History

Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, Saskatchewan. He started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands, and later relocated to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns

The Lincolns

- History :In 1979, after leaving the Alice Cooper tours, Prakash John returned to Toronto and founded an R&B band in tribute to the Toronto bands of his youth. He recruited some of the best musicians available, some from previous tours, particularly the Lou Reed Sally Can't Dance album and tour...

, a popular funk and rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues

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 band. He left the band after approximately two years and returned to Regina to pursue a solo career and to spend more time with his family. After his move back to Regina, Semple contributed to television and music scores and appeared in the title role of Guitarman, a 1994 television movie

Television movie

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. Semple also commenced a solo recording career that has resulted in the release of eight albums. In 1992, Semple came to national prominence through winning the MuchMusic

MuchMusic

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 "Guitar Wars" contest.

Semple has been twice nominated, in 1999 and 2000, for a Gemini Award

Gemini Award

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 for his soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 work on the television series Incredible Story Studio

Incredible Story Studios

Incredible Story Studios was a Canadian TV series which aired worldwide. The program would receive stories written by children and made a TV episode segment of the series based entirely on the written story, but only when they graded it "INCREDIBLE"...

. Semple continues to perform as a solo artist and with The Jack Semple Band, primarily in western Canada.

Solo/Jack Semple Band

• 1991 Live from Formerly's
• 1994 Sneakin' Suspicion
• 1995 Grey and Yellow
• 1997 Saskadelphia
• 2001 Live at Kaos
• 2004 Qu'appelle
• 2006 Cool Yule
• 2006 Tribute to Lightfoot
  Gordon Lightfoot
  Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...
  
  

Compilation Inclusions

• 1991 Saturday Night Blues
  Saturday Night Blues (album)
  Saturday Night Blues is a compilation album of live performances by Canadian blues performers, released by Stony Plain Records and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991...
  
  (CBC
  CBC Radio
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• 2006 Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years
  Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years
  Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years is a 2006 2 CD compilation album, released by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and, internationally, by the Universal Music Group, of live performances of Canadian blues artists, as featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program Saturday Night...
  
  (CBC)

External links

• Official website