History .. What HIstory? ... the Whiners HIstory
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History of The Whiners:
The Whiners began in May 1998 as a duo (v.1.0). The duo became a solo in May 2005 with a second, full group, of Whiners (v.2.0) forming in June 2005.
There was some continuity in this since the "newest" members
played with the duo as guests on occasion. Thus, June 2005 officially
began what KEITH calls a looser Whiner family and the beginning of
the whinersmusic "brand". Depending on the situation, KEITH
& Jamie have gone out as Whiners as have Dave & KEITH and
shannon & KEITH.
Other guests, including Ed Lee, Jeff Currie, Pat Clancy, Henry Teitlman
and Shelly Davine sit in at times. KEITH also works with Bojan Milo,
Roger Beckett and Gary Duke as The WC Wranglers and with Ed Lee as
The Mayberries.
Full band gigs are a bit rare and therefore extra special. Basically, anyone who sits in with KEITH is part of The Whiners. Even a KEITH solo show is really just a Whiners show in disguise.
That's the story so far except to say our biggest thrill gigs were
at the Opera House (v.1.0) and Nathan Phillips Square (v.2.0) in Toronto.
Our Annual Variety Night ran for seven years starting in 2001. We
retired the show in 2008 to force us into starting something different
for 2009. Stay tuned!.
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