What a great name. You gotta love it… Choosing a name like Lee Harvey Osmond means that you have also got to be able to back it up musically if you are going to pull it off with any aplomb. The Canadian band (yes another one), are an interesting beast. Musically they have much in common with the likes of Ry Cooder and fellow countrymen The Band, so the music is as you might expect slick, inventive and engaging, earning them the label of ‘Acid Folk’. Led by former Junkhouse front man Tom Wilson, the band has a stellar cast of musicians on display, 17 to be precise and each one of them does indeed pull it off with aplomb.

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LeE HARVeY OsMOND recently performed on NPR’s Mountain Stage along with Cowboy Junkies. The episode will be aired during the weekend March 5-7, 2010. You can check out the playlist in advance here.

Check this list of NPR affiliates for a station near you; the show will also be archived and stored at http://www.npr.org/mountainstage after the broadcast.

January 28, 2010 from WXPN – With a career that stretches back three decades, Tom Wilson remains one of Canada’s most prolific and talented songwriters. Since his days as a guitarist and vocalist for bands such as Florida Razors, Blackie & The Rodeo King and Junkhouse — and as a prolific songwriter for artists such as Billy Ray Cyrus and Mavis Staples — Wilson continues to make unexpected career moves. His most recent project, LeE HARVeY OsMOND, finds him concocting hazy acid-folk with members of Cowboy Junkies, The Skydiggers and The Sadies.

Although Wilson guides the band’s musical direction, its debut, A Quiet Evil, has the unmistakable soundhttp://latentrecordings.com/leeharveyosmond/wp-admin/post-new.php

of a collaborative effort. As the band conjures hypnotic arrangements — tinged with country and the sound of Spaghetti Westerns — Wilson’s hushed vocals float effortlessly alongside, rising just enough above the haze to

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The show features Feist, Tom Wilson, The Arkells, Canadian Idol winner Brian Melo, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Luke Doucet, Lee Harvey Osmond, Melissa McClelland and Jacob Moon. All proceeds from the event will be distributed to three Registered Charities that are already on the ground and familiar to Hamilton/Oakville residents already supporting their ongoing work on the ground in Haiti.

Tickets are onsale now for $34.50 at Ticketmaster (fees included) and you can spread the word using the Facebook event page here.

- Musician/Singer Songwriter – Tom Wilson
- Actor/Comedian – Craig Lauzon from Air Farce
- Jim Thomson – Ceramic Artist

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