(Steve Bell/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ A Canadian musician is grateful to walk in the footsteps of his heroes with his latest accomplishment, being awarded his home province's highest award. "It kind of came out of nowhere, it was nothing I was expecting," Bell says about finding out he will be receiving the Order of Manitoba. "I just got a sudden phone call from the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba saying 'We'd like to offer this to you,'" says Bell. He says that when he found out, he went online to see just what this meant for him. "I found out previous recipients are heroes of mine. Folks like Fred Penner, Heather Bishop, Al Simmons, Ray St. Germain, and Joy Smith. It's lovely to be considered in that company."