8 p.m. And since such major theatrical productions, especially classic music spectaculars, [...]
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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 [...] -
assorted Charlie Pride Photos with his son and friends
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsCharklie Pride and Son, Dion singing CHARLIE PRIDE’S U.S. CONCERNS ARE CANADA’S TOO ‘Kennedy and Lincoln, they both gave their lives for us, They would never do away with In God We Trust, They’ve taken the Lord’s Prayer from our classrooms, . [...]
![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)
![assorted Charlie Pride Photos with his son and friends
Charklie Pride and Son, Dion singing
CHARLIE PRIDE’S U.S. CONCERNS ARE CANADA’S TOO
‘Kennedy and Lincoln, they both gave their lives for us,
They would never do away with In God We Trust,
They’ve taken the Lord’s Prayer from our classrooms,
. [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/07JunePride5-115x115.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