Deerfoot Inn & Casino

11500 35th Street SE

Calgary

July 19, 2008, Saturday 9:00 PM

Buy Tickets online: CA $51.45

For more information call at 403-236-7529
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THE HEADPINS & LEE AARON

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THE HEADPINS

The Headpins are a mildly successful hard rock band that has ties to some of the biggest names in Canadian rock. They have continued to take their female fronted brand of hard rock to the people with various line-ups over the years. The Headpins were formed as a side project by Brian MacLeod (guitar) and Ab Bryant (bass) who, due to a recording contract gone badly, were unable to tour with their band Chilliwack. They toured around the Vancouver area with Denise McCann (Randy Bachman's wife on vocals) and Streetheart drummer Matt Frenette. By 1981 Frenette had left to concentrate on Loverboy and was replaced by Bernie Aubin, while McCann's departure wasn't far behind, and with the addition of Darby Mills the classic lineup was complete.

The debut album sold well, but Mills had to tour without McLeod and Bryant who were still tied to Chiliwack. The Headpins toured with such acts as Kiss and Billy Squier. By 1983 members were no longer involved in Chiliwack and could concentrate fully on a follow-up album. Line Of Fire cracked the Billboard 200 behind the success of the single "Just One More Time". But 1985 would prove to be the beginning of the end for the band. Their label went bankrupt during the recording of Head Over Heels and they were picked up by MCA. When an American tour with ZZ Top fell through, MCA wanted the band back in the studio only months after the albums release!

Mills decided to go solo and MacLeod tried to keep the Headpins alive with Chrissy Steele. After recording the album MacLeod's health began to fail him, and they decided to release the album under Steele's name. In the mid 90's MacLeod passed away from cancer. Fed up that people other then the members of the Headpins were making money on the name, Mills reformed the band with Aubin, Bryant, and guitarists Alfie Galpin and Tony Dellacroce. New material is rumored to be in the works.

LEE AARON

Lee Aaron (born as Karen Lynn Greening on July 21, 1962 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian rock and jazz singer known as "The Queen of Metal in Canada". She had several hits with titles such as "Metal Queen", "Whatcha Do to my Body", and "Sex with Love". Aaron is now entirely devoted to jazz singing.

After starting her career in glam metal music, she created a rock group named after her in Brampton, Ontario. Aaron was with that band when she released her first long play in 1982. John Albani, a guitar player in her band, helped her write the vast majority of the songs. "Buzz" Shearman , Bill Wade, Terry Juric, and Earl Johnson all former members of the Canadian rock band Moxy would all appear on her debut album called The Lee Aaron Project released in 1982. She then began touring in Europe - in England and Germany - by late 1983 she was ready for the studio and her second album called Metal Queen was released in 1984 and would make her one of canada's best know solo musicians. By 1990, she was one of the more well known Canadian singers in the world with the help of her Bodyrock album which sold more than 200 000 copies.