Retired music teacher played in 1970s rock band Troyka
Jerry Bryant celebration concert with the Island Big Band
Victoria singer-songwriter Vic Horvath hailed from Calgary but settled in BC’s oceanside capital (a move they discuss in the song “Shiney Shotgun”). After a couple of years of performing, touring and popping out the odd single, they finally released
Jerry Bryant, a blues musician who had a knack for opening doors into the world of music for generations of local students, has died at age 98. The singer and jazz pianist, who was born in Kansas City on April Fool’s Day in 1923, died Aug. 19.
Retired music teacher played in 1970s rock band Troyka
Red and Madame Dishrags are bios of Vancouver’s Red Robinson, the most famous radio disc jockey in B.C. history, and the Dishrags, a key but little-known female punk group from Victoria.
Passion of R&B
highlights next Willows
free concert
Brandy Moore and the Nightcaps perform
Aug. 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Willows Beach
Park
CHRISTINE VAN REEUWYK / Aug. 2, 2018 10:30
a.m. / ENTERTAINMENT / LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT
Brandy...
Local historian Glenn Parfitt was determined to create a website chronicling the early days of rock ’n’ roll in Victoria — despite the challenges involved in tracking down material.