It's been about 40 years since Hamilton's legendary group, the Shakers released an album of new material. With their spanking new EP, Left for Alive, it's like they never took a break.
The four original members (Rick Andrew, Claude DesRoches, Dave Rave and Tim Gibbons) deliver that unmistakable Shakers sound of no-nonsense early rock. Instruments are all amped up and the vocals are powerful.
Also, the great Steve Beach lends his incredible keyboardist skills to the mix.
Copies of the CD/Vinyl can be purchased at their live shows or through their website.
The 2018 It's Your Festival boasted a number of legendary Hamilton bands for the Canada Day weekend. Luckily a few people took some footage and we'd like to showcase it here.
We couldn't find anything from Crowbarso if anyone knows of any videos, please email us at blueshamilton@gmail.comand we'll add it to this page.
Nobody did infectious, good-old fashioned infectious rock 'n' roll like the legendary Hamilton group the Shakers. To celebrate their recent reunion shows, the band's come out with an amazing, self-titled, 2 CD collection featuring all their incredible songs.
Featuring current superstars Tim Gibbons, Dave Rave, Rick Andrew, and Claude DesRoches, the lads made some of the best music to come out the very late 70's and early to mid 80s (featuring early production work by international sensation Daniel Lanois). They mastered and perfected punk-like rockabilly and 50s style catchy rock. With unforgettable hits like Out the Door, Shake Some Action and many more, the foursome left their mark on the music scene.
As previously mentioned, this anthology includes all their tunes and an unreleased cover of Ain't Got No Sense by another legendary Hamilton band, Teenage Head.
If you wanna pick up this piece of rock history, you can go to Picks N Sticksin Hamilton and get yourself a copy.
While there, he met up with Maggie Ciere, musician and owner of HamiltonArtists.ca, a great place to buy music merch and get anything printed on anything!
Gord Lewis Band: Left to right: Brian Griffith, Gord Lewis (Teenage Head), Jack Pedler (Teenage Head), Anyone know the name of the singer and bassist?
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Hamilton Tigers: Left to right: Michael Birthelmer, Ed Roth (Shakers), Paul Panchezak (Trickbag), Rick Taylor, Michael Hickey (Trickbag), Brian Griffith
Gord Lewis Band: Left to right: Brian Griffith, Gord Lewis (Teenage Head), Jack Pedler (Teenage Head), Anyone know the name of the singer and bassist?
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Hamilton Tigers: Left to right: Michael Birthelmer, Ed Roth (Shakers), Paul Panchezak (Trickbag), Rick Taylor, Michael Hickey (Trickbag), Brian Griffith
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Dave Rave and Friends: Left to right: Mark Foley, Ed Roth (Shakers), Ray Farrugia (Junkhouse), Dave Rave (Shakers), Rick Andrews (Shakers)
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Left to Right: Jesse O'Brien , Anybody know the drummer? Terry Wilkens, Joel Guenther, Brian Griffith
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