The Band:

  

Jake Adams (Drums)  

    
Jake has played for many years, and was the drummer of, Canadian legend Doug Bennett's band Doug and the Slugs at the time of Doug's unfortunate passing. (Juno Awards, Gold records) 
The band achieved 3 gold records in Canada and were incredibly popular on radio throughout the 1980s. Even today you can't turn a radio on here without hearing them played a few times a day.
Jake also did a tour with the legendary Del Shannon of Runaway fame (Grammy Hall of Fame, Platinum record)
 

 

Mary Ellen Allan (vocals)

 
Mary Ellen is a teacher by day who loves to sing at night.  St. Thomas bands host food drive on Sunday | CTV News
She has been doing studio work professionally for years as well as fronting her own band Super Falcon
Mary Ellen was the resident back-ground vocalist for both: Mission Studios in Sudbury https://missionstudios.ca/
and Wellcraft Studios Oshawa https://jimhhopson.com/who-is-jim-hopson/  
 

 

Barry Haggarty (Guitars)

 
Barry owns his own studio and his technical expertise has played a HUGE part of the making of the KC Armstrong albums.  He has been a solo artist in his own right for years, enjoying a lot of success as a singer/songwriter in parts of Europe.
 
 Barry has played with:
 TV host and recording artist Ronnie Prophet (Juno Awards, Gold records) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Prophet
 The Family Brown (Juno Awards, Gold record) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Brown
 Barry was nominated 3 years in a row for a CCMA award in 1990 - 1992 for his guitar playing with the Family Brown
 
 Barry and KC have known each other, and have toured together, for many years.  Barry is also the Mastering Engineer on all the KC albums.
 

 

Sean O'Connor (saxophone)


Sean has been a later addition to the line-up with an ever-expanding role in the band. A well-known saxophonist and clarinetist on the Toronto jazz scene for over 35 years, a graduate of York University and Humber College in jazz and composition, Sean O'CONNOR has had a Canadian and international career rich in various styles of music, particularly jazz.
From Canada to Brittany, from New York to Italy, the Netherlands or Germany via Dubai, Sean has played with artists such as:
Cecil Taylor  Cecil Taylor - Wikipedia
 
Sean has been a member of several ensembles, including:
NOJO (Neufeld Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra)  Juno Award (given by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
RTBB (Rhythm and Truth Brass Band), New Orleans sty Ensembles de compositions jazz: 

 

Steve O'Connor (Keyboards)

 
Steve and KC have been friends for years, with Steve drifting in and out of KC's band whenever schedules allowed.
He has had a busy schedule playing and recording with many successful Canadian Recording artists including: 
 
Natalie McMaster (Juno Award, Multiple Gold) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_MacMaster
Susan Aglukark  (Juno Award)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Aglukark
George Canyon (Juno Award, Gold) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Canyon
Jim Cuddy (Walk of Fame Juno Award, Double Gold)   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cuddy
Blue Rodeo (Walk of Fame, Juno Award, Platinum) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Rodeo
 
 

Scott Utting (Guitars)

 
Scott is an Senior Producer at Canada's national news network the CBC who loves to whip off the tie and howl when the sun goes down. 
Scott has been a long-time member of the KC Armstrong Band. And has been contributing his unique guitar stylings since the inception of this project. He is an ardent biker who, in his down-time, goes all over the world touring entire continents in his spare time
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