Influential Canadian Artists...

[Algonquin]

:canada:
I was just going over in my head who I felt were true Canadian music Icons, and was suprised to see only five references of this man listed here on the Fret, and 3 of them were from me.

As much as I love the Tragically Hip, this man just captures 'Canadiana' for me and so many others...




Are there any Canadian artists that have inspired or moved you in one way or another?... feel free to post your favourites here.

Cheers :beer: Labatt's

 

[Tig]

3 come to mind immediately... :canada:
Rush

Frank Marino

Neil Young

 

[sunvalleylaw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY5x8pF512k&feature=related

 

[t_ross33]

April Wine


Triumph


Teenage Head

 

[t_ross33]

The Northern Pikes


Wide Mouth Mason


The Pursuit of Happiness

 

[t_ross33]

Prism


Daniel Lanois


Ian Tyson (feat. Neil Young)


Nice thread Algonquin... I could go on and on (and on)... :dude

 

[t_ross33]

And a pic with me from the Songwriters Circle show I did with them this past Thursday :dude

 

[Spudman]

Bryan Adams gave me some great songs to cover while I was on the road...

...and helped me get laid a lot.

 

[Blaze]

Joni Mitchell













GINO





MARINO

 

[sunvalleylaw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch84fmOa414

I enjoy these guys. Sunday morning is a good time for some BNL.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az5YBdtSE9Y

I loved these guys. Still do. This is the only vid I could find. "Sweet Sweet Girl" is a great track too, as are most from their first album.

 

[oldguy]

The Guess Who and, later, BTO.
I really liked "Let It Ride" when it came out.

 

[R_of_G]

Harry Manx

 

[t_ross33]

Harry Manx

NICE!!! :applause don't know how this guy has escaped me... I have something new to dig for now :thumbsup

 

[R_of_G]

NICE!!! :applause don't know how this guy has escaped me... I have something new to dig for now :thumbsup

I found out about him a few years ago as he was a student of one of my heroes, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

Bhatt created the Mohan Veena, the instrument Manx is playing in the first video; an acoustic guitar to which Bhatt added both drone and sympathetic strings to achieve some of the sounds found in Indian classical music.

 

[Algonquin]

There isn't a single song listed in this thread that hasn't put a big smile on my face today! I could post a few more myself, but I'd really prefer what everyone else has to say.

Are there any Fretters on the European side of the world that may have had some expose to Canadian artists? I can think of a couple that seemed to do much better there than here.

 

[Tone2TheBone]

T-Ross beat me to Triumph. I always thought Rik Emmett had the best Marshall amp tone. Brings back the best memories of my youth.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Celine Dion? Oh wait, never mind.

 

[piebaldpython]

How about blues guitarist, Sue Foley, from Ottawa??? :digit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFxmVIWaYGM&feature=related

 

[Tig]

Celine Dion? Oh wait, never mind.

Why not throw in Justin Bieber, born in Ontario? uke:

 

[Blaze]

 

[R_of_G]

Unbeknownst to many, the guy playing guitar here is Canadian...

 

[Jimi75]

Yeah you can crucify me now for mentioning them, but I'd like to mention Nickelback. Excellent songwriting, coll guitar playing. In a way they influended me regarding the songwriting aspect and structuring a song.

I think they have influenced quite a bunch of new and upcoming bands already.

 

[t_ross33]

Yeah you can crucify me now for mentioning them, but I'd like to mention Nickelback. Excellent songwriting, coll guitar playing. In a way they influended me regarding the songwriting aspect and structuring a song.

I think they have influenced quite a bunch of new and upcoming bands already.

:thwap

Just kidding, Jimi. While not a big fan of their music, I can appreciate their ability to write catchy songs with great hooks. They've been able to apply good pop songwriting principles within a hard rock/metal setting. We haven't really seen much of that since the 80's. At over 20 million album sales in the US alone, somebody must like them :rockya

 

[FrankenFretter]

One word: Shatner!

 

[NWBasser]

Already mentioned in the second post (as they should be!), but Rush is why I picked up the bass and took an interest in playing music. They also occupy the biggest chunk of space on my iPod.

They've also been hugely influential on a lot of newer rock musicians. They may not be the biggest-selling Canadian group, but I'd hazard a guess that they may well be the most influential one.

PS - I had no idea Joni Mitchell was Canadian.:canada: :thumbsup

 

[stingx]

Geez Louise! No one mentioned Aldo Nova?

 

[kidsmoke]

T-Ross beat me to Triumph. I always thought Rik Emmett had the best Marshall amp tone. Brings back the best memories of my youth.

+1

My son and I bonded a couple years back when I had him the car one day and cranked "lay it on the line" and "Fight the good fight". I'm a child of the 80's but not much of the music of that period excites me. Triumph and Rush were two bands that I spent a lot of time with.

I think any of the artists I would have mentioned are here.

Lanois.....I doubt most people realize what a huge impact this man has had on the popular music the last 30 years, and I love that clip!

I'm also a bit Candy Rat Records fan. Some amazing musicians are playing these wood boxes in the great white north, eh? :canada:

Don Ross is probably my favorite. While many of these guys - Andy McKee?!?!?! - are tecnically dazzling and excellent, Ross puts a little more lyrically/whimsically into his stuff. Age perhaps.

 

[stingx]

One word: Shatner!

If some people are "hams" then Shatner would be the whole pig!

 

[t_ross33]

They may not be the biggest-selling Canadian group, but I'd hazard a guess that they may well be the most influential one.

PS - I had no idea Joni Mitchell was Canadian.:canada: :thumbsup

Rush is ranked THIRD for most consecutive Gold or Platinum studio albums... behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones!!! (I was pleasantly shocked and surprised to find this out :thumbsup ). Their tour dates consistently sell out worldwide. They are certainly riding a wave of popularity and critical acclaim right now. I'd venture to say they are the biggest and most influential Canadian group, but I'm a big fan and seriously biased :french

Not only is Joni a Canadian, spent a good deal of her early years right here in Saskatchewan!

 

[Algonquin]

A HUGE fan of this band back in the day.