LeE HARVeY OsMOND(Festival of Friends) do Junkhouse

Formed in 1989 in Hamilton, Ontario,[1] the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tom Wilson,[2] guitarist Dan Achen, bassist Russ Wilson and drummer Ray Farrugia. (Despite their shared surname, Tom and Russ Wilson were not related.)
The band got its first widespread exposure opening for Crash Vegas on that band's tour to support their debut album, Red Earth. Crash Vegas member Colin Cripps was one of Junkhouse's early mentors and supporters.
In 1993, the band signed to Sony Records, and released a Sony Music publishing demo Here Lies Happiness, which was a collection of their early recordings. In September 1993 they released their official debut, Strays, and promoted the album by touring as an opening act for The Waltons and Soul Asylum. That album was produced by Malcolm Burn, and produced radio hits for the band with "Out of My Head", "Prayin' for the Rain" and "Big Brown Turtle".
The band was also featured on the soundtrack to the television show Due South. Their cover of the song "Oh, What a Feeling" is on the first of the two soundtracks from the Paul Haggis show.
In 1995, they released Birthday Boy, which included a duet with Sarah McLachlan on the song "Burned Out Car".
Dan Achen owned Catherine North Studio in Hamilton. Several internationally known artists have recorded at Catherine North over the past 10 years, including Achen's niece Feist. At a 2008 concert at Hamilton Place, the Grammy-nominated singer held up her favourite red guitar and proudly announced that it was a gift from "Uncle Dan".
In 2008, Achen co-produced a Juno-winning album Bring Me Your Love, a solo project by Dallas Green of the platinum-selling rock band Alexisonfire.
Dan Achen died on March 15, 2010 of a heart attack while playing hockey.[5] On March 20, 2010, Ron McLean profiled Dan Achen and Junkhouse with a segment prior to the Leafs-Canadiens game on Hockey Night in Canada.

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[MrEcurb9]

awesome is right! don't miss his october show in london at downtown kathy browns on the 28th....it will be a great show as always

[Mepamper]

Awesome day and such a blast watching the band rock out! I was right out front and it sounded great! I have to get the footage edited and Lee's comments removed so I can post. I see some were left in this one.. lol

[pt1players]

Wasn't Colin in Junkhouse for a while .

One of my fav. guitarist's

[chrismak2004]

Holy Shit.. is that Colin Cripps! now I am kinda sad I missed this.. But sounds like the show was amazing per usual.