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Ted’s third album, “North of Canada” sold more than 70,000 albums (certified Gold album) and earned him a Juno nomination for Country Male Vocalist of the Year.
Wesley is a singer/song-writer who has lived in and loved the North for over 40 years and is a tribute to the land and it's people, resonating in the hearts all those proud to call themselves Northerners. He began his music career when he formed the music group "The Tundra Folk" for Canada's Love Songs was released in 1973. In 1977, he received national acclaim with more than 70,000 albums sold and a Juno nomination as Country Male Vocalist of the Year for his recording of his third album, North of Canada His first recording in a cd format I Remember...Our Northern Heritage, is a poetic treasury of a time that may be lost, but never forgotten. Ted Wesley has two children, a son Jonathon and a daughter Nahanni. He is loving and living retired life in beautiful Enderby, BC with his wife Lesley. He continues to share dulcet stories of his time in Yellowknife with anyone who will listen. Centennial in 1967. In 1972, he recorded his first album Straight North and his is second album, Blackflies, Mosquitoes and Other.
Ted Wesley: guitar, vocals
Brian Russell: guitar, drums, percussion
Chuck Goudie: guitar
Red Shea: guitar
Clint Grantham: bass
Produced by Chuck Goudie for Ted Wesley Productions Ltd.
Engineered by Peter Mann
Recorded at Eastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario
Executive producer and sleeve notes by Jury Krytiuk
Sound files and scans courtesy of Canadian Cult Classics (https://youtube.com/@Canadian_Cult_Classics)
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