Event
- Date
- Saturday, Jun 17, 2017 at 7:30pm
- Performers
- Orvis
Robert Allan Wrigley - Location
- Sam's Place Coffee
- Address
- 140 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Door Cost
- $5.00
About
Orvis Thomas is a Rock N’ Roll singer/songwriter from Selkirk, Manitoba with a style that ranges from fiery and absent-minded Hard Rock to wistfully dreamy Acoustic Pop. Orvis Thomas is a Rock chameleon akin to David Bowie, always pushing forward but staying distinctly true to self and song and leaving audiences captivated.
Orvis’ origins in music began at age ten with his first taste of the music of Collective Soul, a band big on hooks, guitars, and most importantly, songs. Later influences included Buckcherry, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and My Chemical Romance. Orvis’ exploration of his favourite bands styles and influences led him to discover and learn from the best of classic Rock N Roll acts, such as Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and most importantly, The Beatles.
Feeling the need to be freewheeling and hard rocking, in 2015, Orvis began recording his debut EP “Raleigh” with famed Canadian music producer Dale Penner (Nickelback, Econoline Crush.) The styles range from the dreamy jazz of Only Your Love to the massively melodic octated guitar rock of Fall To Pieces, I Just Wanna…., and T.Y.C.O. to the sleazy doom-blues guitar of Lady Of The Night to the electronic R&B of Closer.
Orvis Thomas is available as a solo acoustic performer or as a hard hitting Rock N’ Roll power trio Orvis Thomas And The Investment Firm.
Robert Allen is a local singer-songwriter and musician as well as the front man for the band Dimestore Macys. Robert has played venues all over the city and his songs have been called “ Thought Provoking” and the lyrics “Piercing”. He is a wonderful story teller while his songs have folk-rock feel. Simply put this is man with something good to say.
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