December 12th, 2006 – It was announced today that George Canyon has been nominated for five East Coast Music Awards. The Nova Scotia born and raised country star received nods for Entertainer of the Year,Video of the Year (for “Drinkin’ Thinkin’”), FACTOR Recording of the Year, Male Solo Recording of the Year, and Country Recording of the Year (for his album Somebody Wrote Love).
The 2007 ECMAs will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from February 15 to 18 and will culminate in the ECMA Gala Awards Show, broadcast on CBC Television, Sunday, February 18, starting at 8 p.m. in all time zones (8:30 NT).
Canyon, who recently wrapped up his cross-Canada fall tour in
Nova Scotia, was thrilled to hear about the nominations. “The people in
Eastern Canada have been so good to me. I’m surprised and humbled by these nominations. I’m so proud to be a Maritimer and to be included amongst such incredible musicians,” he said.
Currently being heard on radio with his latest single, “Drinkin’ Thinkin’” and his Christmas release, “What Child is This,” Canyon has had a constant presence at Country radio in 2006, with the release of his latest album, Somebody Wrote Love (Universal Music Canada), on July 4th of this year. The hilarious video for the album’s second single, “Drinkin’ Thinkin’” is a CMT Canada favourite, featuring a starring role from Trailer Park Boys’ character Bubbles. Canyon will return the favour in the upcoming TPB season with his own cameo appearance on the show.
"I think it's definitely the funniest video George has done and one that really resonates with the audience, especially with the bonus performance of Mike Smith (Bubbles)," says CMT’s Director of Music Programming, Casey Clarke of the video.
In the spring of 2006, Canyon had the opportunity to accompany
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter MacKay, on a trip to
Kandahar in
Afghanistan where he was able to meet with and perform for Canadian troops. This was one of the high points in Canyon’s career, as he has always had a great deal of respect and admiration for the men and women of the Canadian Forces, as evidenced in his song, “Letting Go” and his dedication of the song, “I Want You to Live,” to Canada’s fallen soldiers. The experience touched him deeply and he hopes to have the opportunity to entertain the troops again in the near future. In November he appeared in his hometown of
PictouCounty with MacKay, the area’s MP, to see several local soldiers off to duty with a performance at the county’s Red Friday rally.
