Longtime Canadian classic rock radio staples The Stampeders are bringing their country-infused songs to Laurentian University’s Fraser Auditorium on April 13
Fittingly on a Sudbury Saturday night, The Stampeders are slated to perform at Laurentian University’s Fraser Auditorium on April 13.
“It’s sort of what we do and who we are, so as long as the health holds out and you can stand up on stage and move around and still sing and do all that,” he said. “It’d be a drag to pack it in.”“Rockers on walkers,” he said with a chuckle, adding that despite undergoing double bypass surgery in January , he’s feeling “pretty good” and ready to tour his home province.
Despite what their name implies, and Alberta’s eagerness to claim the band as their own, Dodson said they’re very much an Ontarian band, having called the province their home since the 1960s, well before their debut album dropped in 1971.“Some guy was going to invest money in us if we took the name ‘Stampeders,’” Dodson said with a chuckle. “That sort of went nowhere.”
“We like to make our old fans happy, and it makes us feel good, too, to be able to go out and do all that stuff and still pull it off at this stage of life.” The waitress was taking their orders, and King said he wanted the Stampeder Burger, because it meant something special to him.King was always a jokester, Dodson said, adding that even during what ended up being the band’s last tour with him in 2023, he was still in good spirits.
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