Handsome Ned

Artist: Handsome Ned b: 1957 as Robin David Masyk; d: January 10, 1987 Born in West Germany, where his father was stationed at an airforce base, Masyk's family moved to Canada in 1970. Eight years later he moved to Texas where he worked in Austin for two years. It was this stay that cultivated Masyk's love for country music and when he returned to Canada he entrenched himself in the Queen Street circuit where he could grow as an eclectic alternative artist with a C & W slant that incorporates both reggae and rockabilly. Read more on Last.fm

Handsome Ned was featured in the movie Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s.

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