Award Winning Rhythm & Roots Singer/Songwriter Terry Brennan with Guitar Wizard Roger Plant & Janet Lillian Russell

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Saturday, September 20th, 2014
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

FROM YORKVILLE VILLAGE TO THE PACIFIC COAST...A SONGWRITER'S JOURNEY

From the tradition of Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, John Prine and Steve Earle comes a troubadour straight out of the heart and soil of this fair, wide land.

Brennan's teen years were spent haunting the clubs of Yorkville Village in Toronto, eventually sharing the same stages as some of his heroes, Phil Ochs, Erik Anderson, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush, Buffy St. Marie...the university for this aspiring young guitar player.

The winner of numerous songwriting contests and awards, Brennan has been honing his craft for decades. Throughout his years as a cowboy, a forest ranger, an actor, a mountaineer, a miner and more, he has been writing and singing of the people and places he's known. His songs have a deceptive ease, which leaves us with the sense that they have already been with us for a long time.

Terry is rapidly becoming recognized as one of Vancouver Island's most outstanding performers. He is an urban country folk artist, blending the raw honesty of rock and country with the poetics and intelligence of the folk tradition. His extensive repertoire features songs of bitter love; songs of social injustice; songs of leaving and loneliness; songs of returning and joy. He is held in the highest esteem by other songwriters and musicians he’s worked with, some of whom include Brennan's work in their own repertoire.

Terry performs with fresh, off-the-cuff, originality that is ever present, whether he is singing his own material or performing an old favourite.

Joining Brennan is journeyman guitarist Roger Plant, who plays everything from Texas swing to country/blues. He has performed with Valdy and Jim Byrnes, among many other noted musicians.

www.terrybrennan.ca