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Tom Dercola has retired as CJNU Board President


Bill Stewart I


n September 2008, when I was pres- ident or CJNU, we called a special member meeting to discuss a CRTC license to assure a future for the station. Our monthly camping spots on the dial were fast disappearing! I was approached by a man bearing a computer-burned CD who introduced himself as Tom Dercola – he wanted to volunteer, but after six months, he wasn’t getting any response. Scott Best, or maybe it was Owen Clark, took this in hand, and soon, Tom was on the air. Fast forward a couple of years and I re- member going to one of our remote lo- cations (Boy Scouts on Stafford) where Tom was on the air, to persuade him to join the Board. And he did. Fast forward another couple of years, and with Garry Robertson’s health dete- riorating, then president Ross Thompson and I asked Tom to become vice presi-


stampede for the position! Dorothy Dobbie and I invited Tom to


lunch, where I witnessed Dorothy’s very well developed persuasion skills….and Tom, who had by this time been doing the Sunday noon show for years and was accounting for a meaningful share of our retail advertising sales, added president to his CJNU responsibilities. And then there was “The Three Ca-


Tom Dercola.


dent so we could establish an “executive committee” and behold…. The three of us worked very successfully together. Then Ross needed to retire from the


Board – his wife Lynne thought that re- tirement meant just that –- so we had to look for a new president. There was no


balleros”: Tom, Grant, and Chris. A ca- ballero is a horseman or cowboy – we called them the Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the office – but action, we certainly had action with station revenue doubling and tripling in a relatively short time. I don’t think they meet as frequent- ly today in that capacity, which no doubt explains the closure of several Perkins res- taurants in Winnipeg! Now, if you think everything was al- ways sweetness and light between Tom and me – well, we did drive each other nuts at times. A teacher and an entrepre- neur. A totally different take on the half- full, half-empty glass. But we knew one


thing about each other: we were both completely committed to the vision of CJNU, and our different backgrounds could produce a very positive synergism. So, we learned from each other, we de- veloped a very healthy respect for each other, and we became good friends. CJNU has had a remarkable number of


people who have worked very hard for the station over an extended period of time. Tom was always at or near the top of that list.


Oh, yes, my daughter, Gabrielle, was a student of Tom’s –- her grade 11 home- room teacher. But then, wasn’t almost everyone of a certain age a student of Tom’s during his remarkable long tenure at St. James Collegiate? Tom was always in it for the long haul, with consistency and tenacity and caring. CJNU has been a great beneficiary for which we owe our fulsome and unend- ing thanks. By the way, Tom, how many sales calls have you lined up for tomorrow morn- ing?


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M Artist Spotlight for June


Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings R


Helen Harper andy Bachman and Burton


Cummings are the pride of Winnipeg. Their lives have been


entwined many times from 1966 when Burton was asked to join the Guess Who and became the lead singer through the band’s great successes, ultimate break up and many reunions. Although very different in personal-


ity, Randy said, they “were able to bring those differences together and create a timeless body of music that will outlive us.” They drew on their individual per- sonalities and musical tastes to create a


body of work that include These Eyes and American Woman. Randy was born in 1943. As a child, he sang and played the violin until the guitar became his instrument of choice. He learned from the great Lenny Breau and Les Paul. He started a band that be- came Chad Allen and the Expressions. When Chad left, Burton came on board, and the rest, as they say, is history. Burton was born in 1947. He lived


with his mother and grandparents learn- ing the piano, starting up a band in high school like so many kids back in the day. He joined Bachman and his band in 1966 and never looked back. From 1966 to 1968, they were the hardest working bands in Canada with hits like Laugh-


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ing. In 1970, their mega-hit American Woman hit the billboards in the USA. The life of sex, drugs, and rock and


roll did not fit into Bachman’s Mormon beliefs. Ultimately, the conflict between Cummings and Bachman caused Bach- man to pursue a solo career.


Burton stayed with the Guess Who


until 1975, when he started his solo ca- reer with the hit, Stand Tall. Randy now being with Bachman, Turner Overdrive had singles like, Taking Care of Busi- ness.


As with many Canadian artists, their lives once again started to intertwine like a vine on a tree. We have been treat- ed to several Bachman-Cumming Band concerts.


They both reside in Canada, Bach-


man in British Columbia with two ex-wives, seven children, 26 grandchil- dren, and 4 great-grandchildren. Cum- ming, married in 1981, in Toronto. He lived in Los Angeles for many years until moving to Moose Jaw, Sask. In 2017.


My personal brush with fame was when I was 17, going to a dance at the St. James Civic Centre in 1966, where a new band called the Guess Who were playing. I got “chatted up” during the break by a lovely young man with a silky voice. I will leave the rest of this story in my personal vault. I, for one, look forward to hearing all their songs again this month.


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