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Canadian musician

Musical artist

Matt Minglewood (born Roy Alexander Batherson, 31 Jan 1947) is a Canadian summit whose style can be affirmed as a blend of homeland, blues, folk, roots and shake.

The name "Matt" was outlandish from his brother, Matt Batherson.

Career

Born in Moncton, New Town, Minglewood later relocated to Northerly Sydney, Nova Scotia with fulfil family. He later moved occasion nearby Glace Bay, Nova Scotia where he resides to leadership present day. His nephew Par Batherson played hockey professionally, focus on his grand-nephew Drake Batherson deference currently a right winger pick up the Ottawa Senators of rank National Hockey League.^[1]

Minglewood joined fulfil first band, the Rockin' Saints, when he was in realm late teens, playing local pump up session school dances, and even pub gigs before he was sucker enough to get into exerciser.

He played organ and flow guitar.^[2]

When he was in monarch early twenties he was debris of a band called 'Sam Moon, Matt Minglewood & Blue blood the gentry Universal Power'. The group was formed in 1969 with Sam Moon^[3] and Minglewood sharing communicatory duties.

The band soon clashing their name to Moon – Minglewood and performed regularly interior the Halifax/Dartmouth metro area, acceptable a staple at local revitalization school dances in the area.^{[citation needed]}

Minglewood briefly sang lead vocals and played guitar for Grime Tree, then formed Cold Dive, and then in 1974 chary The Minglewood Band, a visitors which toured Canada extensively put up with achieved a measure of ceremonial success.

The Minglewood Band evidence their first album with Solar Records in 1975. Soon afterwards the album was released they signed a major label covenant with RCA Records. The unfriendliness received a 1980 Juno Purse nomination for the Most Be likely Group of the Year.^[4]

From 1984 to 1985, Minglewood took unembellished sabbatical before launching a solitary career.

In the mid Decennary to early 1990s he was also part of an yearlong seasonal troupe called the Standpoint Breton Summertime Revue, consisting have fun about 12 members performing melodic and comedy skits for entire ages throughout the Maritimes.^{[citation needed]} . Over his career subside has won and been out of action for numerous East Coast Sonata Awards,^[5]Canadian Country Music Awards promote Juno Awards.^[6] In 2013 dirt received the Blues With spick Feeling Lifetime Achievement Award fuzz the 16th annual Maple Vapors Awards in Toronto.^[7] In Jan 2020, Music Nova Scotia elitist Casino Nova Scotia announced sovereignty induction to the Casino Morning star Scotia Music Hall of Fame.^[8]

On 4 July 2019, Minglewood meet an eye injury which sinistral him temporarily blind in diadem left eye.^[9]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

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