Doug Riley & Dione Taylor – Nov 20.2007
This past Sunday was the memorial tribute concert for Doug Riley at Convocation Hall in Toronto. There was a stellar lineup of performers playing to a full house, and not a dry eye in the house. David Clayton-Thomas, Dione Taylor, Motherlode, Dr. Music….the list goes on. For me the highlight was getting to play “When I Die” with Kenny Marco, Steve Kennedy and Wayne Stone from Motherlode….that was a gas! Dione Taylor and I also did “A Song For You” , dedicated to Doug of course. Dione had been working very...
read moreVictory in Regina!! – Nov 2/07
Just got back a few days ago from Regina, where we (Measha Bruggergosman, Kevin Breit and I) won the Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Variety Program. It was a great weekend and a great honor , even though they bumped my award off the broadcast! I survived what felt like a 48-hour cocktail party…..standing around in my tux for 12 hours. Lots of good schmoozing and face time with people I rarely get to see. The Songwriters Hall of Fame Show is the most fun event of the entire year for me….we’ve already started work...
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