Trivia EH? Dallas Green

[ 0 ] August 16, 2012 |

  • Green was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1980.
  • For you baseball fans, Green was named for the Philidelphia Phillies pitcher/manager of the same name following their 1980 World Series victory.
  • Green played, toured, and recorded with two different bands for a span of six years, all while achieving platinum-certification with every record except for one! Talk about dedication!
  • Between 2003-2011, Green did guest appearances on 10 different albums, including Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies, by Neverending White Lights.
  • Gordon Downie, the lead singer from The Tragically Hip, guest-sang on the song “Sleeping Sickness” from City and Colour’s second album, Bring Me Your Love.
  • His album, Bring Me Your Love, was named after a short story written by Charles Bukowski.
  • Green married television host Leah Miller in 2008, who has worked with So You Think You Can Dance Canada and E! Canada.
  • In winter 2012, Green appeared on Kids CBC, retitling his song, “The Girl,” to “The Gift” in order to make it fit into the block better.

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Even though he's not Canadian in the strictest sense, Jon Husar spends a lot of his time with his adopted Canadian family (The Williams') mulling over what it means to be Canadian. Also, playing Canadian Trivial Pursuit. Originally from Virginia, he moved to Southeastern Michigan in 2000, he holds a great appreciation for his northern neighbors and the endless beauty of Canada, physically and culturally. He is currently studying journalism at Kalamazoo College, where he hopes to write on music for a living, eventually.
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