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Take 4 in Alberni

Daily Colonist - Take Fours in Liverpool
Author: Daily Colonist

High times in Victoria: Remembering the Summer of Love

Remembering the Summer of Love
Author: Mike Devlin

Deb Rhymer is dedicated to the blues

Deb Rhymer has worn numerous hats over the years, from Bette Midler impersonator to daycare operator. But the one that fits her best is blues booster. Rhymer, a Victoria native, spends almost all her waking hours dedicated to blues, eith...
Author: Mike Devlin

Welcome to rock 'n roll city

Local historian Glenn Parfitt was determined to create a website chronicling the early days of rock ’n’ roll in Victoria — despite the challenges involved in tracking down material.
Author: Mike Devlin
Published by: Times Colonist

Focus February 1967

Focus by Brad Nugent
Author: Brad Nugent
Published by: Victoria Daily Times

Victoria educator Jerry Bryant was ‘giant musical force,’ taught at Esquimalt High

Jerry Bryant, a blues musician who had a knack for opening doors into the world of music for generations of local students, has died at age 98. The singer and jazz pianist, who was born in Kansas City on April Fool’s Day in 1923, died Aug. 19.
Author: Pedro Arrais
Published by: Times Colonist

Nomeansno at the Royale Banquet Hall

Nomeansno at the Royale Banquet Hall April 3rd By Allan MacInnis Tom Holliston of Nomeansno is a baseball fan, so it was fortunate for him that the band’s recent Japanese tour - only their second in their 30 year history - took plac...
Published by: The Skinny Magazine
Author: Allan MacInnis

Focus by Brad Nugent

Focus by Brad Nugent
Author: Brad Nugent
Published by: Victoria Daily Times

Documentary tells story of Dishrags, Central Saanich all-female punk band

Red and Madame Dishrags are bios of Vancouver’s Red Robinson, the most famous radio disc jockey in B.C. history, and the Dishrags, a key but little-known female punk group from Victoria.
Author: Mike Devlin

New film documents 30 years of punk music in Victoria

Published by: CBC News
Author: Clare Hennig

Focus by Brad Nugent February 1968

Focus by Brad Nugent
Author: Brad Nugent
Published by: Victoria Daily Times

Summer & The Sinners – Can’t Keep a Good Girl Down

Let me preface this review by saying I’ve known Summer since she was barely out of her teens and coming out to sit in or jam at various venues I was playing at around Victoria BC. I’ve watched her career with great interest and she has ...
Published by: FaceBook
Author: Dave Harris

At 90, Jerry Bryant's not feeling blue

Jerry Bryant celebration concert with the Island Big Band
Author: adrian chamberlain
Published by: Times Colonist

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A passing of the torch for Victoria's rock music history archives

Royal City Music Project co-founder Glenn Parfitt wants valuable cultural material preserved
Published by: Monday Magazine
Author: Don Descoteau
Leroy
from Vancouver BC
The Incentives
from Vancouver BC
Gus
from Victoria BC
Ma Millers Pub
Venue
1864 - 2021
Marco Polo Theatre Restaurant
Venue
1964 - 1982
JAGUAR ENTERPRISES LTD
Presenter
Vancouver BC
1962 - 1986

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