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I Recall A Gypsy Woman
'Ever Been Lonely' ( 2:41 )
Boomerang ( 2:25 )
Twelve Dozen Roses
So Close To Loving You ( 2:37 )
God It's Up To You
Jukebox Up In Heaven ( 2:47 )
Physical Attraction ( 3:00 )
The Thought Of Losing You ( 3:34 )
The Strength Of My Weakness ( 2:59 )
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Cliff Dawe a Traditional Country Artist whose venue is leader, lead vocalist, rhythm guitar player with a band known as "Little Big Band" (Canadian Country Version) .
His female counterpart in the act was Anna Perreault. They played bar, lounge, fair, cabaret and rodeo venues throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario Canada!
Cliff started this act in 1988 and continues as a solo act today.
Cliff misses his music a great deal as recently he has fought a battle with bladder cancer which has prevented him from performing presently, he has successfully done well to control his cancer to remission and would like to get back into the swing of things with his music!
The songs chosen for this site are from an album that he and Anna Perreault put together called, "Boomerang"!
Anna Perreault sings harmony on the chorus lines and duets with Cliff Dawe on various songs throughout the album.
Cliff is an independent artist who came close to being signed with Warner Brothers ( Canada Ltd. ) and was offered a contract by Comstock Record’s executive Frank Fara out of Scottsdale, Arizona, but because of difficulties dealing and commuting back and forth between Canada and USA the deal didn’t materialize!
Cliff also had the same experience with Joey Welz of Caprice Records out of Philidelphia, so I guess lightning does strike twice!
Hence, there is a situation in getting airplay on , “Main Stream” radio in being an "Independent ” as well as being a “Traditional Country Singer”, and that is why he only sends his music to radio stations and media that are interested in” Independent” artists!
During 1990 – 1991 Cliff received extensive air-play in Europe and Canada from compilations with RDR promotions out of Toronto. Cliff presently gets regular airplay from KSEN Radio in Shelby Montana, Radio Artistopia and indieboom.com Ram Radio Live365.com/stations/lorojo and supercountryradio.com as well as others!
PURCHASE CLIFF DAWE AND LITTLE BIG BAND CD's AT: CD Baby.Com Cliff Dawe and Little Big Band CD Album "Boomerang" is available !
Go to this URL: http://cdbaby.com/cd/daweperreaultlbb
to purchase the " Boomerang" album or check out the song samples, featuring Cliff Dawe, Anna Perreault and Little Big Band!
Cliff Dawe is a” Winter Texan”, in that he resides at Brownsville, Texas during the winter months, usually January to the end of April and in Winnipeg Canada during the summer months. He can be seen playing and entertaining at the following: The Forks in Winnipeg during summer months and jams around Brownsville during winter.
cwdawe@hotmail.com
www.artistopia.com/Cliff_Dawe
http://www.digitalrodeo.com/cliffdaweandlittlebigband
www.indieboom.com
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His female counterpart in the act was Anna Perreault. They played bar, lounge, fair, cabaret and rodeo venues throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario Canada!
Cliff started this act in 1988 and continues as a solo act today.
Cliff misses his music a great deal as recently he has fought a battle with bladder cancer which has prevented him from performing presently, he has successfully done well to control his cancer to remission and would like to get back into the swing of things with his music!
The songs chosen for this site are from an album that he and Anna Perreault put together called, "Boomerang"!
Anna Perreault sings harmony on the chorus lines and duets with Cliff Dawe on various songs throughout the album.
Cliff is an independent artist who came close to being signed with Warner Brothers ( Canada Ltd. ) and was offered a contract by Comstock Record’s executive Frank Fara out of Scottsdale, Arizona, but because of difficulties dealing and commuting back and forth between Canada and USA the deal didn’t materialize!
Cliff also had the same experience with Joey Welz of Caprice Records out of Philidelphia, so I guess lightning does strike twice!
Hence, there is a situation in getting airplay on , “Main Stream” radio in being an "Independent ” as well as being a “Traditional Country Singer”, and that is why he only sends his music to radio stations and media that are interested in” Independent” artists!
During 1990 – 1991 Cliff received extensive air-play in Europe and Canada from compilations with RDR promotions out of Toronto. Cliff presently gets regular airplay from KSEN Radio in Shelby Montana, Radio Artistopia and indieboom.com Ram Radio Live365.com/stations/lorojo and supercountryradio.com as well as others!
PURCHASE CLIFF DAWE AND LITTLE BIG BAND CD's AT: CD Baby.Com Cliff Dawe and Little Big Band CD Album "Boomerang" is available !
Go to this URL: http://cdbaby.com/cd/daweperreaultlbb
to purchase the " Boomerang" album or check out the song samples, featuring Cliff Dawe, Anna Perreault and Little Big Band!
