Labels Grand East Records | Origin St. John's, Canada (1978) | |
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Years active 1978–1983 (Reunion 1997) 2009–present Associated acts Ron HynesBuddy Wasisname and the Other FellersFiggy DuffThe Fables Albums Living in a Fog, The Wonderful Grand Band Similar Figgy Duff, Émile Benoît, The Fables, Alan Doyle, Ryan's Fancy | ||
The Wonderful Grand Band is a Canadian music and comedy group formed in 1978 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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The group had a short-lived eponymous television musical variety show on CBC Television, producing over 40 half-hour episodes between 1980 and 1983. The show starred Hynes, Morris, Perry (later replaced by Warden, who died in 1999), Simmons (later replaced by Annan, who died in 2010), Russell (later replaced by Snider), and Wiseman (later replaced by Stamp), as well as CODCO comedians Greg Malone and Tommy Sexton, who died in 1993. The show combined original and traditional music with topical comedy sketches and satire, some of which was directed at the CBC itself. The band reunited in 2009 for a series of concerts throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, in conjunction with the release of two DVDs containing 12 episodes of the TV show. A second, one-off reunion was held in August 2012 at a Ron Hynes concert held before Hynes entered treatment for throat cancer.
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Members
The following members are listed on the groups albums:
Discography
Songs
Babylon Mall1981
The Merry Blacksmith1981
UIC1981