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Too Many Sisters
11+ albums
Canadianrockacousticfolkindie
about
May 2006, Carla MacNeil, violin in hand, and Stephen Stanley walked on stage at a low-key gig at Mitzi’s Sister in downtown Toronto. In Carla’s own words, the night was a “glad you missed it” affair, but the rehearsal leading up to the gig excited Stanley enough to dig into a major change of musical direction. “I knew that I wanted to introduce a violin into the new songs, but I hadn’t bargained on finding someone to share lead vocals with.” Instantly, it became clear that the new duo was where it was going. Stanley first came to prominence as a founding member of Toronto’s indie faves Lowest of the Low. During their celebrated career the band released four CDs, sold more than 100,000 records, and toured endlessly. Perhaps their high-water mark was the release of their 1991 certified gold album Shakespeare My Butt... which ranks sixth on Chart magazine’s best Canadian albums of all time and received the coveted lifetime achievement award from Toronto’s 102.1, the Edge. The band was inducted into the Canadian Indie Hall of Fame in 2008. Stanley released his first solo disc That Thin, Wild Mercury in 2003 and supported it by exercising his renowned performance muscle in various venues throughout Ontario and Western New York. While Stanley first learned to play guitar at age 13 in a class with six senior citizens, MacNeil, who grew up in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, honed her craft under more auspicious guidance; namely Canadian East Coast music royalty Kendra MacGillivary, Sandy
