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Tom Lavin. Tom Lavin is a Chicago-born 1950 musician and record producer and founding member of the Juno Award winning (1981) Canadian group, Powder Blues.Leader, Tom Lavin has written many of the band’s best-known songs including ‘Doin’ It Right’ a SOCAN Classics Winner [1] and ‘Boppin With the Blues’.
In 1986, the band won the American W.C. Handy Award for "Foreign Band of the Year". [3] The band's greatest hits album First Decade was released in 1990 and was certified gold. [2] The band is now known as Tom Lavin and the Legendary Powder Blues. [4] They were still touring as of 2024. [5] The initial lineup of the band consisted of: [1]
In 1996, original Butterfield Blues Band member Mark Naftalin (keyboards), who recorded on the album and is pictured on the cover of East-West, released a CD on his own 'Winner' label entitled East-West Live, comprising three extended live performance versions of the tune "East-West". Noted music critic and prolific author Dave Marsh ...
"Mary, Mary" is a song written by Michael Nesmith and first recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band for their 1966 album East-West. Nesmith's band, the Monkees, later recorded it for More of the Monkees (1967). Hip hop group Run–D.M.C. revived the song in the late 1980s, with an adaptation that appeared in the U.S. record charts.
Music charts; Canadian Hot 100; Singles Chart ; Chart Attack; Exclaim! CBC Music Top 20; Music festivals; Many notables; Canadian Music Week; Quebec City Summer Festival; Montreal International Jazz Festival; Les FrancoFolies de Montréal; Ottawa Bluesfest; Big Valley Jamboree; Celtic Colours; Havelock Country Jamboree; Cavendish Beach Music ...
Patric Caird's musical career began as a jazz saxophone player - playing, touring and recording with many of the west coast's premiere jazz and blues artists, notably with the Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) winning band The Powder Blues, whose 1981 record Thirsty Ears was certified platinum in Canada while the band's greatest hits album First ...
Thirsty Ears is the second studio album by Canadian blues band, Powder Blues, released in 1981. Thirsty Ears was the band's follow up to Uncut, released the year before. Thirsty Ears was certified platinum in Canada for 100,000 copies shipped. [2] The title track, "Thirsty Ears", peaked at number 17 on the Canadian singles chart in 1981.
Uncut is the debut studio album released by Canada's the Powder Blues. It was originally released in December 1979 on the Blue Wave label. [2] RCA re-issued the album in February 1980, with the song "Gimme Some Lovin'" removed from the album. Uncut was produced by Jack Lavin. The album reached #5 in Canada after having spent 5 weeks at #6.