"To celebrate and support local musicians and songwriters whose presence and work have made a big difference in the GTA music scene community, veteran players and promoters Jack Tasse and Pete Otis haved teamed up to launch the "Honouring Our Own" celebration series. below is unashamedly stolen from Bob Segarini
http://bobsegarini.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/segarini-in-praise-of-older-musicians/
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r a little over a year I have been MCing a series of shows for Pete Otis and Jack Tasse (with the help of Gary Seventeen, who himself is a musician, journalist, and entrepreneur, and Long and McQuade go-to guy and Jack Daniels preacher, Ratch), both seasoned musicians and habitual performers. Called ‘Honouring Our Own’, they pay tribute to Toronto’s mostly unsung musical heroes by throwing a party and giving the gate to the honoree and filling the stage with his friends, collaborators, and other musicians that want to pay respect to one of their influences or musical heroes. These shows have been wildly successful, and well attended by fans and friends who have followed the long and colourful careers of the musicians being honoured. The events normally took place on Tuesdays, but this month, the party was moved to a Saturday for a couple of reasons. One was to accommodate the growing audience and give them a day off (Sunday) to recuperate (these people don’t nurse a drink and have a Jaeger every 40 minutes), and the other reason was so this month’s recipient could celebrate his birthday at midnight with family and friends. Joining previous honorees including keyboardist Michael Fonfara (Downchild, Alice Cooper, Rhinoceros and Foreigner, to name a few of the bands he’s worked and toured with), folksinger/writer and founder of Winterfolk, Brian Gladstone, and frontman, singer/songwriter/comedian Robbie Rox, was guitar hero and all around good guy, Mike McKenna. For a full account of Mike’s interesting and rollercoaster-like career, go here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McKenna_%28musician%29
Check our previous show posters also on youtube search Honouring Our Own for past show clips
