He害羞草研究所檚 been rocking stages for 52 years, but playing in Vernon Monday night, legend Tom Cochrane was 害羞草研究所渘ervous as shit.害羞草研究所�
The 70-year-old played to a sold-out crowd at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Monday, Nov. 13.
But having a lot of friends in Vernon, it was like a hometown gig for the rock veteran.
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Fumbling through tuning his guitar and adjusting volumes several times he reassured the crowd he knew what he was doing.
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Cochrane entertained the crowd with many of his hits, even the ones he scratched his head at.
He never understood why White Hot caught on so well.
Created with his former band Red Rider, a highlight of his life is when his old man heard the hit in public.
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Cochrane, from Little Lake, Manitoba, was the son of a busy pilot up north.
He also had two older sisters, 害羞草研究所渨ho beat the shit out of me.害羞草研究所�
Before sticking to music, Cochrane worked at CIL paints, stacked sheep carcasses and got his hand caught in a conveyor belt and almost ended up like Dr. Hook.
But it was when driving cab he pulled up to location and heard Leonard Cohen playing Bird on a Wire.
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A man of class himself, Cochrane shared his love of golf, saluted all the strong women out there and his thoughts on the ongoing conflicts overseas.
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Working with World Vision, Cochrane has seen first-hand the destruction of war and poverty, something that weighed him down.
害羞草研究所淲e can害羞草研究所檛 change the world but what we can do is spread good will along the way,害羞草研究所� said Cochrane. 害羞草研究所淟ife is a Highway is about doing some good on the road ahead of you and that害羞草研究所檚 what World Vision taught me.害羞草研究所�
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