Echo Bay native Duncan Fremlin and his band bring the music of Stompin' Tom Connors to The Loft
The following is an article submitted by Duncan Fremlin, leader/manager of the band Whiskey Jack, which plays The Loft Oct. 7.
My first job with Tom was as his sidekick and MC on the now famous 1990 comeback tour. In May of that year, I found myself standing on the Memorial Gardens stage, the arena where I spent my wayward hockey playing youth, microphone in hand, announcing to my old hockey pals, family and neighbours, “Please welcome back, for the first time in 13 years, Stompin’ Tom Connors!”
On his next tour in 1993, I once more returned to my home town with Tom, this time standing with him on stage with my banjo hanging over my shoulder. He had asked if my band Whiskey Jack would work with him and I said, “Hell, yeah.” Some of the best musicians in the country will join me that night, including Tom’s longtime fiddler, a legend in his own right, from PEI, Billy MacInnis.
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