A Saskatchewan musician is seeing a swell of support two provinces west in Vernon.
Jack Semple, a bluesy-rock guitarist raised on B.B. King, is being brought to the Okanagan for a Thursday, June 9 show at 1516 Pub and Grill.
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Haubrich is just one local fan, joined by the Dah91裸聊视频檚, who own several local restaurants and are eager to support the musician and rock the lake.
91裸聊视频淢e and my Uncle Russ saw Jack play six or seven years ago in Armstrong. My husband, who loves live music, insisted we go because he saw him play in Regina 30 years ago. We are like, 91裸聊视频榳ait, what?91裸聊视频� But we went, and it was amazing,91裸聊视频� said Katie Dahl, owner of 1516 Pub and Grill. 91裸聊视频淣ow look at this, he is playing live at our newest location, 1516 Pub!91裸聊视频�
Semple admits he was not a fan of playing the electric guitar early in his career. In his teens, he had studied classical and flamenco styles. He only reluctantly picked up an electric later on and it was strictly for practical reasons.
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Semple serves up a healthy mix of music that springs from the blues and its various cousin genres. That includes 201891裸聊视频檚 Can91裸聊视频檛 Stop This Love, which featured everything from the soulful R&B of the title track to the funky leanings of Dance of the Undivided, acoustic folk of Walkin91裸聊视频�, and charging blues-rock of Workin91裸聊视频� Overtime.
91裸聊视频淚 love instrumental guitar music, particularly solo,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 use a pick. I have a classical-flamenco right-hand technique. I play the bass line and the melody at the same time and lots of open-tuning stuff. A lot of that music is really inspired by where I live. I grew up on the Prairies right next to the Qu91裸聊视频橝ppelle Valley, which is a very beautiful, fertile area in Saskatchewan. It91裸聊视频檚 where I spent my boyhood. I go out there with my guitar and recollect the good old days and strum away and write music that way.91裸聊视频�
Semple has been a travelling musician ever since those early years playing six nights a week at local honky-tonks. Inspired by the 1980s blues revival, and particularly the work of Texas master Stevie Ray Vaughan, Semple began dedicating more time to blues in his mid to late 20s. He eventually moved to Toronto where he played in the progressive R&B band The Lincolns for a few years. But it wasn91裸聊视频檛 long before he moved back to his hometown and began spreading his talents to soundtrack work in TV and film. The 1990s were a fertile period for the artist. The solo work won acclaim and also earned him a Juno Award and two Western Canadian Music Awards. He earned two Gemini Award nominations for his soundtrack work.
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