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| From the very first gig...
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| to a whole carnival of events!
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One of my BIG inspirations, “the Great Farini’! One of the foremost creative, fascinating showmen ever in my opinion. Read all about him! |
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| On my very first trek across Canada as a OMB, I made a pilgrimage of sorts to his resting place in Port Hope Ontario. |
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| My very first public performance. I’m looking pretty Amish don’t you think?...or maybe more ‘deer in the headlights’! |
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Dissolved my band at the time, bought a camper van and hit the road for 5 months. This was my home away from home and the first ‘Van-aloni’. |
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One my first stops was The Elvis Festival where I made an outfit out of duct tape complete with duct tape pompadour and guitar! Killed it busking! |
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| Cavendish, PEI wearing a kilt and mixed tartan accessories! What a fashionista breaking the rules! |
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Next stop, St Andrews by the sea, NB. Notice my first amplification system, 2 Fender ‘Amp Cans’ run in stereo. |
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| A more ‘refined’ tartan look for Canada Day in Halifax, NS. Rented a PA for BIGGER sound for this one. |
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One of my favourite places to play in Alberta, ‘the Last Chance Saloon’ in the coal mining ghost town of Wayne. Lot’s of memorabilia on the walls and dog gonnit, bullet holes too! |
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| Another time, another look. I had a strobe light on that now retired acoustic and check out the tin cup ‘cowbell mounted on the guitar. I made it up as I went along. |
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| I learned to not wear dark colours as they really show up the sweat and hard work though it is a labour of love. ‘Love Sweat Bayabee, Love Sweat Bayabee'!!! |
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Always loved this bare bones pic taken at my very first fair I ever played in my hometown of Brigden, ON. I usually put my business card in my hat... subtle marketing! |
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| Stompin at the Brigden Fair on Thanksgiving Day, 19 something or other! |
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| My first big gig, The Western Fair in London, ON. I played there for many consecutive years. Thanks Anne Eadie for taking a chance. |
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| An even bigger gig at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) in Toronto. Check out the old drum skin. |
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| Horsin around at one of my all time fave fairs to play, the Norfolk County Fair in Simcoe, ON. It’s a good’n! |
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| Performing somewhere above the centre of the earth. I think I was paid with the cord of wood piled up behind me! Hey, a guys gotta keep warm! |
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In the zone, the Yellow Zone! |
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| Playing at then, the tallest free standing building in the world, the CN Tower in Toronto. I felt almost as tall. |
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| I did a lot of sporting events in the early days including regular appearances with the NHL, MLB, NBA, AHL and OHL teams. |
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| The making of the ‘Granpod’ by my friend John Kuntz at B-Sharp Cabinets. He’s a genius wood worker and speaker builder. |
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| Creating my drum rig out of aluminum in the old studio. This is still a big part of the show today and dare I say, the heaviest member of ‘the band’!. |
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| The making of ‘the Bandwagon’ which the Granpod travels on and is powered by the batteries within. 2000 watts of raw power! |
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| Touching up paint and fine tuning the Bandwagon drive system before fair season. Boy Scout preparedness! |
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New drum and guitar plus a new sound system and fashion breaking colour scheme! Look out world! |
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| Think I’ll give myself a hand. |
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| Check out the new drum skin branding and official Bandaloni logo! |
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| A whole new band! Wait a minute, who invited you guys to join? |
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| On the very first season of ‘America’s Got Talent’ when Regis was hosting. A fine man with a fine band I say! |
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| Fun times in Hollywood with the show and other contestants, stories than can’t be told here! |
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| Stompin at ‘the greatest outdoor show on earth, The Calgary Stampede’! It is that, YAHOOOOOOO!!!!! |
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| Fall Fair season @ the Norfolk County Fair. They call this spot where I’m performing ‘the Bandaloni Ampitheatre’. I’m so honoured. |
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Another top favourite fair of mine, the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, CA. Ya gotta love it when kids dance with their Grandma, you just gotta! |
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| Mugging for the camera of some pretty girl! Did I mention how much I love my job? |
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| Only 4 years of university to do this! Handsome fellow isn’t he? |
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| Jamming with Al Roker of the ‘Today’ show at the Iowa State Fair, another favourite fair where great folks abound. |
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‘If you build it, they will come’...and they did!
at least as much as I have rece
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I can only hope I have given you more or
ived from you. Thank you all.
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| Thank you all for your amazing support!
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