Volume 64 No. 5 - September 16, 1996 $3.00102.80 plus .20 GST) Mail Registration No. 1351 CONGitS114,NraoS toa11 CouutvtiNtuskc Cauaakat dNvkuuds al; GRVa foratoottler CCMA totIve ..aicvd 2 -RPM- Monday September 16,1996 CCMA awards parade Surprise unplugged tour/Kumbaya dates Canada's be It was a rewarding evening for the M( announced for EMI's Tom Cochrane crew, headed up by Doug Chappell, 1 EMI Music Canada has announced the Oct. 23,North Bay Arts Centre endorsement of their country side Twain and Terri Clark each scored return of Tom Cochrane on the road across Oct. 24,Windsor Cleary Auditorium this year's CCMA awards show It Canadawitha specialacoustic Oct. 26,Guelph War Memorial Auditorium (Sept. 9) performance tour, set to kick off on Oct. 27,Ottawa venue t.b.a. October 5th. The show, in which Cochrane Thedazzling,fast -pace( Oct. 28,Montreal Jesu Theatre presentation, again produced by will be solely accompanied on the stage Oct. 30,Waterloo Humanities Theatre by twin guitarists Bill Bell and Steve paraded the best in Cancon cou Oct. 31,London, Ontario, venue t.b.a. performances and in winners to Worall, will feature unplugged versions Nov. 2,Toronto, Ontario, venue t.b.a. of songs from the singer's lengthy career. audience that's expected to top two Aside from a taping of the October again, James called on a humon Tour dates and venues are as follows: 10 gig at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for Oct. 5,Powell River Evergreen Theatre system that turned the setless the CBC Television DuMaurier Concert spectacular sea of colour. Oct. 6,Victoria McPherson Theatre Series, Cochrane will be performing live Twain was obviously over Oct. 7,Courtenay Sid Williams Theatre on MuchMusic on September 12 (6pm audience reaction to her winnim Oct. 10,Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theatre EST) as part of the 1996 Kumbaya Tour. vocalist, best video for (If You're Oct. 12,Kelowna Community Theatre He is to join the festival on the three dates Love) I'm Outta Here, and for the top Oct. 13,Banff Theatre that comprise the eastern leg of the tour fans' choice entertainer of the year. Oct. 15,Calgary Max Bell Theatre and will be performing in Saint John, Medicine Hat -born Clark was i Oct. 16,Edmonton Myer Horowitz Halifax, and St. John's. and she too was almost at a loss for Oct. 17,Red Deer Memorial Centre Cochrane's newest album, Ragged of her three wins were announced. Dry Oct. 19,Brandon Western Mannitoba Ass Road, has reached platinum sales in with her traditional black stetson, shi Centennial Auditorium Canada and has yielded three Top Ten hits tears when she accepted her first awa Oct. 20,Winnipeg Cultural Centre at radio. for Better Things To Do, and cont Oct. 21,Thunder Bay Community emotion as she picked up the award i Auditorium for her self -titled release, and the Vi award. PEI musicfest dedicatedto Gene MacLellan A somewhat reserved Charlie that in spite of the much younger co A one -day musicfest, billed as the Gene international recognition to fellow has come along, he still reigns supre: MacLellan Song Festival, will take place maritimers, Ocean, and which reputedly vocal field, once again capturing thi at Victoria on Prince Edward Island's sold more sheet music copies than any has over the past several years. Major south shore on Sept. 21. other song published in North America release, Waiting On You, bullets Organizer Jack McAndrew points over the past 50 years. position this week on the RPM Cott out that the one -day event is "dedicated MacLellan's songs will be heard Prairie Oyster also weathered the to the music and the memory of one of during a two-hour Tribute Concert, again being endorsed as Canada's be the Island's favourite adopted sons. It emceed by Jackie Rae, which will close was the band's sixth win in this catel was here where the then unknown the day of homage to the popular the band's fiddle and mandolin player composer launched his career that would composer who died a tragic death in his dedicated the award to the memory make him an international force in pop home in the rural area of western Prince of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, who pa: and country music." Edward Island on Jan 19, 1995. He was day before in Nashville at the age MacLellan first gained 54 years of age. has also continued to maintain consta international recognition as a composer Interpreting MacLellan's music at over their 20 -year career. Their new with the writing of Snowbird, which the concert will be Patrician Anne Unbelieveable Love, moves into the launched Anne Murray's career, and MacKinnon, who sang with MacLellan after only four weeks on the chart. which was covered by hundreds of other on CBC-TV's Singalong Jubilee, Lennie Newcomer Paul Brandt won the singers and instrumentalists, including Gallant,Rik Barron,Redstone, award for his Reprise debut, My Elvis Presley. 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