Bernie LaBarge (b. Ottawa, Canada, March 11, 1953), is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

History

Bernie LaBarge began playing guitar at age 11, shortly after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show February 9, 1964. Bernie has been playing professionally since 1967. He was the frontman and/or guitarist for many popular bands in Ontario, Canada (Bond, Rain, Sweet Blindness, Zwol, Stem, Stingaree). Bernie was nominated for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the 1984 Juno Awards for his album entitled "Barging In" (Sony). That album is currently available in Europe on Long Island Records. Bernie has released records on Warner Bros., Sony, BMG, and various independent labels, and performed on tour and recordings with The Irish Rovers, Kim Mitchell, Frank Biner of Tower of Power, Long John Baldry, Doug Riley, Cassandra Vasik, Joel Feeney, David Clayton-Thomas and others. Bernie composed and/or performed on many North American and Worldwide jingles i.e. Coke, Pepsi, GM, Ford, and Nissan (his singing can be heard on the Coke jingle which opens up the original Batman Video). Bernie has written songs for Long John Baldry, The Irish Rovers, Lisa Price, and many others. Bernie won the Canadian Songwriting Contest in 1986 (Best R&B Song category). "Dream Away" was one of the most-played songs of 1981, and still receives extensive airplay (produced by Daniel Lanois). Bernie was the guitar player on TV shows shown worldwide such as Fraggle Rock (a Jim Henson production), Care Bears (with John Sebastian), Twilight Zone (with David Cassidy), Smith & Smith, and Party with The Rovers (backing up artists such as Roger Miller, B.J. Thomas, Andy Gibb, Boxcar Willie and many others. Bernie has worked extensively with Jack Richardson (record producer), who produced The Guess Who, Alice Cooper, The Irish Rovers, Bob Seger, and Poco. As lead guitarist for The Dexters, Off The Record, Stem, and The Stickmen, Bernie performed at The Orbit Room in Toronto from 1994 until 2004. The Orbit Room is co-owned by Alex Lifeson, one of the founders of Rush. 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Influences

Bernie LaBarge's influences include Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, James Brown, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Albert King, Domenic Troiano, Steve Cropper, Jeff Beck, Steely Dan, Elvis Costello, Robin Trower, Howard Roberts, Peter Frampton, and Peter Green. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Link title James Joseph Brown, Jr. ... An example of the famous Clapton is God graffiti craze Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into... Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... Albert King performing at the Wattstax Concert, 1972. ... Domenic Troiano (January 17, 1946-May 25, 2005) was a Canadian rock guitarist. ... Steve The Colonel Cropper (born Stephen Lee Cropper, on October 21, 1941) is a guitarist, songwriter, producer, and soul musician. ... Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Greater London, England) is a guitarist who played in several influential bands in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Steely Dan is an American rock band centered around the core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born August 25, 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ... Robin Leonard Trower (born March 9, 1945 in Catford, London, England) is a preeminent English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the leader of his own Hendrixesque power trio. ... Howard Roberts (1929 – 1992) was an influential jazz guitarist, educator and session musician. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s as an arena rocker. // By the age of ten, he played in a band called the Little Ravens. ... At least two notable persons have been named Peter Green: Peter Green (musician), founder of Fleetwod Mac Peter Green (historian) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Partial Discography

• Dream Away (single, produced by Daniel Lanois)
• Barging In
• Long John Baldry (EMI 1981)
• Can't Hold On Forever
• Listen to a Boy In Love
• Turn On the Lights Before You Leave
• Overnight Sensation
• Aural Fixations (Kim Mitchell)
• Hip to the Tip (w/The Dexters)
• Side One (w/The Stickmen)
• Side Two (w/The Stickmen)
• David Clayton-Thomas - A Musical Biography
• Feels Like Home (w/Cassandra Vasik)
• Much Too Late (w/The Danny B Blues Band)

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Trivia

• Bernie is the nephew of Canadian historian Margaret Wade Labarge.
• Bernie's stage name with The Dexters is 'Bernie Dexter'. Alex Lifeson and Bernie often play together at The Orbit Room. Bernie nicknamed Alex "Big Al Dexter". (Alex is co-owner of The Orbit Room).
• Bernie is a huge fan of The Simpsons.
• Bernie is a card-carrying member of Mensa International.

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External Links

• Bernie LaBarge Official Site