{{short description|Canadian singer and guitarist}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jack Semple | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | birth_place = | origin = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Blues | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | website = {{URL|http://www.jacksemple.com/}} }}
'''Jack Semple''' is a Canadian blues singer and guitarist from Regina, Saskatchewan.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/memorial-cup-opening-ceremony-mosaic-stadium-1.4668472 "Humboldt Broncos honoured at opening ceremony for Memorial Cup "]. ''CBC News'', May 17, 2018</ref><ref>[https://globalnews.ca/video/5091497/singing-the-blues-saskatchewans-guitar-legend-jack-semple "Singing the Blues: Saskatchewan’s guitar legend Jack Semple"]. ''Global News'', March 24 2019</ref> Semple was the lead guitarist for The Lincolns for two years; he performs as a solo artist and with The Jack Semple Band, throughout Canada and in the United States.<ref name=scurfield>[https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/celebrities/dance-me-to-the-end-of-love----and-laughter-413558163.html "Dance me to the end of love -- and laughter"]. ''Winnipeg Free Press'', Maureen Scurfield, 02/13/2017</ref>
==Early life== Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, Saskatchewan. He learned to play guitar, and earned money as a teenager giving guitar lessons.
==Career== Semple started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands. He moved to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns, a funk and rhythm and blues band.<ref>[https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/semple-shares-love-of-music-in-vernon/ "Jack Semple channels B.B. King"]. ''Vernon Morning Star'', February 27, 2018 By Mike Ross</ref> He left the band after about two years and returned to Regina to pursue a solo career and to spend more time with his family. <ref>[https://www.ottawalife.com/article/jack-semples-life-as-a-guitarman?c=26 "Jack Semple's Life as a Guitarman"]. ''Ottawa Life'', Owen Maxwell, July 14, 2017</ref>
After his move back to Regina, Semple contributed to television and music scores and appeared in the title role of ''Guitarman'', a 1994 television movie. Semple also commenced a solo recording career that has resulted in the release of eight albums. In 1992, Semple won the Canada-wide MuchMusic "Guitar Wars" contest.
Semple was twice nominated, in 1999 and 2000, for a Gemini Award for his soundtrack work on the television series Incredible Story Studio.
In 2016 Semple was presented with an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by the University of Regina.<ref>[https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/two-brothers-two-honorary-degrees-the-semples-say-their-success-is-rooted-in-their-farm-upbringing "Two brothers, two honorary degrees: The Semples say their success is rooted in their farm upbringing"], Ashley Martin, ''Regina Leader-Post'', June 2, 2016</ref> That year he performed as part of the group True Jazz Pluckers, in concert with the Regina Symphony Orchestra.<ref>[https://leaderpost.com/entertainment/local-arts/the-true-jive-pluckers-delivered-energetic-and-entertaining-program "The True Jive Pluckers delivered energetic and entertaining program"]. ''Regina Leader-Post'', Gord Brock, April 17, 2016</ref>
Semple continues to perform with The Jack Semple Band, including a concert at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg in 2017.<ref name=scurfield />
==Discography== ===Solo/Jack Semple Band===
* 1991 ''Live from Formerly's'' * 1994 ''Sneakin' Suspicion'' * 1995 ''Grey and Yellow'' * 1997 ''Saskadelphia'' * 2001 ''Live at Kaos'' * 2004 ''Qu'appelle''<ref>Winner, Outstanding Instrumental Recording, Western Canadian Music Awards, 2005. See [http://www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca/2005_artistic List of Artistic Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards, 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503064649/http://www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca/2005_artistic |date=2009-05-03 }}; www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca.</ref> * 2006 ''Cool Yule'' * 2006 ''Tribute to Lightfoot'' * 2012 ''In The Blue Light'' * 2017 ''Live at Mount Baker Rhythm and Blues Festival''
===Compilation Inclusions===
* 1991 ''Saturday Night Blues'' (CBC) * 2006 ''Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years'' (CBC)
== References == <references/>
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.jacksemple.com/}}
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