Jason Tait
Jason Tait is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans.[2][3] Tait has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots.[4][5][6]
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Tait performing with the Weakerthans in Winnipeg 22 December 2007 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock |
Instruments | Drums |
Associated acts | The Weakerthans, Bahamas, Broken Social Scene |
Career
Tait played drums for the Painted Thin 1995 album Small Acts of Love and Rebellion; Stephen Carroll, guitarist for The Weakerthans, was also a member of Painted Thin.[7]
Tait moved to Toronto in about 2003, and lived there for ten years.[8] He played drums on Greg Graffin's 2006 album, Cold as the Clay.[9] and Bob Egan's album The Glorious Decline.[10]
In 2010 Tait set out on a cross-Canada tour with Toronto-based singer/songwriter Afie Jurvanen, who uses the stage name Bahamas.[11]
Tait returned to Winnipeg in 2013.[8] In 2015, he collaborated with his Weakerthans bandmate John K. Samson, Christine Fellows and Ashley Au on the music for For the Turnstiles, a dance performance by Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers troupe inspired by Neil Young's 1974 album On the Beach.[12] In 2016, Tait and Fellows coproduced Samson's solo album Winter Wheat.[13]
Currently, Tait continues to play drums for Bahamas.
See also
- Music of Canada
- Canadian rock
- List of Canadian musicians
References
- Nathanson, Ian (2 August 2001). "Power of the word". Jam!. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- Proefrock, Stacia. "The Weakerthans Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- "The Weakerthans Spellbound". Exclaim!, By James Keast, 1 Sep 2003
- "Jason Tait Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- Barclay, Michael (1 February 2003). "Cuff the Duke / Fembots Underground, Hamilton ON - January 11". Exclaim!.
- Molgat, Chuck (1 April 2003). "Fembots Small Town Murder Scene". Exclaim!.
- "Small Acts of Love and Rebellion". G7 Welcoming Committee Records. 29 August 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- "Whose House? Jason’s House". The Uniter,19 January 2017. Thomas Pashko
- "Media: Greg Graffin posts another track from "Cold as the Clay"". Punknews.org. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- "Bob Egan The Glorious Decline". Exclaim, By Kerry Doole, 16 Feb 2007
- "Cutting their hockey teeth". Queens Journal, 19 November 2010 Claire Nelischer
- "John K. Samson Scores Neil Young-Inspired Project in Winnipeg". Exclaim!, 29 April 2015.
- "John K. Samson Returns with 'Winter Wheat' Solo LP, Shares New Single". Exclaim!, 15 August 2016.