Don Swidinsky

About

COVER PHOTO: DON SWIDINSKY ON JAMES BAY AT MOOSONEE,ONTARIO

Born in Canada of Ukrainian immigrants from Borshchiv, Ukraine (Joseph and Helena Swidinsky)

Has Bsc. (Geology). Has big liking for geomorphology (landforms) and the Canadian Arctic. Career in research and exploration of rocks and soil

INFLUENCES: Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Dylan, Lenny Breau

- 67 original songs and instrumentals all registered with SOCAN

- Recorded 6 original albums

- All tunes available through internet digital distribution ( i-tunes, Spotify, Google Play, Tidal, Shazam, Amazon,  Napster, etc.) Indiepool puts all tunes online. (Just do Google search- don swidinsky + name of tune or album).

- 24 youtube videos- (go to youtube.ca or youtube.com and enter don swidinsky in search box).

- Past TV performances on THE WESTERN HOUR, hosted by Len Fairchuk, and THE GOLDEN AGE JAMBOREE from the Lions Place, hosted by Larry Carriere

- Radio play and/or feature on CBC, campus radio, Golden West Radio (eg. MADE IN MANITOBA program)

- Dominantly acoustic guitar with a unique, original flat picking style, which Don calls Canadian Flat Picking- a good example being the instumental LAKE HURON PICKING off Don's THE GREAT LAKES album, where John Shritt ( from the group Elias, Shritt, and Bell accompanies with spoons in the background).

- Another great song is THE SUZANNE E. , from Don's album LAKE WINNIPEG LEGENDS, a true story about the last shipwreck on Lake Winnipeg ( inspired by THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD).

- Another popular song is the growling song, THE ATIKOKAN BEAR ( a bear that smelled BBQ chicken at a campsite near Atikokan, Ontario). See youtube and digital tunes.

- Also, IF I WAS A FISH, a smart fish that always got away.

- Don presently performs mostly solo at farmers markets, coffee houses,seniors homes, special occasions, etc.