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Roger Clyne made his return to Canada this past Tuesday night at Lee’s Palace and there were more wicker cowboy hats in attendance than an Andrew Clelland fantasy dream sequence. For those asking, “Roger who?” the answer is: Roger Clyne was the guy behind The Refreshments. Circa 1996 the radio waves were blasting their hit tune Banditos which made us all want to show our ID cards to the border guard and change our alias to Captain John Luc Picard. If my memory serves me correct The Refreshments played Toronto once that year, but alas being underage I was unable to attended the show. Sadly the band broke up soon after a second record in 1997. And that somehow brings us to today. I’m not sure how I learned about Roger Clynes new band. I seem to think I was looking for some Refreshments guitar tab and stumbled across his new offering. The opening riff of lead song Americano hooked me and never let go. Continue reading ‘Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers’