Thought I'd mention a few

Canadian musicians are absolutely fantastic.  Here are a few..................tell me who I have missed......

Guy Lombardo

Oscar Peterson

Hank Snow

The Four Lads

Paul Anka

Ronnie Hawkins (not technically a Canadian, but he formed 'The Band')

The Beaumarks

Five Man Electrical Band (Les Emmerson is the brother of a friend of mine)

Bobby Curtola

Jonnie Mitchell

Leonard Cohen

The Staccatos (Went to Lisgar Collegiate with Paul Huot)

David Clayton Thomas

Zal Yanofsky (Met him in Kingston just before he died.  He signed his restaurant's cookbook for me.  'Chez Piggy' is a wonderful place.  The inscription read, "To Nancy with the laughing face".)

Ian and Sylvia

Neil Young

Rush (they went to high school (Earl Haig) with my ex-brother-in-law in Willowdale)

Bachman Turner Overdrive

The Guess Who

Bryan Adams

Triumph

Trooper

April Wine

Bruce Cockburn (I knew him before he was a star)

Rough Trade

Teenage Head

Chilliwack

Tom Cochrane (saw him before he was famous, 1978)

Loverboy

Honeymoon Suite

Doug and the Slugs

Valdy (We used to tell him to shut up when he played his guitar and sang at parties)

Platinum Blonde

Parachute Club

Blue Rodeo (To me, the quintessential "Canadian" sound)

Tragically Hip

Cowboy Junkies

Spirit of the West

Our Lady Peace

The Barenaked Ladies

Alanis Morissette (Daughter, Sarah, went to Glebe Collegiate in Ottawa with her)

Ginette Reno

Gino Vanelli

Diana Krall

Bif Naked

Joni Mitchell

Steppenwolf

Max Webster

Kim Mitchell

Corey Hart

Parachute Club

Stompin’ Tom Connors

April Wine

Junkhouse

Celine Dion

Shania Twain

Jan Arden

Gordon Lightfoot (a girl I went to university with knew him "intimately" back in 1967)

Nickelback

Arcade Fire

Thank you to Pierre Juneau, former head of the CRTC, for regulating Canadian radio stations and forcing them to actually play Canadian artists.  Otherwise, these fabulous muscians would not have had their moments in the sun. 

I love being a Canadian!