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'Joseph Kim Mitchell' (born July 10 1952 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian guitarist. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to lead a solo career. He is also a radio show host for CILQ-FM (Q107).

Contents

History

2004(Q107) to Present

Trivia

Discography

Juno Awards

See also

External links

History

During the 1970s, while still in his teens, Mitchell began playing with local bands in Sarnia. After going through a few name changes with essentially the same band, Mitchell and "Zooom" headed for Toronto, Ontario. Zooom eventually dissolved, with Mitchell travelling to the Greek islands.
On his return to Canada, he formed the band Max Webster with fellow Sarnia native, Pye Dubois. Max Webster toured extensively and built a string of hits. Mitchell's solo career began after his departure from Max Webster, with session work and a succession of solo albums.
In early 1985, the song "Go For Soda" from the ''Akimbo Alogo'' album became an international hit and remains his best known song outside of his native Canada. The song was also featured in the opening scene of the 1985 Miami Vice episode ''Buddies''. More recently, the song was featured in the shows American Dad and Trailer Park Boys. His most successful Canadian album was the follow-up, 1986s Shakin' Like a Human Being, featuring the hits ''Alannah Loves Me'', ''Easy to Tame'', and the biggest hit of his career, ''Patio Lanterns''.

2004(Q107) to Present

In 2004, Mitchell entered the radio broadcasting industry, becoming afternoon drive time host on Toronto classic rock radio station Q107 (CILQ-FM). He also opened for Styx and Def Leppard at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on July 16, 2007. His eighth studio album, entitled "Ain't Life Amazing" was released on July 17, 2007.

Trivia

★ In 1992, Mitchell played guitar in the track Brave and Crazy from Tom Cochrane's album Mad Mad World.

★ In 1992, Mitchell made a cameo appearance (as himself) on the third season finale of the popular Canadian sketch program ''The Kids in the Hall''.

★ Mitchell also made a cameo appearance on the show Twitch City

★ In 2006, Mitchell made a guest appearance (in the form of a guitar solo) on the song "Wind It Up" from the Barenaked Ladies' album ''Barenaked Ladies Are Me''.

★ Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies was in the 1984 video for "All We Are" when he was 14.

★ In Season 7 Of the Trailer Park Boys Ricky played one of Mitchells classic songs (Go For Soda) on 8 track

Discography

★ 1980 ''Kim Mitchell''

★ 1984 ''Akimbo Alogo'' (Platinum)

★ 1986 ''Shakin' Like A Human Being'' (Triple Platinum)

★ 1989 ''Rockland'' (Double Platinum)

★ 1990 ''I Am A Wild Party (Live)'' (Platinum)

★ 1992 ''Aural Fixations'' (Gold)

★ 1994 ''Itch''

★ 1995 ''Greatest Hits'' (Platinum)

★ 1999 ''Kimosabe''

★ 2005 ''Fill your head with rock''

★ 2007 ''Ain't Life Amazing''

Juno Awards

Mitchell has been awarded several Juno Awards for his work:

★ ''1983 - Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year''

★ ''1987 - Album of the Year - Shakin' Like A Human Being''

★ ''1990 - Male Vocalist of the Year''

See also

★ Max Webster

★ Canadian rock

★ Music of Canada

★ Juno Award

External links

★ Music summary at canadianbands.com

★ Discography at All Music Guide

★ Official site at http://www.kimmitchell.ca

★ Biography at The Canadian Encyclopedia