OTTAWA Jim Hurcomb’s written a love letter. It’s a tribute to Ottawa’s great musicians of the 1950s and 60s performers who gave Ottawa a golden era of rock ‘n roll. “It was really an unprecedented time. Someone called Ottawa Liverpool North in the 1960’s. The musicians and fans knew this. And thanks to the book, nobody’s going to forget it,” said Hurcomb. The book is called “Rockin’ on the Rideau: Ottawa’s Golden Age of Rock and Roll”. It’s fitting that Jim Hurcomb is spinning this musical story. The legendary Ottawa radio broadcaster has been spinning discs and rubbing shoulders with rock icons for decades
Rockin On The Rideau book chronicles 1960s Ottawa music scene Published by Victoria’s FriesenPress, Jim Hurcomb s Rockin’ On The Rideau has sold well on Amazon.ca, hitting the Top 5 on the list of rock ‘n’ roll best sellers.
Author of the article: Lynn Saxberg
Publishing date: Mar 10, 2021 • March 10, 2021 • 4 minute read • Jim Hurcomb has written a book, Rockin on the Rideau, about Ottawa s fertile music scene of the 1960s. Photo by Errol McGihon /Postmedia
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