Item description for Powder Blues Band Pinback Button 1981 Vintage

The Powder Blues Band was founded in 1978 as a house band in the Gastown district of Vancouver, British Columbia. The band was founded by brothers Tom Lavin (guitar, vocals) and Jack Lavin (bass, vocals) and Willie MacCalder (keyboards, vocals). After playing in local clubs for 18 months, the band released their self-financed and self-produced debut album, Uncut, in 1980, followed by a tour of Canada and the US. The band won the Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year" in 1981. Uncut went double platinum in Canada in 1982, selling over 200,000 copies. Their second album, Thirsty Ears, was released in 1981 and was certified platinum in Canada. In 1986, the band won the American W.C. Handy Award for "Foreign Band of the Year". The band's greatest hits album First Decade was released in 1990 and was certified gold.