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Silver Wings (Linda and Scotty Wells)


Traditional Country Music Artists
Won The International Country CD of The 2012 Year in USA
Last Date Changed: Thursday, July 28, 2016

ASLindaandScottyWellsJune2012.jpg Linda was born in Hay River in N.W.T. and later moved to Kingston, Ontario. By age 13 she was singing solo. Her earlier recordings with RPM scored high on national country charts, earning several Juno nominations in the mid-seventies for Most Promising female vocalist and Canada's number one female artist. Her last release on Earth Star records in the early eighties, Love Don't Grow In A One Man Show and Don't You Know I've been Crying, both self-penned, earned a Big Country nomination and reached the top five on RPM and A.O.R. national charts.

Raising 2 small children, Linda settled to singing in night clubs around Southern Ontario and in 1991 she met Scotty Wells.

Scotty Wells was born in Horwood, Newfoundland, where he mastered several instruments. He was a regular in the TV show, At The Matador, hosted his own show, Country Time, toured the Nashville circuit and played with such greats as Kenny Rogers, Conway Twitty, Gordon Lightfoot and Roy Clark. He has had seven releases and his first video written by Scotty played the nashville network for 17 weeks


Forming SILVER WINGS, together Linda and Scotty bringing talent, harmony and experience to new and old country music. The writing and singing capabilities of Linda along with the writing, singing and instrumentationskills of Scotty produces a sound that is music to the ears. They now perform in and around Toronto and have been for several years. In recent years, joining Silver Wings are two top Canadian musicians namely, Roy Penny on lead and Brian Barron on fiddle.

In August 2012, Linda and Scotty received the Rural Roots Music Commission (RRMC) CD award of the Year in Iowa, USA. The CD was entitled, Cause I Love You, written by Linda and Produced by Scotty.

 

Profile By: John Gavin


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