Bernie LaBarge
| Bernie LaBarge | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 11, 1953 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1967-present |
| Website | www |
Bernie LaBarge (born March 11, 1953) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, LaBarge began studying guitar at age 11, shortly after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964. He has been playing professionally since 1967. He was the frontman and/or guitarist for many popular bands in Ontario, (Bond, Rain, Sweet Blindness, Zwol, Stem, Stingaree, George Olliver). He was nominated for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the 1984 Juno Awards for his album entitled Barging In (Sony). LaBarge has released records on Warner Bros., Sony, BMG, and various independent labels, and performed on tour and recordings with The Irish Rovers, Kim Mitchell, Ian Tyson, Frank Biner of Tower of Power, Long John Baldry, Doug Riley, Dione Taylor, George Canyon, Cassandra Vasik, Joel Feeney, David Clayton-Thomas, Rhinoceros (band) and others. He has composed and/or performed on many North American and worldwide jingles, i.e., Coke, Pepsi, GM, Ford, and Nissan (his singing can be heard on the Coke jingle which opens up the original Batman video). Bernie has written songs for Long John Baldry, the Irish Rovers, Lisa Price, the Good Brothers, and many others. Bernie won the Canadian Songwriting Contest in 1986 (Best R&B Song category). "Dream Away" (produced by Daniel Lanois) was one of the most-played songs of 1981, and still receives extensive airplay.
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