ArtistInfo

The Wonderful Grand Band

Band, *1978
World, Rock and Folk

The Wonderful Grand Band is a Canadian music and comedy group formed in 1978 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.The group had a short-lived eponymous television musical variety show on CBC Television, producing over 40 half-hour episodes between 1980 and 1983. The show starred Hynes, Morris, Perry (later replaced by Warden, who died in 1999), Simmons (later replaced by Annan, who died in 2010), Russell (later replaced by Snider), and Wiseman (later replaced by Stamp), as well as CODCO comedians Greg Malone and Tommy Sexton, who died in 1993. The show combined original and traditional music with topical comedy sketches and satire, some of which was directed at the CBC itself.

Members

	Ron Hynes voc 1950-2015 CA
	Sandy Morris voc, g CA
	Glenn Simmons eg, acg, bvoc CA
	Rocky Wiseman dr
	Jamie Snider vn, voc
	Greg Malone voc
	Tommy Sexton voc
	Paul "Boomer" Stamp dr CA
	Ian Perry eb, bvoc
	Steve Annan g CA