Thanks Paul Rellinger for a beautifully written article about our June 8 show in Peterborough. We can't promote it on social media but we can share the link here:
https://kawarthanow.com/2025/05/20/cbc-tv-country-music-stars-shine-bright-june-8-at-peterboroughs-air-force-club/
For Immediate Release
May 12 2025
CBC TV Country Music Stars
from The Tommy Hunter Show
Donna & LeRoy
and
Whiskey Jack
Central Canada Spring tour, June 1 - 8, 2025
Sunday, June 1, 2025: Nobel Community Centre (5 minute drive from Parry Sound), 145 Hammel Ave. Nobel, On 7:00 pm; Tickets PWYC - suggested donation at the door is $35
Wednesday, June 4, 2025: 7:30 pm. The Loft, Algoma Conservatory of Music, 75 Huron St., Sault Ste. Marie, On - Sponsored by the Northern Ontario Country Music Association Tickets $35 at algomaconservatory.com
Friday, June 6, 2025: 7:00 pm. Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., Toronto, On Tickets PWYC - suggested donation at the door is $35 - Call (416) 967-1078 for dinner reservations and to guarantee a seat.
Sunday, June 8, 2025: 2:00 pm. Peterborough Air Force Hall, 274 King St., Peterborough, On - Tickets Tickets PWYC - suggested donation at the door is $35
A reunion of cast members of The Tommy Hunter Show…. and guests. Presented by the stars who “were there”!
In 2025, country duo Donna and LeRoy and country/bluegrass band Whiskey Jack, all veterans of the CBC’s Tommy Hunter Show, will join forces for a trip down memory lane in theatres across Ontario.
Legends of Canadian Country Music TV features Hall of Famers (on both sides of the border), Donna and LeRoy. For 17 years they appeared on North America’s premiere country television show, the CBC’s Tommy Hunter Show.
Donna Ramsay is the real deal with a TV career dating back to 1957 when she began to sing on a local country music show in her hometown of Sault Ste. Marie (CJIC-TV). That morphed into appearances across North America, the highlight being The Don Messer Show. With a new record contract in hand, she met another young star, Alberta’s LeRoy Anderson. It wasn’t long before the newly married couple were spotted by Tommy Hunter and as they say, the rest is history.
Each week to an audience of millions of fans, they’d sing with Tommy and the stars of the day, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Gordon Lightfoot, Glen Campbell, George Jones and more.
CBC TV discovered Whiskey Jack early in their career with a feature appearance on Café Hibou in Ottawa. An invite to join the cast of the Tommy Hunter Show soon followed. They hosted their own comedy segment, the “Ol’ Back Porch” and welcomed legends like Grandpa Jones, Gordie Tapp, Ray Stevens and more. It was all about laughs and songs. TV became their medium… Nashville Now, Alan Thicke Show, Ralph Emory, Fire on the Mountain and the big one, a Canada Day, 1993 TV appearance on Parliament Hill described by Tom as “the show of lifetime.
After the Tommy Hunter Show went off the air, Whiskey Jack joined up with Stompin’ Tom Connors in the studio and on tour from 1993 to his death. Audiences will enjoy outrageous tales culled from Duncan’s best selling book, My Good Times With Stompin’ Tom, including Whiskey Jack’s very own Douglas John Cameron is no stranger to TV. For 10 years he starred on Treehouse TV resulting in a Juno nomination for song of the year.
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