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Written by: Cody Denning  

oronto-born roots rocker Jeremie Albino grew up in Scarborough to a Filipino father and Québécois mother. He discovered blues at seven when his dad handed him B.B. King and John Lee Hooker compilations. By fourteen he was teaching himself guitar through YouTube videos of Skip James, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, and Mississippi Fred McDowell.

He started busking on Toronto’s waterfront boardwalk and downtown corners. Most days nobody stopped, but the few who did listened. Filled with excitement they told him it sounded great! That was enough to hook him on performing. In his late teens he moved to Prince Edward County, where he spent nearly a decade working farms, most notably at Vicki’s Veggies. Farming was his first real passion, but music stayed his winter obsession. He’d return to Toronto each off-season, playing every small room that would have him.

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