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"One of the Best run Idols I have ever had the
pleasure of becoming associated with. These guys rock"
Andrew Laird - Kiss FM Vernon
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Vote Your Idol,
Come on
in to any location and get a ballot with purchase and vote for
your Fav!
If you wish to have your favorite idol as the winner of
Country RockIdol competition, please prepare to vote at your
local watering hole.
Ken McCoy In to check
it out
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No you don't have to sing country,
this is a country/ rock/ pop/ music show. We prefer
that you sing songs that you are truly connected to,
emotionally. This gives you a better performance and
us a better show and thus a better chance of having
someone like Danny McBride (zworks) want to promote and
sign you.
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So we decided as a team this
year to take this show to the rest of the valley. It
has been such a huge success for our singers and for the
winners we wanted to continue to make it grow and involve
good solid business partners that our major sponsors had
aligned themselves with. - Bill Justus
Just a little bit about one of those
sponsors the creative genius behind Zworks Studio
Danny Mcbride |
| Danny
McBride has spent his entire life working in the arts. He began his
journey with an illustrious music career that spanned more than three
decades jet-setting with some of the world's most celebrated stars to
the planet's most glamorous locations, McBride has played for crowds in
the hundreds of thousands. working in the company of superstars like,
U2, The Cure,Tina turner, Natalie Cole, and Supertramp to Oscar winning
actors, and composers, McBride even had a high school band which
included director David Cronenburg on Sax.. From 1970 to 1995 Danny has
worked with the following producers as a co-producer, a recording artist
and/or session player.............. JACK RICHARDSON (The Guess who,
Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel).......... BOB JOHNSTON (Dylan,
Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, Jimmy Cliff, Danny McBride(China)
CBS................... DANIEL LANOIS ( U2, Peter GABRIEL, Ray Materic,
Danny McBrideChina CBS).............. PETE SMITH (Sting)...............
PAUL HARMAN (Chris deBurgh )................ RUPERT HINE ( Chris deburgh,
Tina Turner, Rush, Bob eldof )........... MIKE CURB: Sammy Davis Jr, The
Osmonds, etc,etc.) TONY MEEHAN (shadows drummer) Danny McBride
(CBS)................ ALLAN TOUSSAINT , (Dr. John, Paul McCartney, The
Meters)........... PAUL ROTHSCHILD (The Doors, Crosby Stills&
Nash.)......... PAUL HORNSBY (Charley Daniels)............... TERRY
BROWN (Rush)........................... MAC REBENNAC (Danny
McBride............. With enough guitar-playing talent to be sought
after by superstars like Tina Turner, Supertramp, Rod Stewart, The
Stones and earn him the job as Chris de Burgh's lead guitarist for 14
years as well as two major recording deals as a solo artist, Danny
McBride is truly one of the Canada's best kept secrets. |
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from the Shows |
Amber Nicholson
Ernie and Tracy |
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Julie Masi
Lorraine Segato (vocals,
guitar, percussion)
Julie Masi (timbales, percussion, support vocals)
Dave Gray (guitar)
Lauri Conger (keyboards, synthesizers, support vocals)
Margo Davidson (congas, saxophone, percussion, support vocals)
Billy Bryans (drums, percussion, Sincussions)
Steve Webster (bass)
Russ Boswell (bass; replaced Webster)
Keir Brownstone (bass; replaced Boswell)
This Toronto politico-musical troupe had its beginnings back
in 1977 when Lorraine Segato, Lauri Conger and Billy Bryans
became fixtures on Toronto's Queen Street circuit as part of a
six-piece band called Mama Quilla II. The group released one
12" EP, produced by yet-to-be legendary Daniel Lanois before
evolving into V which was a reggae-pop-funk collective that
played around Toronto in 1981-82.
The act was unable to fulfill an appearance at Toronto's
'Festival Of Festivals' so Segato and Bryans quickly organized
a band of musicians, including Lauri Conger, Steve Webster and
Margo Davidson, under the name The Parachute Club. In short
time they landed a deal with the newly created Gerry Young
Management Co. and its offshoot label Current Records.
Later that year Winnipeg native Julie Masi joined followed by
guitarist Dave Gray who was added during the recording of The
Parachute Club's 1983 eponymous debut which was produced and
engineered by Daniel Lanois.
The first single/video "Rise Up" became a statement of sexual
and racial harmony. Parachute Club wore their politically
correct vision on their sleeves with hit singles like
"Alienation" and "Boy's Club" screaming out their message.
"Rise Up" won a Juno Award for 'Single Of The Year'. Steve
Webster departed to join Billy Idol’s touring band and was
replaced temporarily by Russ Boswell.
For their second album, "At The Feet Of The Moon", they added
new bassist Keir Brownstone and charted with the title track
that was bolstered by a 12” EP featuring a dance remix and
several versions of their previous hit “Rise Up”. They were
nominated in CFNY-FM's U-KNOW Awards for 'Album Of The Year',
'Group Of The Year', and 'Female Vocalist Of The Year'
(Lorraine Segato). That same year they won a Juno Award for
'Group Of The Year'.
With the production help of Hall & Oates' John Oates, the
group released 'Small Victories' in 1986 which featured a duet
with the singer and Lorraine Segato on the album's first
single "Love Is Fire". The song gave the band an international
profile. Julie Masi left the band following their initial
Canadian tour for the LP.
In Mid-1987 Lauri Conger also left for registered massage
training in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Parachute Club continued on
with Manteca’s Aaron Davis through 1988 (with Conger filling
in for an ailing Davis during an appearance at Ontario Place
during the summer of 1988).
The Parachute Club decided they’d achieved their collective
goals and retired the act in 1989. Lorraine Segato moved onto
a solo career which continues today, while Billy Bryans began
doing session work for other recording acts, producing and is
currently running a music promotion company that helps
international music from the Far-East, Africa and Europe gain
exposure in North America. Lauri Conger, with the approval of
a Canada Council “Arts B” grant application, returned to
Canada in 1998 to pursue a musical focus in First Nations
music/rhythms.
Singles
1983 Rise Up (Current/RCA) 1984 Alienation (Current/RCA) 1984
Alienation (extended club version/Alienation (version) [12"]
(Current/RCA) 1984 Boy's Club (Current/RCA) 1985 At The Feet
Of The Moon [edit]/Walls And Laws (Current/RCA) 1985 Act Of An
Innocent (Current/RCA) 1985 Sexual Intelligence/Equal/Equality
1986 Love Is Fire/Waves (Current/RCA) 1987 Love And
Compassion/Secret Heart (Wild Zone) (Current/RCA) 1987 Walk To
The Rhythm (Current/RCA) 1988 Introduction To The Big
World/Big Big World [edit]//Big Big World (Current/RCA)
Albums
1983 The Parachute Club (Current/RCA) 1984 At The Feet Of The
Moon (Current/RCA) 1985 Moving Thru The Moonlight
(Current/RCA) 1986 Small Victories (Current/RCA) 1992 Wild
Zone: The Essential Parachute Club (BMG)
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