Name: Larry Kirwan

Birthplace: Wexford, Ireland

Currently residing: New York City

Musical past and present in one rambling run-on sentence:  Bought guitar, left home, still going….

Website: black47.com

1.  Who are some of your favourite composers, musicians and bands from the past and present?

Everyone from the Johnny Reck Showband through Dylan (Thomas and Bobby) to Miles… and on it goes…

2.  Is there a particular song or musical passage that never fails to move you emotionally?

Ave Maria

3.  How would you describe your perfect day?

Begins with tea, ends with booze, with a little creation in between.

4.  What would your friends say they appreciate the most about you?

You better ask them, they’ve never told me.

5.  What is your most valued material possession?

My eyesight

6.  Who were you, or would you be nervous to meet?

The Iceman.

 7.  If you could blink your eyes and be in a favourite place right now, where would that place be?

One step ahead of the hounds.

8.  Is there something you would like to do more of in the future?

Create.

9. Where would you like to find yourself in ten years?

Above ground.

Name: Raphael Geronimo

Birthplace: Manila, Philippines

Currently residing: Richmond, B.C.

Musical past and present in one rambling run-on sentence: My father was musician and loved Latin music, so as a kid, I grew up listening to: Tito Puente, Fania All Stars, Eddie Palmieri, Batacumbelle and Poncho Sanchez. – And I really hated it! I liked Rock music: Rush, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Rolling Stones and the Who. So, as a teen my father introduced me to Santana and I was able to see the relation between Latin and Rock music. So I started to slowly appreciate Latin music. Within a few years, I fell in love with Latin music and now playing latin jazz and afro cuban music in my band Rumba Calzada is what I do for a living. So, my early years of having to listen to Latin music has proven to be the best education a father could give a son.

Website: rumbacalzada.com

1.  Who are some of your favourite composers, musicians and bands from the past and present?

My favorite bands and musicians include:  Tito Puente, Batacumbelle, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Fania All Stars and Poncho Sanchez. Although, I am a fan of Mozart and Beethoven and I do enjoy Rock, Jazz, and Bluegrass music.

2.  Is there a particular song or musical passage that never fails to move you emotionally?

Mi bajo con tumbao rico y sabrociao.

3.  How would you describe your perfect day?

A sunny day….. light breeze…..running…… playing music ………. going for swim……..eating ……… having a beer………..There are too many perfect days to describe!

4.  What would your friends say they appreciate the most about you?

Being lucky that I get to play music for a living.

 5.  What is your most valued material possession?

A wrench

 6.  Who were you, or would you be nervous to meet?

An extraterrestrial

7.  If you could blink your eyes and be in a favourite place right now, where would that place be?

In my bed…….. sleeping well.

8.  Is there something you would like to do more of in the future?

See places in the world that I would like to see, like Paris, France and the pyramids in Egypt.

9. Where would you like to find yourself in ten years?

Still playing music, running, travelling, eating well, spending time with family, friends and the people I want to be around.

Name:

Birthplace: Winnipeg

Currently residing:  Torontopeg

Musical past and present in one rambling run-on sentence: born playing piano still doing that but along the way learned to use a dehydrator too so there are now fruit leathers in my piano playing life,

Website: bobwiseman.com

1. Who are some of your favourite composers, musicians and bands from the past and present?

freddie rzewski

2.  Is there a particular song or musical passage that never fails to move you emotionally?

the hungarian rhapsody #6 by liszt, i want you (she’s so heavy) beatles, the music in the fellini film 8 & ½ when the young boys pay the older woman to dance for them by the beach

3.  How would you describe your perfect day?

opening the morning paper reading headline “stephen harper jailed with no parole for crimes against canadians”

4.  What would your friends say they appreciate the most about you?

i remember their names

5.  What is your most valued material possession?

my pagani zonda clinique roadster

6.  Who were you, or would you be nervous to meet?

nervous to meet very evil people.

7.  If you could blink your eyes and be in a favourite place right now, where would that place be?

1979

8.  Is there something you would like to do more of in the future?

learn french

9.  Where would you like to find yourself in ten years?

je pence quebec

Name: Winston Hauschild

Birthplace: The Okanagan

Currently residing: Bowen Island

Musical past and present in one rambling run-on sentence:

My first birthday cake was a giant guitar and my parents were both singers so I knew for sure that was a profession I was going to avoid at all costs and then when I became a teenager and got my hands on an electric guitar that all changed so here I am following diligently in my parents’ footsteps.

Website:

winstonhauschild.com

1.  Who are some of your favourite composers, musicians and bands from the past and present?

Old: John, Paul, George and Ringo.

New: Tweedy.

2.  Is there a particular song or musical passage that never fails to move you emotionally?

The guitar solo in Achilles Last Stand.

3.  How would you describe your perfect day?

Working in the garden with my family.

4.  What would your friends say they appreciate the most about you?

Hopefully my sense of humour.

5.  What is your most valued material possession?

My Gibson J45

6.  Who were you, or would you be nervous to meet?

Mr. McCartney

7.  If you could blink your eyes and be in a favourite place right now, where would that place be?

Right where I am.

8.  Is there something you would like to do more of in the future?

Cooking and gardening.

9.  Where would you like to find yourself in ten years?

Alive and well.