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Old 4th July 2009   #500
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Originally Posted by True North View Post
Agreed, excellant guitar player, now a DJ on Q107 a local Toronto Rock station.

Are you a Canadian ex-pat ? How did you hear about him ?



OMG - how does someone in Keystone, Co know who Mike Hall is...... You want to talk about obscure Canadian bands this one takes the cake.

BTW - You do mean Mike Dwarf don't you

In the 'who the hell is that obscure underrated Canadian gtr player' category my choice is;

Ian Thornley

formerly of Big Wreck now on his own with 'Thronley (OK so he's not terribly creative with band names) - smoking lead player and killer pipes to boot
I have been a Dwarfs fan for ages. Up until the Method record which did not include Mike. And sucked BTW. The first song is great then just goes into suckage from there. Mike must be a heck of a writer too.

I have a Dwarfs video from 2000 something where Mike is back.
He is my favorite guitar player in that genre. And my favorite band from then too.

I lived in So. Cal when Stand Tall was released.
My wife took me for a drive around when Dirty Weapons came out.
She had it in the CD. I just about lost it it was so hot. She was looking at me like "Kicks, doesn't it.." with that knowing ry smile.

I play drums at church and like to warm up with the Dirty Weapons intro or the Lakeside park intro just because my wife (the bassist) and I are the only ones who recognize it.
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