Chef Adams
And The
Maple Leaf
Jamboree
Chef Adams
And The
Maple Leaf
Jamboree
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Recording Artist Singer/Song Writer Promoter Producer Entertainer |
| Chef Adams, known as (Adam Edward Semeniuk),
was born on a farm in Saskatchewan. At an early age he was exposed to the
music and festivities of his Ukrainian community. He started playing guitar
when he was about 14 years old and caught the entertainer's itch.
Chef moved to Toronto to start his career in Country Music. He started hanging around Fred Rodens Music Store and soon met other musicians. For quite some time he had no job, no money and occasionally slept on the streets of Toronto. He hung around parks, sang to anyone who would listen and over the course of time met several other musicians. One day a restaurant owner learned of his plight and offered him a job as a short order cook. Many of the local musicians and singers came into the restaurant and began to call him "Chef "Adams. While working as a chef , he was invited to perform at local jamborees and since music had always been his love, he jumped at the chance. Eventually Chef started playing more dances and jamborees in and around Toronto. By the mid-1950s he was able to quit the restaurant job, formed his own band and made a living as an entertainer. In 1956 he recorded his first single, a song about marathon swimmer Marilyn Bell after she conquered Lake Ontario. The song became very popular on Ontario radio stations and this gave his career a great boost. During his recording career, Chef released a total of 12 albums and 18 singles, 2 eight tracks, 4 cassettes and 2 CD's. Over the years Chef went on to do jamborees and appeared on numerous radio shows in Canada and also the famous WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows such as The Mainstreet Jamboree in Hamilton and the CBC's Country Hoedown. He frequently toured throughout Northern Ontario and Quebec as well as across Canada and the U.S.. He worked with many of the great country artists like Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Hank Snow, Stonewall Jackson, Marty Robins, Jime Reeves, Webb Pierce, George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, Glen Campbell, Patsy Cline and Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper. He also toured with Canadian fiddle legends King Ganam and Ned Landry. As touring wasn't enough, Chef also found time to run Toronto's first "after hours" club (with Johnny Elach), called "Club Gold Guitar" co-owned a record store and a booking agency called Chef Adams Enterprises. However, his favourite project was the Chef Adams Golf Tournament which he staged annually for 20 years to bring together fellow performers for fun and socializing. To this day he has many fond memories of the tournament and the good times enjoyed with fellow artists. Chef retired from touring in 1986. Today he makes appearances at benefits, fiddle clubs and guitar clubs and the occasional jamboree. He was a founding member of the Classic Country Music Reunion organization and has taken and active role in its affairs. He feels it could accomplish what he set out to do with his golf tournaments and that is to bring country entertainers together annually to renew old friendships. Chef still finds time to do small tours and shows and he also produces records for country artists. |
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watering corral at the Classic Country Music Reunion. This years CCMR will be held in Trenton August 4th, 5th & 6th. |
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| Chef currently lives in Lindsay and has begun a new venture promoting fresh up and coming talent. Although the show has mainly been seen monthly at the Legion Hall in Newmarket, Chef has recently started shows at the Academy Theatre in Lindsay with great success. The variety show he designed travels around Ontario and Chef selects from a list of 72 performers for each show. Some of the performers seen on this show are Lorne Hachey (a stand-up comic), Ed Juphy (an old time fiddler), and a 11 year old singer named Kimberly Newton, Donnie Anderson, Sherry Black, Al Avery, George Grey, Blair Ravenhill, Gisele Marie, Tom & Vicky White, just to name a few. Chef M.C.'s the show and performs his traditional country music to entertain the fans. |
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