Award re-named in honour of Kenny Shields

Guitarist Jeff Neil remembers seeing Kenny Shields for the first time at the Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon.
It was the mid 1970s and Neil was 18, travelling out west with his first band. They had a gig at the China Doll and Shields’ band Witness Inc. was at the Bess.
“When we got out here, especially in Saskatchewan we kept hearing about this guy Kenny Shields. He was already a legend in the ‘70s and the first time I saw him, he owned the room. He came out and he was spectacul