Cliff Dawe is a” Winter Texan”, in that he resides at Brownsville, Texas during the winter months, usually January to the end of April and in Winnipeg Canada during the summer months. He can be seen playing and entertaining at the following: The Forks in Winnipeg during summer months and jams around Brownsville during winter.
cwdawe@hotmail.com
www.artistopia.com/Cliff_Dawe
http://www.digitalrodeo.com/cliffdaweandlittlebigband
www.indieboom.com
Artistopia - Indie Music Heaven
Artistopia is the place for independent artists to manage and advance their careers via music marketing and productivity tools, peer-to-peer and peer-to-industry collaboration, and fan base ramp-up and communication. Join today for free!
http://www.localmusicdirectory.com
Why this name?
Little Big Band was chosen due to the fact that when we started off we tried out several musicians to create our band and sound but couldn't come up with members that fit with Anna Perreault and Cliff Dawe musically and when they found members that fit musically, then those members didn't fit personality wise!
So what they had to do was go out and purchase a synthesizer, so that drums, bass etc. could be implemented into their sound to fill in for the missing players!
As Cliff played rhythm guitar, Anna played piano and synthesizer - this filling in and their strong harmonies in voice made the duo sound like a full band! - This large sound that they had between the two of them is what made them decide to name themselves, "Little Big Band", and were registered as such.
They had no knowledge at the time that Colin James was about to call his band, "Colin James and His Little Big Band". That is why you will sometimes see "Little Big Band", ( Canadian Country Version ) written beside Cliff and Anna's band to distinguish between the two!
Later on in their road travels they found musicians that were compatible with them and expanded.
So what they had to do was go out and purchase a synthesizer, so that drums, bass etc. could be implemented into their sound to fill in for the missing players!
As Cliff played rhythm guitar, Anna played piano and synthesizer - this filling in and their strong harmonies in voice made the duo sound like a full band! - This large sound that they had between the two of them is what made them decide to name themselves, "Little Big Band", and were registered as such.
They had no knowledge at the time that Colin James was about to call his band, "Colin James and His Little Big Band". That is why you will sometimes see "Little Big Band", ( Canadian Country Version ) written beside Cliff and Anna's band to distinguish between the two!
Later on in their road travels they found musicians that were compatible with them and expanded.
Do you play live?
Yes, however;
Cliff recently has fought a battle with bladder cancer which has prevented him from performing presently, he has successfully done well to control his cancer to a remissive state (Is now out of the danger zone )and would like to get back with his first love, his music!
Cliff is just now recovering, reforming and putting the pieces back together.
When Cliff's Doctors' give his health the go ahead for him to go back into clubs, lounges and casinos and perform, he'll be back "On the Road Again!"
Here are the cities he has played at, I may miss a few but I'll get some of them - so if you see your city or town and you've heard Cliff and Little Big Band live write us an email and say HI!
Cities and Towns: Moosomin,North Battleford,Esterhazy, Yorkton,Mont Nebo,Spy Hill, Canora, Martinsville,Edmonton, Ft. Saskatchewan,Athabasca,Hanna,Bonnyville,Ashmont,
Inisfail, Innisfree,Myrnam,Swift Current,Calgary, Lethbridge,Clairesholm,Cereal,Lloydminster,Olds,
Brandon, Birtle,Oakburn,Portage la Prairie,Roblin, Winnipeg, Lake of the Woods, Foam Lake, Sundre, Aidrie, Elrose, Edson,Rose Valley, Morden, St Andrews, Kipling, Red Deer,High River,Spiritwood,San Clara,Denholm,McCreary,Drumheller,Camrose,
Didsbury, Eston, Hudson Bay, Prince Albert, Lundar and a few hundred more that I cannot think of right now, but I'll edit more later! If we missed your town let us know!
We Love playing anywhere folks love Traditional Country & Tonk Music!
Where there any special moments? Yes, many! Completion of the "Boomerang Album" Having had a Record Company from Nashville phone us while we we're Playing at the Portage Hotel ( which has recently burned down ) and telling us they were interested in our music!
All of the friends we met on the road who came to visit with us, as we'd travel on our circuit!
Having heard our music played on radio for the first time!
It was always a special time when we had folks tell us they enjoyed and liked our music!
Seeing a growing following come back to a club when we were in a town time after time!
Having had the folks at Mont Nebo Hotel and bar throw us a congratulatory album release party!
Things like that were very special to us and are well appreciated, we love our fans as much as they loved us!
We got to know a lot of our following personally as many of those cities and towns you see listed, we came back to play at many, many times in their bars or lounges, a lot of those folks became like family to us!
Cliff recently has fought a battle with bladder cancer which has prevented him from performing presently, he has successfully done well to control his cancer to a remissive state (Is now out of the danger zone )and would like to get back with his first love, his music!
