Wednesday July 27, 7-9pm, Joan Spalding Live on the patio at Alton Farms.
Joan came from a small town in Southwestern Ontario called Mooretown which, at the time, had a population of about 60 people. She learned how to play rhythm guitar at the young age of 11 and had already been playing piano years.
As a guest she has sung with The Rhythm Ramblers (Lloyd Sarrs), The Jubilares, Roger Quick and the Rainbows, plus many others. She formed her own band “The Foggy Mountain Band” which included a local fiddle player (Bill Alexander), her brother on banjo, her sister on piano and herself on guitar.
Joan worked across the USA and Canada. And she had the honour of singing the National Anthem as well at many local hockey games and events.
Accomplishments
Joan is a three-time winner of the Canadian Open Singing Contest in Ontario and has been a featured guest on the Jimmy Phair Show, Sun Parlour Country, The Walters Family Show and CKNX radio show in Wingham, Ontario.
Joan is a singer/songwriter who plays many instruments including the guitar, double reed harmonica, banjo and mandolin.
She has recorded in Nashville with Howard Walker and Gary Buck as her producers, released songs in Europe which went to the Top 10 in the charts.
She can be found performing every weekend in Southwestern Ontario and has performed many times with well known Canadian artists at Purple Hill Country Hall in Thorndale, Ontario.