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Calgary Stampeders Essay

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Classic Canadian rock & roll band The Stampeders has been racking up Canadian music and songwriting honors since the 1970s, the most recent being the upcoming SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) Lifetime Achievement Award. Road warriors Kim Berly, Rich Dodson and Ronnie King continue touring today, much as they did in the early years of rock. But now the aging Canadian rockers, still talented and entertaining as ever, play to multigenerational families; and bring along their own families to their concert dates.

In 1992, The Stampeders' core reunited as a Canadian touring band, the triumvirate launching its rejuvenated career playing where else, but the

The Calgary Stampeders used a solid all around game from …show more content…

In 1968 band members moved from Calgary to Toronto, shedding their western garb. The doors to the world stage would soon open. By year's end changes in personnel resulted in The Stampeders becoming a well - honed trio of rockers. The same three musicians, the winning formula of Rich, Ronnie, and Kim would soon make rock & roll history by being one of the first Canadian bands to break onto the international …show more content…

The slow start hurt us. We played hard and came back in the second half. I wish we could have pulled it out. We have to keep fighting."

Calgary safety Wes Lysack praised the competitive fire of the Blue Bombers:

"Give credit to them. They gave us a heck of a fight, but we found a way to get a win. Wins are hard to come by in the CFL."

Winnipeg will return home on Saturday to face the CFLs best team, the Montreal Alouettes. The Stampeders travel to Edmonton for a Thursday night game against the Eskimos.

For The Stampeders, it's an honor to perform for not only loyal fans (and their progeny) but also old friends who drop by including members of other historic Canadian rock bands and the radio personalities who changed their lives. With the utmost sincerity, the band feels privileged to have the opportunity to perform for their own families and make them part of the experience of live rock &

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