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Heart is honoured by American society

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The rockers from Heart, ANN & NANCY WILSON, will be held in high esteem at the Annual Pop Music Awards in it’s 26th year! The ceremony will take place in the L.A. area this April 22, 2009 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers will praise the Vancouver sisters and the rest of the group for their contribution to the evolution of Rock and Roll. The recipients of the past include Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Melissa Etheridge, Billy Joel, Annie Lennox, Sir Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young. Not bad of a line up to be associated with now is it!

ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman commented: “Ann and Nancy Wilson have made an indelible mark on rock music history. Their success and influence helped pave the way for other female artists, and they continue to build their musical legacy with an artistic energy that remains as strong today as when they first started out over 35 years ago. They are true musical trailblazers and ASCAP is extremely proud to honor them with the Founders Award.”

When I was young, Heart was a band that was always on the airways but, never really close to my heart. Some of the guitar playing of Nancy Wilson was nice but, it was just a style of playing that did not appeal to me at that time in my life. Sure, the rhythm was catchy and all that but, there was maybe only one or two tunes that I bothered to pick up over that time period.

As the years rolled on by, I started to appreciate the band for what they were, distinct and unique!

So here’s to those loverly young ladies who created the band Heart and for their achievements over the years! Congrats Ann & Nancy Wilson!

Keep on Jammin’





Randy Bachman to rock at Luminato free opener

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Canada’s most prolific guitarist/songwriter of our generation, randy Bachman, will be opening the third annual Luminato. It will be located in downtown Toronto’s Young & Dundas square on June 5th of this year.

Honestly, I’ve never been to any of these events but, this year will be much different!

The god-father of Canadian guitar, is really looking forward to initiate the opening of the Luminato Guitar festival lineup in the heart of Toronto. He told reports that musicians often wonder to themselves Why aren’t I playing that and said that this is one such event that he could not miss out on. He said it about Woodstock, but he won’t be saying it about this year’s Luminato event!

Because of the recession, it’s great to have a big opening free concert!

Also at this years celebration of everything guitar, we are going to be attempting to break a Guinness World record at this location as well! It will be called The Great Canadian Tune

Some of Toronto’s most talented, or so they think, and lucky residents will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for Largest Guitar Ensemble. The talented one’s I hope, will have a massive jam session playing ten of the greatest Canadian tunes ever simultaneously.

The current record was held in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. There, 1,802 guitarists gathered to perform Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water.”

In the weeks leading up to the Festival, audiences will be asked to log on to luminato website to place their votes for The Great Canadian Tune. Got any in mind?

So listen up everybody, here is a BIG heads up on what to do on June 5th in Toronto, if your not that busy?! Hope to see ya there!

Keep on Jammin’

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