{"id":316,"date":"2023-04-01T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickstanczuk.com\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2023-05-04T16:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:33:55","slug":"rick-strong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rickstanczuk.com\/?page_id=316","title":{"rendered":"Strongwall"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dedicated to my friend and fellow musician Rick Strong.\u00a0
<\/strong>Thanks to everyone who made Rick’s dream become a reality.<\/p>

I had the pleasure of playing in Rick’s band Strongwall for about 4 years. During this time we played all around the Toronto, London, Peterborough and even Timmins areas. I was introduced to many great musicians and had the chance to jam with them. This was truly a fantastic experience and I learned so much.<\/p>

I eventually moved back to Windsor and kept in touch with Rick. We began working together on music for an album, sending cassette tapes back and forth between Windsor and Toronto, exchanging ideas and building on songs. The ideas we had started to take shape, and eventually we were set to record with more songs than we thought.<\/p>

In 1984 we started recording at KINCK studios. Again I had the pleasure to work with some of the musicians that Rick introduced me to earlier. Travelling back and forth from Windsor to Toronto for these sessions was an experience that I will never forget. The recording sessions ran smoothly with Fred Petersen engineering. The first album was taking shape quickly and as we were putting on the final touches, we were already thinking about the next phase which was album number two.<\/p>

All together we ended up with four original albums and one “best of” album. We started in 1984 and our last release was in 1991.<\/p>

My only wish is that Rick Strong could be here now to see how much people enjoy his music.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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