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JIM CLENCH from april wine fame died a few days ago in montreal at 61 years. my cuz sent me this notice as i was trying to contact clench on the year and info of the 4000 he had in a promo pic. guess i'll never find out for you guys.

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http://www.aprilwine.ca/

they will probably post something soon.

from wikipedia..."On November 2, 2010, Clench died in a Montreal hospital after a battle with stage 4 lung cancer."

RONBO.

Sux , I dug April Wine. They had a unique but tight rock sound.

i liked the electic jewels/stand back era with clench. during that time he had a '72/'73 ish jetglo 4001. deluxe checker for sure.

here's one of his tunes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjNocj3xDk

weeping widow was another one.

RIP, Jim.

Rest in peace Jim. You rocked Canada and the world for many years. My band does this tune. Always gets them up and dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWQOPTORn8

Wow, very sad - I always liked his playing. In not sure how big they were outside of Canada, but for someone growing up here in the 70s and 80s, April Wine was one of those bands that made up the soundtrack of your life.

April Wine was definitely part of my soundtrack too. RIP Jim...

This one was always one of my favorites (though I think Jim had left the band by then).

jps wrote:RIP, Jim.

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