Manitoba Live Music Event

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You've seen them play a million times. You know them. You love them. We've co-created a new series called 'Ego Spank Presents' with the members of Ego Spank; Winnipeg's go-to session and live performers Gilles Fournier (bass), Murray Pulver (guitar), Daniel Roy (drums) & Marc Arnould (piano)!

This year, they will be presenting and backing up 4 artists between now and the spring. The first show is Ego Spank Presents Jack Semple on Thursday, October 18th.
Tickets are $25 and are available at Into The Music, Ticketfly & the West End.

Jack Semple

Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, Saskatchewan. He started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands, and later relocated to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns, a popular funk and rhythm and blues band. He left the band after two years and returned to Regina to pursue a solo career and to spend more time with his family. After his move back to Regina, Semple contributed to television and music scores and appeared in the title role of Guitarman, a 1994 television movie. Semple also commenced a solo recording career that has resulted in the release of ten albums. In 1992, Semple came to national prominence through winning the MuchMusic "Guitar Wars" contest. Semple has been twice nominated, in 1999 and 2000, for a Gemini Award for his soundtrack work on the television series Incredible Story Studio. Semple won a Juno award in 1991 for best roots recording. He has won two Western Canadian music awards for "Qu'Appelle" and "In the Blue Light". Semple continues to perform as a solo artist and with The Jack Semple Band, across Canada and now being championed across America!

Jack Semple writes and performs "Modern Blues" without forgetting where he came from. He is an epic guitarist and a soulful singer. His music is like Stevie Ray Vaughn meets James Brown meets Robben Ford. He is a Juno Award winner and Western Canadian Music Award winner.