The Wonderful Grand Band was a music and comedy group from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Canada

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The group had a short-lived eponymous television musical variety show on CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

, producing over 40 half-hour episodes between 1980 and 1983. The show starred Hynes, Morris, Perry, (later replaced by Warden, who died in 1999), Simmons, (later replaced by Annan, who died in 2010) Russell, (later replaced by Snider), and Wiseman (later replaced by Stamp), as well as CODCO

CODCO

CODCO was a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1992....

 comedians Greg Malone

Greg Malone (actor)

Greg Malone is a Canadian impressionist and actor.He is well known for the CODCO television series and his impersonations of Barbara Frum, Jean Chrétien, and Queen Elizabeth II....

 and Tommy Sexton

Tommy Sexton

Thomas "Tommy" Sexton was a Canadian comedian. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was the youngest member of the CODCO comedy troupe....

, who died in 1993. The show combined original and traditional music with topical comedy sketches and satire, some of which was directed at the CBC itself.
The band reunited in 2009 for a series of concerts throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, in conjunction with the release of two DVDs containing 12 episodes of the TV show.

Members

• Ron Hynes
  Ron Hynes
  Ron Hynes is a popular folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland. He is especially known for his composition "Sonny's Dream," which has been recorded worldwide by many artists and was named the 41st greatest Canadian song of all time on the 2005 CBC Radio One series 50 Tracks: The Canadian...
  
   – lead vocals, guitars, mandolin (1978–1983) (1997)
• Sandy Morris – guitars and dobro (1978–1983)
• Kelly Russell – fiddle (1978–1980)
• Rocky Wiseman – drums (1978–1981)
• Bryan Hennessey - bass (1978-1978)
• Glenn Simmons – lead vocals, guitars (1978–1982) (1997)
• Ian Perry – bass, guitar (1978–1982) (1997)
• Jamie Snider – lead vocals, fiddle, guitars (1980–1983) (1997)
• Paul "Boomer" Stamp – drums (1981–1982) (1982–1983) (1997)
• Kevin MacNeil – drums (1982-1982)
• Howie Warden – bass (1982–1983)
• Steve Annan – guitar (1982–1983)

Hynes, Simmons, Perry, Snider and Stamp reunited for one night only in St. John's in 1997.

Discography

• Wonderful Grand Band (1978)
• Living In A Fog (1981)

External links

• Too Foolish To Talk About? — The Independent
  The Independent (Newfoundland)
  The Independent is an online newspaper which covers news, opinions and local events, trends, and issues in Newfoundland and Labrador. The original weekly version of The Independent was founded in 2001. The current online version launched in February, 2011.-External links:*...
  
   article by Ryan Cleary.
• Still Wonderful Grand - The Independent
  The Independent (Newfoundland)
  The Independent is an online newspaper which covers news, opinions and local events, trends, and issues in Newfoundland and Labrador. The original weekly version of The Independent was founded in 2001. The current online version launched in February, 2011.-External links:*...
  
  article by Ivan Morgan
• Wunnerful Grand - The Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) Geoff Meeker's blog
• Wonderful Grand Band Wonderful Grand Band official site