I came across this video from 1992 on the YouTube – with Wade Hemsworth and the McGarrigles, and Adrienne Clarkson, who went on to become Canada’s Governor General. I had seen Mr. Hemsworth perform either that year or maybe it was the year before, when… Read More
Since I was up north canoeing, I’ve had the late great Wade Hemsworth’s songs jumping around in my head. I’ve shared this one before. It’s Murray McLauchlan with the McGarrigles performing The Shining Birch Tree with Mr. Hemsworth sitting on stage taking it in. I… Read More
I was thinking about Wade Hemsworth today. I was trying to concentrate on something else, from which my mind needed a little break, and old Wade came to the rescue. His music just kind of crept in when I wasn’t expecting it. A lot of… Read More
Your Daily Dose today features the late Wade Hemsworth, a great Canadian songwriter. Never mind that he also wrote The Blackfly Song, The Logdriver’s Waltz and The Shining Birch Tree. Here’s Adam Miller performing The Shining Birch Tree. Let me say that if I had… Read More
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