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Horseshoe Tavern

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The Horseshoe Tavern (known as The Horseshoe or The 'Shoe to Toronto locals) is a concert venue at 370 Queen Street West (northeast corner of Queen at Spadina) in downtown Toronto, and has been in operation since 1947. [1]

55 relations: Alternative country, Alternative rock, Big Sugar, Billy Talent, Blue Rodeo, Blues, Bobcaygeon (song), Bridges to Babylon Tour, Bryan Adams, Celtic music, CFNY-FM, Colin Brunton, Concert film, Dan Aykroyd, Etta James, Folk music, Gord Downie, Great Big Sea, Have Not Been the Same, Helix (band), Humble & Fred, Independent music, Jeff Healey, Joel Plaskett, Mod (subculture), Music of Canada, New wave music, Nightclub, Ontario, Our Lady Peace, Peter Elkas, Prairie Oyster, Punk rock, Queen Street West, Ramones, Red Flag (song), Reggae, Sarah Harmer, Ska, Stompin' Tom Connors, Surf music, Swing music, Talking Heads, Teenage Head (band), The Band, The Last Pogo, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Scenics, The Tragically Hip, ..., The Viletones, The Watchmen (band), This Is Stompin' Tom, Toronto, Wide Mouth Mason. Expand index (5 more) »

Alternative country

Alternative country (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, or Americana) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and rock music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Big Sugar

Big Sugar are a Canadian blues, reggae rock band.

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Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Canadian rock band from Mississauga, Ontario.

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Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Bobcaygeon (song)

"Bobcaygeon" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.

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Bridges to Babylon Tour

The Bridges to Babylon Tour was a worldwide concert tour by The Rolling Stones.

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Bryan Adams

Bryan Guy Adams, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist.

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Celtic music

Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe.

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CFNY-FM

CFNY-FM, branded as 102.1 the Edge, is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.1 FM in the Greater Toronto Area.

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Colin Brunton

Colin Brunton (born 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian producer and director.

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Concert film

A concert film or concert movie, is a type of documentary film, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian.

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Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker.

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Etta James

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Gord Downie

Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist.

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Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, Scottish, and Cornish heritage.

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Have Not Been the Same

Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985–1995 is a book by Canadian music journalists Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack, and Jason Schneider, which chronicles the development of alternative rock in Canada between 1985 and 1995.

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Helix (band)

Helix is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band.

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Humble & Fred

Humble & Fred is a Toronto-based Canadian radio show, featuring co-hosts "Humble" Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson, which has aired on a variety of Greater Toronto Area radio stations since 1989.

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Independent music

Independent music (often referred to as indie music or indie) is music produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing.

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Jeff Healey

Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) was a Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter who attained musical and personal popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Joel Plaskett

William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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Mod (subculture)

Mod is a subculture that began in London in 1958 and spread throughout Great Britain and elsewhere, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries, and continues today on a smaller scale.

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Music of Canada

The music of Canada has reflected the diverse influences that have shaped the country.

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New wave music

New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Our Lady Peace

Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992.

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Peter Elkas

Peter Elkas (born July 24, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, signed to MapleMusic Recordings.

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Prairie Oyster

Prairie Oyster was a Canadian country music group from Toronto, Ontario.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Queen Street West

Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Ramones

The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974.

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Red Flag (song)

"Red Flag" is the second single released from the Canadian rock group Billy Talent's EP, Red Flags and second album, Billy Talent II.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Sarah Harmer

Sarah Harmer (born November 12, 1970) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and activist.

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Ska

Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

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Stompin' Tom Connors

Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter.

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Surf music

Surf music is a subgenre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California.

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Swing music

Swing music, or simply swing, is a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.

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Teenage Head (band)

Teenage Head is a Canadian rock group from Hamilton, Ontario and was a popular Canadian punk rock band during the early 1980s.

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The Band

The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968 by Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals).

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The Last Pogo

The Last Pogo is a short film made by Colin Brunton in 1978.

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The Police

The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Scenics

The Scenics are a band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, active from 1976 to 1982, and from 2008 to the present.

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The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, currently consisting of guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay.

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The Viletones

The Viletones are a Canadian punk band from Toronto, led by Steven Leckie on vocals.

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The Watchmen (band)

The Watchmen are a Canadian alternative rock band.

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This Is Stompin' Tom

This Is Stompin' Tom is a 20-minute 1972 Canadian documentary about Stompin' Tom Connors directed by Edwin W. Moody.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Wide Mouth Mason

Wide Mouth Mason is a Canadian blues-based rock band, consisting of Shaun Verreault (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Safwan Javed (Percussion, Backing Vocals), and Gordie Johnson (Bass, Backing Vocals).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Tavern

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