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Chanteur
Country Canadien né Fred Lays Jr., le 22 Août 1970.
Canadian country music singer George Canyon has established himself as a bit of
a renaissance man. A native of Nova Scotia, Canyon initially tried his hand at a
music career in the 1990s, recording a pair of solo albums before abandoning his
aspirations to work as a bylaw officer and support his young family. In 2004, at
the urging of his wife, he auditioned for the second season of the U.S.A.
Network's talent competition Nashville Star, where he eventually landed
runner-up. With his newly acquired international profile, he resumed his
recording career, signing with Universal and releasing his third album, One Good
Friend, which won him a 2005 Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year. The
2006 follow-up Somebody Wrote Love fared similarly, earning him another Juno and
increasing his audience throughout North America.
Prior to his musical endeavors, Canyon's first love was aviation, and as a young
Air Cadet he dreamed of someday joining the Royal Air Force. It was a dream he
would have to abandon when, at age 14, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Both aviation and his commitment to diabetes research came to play a role once
he established himself as a music star. His philanthropic work supporting
Canadian troops was recognized when the country's defense minister appointed him
as honorary colonel of the the 14 Wing Greenwood air base, then later as the
commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Overcoming the adversity of his
disease, Canyon finally earned his private pilot's license in 2009. He became a
national spokesman for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and flew
his own plane across Canada, giving concerts and visiting with children
afflicted with the disease.
His 2010 single "I Believe in Angels" became an official theme song of the JDRF
in the U.S. and earned him a SOCAN Award the following year as one of the most
played songs on Canadian country radio. His 2011 Richard Marx-produced record Better
Be Home Soon was certified gold, and in addition to his musical and
philanthropic endeavors Canyon began to establish an acting career, appearing on
shows like Heartland and Trailer Park Boys. He was even named the official
anthem singer of the Calgary Flames NHL team. He continues to tour North America
and Europe and in 2014 released his first best-of collection, Decade of Hits
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Canyon
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Traditional Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
EP
| 2004 | CD UNIVERSAL SOUTH UNSR-02611-2IN01 (US) (promo) |
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My Name - My Name / My Name (live intro and song) / My Name (live intro only) |
| 2011 | CD Reiny Dawg ? (CAN) |
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The Perfect Christmas Day - The Perfect Christmas Day / Winter Wonderland / O Holy Night / Daddy’s Beer / ChristMas HarBour Town / A Soldier’s Christmas |
Albums
| 1999 | CD SHORELINE ? (CAN) |
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GEORGE CANYON - My Love's Unchanged / I'll Burn That Bridge / Love To Burn / Scotia Home / Ironwolf / The Shaft / Way Too Much / Angelyna / Enough Said / Her Everything / Good Day To Ride |
| 1999 | CD SHORELINE 0014 (CAN) |
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GEORGE CANYON - Love To Burn / Her Everything / Ironwolf / I'll Burn That Bridge / My Love's Unchanged / The Shaft / Enough Said / Angelyna / Way Too Much / Scotia Home |
| 09/2004 | CD UNIVERSAL SOUTH 000315902 (CAN) |
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ONE GOOD FRIEND - Who Would You Be / Unfinished / Workin' On Ten / My Name / I'll Never Do Better Than You / Hell Or High Water / Letting Go / You're In The Right Place / Bird In December / One Good Friend |
| 11/2005 | CD UNIVERSAL SOUTH ? (CAN) |
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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer / Blue Christmas / Away In A Manger / Frosty The Snowman / What Child Is This / Silent Night / Santa's On His Way |
| 07/2006 | CD UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTION 0249859293 (CAN) |
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SOMEBODY WROTE LOVE - Time For Goodbye / Somebody Wrote Love / Coming From You / Your Smile / Drinkin' Thinkin' / I Want You To Live / Happy Man / Madi's Song (The Man She Thinks I Am) / Ladders To Climb / Some People Change / Quitters / The Hard Times |
| 2007 | CD UNIVERSAL MUSIC 74735 (CAN) |
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CLASSICS - Ring Of Fire / Seven Spanish Angels / Good Ol' Boys / Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) / Good Hearted Woman / He Stopped Loving Her Today / My Best Friend / Kiss An Angel Good Morning / Okie From Muskogee / Hello Darlin' / Release Me / Folsom Prison Blues / The Battle Of New Orleans |
| 11/2008 | CD UNIVERSAL MUSIC 251789966 (CAN) |
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WHAT I DO - Just Like You / Pretty Drunk Out Tonight / All Or Nothing / Let It Out / In Your Arms Again / Back To Life / Betty's Buns / If I Was Jesus / Fool In Me / What I Do / Last Man / Second Chance / I Believe In Angels |
| 03/2011 | CD UNIVERSAL MUSIC 0262765022 (CAN) |
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BETTER BE HOME SOON - Never Miss Your Water / Every Shade Of Gone / Better Be Home Soon / Surrender / When Love Is All You've Got / Power Of You And Me / When November Falls / Lonesome / That's Where You Came In / Real Thing / Crawfish Crawl / Sunshine / Sacrifice |
| 11/2012 | CD INVICTUS / UNIVERSAL RDL 2012001 (US) |
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CLASSIC II - Rhinestone Cowboy / Tight Fittin Jeans / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Mama Tried / King Of The Road / Pancho And Lefty (featuring Jim CUDDY) / Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / I'm A One Woman Man / Today I Started Loving You Again / Devil Woman / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / She's Gone, Gone, Gone / Together Again / Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line / Green, Green Grass Of Home |
| 07/2014 | CD BIG STAR 4400317728 (CAN) |
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Decade of Hits - Just Like You / I Want You To Live / Slow Dance / Sunshine / Ring Of Fire / Better Be Home Soon / I Believe In Angels / Let It Out / Drinkin' Thinkin' / I'll Never Do Better Than You / My Name / Somebody Wrote Love / One Good Friend |
| 02/2016 | CD Ole / UNIVERSAL RD002 (CAN) |
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I Got This - I Got This / Daughters Of The Sun / The Hardest Part Of Being In Love / The Way It Was / The Green Side / Only The Radio Knows / Chasing Cars / Sesame Street / Some Horses / Lifetime / Remember Me / Bonus Track : Footprints |
| 06/2018 | CD Ole OLE84 (CAN) |
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Southside Of Heaven - More You / Southside Of Heaven / No One Has Eyes Like You / What If It Was / Your Lips Got In The Way / He Found God That Way / Better Off In Love / Your Old Man's Son / She Lives There / Bring It On / Falling (featuring - Bruce Guthro) / The Hockey Song |
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