Gene Hardy

Gene Hardy

Background information
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Saxophone, violin, musical saw, theremin
Years active	1979–present
Associated acts	Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Michael Bublé, Rheostatics, Sparkjiver, PlanB3, The Pip Squeek Orchestra
Website	www.genehardy.com

Gene Hardy is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. He performs on saxophone, violin, musical saw and theremin.

Hardy's early music training began in Victoria, British Columbia—first on violin at age 9, then on saxophone a year later. After studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and UVic, he moved to Toronto in 1986. In 1988 he joined Canadian alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir.

After the Bourbon’s break-up in the mid-1990s, he became the horn player for many of Canada's best known exports and domestic successes, recording and performing in the United States and Canada. He served as Michael Bublé's musical director and featured soloist and is the latest addition to Ronnie Hawkins' band, The Hawks. He has recorded and performed with over a thousand acts including Barenaked Ladies, Big Sugar, Colin James, Esthero, Rheostatics, Downchild Blues Band, Johnny Reid, Tyler Yarema & His Rhythm, Veda Hille, Kevin Quain & The Mad Bastards, Big Rude Jake, Colin Linden, Bruce Cockburn, Ford Pier, D.O.A., Dutch Mason, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle, Prakash John & The Lincolns, Bocephus King, Mike Fonfara, The Big Band Trio, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Laura Hubert, Divine Brown, Michael Kaeshammer, Dr Hilly Sands Esq., Jeff Healey and Third World.