A one-day rock festival was held at Toronto’s Varsity Stadium Sep. 13, 1969, less than a month after the Woodstock Music Festival took place on a farm outside Bethel, New York. One festival quickly became iconic. The other was mostly…
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HOW I HELPED MAKE ROCK ‘N ROLL HISTORY
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(Still) Remembering The Piano Man
The day after his death a year ago today, I sat down and wrote about the loss of my dearest and closest friend, Brian Vallée. One year later, the sentiments haven’t changed. I still miss Brian terribly. I still think…
Tagged with: Brian Vallee, CBC, Edwin Alonzo Boyd, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Nancy Rahtz, St. Michael's Hospital, The War On Women
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Ron Base Writes 