Greg McConnell
Musical Artist
1964 – 1999
Who was Greg McConnell?
Greg McConnell was a Canadian indie rock musician, who was a member of the alternative country bands Absolute Whores, Lost Dakotas and Stratochief.
McConnell was famous for his cowhide-trimmed upright bass, which Steve Earle once described as looking "like Dwight Yoakam threw up on it".
On Easter Sunday, 1999, McConnell died unexpectedly while on a camping trip in Tobermory, Ontario. In May of that year, a memorial "GregFest" was held at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern, featuring Stratochief, Jughead, Adam Faux and a one-off Whores reunion; funds raised from the show were used to dedicate a portion of the Trans-Canada Trail in Caledon to McConnell's memory.
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