Brian Ferriman
Encyclopedia
Brian Ferriman is an artist manager and the president of Savannah Music. His artist roster has included such artists as Michelle Wright
, Brenn Hill
, The Good Brothers
, R.W. Hampton
, Gary Fjellgaard
, Matt Minglewood
, Terry Carisse
, One Horse Blue
, Anita Perras
and Tim Taylor. Brian currently resides in Brentwood, Tennessee.
In September 2008, Ferriman was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
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Michelle Wright
Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
, Brenn Hill
Brenn Hill
Brenn Hill is an award-winning American Western music singer-songwriter. Since winning the Western Music Association Crescendo Award in 2001, Hill has developed a significant career as a performer and songwriter, and was named the 2004 Academy of Western Artists Male Vocalist of the Year...
, The Good Brothers
The Good Brothers
The Good Brothers are a Canadian country, bluegrass and folk music group originating from Richmond Hill, Ontario. The band's core members are Brian Good , his twin brother Bruce Good and younger brother Larry Good ....
, R.W. Hampton
R.W. Hampton
R.W. Hampton is an award-winning American western music singer-songwriter and playwright. Hampton has achieved both critical and popular success, winning multiple awards from the Western Music Association and the Academy of Western Artists and a pair of Wrangler Awards from the National Cowboy &...
, Gary Fjellgaard
Gary Fjellgaard
Gary Fjellgaard is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Fjellgaard has released fifteen albums and charted thirty-five songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1977 and 1996, including the Top 10 singles "Walk in the Rain Tonight" , "The Moon Is Out to Get Me" , "Cowboy in Your...
, Matt Minglewood
Matt Minglewood
Matt Minglewood is a Canadian musician whose style can be described as a blend of country, blues, folk, roots and rock.-Career:...
, Terry Carisse
Terry Carisse
Terrance Victor Carisse known as Terry Carisse, was one of Canadian Country Music's most awarded, decorated and popular singer-songwriters. He was nominated four times for a Juno Award.-Early life:...
, One Horse Blue
One Horse Blue
One Horse Blue was a Canadian country music group recently composed of Gord Maxwell , Larry Pink , Michael Shellard One Horse Blue was a Canadian country music group recently composed of Gord Maxwell (lead vocals, bass guitar), Larry Pink (keyboards), Michael Shellard One Horse Blue was a Canadian...
, Anita Perras
Anita Perras
Anita Perras is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" , "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" , "One Smokey Rose" , "The Tip of My...
and Tim Taylor. Brian currently resides in Brentwood, Tennessee.
In September 2008, Ferriman was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, located in Merritt, British Columbia, was established in 1984 to honour Canadian country music artists, builders or broadcasters, living or deceased...
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Awards
Brian has won a music industry award or two:- Manager of the Year, Canadian Country Music AssociationCanadian Country Music AssociationThe Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
Awards, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999. - Record Industry Person of the Year, Canadian Country Music AssociationCanadian Country Music AssociationThe Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
Awards, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992. - Record Company of the Year, Canadian Country Music AssociationCanadian Country Music AssociationThe Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
Awards, Savannah Music, 1987. - Music Publishing Company of the Year, Canadian Country Music AssociationCanadian Country Music AssociationThe Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
, Savannah Music Group, 1990. - Artists he manages/has managed have won many awards, too...
Bio
- May 7, 1950 - Brian is born to Kenneth Cameron and Ruby Margaret Ferriman in London, Ontario, Canada
- 1963-1968 - Brian attends Oakridge High School in London, Ontario
- 1968-1972 - Brian attends the University of Western Ontario. Brian earns an honors bachelor's degree from the University of Western Ontario in English with a specialization in Drama.
- June 17, 1972 - Brian marries Susan Kramer of Oakville, Ontario
- sometime in the seventies - Brian, Jim ChapmanJim ChapmanJames Louis "Jim" Chapman is an American business and political leader. From 1985 to 1997, he served as Democratic Congressman representing the Texas's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives...
, and Sandy WIlsonSandy WilsonSandy Wilson is an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend .-Biography:Wilson was born Alexander Galbraith Wilson in Sale, Greater Manchester, and was educated at Harrow School and Oriel College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Royal Ordnance Corps in Great...
renovates an old schoolhouse somewhere in Ontario to form Springfield Sound, a recording studio where such musicians as Bernard PurdieBernard PurdieBernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie is an American session drummer, and is considered an influential and innovative exponent of funk...
record with Brian, Jim and Sandy as their affable hosts. - sometime in the late seventies/early eighties - Brian forms Savannah RecordsSavannah RecordsSavannah Records, in association with WEA Canada, was a Canadian country music record label established by Brian Ferriman in Toronto, Ontario in 1983.-Artists Who Recorded for Savannah:* Terry Carisse* Gary Fjellgaard* The Good Brothers* Matt Minglewood...
. - sometime in the early eighties - Brian and Sue move to 807 Sweetwater Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario.
- November 11, 1982 - Brian and Sue's first child, Kim, is born.
- February 23, 1987 - Brian and Sue's second child, Kevin, is born.
- September 24, 1991 - The Ferriman family moves to Nashville, Tennessee.