Television's
Survivorman launching his debut EP
Wednesday,
April 25, 2007
On
Saturday, May 5 at 9 p.m. TV’s Survivorman Les Stroud and platinum recording
artists the Northern Pikes will rock the crowd at Deerhurst Resort when they
launch their collaborative debut EP Les Stroud and The Pikes.
The
Northern Pikes, who formed in 1984 and continue to tour, are recipients of
platinum and gold albums for top Canadian hits: Girl with A Problem, Things I
Do For Money and She Ain’t Pretty. While widely known from his TV role as
Survivorman, Stroud is also a singer and songwriter.
Early
in the days of Survivorman’s presence on television screens, Jay Semko of the
Northern Pikes convinced his bandmate Bryan Potvin to check out the show. Potvin
was impressed enough to look up Stroud on the web, discovering that he was also
a performing musician.
With
the subsequent blending of the two creative entities, the resulting EP
highlights Stroud’s original tunes, as well as compositions by Stroud and the
members of the Northern Pikes.
The
independently produced six-song EP, influenced by folk, rock and blues, is the
beginning of an innovative musical union backed by years of experience and
classic songwriting, which is evident from the first haunting notes of We Crawl
to Stroud’s well-known prowess on the blues harmonica during Nice Tattoo.
Hot
off filming in the Kalahari Desert and an appearance on TV’s The View, Stroud
is returning to Deerhurst to regale the audience with tales from his
expeditions and debut his EP release.
A
full-length CD from Les Stroud and the Northern Pikes will be released later
this year and Canadian tour dates will be scheduled in support of the release.
Stroud
will also host his second annual Survivorman Rocks getaway at Deerhurst Resort
from May 4 to 6.
For
updates and information about Les Stroud visit www.lesstroudonline.com
Original article at: http://www.huntsvilleforester.com/1177508320/
Aditional information about the show can be
found at http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2007/Apr/EEN461f882cd68dd.html