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Title:: Whoop Up Days— Toronto with Fast Times
When:: Thu, Aug 21
Where:: Lethbridge Exhibition Park - Lethbridge
Category:: Rock

Description

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Cover: free with Whoop Up Days admission ($12 advance, $15 at the Gate plus $5 parking )

7:30 p.m. Fast Times http://fast-timesband.com/

Jackie French - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Bridgette Yarwood - Vocals
Michael Ayotte - Vocals, Keys
Jason Eveliegh - Vocals, Lead Guitar
Alex Thomson - Bass, Vocals
Blaine Graf - Drums

Playing all the hits! For bookings contact Jackie at 403 327.3194 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Biography

"“Fast Times” has been delighting Lethbridge audiences for over seven years with their powerful vocals, tight harmonies, energy and commanding stage presence. A few past highlight performances include the Scottie’s Tournament of Hearts opening party, a guest artist spot with the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, and the Lethbridge College 50 year anniversary. With both female and male lead vocals they cover an enormous range of well loved music, from classic rock to current top 40! Whatever your entertainment needs are, “Fast Times” delivers!"
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9 p.m. Toronto is a Toronto based classic rock band. Toronto was a Canadian rock band formed in the late 1970s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, when singer Annie "Holly" Woods met guitarist Brian Allen. The band's constantly shifting line-up was originally augmented by guitarist/backing vocalist Sheron Alton, keyboardist Scott Kreyer, bassist Nick Costello, and drummer Jimmy Fox.

oronto's first album, Lookin' for Trouble, was released in 1980, and lead single "Even The Score" was a minor hit, just missing the Canadian Top 40. Head On (1981) followed, after which Costello and Fox left the band to be replaced by Gary LaLonde (later of Honeymoon Suite) and Barry Connors (later of Coney Hatch). The band was nominated for a Juno in 1981 for "Most Promising Group of the Year" along with Loverboy, Martha & the Muffins, Red Rider and Powder Blues Band (winner).

This sextet recorded Get It on Credit (1982), with lead single "Your Daddy Don't Know" reaching top 5 in Canada, and hitting No. 77 in the US. It remains their best-known hit. "Your Daddy Don't Know" was also nominated for a Juno Award in 1983 for Composer of the Year (the song was written by Geoff Iwamoto and Michael Roth). Lalonde was then replaced by Mike Gingrich for 1983's Girls' Night Out in 1983. This album also received attention, as did the band's Greatest Hits album of 1984. In 1984, Holly Woods was nominated for a Juno for "Female Vocalist of the Year" along with Dalbello, Shari Ulrich and Anne Murray (winner).

There were subsequently several exits and entrances in 1984/85, with founding members Allen and Alton leaving, along with drummer Connors. They were replaced by Marty Walsh (guitars), Daryl Alvara (guitars) and Paul Hanna (drums), and the band rechristened themselves Holly Woods and Toronto. In 1985, the re-vamped sextet released their final album, Assault and Flattery. It featured the single "New Romance", written by Holly Knight and Anton Fig.

In 1985, the band was forced into breaking up when Solid Gold Records filed for bankruptcy protection. Woods and Kreyer ended up relocating to Atlanta, where they went into Lowery Studios to record a solo album by Woods. However, the album was shelved for over 20 years, until Cyclone Records acquired the rights to the "lost" masters and released the album in 2007.