RICK FINES & SUZIE VINNICK THE LONDON MUSIC CLUB – TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009 In October 2005 Rick went to Alabama where he took first place in the Sweetgum Bottom Acoustic Blues Competition. His song "Riley Wants His Life Back" won first place in the blues category of 2003 International Songwriting Competition, with B.B. King one of the judges! He has eight MapleBlues Award nominations and won for Acoustic Act Of The Year twice and won Songwriter of the Year with Suzie Vinnick. His work with Jackson Delta (for 15 years) brought nominations from both the Juno and the Handy Awards. He has played for legendary blues piano player Pinetop Perkins, songstress Colleen Peterson, folk icon Penny Lang and many others. He tours from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic, from B.C. to NYC this year alone, bringing his understanding of blues, finger-style and bottleneck guitar.  Suzie Vinnick is an award-winning singer, songwriter and musician. A Saskatoon native living in Toronto, Suzie is the owner of a gorgeous, powerful voice and performs with a sweet mixture of engaging candidness and unparalleled musicianship. Her music is roots-based branching out into blues, folk and pop - she’s been known to treat audiences to delightful surprises that highlight her incredible musicalversatility. Suzie won 3 awards at the 2006 Mapleblues Awards - Female Vocalist and Bassist of the Year and she shared the award for SOCAN Songwriter of the Year with Rick Fines; she was nominated again for 2007 Mapleblues Female Vocalist and Bassist of the Year. She won 3rd place in the Blues Category of the Unisong International songwriting contest with her co-write “The Honey I Want”, and “The Honey” also won 1st place in 2005 in the International Songwriting Contest (ISC). Suzie has been featured nationally on CBC Radio on Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café. She has performed across Canada and the US, and for Canadian Peacekeepers in Bosnia and the Persian Gulf. She performs powerfully as a solo act or with her tasteful side players, as a duo and band with Rick Fines, and is also a member of the groups the Marigolds (with Gwen Swick and Caitlin Hanford of Quartette), Betty & the Bobs and the folk-pop trio, Vinnick Sheppard Harte (VSH). Suzie’s latest release is entitled, “Happy Here” which was produced by Stephen Fearing. |
FOUR LONDON SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE A
“BLUES IN SCHOOLS” MUSIC/ARTS EDUCATION SEMINAR
COURTESY OF THE GREAT LAKES BLUES SOCIETY
“BLUES IN SCHOOLS” PERFORMED BY RICK FINES & SUZIE VINNICK TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14-15, 2009
For information regarding these performances, please contact
Brad Harwood, Coordinator of Blues in Schools - Great Lakes Blues Society
519-439-4381