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Elaine Dark


Background:
Elaine was born in Toronto, Ontario on Dec 31 1965 She started playing pots & pans at age 3
Played her older brothers guitar at 10 then got her own guitar at age 15
Wrote her first song called Memories at age 15

Played drums in younger brothers band for 2 years on her very own Pearl Export kit.
Purchased an old Prophet 5 keyboard from Scott Kreyer of the band “Toronto” and wrote some songs.
 

 


First Bar Gig:
Nags Head Downtown (King Street) at 18 years (I looked a year older) playing drums & keys in my old band “Integrity”

First Songs Learned:
Guitar - Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Drums - Even the Score – Toronto
Piano - The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys

Hobbies:
Songwriting
People watching (great for songwriting)
Games – Euchre, Canasta and Backgammon

Photography
Playing pool
Cooking

Bad Habits:
I’ll need to consult my lawyer first

Favorite TV Shows:
Home Improvement Shows
Cooking Shows
Coronation Street
*Prefer Movies to shows

 Favorite Movie (hard to call):
The Color Purple
The Red Violin
Hmmm seems to be a color theme here!

Favorite Music:
Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Bob Marley, Annie Lennox, Toronto, The Band, Concrete Blonde (Johnette Napolitano), The Beatles, Don Henley (Eagles)…I could go on and on

Favorite Songs:
Baby I Love You, Jammin’, Joey….too many to list

Bands:
ESP
Integrity
Coven
Just Cause
After Dark (same band as Just Cause but we had to change our name)
For External Use Only
The Dylan Wickens Blues Band
Elaine Dark (solo)
The Elaine Dark Band (13 years and counting)

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