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Jay Ferguson

Jay Ferguson may refer to:*Jay Ferguson , band member of Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne*Jay Ferguson , band member of Sloan*Jay R. Ferguson, actor...

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Jay Ferguson (born October 14, 1968) is a member of the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 rock band

Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 Sloan

Sloan (band)

Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...

. He is the only member in Sloan who comes from Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

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When he was twelve years old, he was given a job at a secondhand record store by George Zimmerman. Before Sloan, he was in a band with Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)

Chris Murphy is a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan.Although born in Prince Edward Island, Murphy is commonly associated with Nova Scotia; like his fellow bandmates, he currently resides in Toronto...

 called Kearney Lake Road. In 1991 Ferguson and Murphy started Sloan along with Patrick Pentland

Patrick Pentland

Patrick Pentland is a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan. All four members of Sloan write, produce, and sing their own songs. Patrick plays guitar, bass, keyboards in the studio, and occasionally plays drums live....

 and Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott (drummer)

Andrew Walter Gibson Scott is a Canadian musician born in Ottawa, Ontario and currently living in Toronto, Ontario. His first bands include No Damn Fears, Oreo Reversed and Blackpool from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Currently, he is a drummer with the Toronto-based band Sloan. He also plays guitar with...

. Ferguson plays rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

 and occasionally bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and drums

Drum kit

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. Some of his more famous songwriting contributions are "I Hate My Generation" from the album Twice Removed

Twice Removed

Japanese Bonus TracksB-Sides* "Coax Me " * "One Professional Care" * "I Can Feel It " -Trivia:...

, "The Lines You Amend

The Lines You Amend

"The Lines You Amend" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan, and the third single released from their 1996 album, One Chord to Another.-Reception:...

" from One Chord to Another

One Chord to Another

Japanese Bonus TracksB-sides* "Stood Up" * "Same Old Flame" * "Autobiography "...

, "Who Taught You to Live Like That?" from the album Never Hear the End of It

Never Hear the End of It

- Singles :* "Who Taught You to Live Like That?" * "Ill Placed Trust" * "I've Gotta Try"...

, and "Witch's Wand" from the album Parallel Play.

In December, 2005 Ferguson began hosting a show on CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of two parts devoted to Canadian arts and music: a radio service which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio and streaming audio, and several daily and weekly podcasts from the CBC Radio 3 website...

 with Sloan bandmate Chris Murphy. Their show broadcasts Saturday and Sunday on Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...

 station (channel 94).

Ferguson also collaborates with other musicians and can be heard on Gentleman Reg

Gentleman Reg

Reg Vermue is a Canadian indie rock singer from Guelph, Ontario. Born in Trenton, Ontario, he records as Gentleman Reg. His musical style has been compared to Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, The Smiths and Cat Power...

's 2004 release Darby & Joan. He also occasionally DJs at Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 area clubs.

Trivia

In 2005, Halifax musician Mary Cobham released an album about the Sloan member called Songs in the Key of Jay, which explores themes of Teenie-Bop magazines and her long-standing crush on Jay Ferguson.

Jay Ferguson does not drink or smoke, and has self-identified as "straight-edge" since his teenage years.

External links

• Sloan official website
• Never Hear the End of It album launch website
• Being There Magazine feature
• Sloan message board