Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle is Barenaked Ladies multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn's group with
fellow ex/Look People members - bassist Chris Gartner, and drummer Great Bob Scott.
Over the years, this line-up has included: Martin Tielli, Derek Orford, Mike Rathke,
Ford Peir, Brian Macmillian, Tim Bovaconti, and Hugh Marsh.
Chris can be heard playing bass, and singing back-up on all four albums the group has put out:
H-Wing, Night Light, Miracle Mile, and Havana Winter. He also appears on Kevin's solo records: Mothball Mint, Cloud Maintenance, Days in Frames, Super Hero Suite, and Calm and Sense
They have toured throughout Canada, and in the U.S. with highlights including shows in New York,
Los Angeles, and Toronto's Massey Hall. Many special guests have appeared on their recordings, including: LOU REED, LAURIE ANDERSON, GARTH HUDSON, MARY MARGARET O'HARA,
VAN DYKE PARKS, and CHANTAL KREVIAZUK.
They have opened for the Barenaked Ladies at Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre, and performed concerts on the BNL cruises to the Carribean. Kevin and Thinbuckle have appeared together as guests on
Boothby Graffoe's "Hop", and Garth Hudson's "Canadian Tribute to THE BAND".
Kevin and the group did a video for "Driftwood" from H-Wing, and have made a number of televsion and radio appearances including:
CBC's Radiosonic, Q, TVO Studio 2, and CTV. A song from Night Light was featured in the movie:
"My Suicidal Sweetheart" (with Rossana Arquette). They also appear on the them song to Maurice Sendak's "Seven Little Monsters"
with Martin Tielli @ the Church at Berkeley
with Ed Robertson sitting in
Blue Museum
In the mouth of a shadow
the Good One
Live on CBC's RADIOSONIC
a photo from the session:
(from left to right)
Chris Gartner, Great Bob Scott,
Kevin Hearn, Martin Tielli, and
Derek Orford
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