Cliff is just now recovering, reforming and putting the pieces back together.
When Cliff's Doctors' give his health the go ahead for him to go back into clubs, lounges and casinos and perform, he'll be back "On the Road Again!"
Here are the cities he has played at, I may miss a few but I'll get some of them - so if you see your city or town and you've heard Cliff and Little Big Band live write us an email and say HI!
Cities and Towns: Moosomin,North Battleford,Esterhazy, Yorkton,Mont Nebo,Spy Hill, Canora, Martinsville,Edmonton, Ft. Saskatchewan,Athabasca,Hanna,Bonnyville,Ashmont,
Inisfail, Innisfree,Myrnam,Swift Current,Calgary, Lethbridge,Clairesholm,Cereal,Lloydminster,Olds,
Brandon, Birtle,Oakburn,Portage la Prairie,Roblin, Winnipeg, Lake of the Woods, Foam Lake, Sundre, Aidrie, Elrose, Edson,Rose Valley, Morden, St Andrews, Kipling, Red Deer,High River,Spiritwood,San Clara,Denholm,McCreary,Drumheller,Camrose,
Didsbury, Eston, Hudson Bay, Prince Albert, Lundar and a few hundred more that I cannot think of right now, but I'll edit more later! If we missed your town let us know!
We Love playing anywhere folks love Traditional Country & Tonk Music!
Where there any special moments? Yes, many! Completion of the "Boomerang Album" Having had a Record Company from Nashville phone us while we we're Playing at the Portage Hotel ( which has recently burned down ) and telling us they were interested in our music!
All of the friends we met on the road who came to visit with us, as we'd travel on our circuit!
Having heard our music played on radio for the first time!
It was always a special time when we had folks tell us they enjoyed and liked our music!
Seeing a growing following come back to a club when we were in a town time after time!
Having had the folks at Mont Nebo Hotel and bar throw us a congratulatory album release party!
Things like that were very special to us and are well appreciated, we love our fans as much as they loved us!
We got to know a lot of our following personally as many of those cities and towns you see listed, we came back to play at many, many times in their bars or lounges, a lot of those folks became like family to us!
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Yes, internet absolutely changes and levels the playing field for Independent Musicians. It puts them in a position of being able to compete with big name acts from major labels!
It allows Independent artists a medium to demonstrate and make their music attainable to more than just a few people at a time!
It allows for more creativity and gives the public access to greater choice in the music and songs they are able to hear!
Previously major Record and Music Corporations had the airspace completely tied up and under their control and could control who got heard and who didn't!
Therby, even the major labels' chosen artists were at the corporations mercy, one bad move on the part of the chosen artist and they were gone, this really cuts down on artistic freedom!
The record corporations were making the choice of what they allowed the public to choose as songs they liked!
That is why these last few years we have been hearing this cookie cutter sound!
The next song sounds like the last one that just finished, with no distinctive personality traits!
When Merle Haggard, George Jones, Willie Nelson,Moe Bandy, Don Williams, Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Tammy Wynette and artists like them sang you didn't need a DJ to tell you who it was, you knew!
But this last 15 years or more it's not that easy to pick them out because they sound the same!
The big Corporations thought they found the formula for making money from artists - they'd just stream line and hone them to sound like the last hit and are grinding them out like baking cookies!
If they want it to be a Country singer they just throw a cowboy hat on the artists head and call it "New Country"!
That way you don't have to contract as many artists either, so they'd cut down on cost!
For the major label music corporations today it is not about the music, the artist, the song, the art of creating - it is about the bottom line sales on units that have gone through the cash register!
That is what makes music to the corporate music labels' ear!
For a while they had all the music sales and business going to the big music corporations,as the independents were pushed out they had no media !
The battle is still going on today, as from the big corporations point of view it is hard to share the pot, when for years they've been able to manipulate and have the whole pot, so now they think they own all the music!
As John Lennon said, the only people who think they own music are publishers and big record companies!
While the rest of the world thinks music is free!
It allows Independent artists a medium to demonstrate and make their music attainable to more than just a few people at a time!
It allows for more creativity and gives the public access to greater choice in the music and songs they are able to hear!
Previously major Record and Music Corporations had the airspace completely tied up and under their control and could control who got heard and who didn't!
Therby, even the major labels' chosen artists were at the corporations mercy, one bad move on the part of the chosen artist and they were gone, this really cuts down on artistic freedom!
The record corporations were making the choice of what they allowed the public to choose as songs they liked!
That is why these last few years we have been hearing this cookie cutter sound!
The next song sounds like the last one that just finished, with no distinctive personality traits!
When Merle Haggard, George Jones, Willie Nelson,Moe Bandy, Don Williams, Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Tammy Wynette and artists like them sang you didn't need a DJ to tell you who it was, you knew!
But this last 15 years or more it's not that easy to pick them out because they sound the same!
The big Corporations thought they found the formula for making money from artists - they'd just stream line and hone them to sound like the last hit and are grinding them out like baking cookies!
If they want it to be a Country singer they just throw a cowboy hat on the artists head and call it "New Country"!
That way you don't have to contract as many artists either, so they'd cut down on cost!
For the major label music corporations today it is not about the music, the artist, the song, the art of creating - it is about the bottom line sales on units that have gone through the cash register!
That is what makes music to the corporate music labels' ear!
For a while they had all the music sales and business going to the big music corporations,as the independents were pushed out they had no media !
The battle is still going on today, as from the big corporations point of view it is hard to share the pot, when for years they've been able to manipulate and have the whole pot, so now they think they own all the music!
As John Lennon said, the only people who think they own music are publishers and big record companies!
While the rest of the world thinks music is free!
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yes, provided there was some benefit in it for our well being and theirs!
There has to be something more than status and promises that are given and taken back out in a contract's legal jargon!
I know there has to be a benefit for the record company, I am not contrary to or against sensible profit, thats how business works!
However, I want to stand on equal footing and that business has to work reasonably for me to gain a satisfactory profit as well, otherwise there's no sense to wasting my time just for status and a big name. You can't put that in the bank or an investment and when I get old a big name will give me no comfort!
My belief is, "It is better to miss out on what might have been a good deal, than to be stuck with a bad deal!"
Been there done that and were not interested in making the same mistake!
There has to be something more than status and promises that are given and taken back out in a contract's legal jargon!
I know there has to be a benefit for the record company, I am not contrary to or against sensible profit, thats how business works!
However, I want to stand on equal footing and that business has to work reasonably for me to gain a satisfactory profit as well, otherwise there's no sense to wasting my time just for status and a big name. You can't put that in the bank or an investment and when I get old a big name will give me no comfort!
My belief is, "It is better to miss out on what might have been a good deal, than to be stuck with a bad deal!"
Been there done that and were not interested in making the same mistake!
Band History:
Cliff Dawe and Anna Perreault started "Little Big Band", in 1988 and it continues today.
They played bar, lounge, fair, cabaret and rodeo venues throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario Canada!
When we started off we tried out several musicians and couldn't come up with members that fit with Anna Perreault and Cliff Dawe musically and when they found members that fit musically, then those members didn't fit in personality wise!
So what they had to do was go out and purchase a synthesizer so that drums and bass etc. could be implemented into their sound to fill in for the missing players!
As Cliff played rhythm guitar, Anna played piano and synthesizer - this filling in made the duo sound like a full band - This large sound that they had between the two of them is what made them decide to call themselves, "Little Big Band", and were registered as such in 1988.
During 1990 – 1991 Cliff received extensive air-play in Europe and Canada from compilations with RDR promotions( Anya Wilsons Company )out of Toronto, Ontario!
Today cliff is doing his own promoting and learning a whole new skill in this music business!
They played bar, lounge, fair, cabaret and rodeo venues throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario Canada!
When we started off we tried out several musicians and couldn't come up with members that fit with Anna Perreault and Cliff Dawe musically and when they found members that fit musically, then those members didn't fit in personality wise!
So what they had to do was go out and purchase a synthesizer so that drums and bass etc. could be implemented into their sound to fill in for the missing players!
As Cliff played rhythm guitar, Anna played piano and synthesizer - this filling in made the duo sound like a full band - This large sound that they had between the two of them is what made them decide to call themselves, "Little Big Band", and were registered as such in 1988.
During 1990 – 1991 Cliff received extensive air-play in Europe and Canada from compilations with RDR promotions( Anya Wilsons Company )out of Toronto, Ontario!
Today cliff is doing his own promoting and learning a whole new skill in this music business!
Your influences?
Most of my musical influences are very Traditional & Honky Tonk singers and players like: Don Williams, Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, Jerry Jeff Walker,Gary Stewart, Ollie Pike, Buck Owens and the like, all Traditionalists!
Favorite spot?
Brownsville, Texas, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bonnyville, Alberta!
Equipment used:
Multiple: Electro Voice, Shure Mics, Fender Telecaster, Peavey XLR 1200 Mix Board as well as a Ross Sound Board,BC Rich Acoustic guitar, Tama drums, Fender Bassman,Traynor Bass Bins, Carvin Speakers/w Horns,Traynor monitors and Ampeg, Roland Cube Amps,Yamaha Piano, Roland Synthesizer,Pot lights etc.
We are always up dating equipment in order to achieve the best sound possible!
We are always up dating equipment in order to achieve the best sound possible!
Anything else...?
Cliff is presently reforming his band and will begin taking bookings on his Doctors' approval of his health and recovery!
Which is scheduled for the end of the year.
Which is scheduled for the end of the year.