The Cameron Family Singers
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The Cameron Family Singers are a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band, who play weekly shows as the house band at the Cameron Public House
Cameron Public House
The Cameron Public House is a small bar, hotel, and informal cultural centre located on Queen Street West, just west of Spadina Avenue, in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Cameron has a front lounge and a back room, both with the capacity for audiences of no more than sixty people...

, a major live music venue in Toronto, Ontario.

The band, which originally formed in 1997, consists of former Leslie Spit Treeo
Leslie Spit Treeo
Leslie Spit Treeo were a Canadian folk-rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. The band took its name from the Leslie Street Spit area of Toronto Harbour.-History:...

 member Jack Nicholsen
Jack Mathews
Jack Nicholsen Mathews is a Canadian musician and actor. He was a member of the alternative rock group Leslie Spit Treeo in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

, Cindy Mathews, Rod Booth, Kevin Quain
Kevin Quain
Kevin Quain is a Canadian cabaret artist, who plays weekly shows the Cameron Public House, a major live music venue in Toronto, Ontario.He is a self-taught musician, singer/songwriter, and award-winning playwright. He has written music for film, TV, and the stage, and has performed with scores of...

, Sam Ferrara and Tony Benattar. The band performs covers of material by artists such as Hank Williams, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 and Cole Porter
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...

, along with original material by Nicholsen.

They released their debut album, Saturday Matinée, in 2005.

Shelly Coopersmith (violin/mandolin) replaced Rod Booth in 2006 when he moved back to B.C.
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