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I have been in the music business, fulltime all my life.  I started out as a drummer in a band with my Dad in the fifties.  Got my early experience with a world class fiddler named Johnny Morring in my home town Springhill, Nova Scotia.  The band played country swing, some old jazz and popular tunes from that time.  We did dance jobs but also did local radio shows and county fairs.  I was fortunate enough to record on two albums with Johnny.  I took up the piano and backed Johnny at the Shelburn world fiddling contest . 

In 1959 I moved to Halifax and played drums again in a rock band and joined a jazz club to further expand my music experience.  Man I am getting old.  After a year, I moved back to Springhill and joined a band in nearby Amherst called The Viscounts  We had a great time playing 50's and 60's cover tunes in dance halls, arenas and back then you could pop into radio stations set up & play.  We did ok but wanted to play music for a living.  In 1966 the whole band moved to Windsor Ontario.  The band became very popular because being from Nova Scotia we talked funny and people here thought we were from England.  The band got picked up by a Detroit bar owner who became our manager and got us a recording contract with the Avco Embassy label.  Now our band name was Windsor Tunnel.  We played in Michigan bars but soon got booked at concerts.  We played at universitys in Michigan, Tiger Stadium in 1970, the CNE in Toronto and were featured several times on the famous CKLW TV - Robin Seymore Show later George Young Show and other TV stations in Detroit.  This is getting to be a book so if you would like to know more e-mail me.  I love to tell the story.

Let's jump to now, 2008.  I play almost every day in service clubs as a single with guest singers & musicians.   I have nothing but fun now and try to help other artists to develope their skills and sing & play for an audiance.  I would love to turn more people on to the artists and music available at this web site.  I may be able to hire some of if you.  My following is an older crowd but love good music.  Please check out the photo gallery to see some of my guest artists. 

The songs listed are from the 1969 Windsor Tunnel album.  Newer songs will be available soon.   

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