Stampeders – The Music Express

Just Like Family – Stampeders

May 8, 2013May 8, 2013 Music Express

Imagine yourself at a family barbecue, where everyone’s been fed and the drinks are plenty, as three of the family’s more colourful members–the eccentrics that everyone loves, but aren’t quite sure what to make of–pick up some music instruments and begin to play, cheered on overwhelmingly by everyone attending and you’ll have a sense of a Stampeders show. Enter Rich... Read More

The Stampeders Stay Connected

April 1, 2013April 4, 2013 Keith Sharp

As the snow recedes into the tundra, Messers Rich Dodson, Ronnie King and Kim Berly scrape the rust off of their collective instruments and prepare to take The Stampeders on tour for another year of dates across the dominion. Give or take the 15 year hiatus they took from each other between 1977 and 1992, The Stampeders have been on... Read More

Ankle deep in cow manure!

October 11, 2012October 17, 2012 Keith Sharp

Truth is the launch of Alberta Music Express (as it was originally titled) was purely an act of revenge against my then employers, The Calgary Herald. Rolling into the summer of 1976, starting a music magazine was the last thought on my mind. Having joined the Herald’s sports department in March 1972, straight from Cambrian College, North Bay (now called... Read More