PERFORMERS

Sue and Dwight www.sueanddwight.com
(vocals and guitars)
Although Sue and Dwight were born a little too late to be part of the folk revival of the 1960’s their music embodies the spirit of that time. Both are songwriters whose work focuses on themes of peace, courage, and social justice. The era’s songs of hope and social justice still resonate today and continue to influence Sue and Dwight’s own writing and world view. At their live shows they share, without pretension, their stories of the prairies, life in the big city, and travels in East Africa. Their warm harmonies, nesting on a bed of acoustic instrumentation, create a warm, intimate and memorable experience.

“Their music embodies the spirit of roots music, and too few recent artists can accomplish that.”
– Brian Gladstone, Festival Director, Winterfolk

In 2012, Sue and Dwight developed this musical show to pays homage to the duo’s folk heroes like Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, and Peter, Paul and Mary. Since then, they have added four more tribute shows, 'The Greatest Hits of Peter, Paul and Mary', and 'Music of Bob Dylan And Leonard Cohen', 'The Legendary Ladies of Folk', and 'Get Together - Sixties Singalong'.



Tony Laviola (double and electric bass) has been playing in and around the Toronto music scene for over 45 years. With roots in R&B and the Beatles, his playing has encompassed everything from weddings and Oktoberfest to pop, country and jazz. Tony has been a road musician and a ship musician.
He continues to pursue his love of music and plays in all band formats with electric and acoustic bass.Tony played with singer songwriters Marc Jordan and Ron Nigrini for many years. He also has a long standing musical relationship with veteran guitarist Tony Quarrington with whom he has written many songs and performed many shows.

Photo by L. Davis
Henry Lees www.soulmaitreds.com
(vocals and percussion)
Originally a westerner, Henry fronted Calgary's popular original pop/rock band The Household Saints for a decade. Henry also performed nationwide with actor, musician and Order of Canada honouree Tom Jackson on his Huron Carole benefit tours, sharing stages with exceptional and lauded talents like Shannon Gaye, Kristian Alexandrov, Natalie McMaster, The Rankins, Melanie Doane, and Charlie Major.

Now calling Toronto home, Henry has dived head first into crafting and performing acoustic pop packed with heart and soul, collaborating with notable GTA artists such as Chris Antonik, The Prince Brothers, and along with Lawrie Ingles make up the duo 'The Soul Maitre D's'.

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