I heard about these guys through a friend because they're pretty local. Swift Olliver is an independent northern-rock band managed by musicians and volunteers. They try to use their music to help other people and make the world a better place. "The Swift Olliver family believes strongly that good music is an art form - created with passion and without compromise. For that reason, every Swift Olliver song is written with a purpose, and played just how Swift Ollie intends it!" That's a quote from their website. The site also lists all the group's recent accomplishments. That list includes creating, organizing and facilitating Swift Olliver's Concert for the Cure' which sold out and raised over $62,500 for The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation at Canada Olympic Park in October 2014. For those of you who don't know, the Olympic Park is the won here in Calgary. They also donated most of their winnings from the Cowboy's Calgary Star competition to the Click for the Cure campaign, and helped organize and facilitate a sold-out, entirely flown-in concert in Norman Wells, NWT, with all proceeds donated to local search and rescue operations in September, 2014. They were chosen to record and perform the Calgary Stampede Anthem at last year's stampede, and have opened for Sheepdogs, Chilliwack, Dean Brody, The Dudes, and Colin James to name a few. They actively support a variety of local charities and community focused projects in Calgary, including Relay for Life, The Alberta Cancer Foundation, and the Matt Cook Foundation for Rare Cancers. This year they have been doing very well for themselves as far as exposure goes and I can't help but root for them. So check these guys out and I'll see you tomorrow.
Peace.
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