The Classics and the Original Kit Kats

With their roots firmly planted in early rock and roll and R&B, the members of The Classics were all part of the busy teen and nightclub scene, entertaining Canadian audiences as early as 1959.

Prior to getting together, band members honed their talents with other well-known groups. A partial list includes: Any Wonder, Back Street Players,  Better Days, Big Shot, Cold Feet, Colored Rain, Countdown, The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, The Embers, Fatback, Hidden Agenda, Hub Cigar Store, The Knights, The Lords, The Morning After, The Nomads (1964-1968), The Nomads (1989-2006), The Ookpiks, The Original Cast, Privilege, The Satellites, The Saratogas, Sea Breeze, The Sons of Adam, The Tommy Banks Orchestra and the Trocadero Big Band.

In response to popular demand, this eight-piece group, one of Canada's largest rock and roll/rhythm and blues bands, keeps a busy entertainment schedule. They are right at home playing clubs, private parties, casinos, corporate functions, soft seat theatres and a few venues that aren’t perhaps as typical, including several three-week tours to Phoenix, Arizona. In 1998, members of the band appeared on stage with over fifty members of The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra for two sold-out nights of Rhythm and Blues at Edmonton's world-class Winspear Centre and a few months later at another sold-out performance in the Jack Singer Concert Hall with The Calgary Philharmonic. On both occasions, the band had the patrons dancing in the aisles. They re-visited the Winspear Centre for another successful evening with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in the summer of 2004.

One only needs to catch this group playing for hundreds of fans at an open-air venue such as the band-shell in Edmonton’s Hawrelak Park or Winston Churchill Square during "The Taste of Edmonton" to realize that the band's performance has an irresistible appeal to audiences of all ages and folks from all musical backgrounds.

In addition to having years of experience playing for live audiences, each individual band member is a seasoned radio/television performer and studio musician. Over the years the boys have opened for, or shared the stage with internationally acclaimed artists such as Tommy Banks, Bobby Curtola, The Fireballs, The Guess Who,  Roy Orbison, P.J. Perry, The Pozo Seco Singers (Don Williams), and David Clayton Thomas (later of Blood, Sweat and Tears) to name but a few.