Prairie Oyster
Country music group from Toronto, Ontario / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prairie Oyster was a Canadian country music group from Toronto, Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994. They have four No. 1 country singles in Canada, with an additional 12 singles reaching the Canadian Country Top 10. Eight of their albums have been certified gold or platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, including the 1992 CCMA Album of the Year Everybody Knows.[1][2][3]
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Background information | |
Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Country |
Years active | 1974 (1974)–1978 (1978) 1982 (1982)–2014 (2014) |
Labels | Stony Plain RCA Records Zoo Entertainment Arista Records ViK. Recordings Open Road Recordings |
Members | Russell deCarle Keith Glass Joan Besen Dennis Delorme John P. Allen |
Past members | Bruce Moffat Bohdan Hluszko Charlie Cooley John Adames |
Website | prairieoyster |
While no formal announcement seems to have been made, the band is no longer touring nor are they maintaining their web site. Front-man Russell deCarle has been touring solo to promote a new album.[4] Guitarist Keith Glass released his own solo album in 2013[5] and has been touring on his own as well as backing up other artists, such as Lynn Miles.[6]