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Born: MAY 22, 1956
Birth Place: QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC
Instrument: KEYBOARDS
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First Band : CHAMPLAIN ELVIS - A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS PRESLEY’S MUSIC
I AM A SELF-TAUGHT KEYBOARDIST WHO LEARNED HOW TO READ , WRITE AND PLAY MUSIC AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I’VE PLAYED WITH A BAND CALLED CHAMPLAIN ELVIS AND THE PURPLE GANG.,- A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE ELVIS PRESLEY. THE PURPLE GANG CONSISTED OF MYSELF PLAYING KEYBOARD, BENNY SANDERS ON DRUMS AND LEAD VOCALS, RICHARD CAMPBELL ON BASS GUITAR AND VOCALS, AND BRUCE SAYER ON ACOUSTIC GUITAR.
IN EARLY 1996, WE (FORMERLY THE PURPLE GANG) FORMED OUR OWN GROUP CALLED H TO OH ! . WE ARE ; TINA REECE PLAYING KEYBOARD AND BACK-UP VOCALS, RICHARD CAMPBELL PLAYING BASS GUITAR AND VOCALS, DARREN KRAEMER PLAYING LEAD GUITAR AND VOCALS, BENNY SANDERS PLAYING DRUMS AND LEAD VOCALS AND JIM CAMPBELL PLAYING SAXAPHONE, HARMONICA, ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND VOCALS. WE HAVE PLAYED GIGS AT NUMEROUS PLACES , SOME OF WHICH INCLUDED ; THE A. R.C., IN TORONTO, THE BLACK SWAN, IN THE SPRING OF 99, THE HAVELOCK HOTEL, AND MOST RECENTLY AT SOME OTHER DOWNTOWN TORONTO LOCATIONS.
SOME OF MY MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS INCLUDE THE LIKES OF JEFF HEALEY, ROBBIE ROBBERSON, COLIN JAMES, AND PINK FLOYD , JUST TO NAME A FEW!
MUSIC IS MY FAVORITE PASSION IN LIFE , AND IT’S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE IN GOOD COMPANY TO DO IT WITH!
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