Brian MacLeod Discusses the Headpins, Chilliwack

The late Brian Macleod, Juno Award-winning producer, member of Newfoundland bands Garrison Hill and Huski, B.C. band Chilliwack, founder of Headpins. Brian was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1952 and succumbed to cancer in 1992. He discussed the formation of the Headpins and his role in Chilliwack with Christopher Ward .

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• Headpins
• Chilliwack
• Brian Macleod
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[Medhat2203]

Brians playing is sadly missed,

[vanhalen515084]

my dream would be to see him playing drums,

[bfmolnar]

man was he every high in coke in this interview

[mydadsadrummer]

In "91 I produced a contest called Drummer's Showdown. Other talent contests had failed due to poor admin. I needed to be sure I had the best judges. I enlisted both Brian McLeod who was a fine drummer and his drummer Bernie Aubin (the backbeat of the Headpins) among the many judges. 3 episodes are up on UTube. Brian was very humble and gracious. He was in the treatment stage so he asked me not to represent him on camera. His support for Drummer's Showdown was a thrill. He's missed by Vancouver.

[edgroove7]

RIP Brian great guitarist !! Mr Ward is an arrogant little knob!

[snairotearp]

I watched Brian play for the Headpins in Vancouver at Rohans Rockpile on 4th Avenue.

If I remember right it was 1978.

When I saw Brian play that day I was in absolute awe! I had seen the best-of-the-best

play live in Vancouver at the Coliseum and I saw/heard Brian do things on an electric

guitar I had never seen done before!

[mygirlvicki]

He wrote the song MY GIRL about me. Felt bad for decades for leaving BC without saying goodbye.  He was sure upset with me when he did run into me in 83 backstage at a Toronto and Tom Cochrain concert. I was 3 months pregnant with Downchild Blues Band keyboard player's child. He told me about the song. I took him home and he signed my album cover and we both cried while he made me listen to the depth of the song. I do miss you Brian, I'm so sorry!

[blacksabbathish]

By the way, that's Christopher Ward interviewing him, no slouch in his own right, having written a number one song Black Velvet for Alanah Myles

[vanhalen515084]

this guy is so talented, more than what a lot of people know, he played drums, keyboards, and guitar, and produced and wrote songs, the first that i recall to have a rack system for drums, look at the back of chilliwack opus album pics,

[eatmyshitdickweed]

I got to watch Brain Macleod 3 nights in a row, back around 1990, at the Windsor hotel in Red Deer Alberta...I was 15 and underage...Brain was a monster guitarist with increadile tone and tasty licks..I was devasted when I heard he died a few years later!!! I playrd guitar in the opening band..Electric Gypsy's hahahah