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March
2004
PMC Entertainment Ltd. is please to announced they have secured not one but two great opening acts for the upcoming cross Canada Tour with the Legendary Merle Haggard: Blackie & the Rodeo Kings and Russell de Carle. BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS - the band - is a labour of love for Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing , and Tom Wilson. They have been selected to perform live at this year's JUNO's on April 4. In 1996 their debut album was released to critical acclaim. The first album, High or Hurtin', brought 14+ Willie originals to an appreciative audience. The musicianship is superb, the vocals right on, and the lyrics are sublime. All three continued their successful solo careers garnering numerous individual awards and nominations. The chemistry, which first brought the trio together, drew them back in 1999 for Kings of Love, a double album of originals and covers, folk, rock, ballads, even surf instrumental: an amazing achievement from Colin, Tom and Stephen which won the JUNO in the Best Roots & Traditional Album, Group category. Nominated for a 2004 JUNO in the Best Roots & Traditional Album, Group category, BARK marks the highly anticipated return of Blackie & the Rodeo Kings. The current single from BARK, "Had Enough of You Today", is currently in the Top 20 across Canada. Since 1999, Stephen Fearing has released two Juno-nominated albums and toured extensively throughout North America. So Many Miles captured the passionate singer-songwriter during one of his trademark intimate and intense live performances. Fearing soon followed it up with 2002's That's How I Walk, which was released in the US on Rounder records, where it hit the Top 30 on the national Americana chart. That's How I Walk showcased Stephen's newfound love of co-writing, cultivated in Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, as he collaborated with the likes of Brian den Hertog, Junkhouse's Colin Cripps, Ian Thornley of Big Wreck, and of course, Tom Wilson. Produced again with Colin Linden, and this time with full accompaniment, the album is a blend of streetwise edge and evocative soul-searching, full of Stephen's usual passionate and deep musings on the full spectrum of human experience. Colin Linden has also been a busy man since 1999, moonlighting as a musician, a songwriter and a producer to continued success and acclaim. As a performer Colin released a 25-year retrospective of his work Sad & Beautiful World, through Sony Music in 2000 and his eighth solo album Big Mouth in 2002. Colin also contributed his skills on tour with many of the musicians from the soundtrack to the Coen brothers' landmark bluegrass opus O Brother Where Art Thou, including performing at the "Down From the Mountain" concert at the Ryman Auditorium, which was eventually released as a film. His connection to the Coen brothers continues, as he made his acting debut, as a guitar-playing priest in their recent film Intolerable Cruelty. As a producer, Colin has added several records to his already lengthy resume, helming two albums for Bruce Cockburn (Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu 1999,You've Never Seen Everything 2003), two for Stephen Fearing (So Many Miles 2000, That's How I Walk 2002), one for Sue Foley (Love Comin' Down 2000), one for Ray Bonneville, as well as several tracks for Lucinda Williams. His tireless efforts paid off as Colin received many award nominations, and a Juno for Big Mouth, as well as four Maple Blues awards and a prestigious Toronto Arts Award for music. Since 1999, the irrepressible Tom Wilson has been steadily building his solo career on the strength of Planet Love, an eclectic mix of styles and moods, which was met with accolades and rave reviews. The main single "Dig It" reached number 11 on the Canadian rock charts. It was also featured in a Volvo commercial and in the Tim Allen movie Joe Somebody. His subsequent North American tour found Tom with many headlining gigs and high profile opening spots for Ron Sexsmith, Stompin' Tom, Jann Arden, David Gray, and the late, great Joe Strummer. Always entertaining, always energetic, Tom's mix of folk song-writing sensibilities, rock aesthetics and punk attitude struck a deep chord with fans old and new. Tom's music has been recorded by artists as diverse as Mavis Staples, Billy Ray Cyrus, Colin James, Adam Gregory, Edwin, as well as his Blackie band mates. In 2002, Tom also celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his former band Junkhouse with the release of Rounders: The Best of Junkhouse. The Hamiltonians filled the retrospective with 19 choice cuts, featuring their best loved songs, unreleased material and cover tunes. RUSSELL de CARLE is one of the founding members, main voice and contributing songwriter of multi Juno Award and CCMA winning roots country group Prairie Oyster, de Carle is a two time recipient of the SOCAN Songwriter of the Year award for the songs "Such a Lonely One" and "One Way Track" (written with Willie P. Bennett). de Carle was recently on tour with this year's Bluebird North Songwriters tour. He is currently working on a solo album as well as a new album with Prairie Oyster.
In his legendary 40-year plus career, Haggard has not only recorded 38 #1country hits, but he has written dozens of standards which have been performed by artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Supersuckers, Elvis Costello, Dwight Yoakam, The Grateful Dead and even Dean Martin. He has also published two best-selling biographies and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Haggard will also be hitting the road again in May 2004 in a rare Canadian tour. Don't miss your chance to catch the "Godfather of Country" with very special guests (tba) live in concert!
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