Arielle Godbout\nJim Kale, original bassist for The Guess Who, displays his gold record for Shakin\u2019 All Over \u2014 one of many awards he\u2019s donated to the St. Vital Museum. Kale grew up on Clonard Avenue, just a few blocks from the museum\u2019s location on St. Mary\u2019s Road.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\nKale, who grew up on Clonard Avenue in St. Vital and attended Glenlawn Collegiate, said his reasons for donating the awards were simple.<\/p>\n
\n“I am not into self-aggrandizement,” said Kale, who now lives in Norwood Flats. “I don’t require these things in my home to look at them and say, ‘Oh boy, look what I did’.”<\/p>\n
\nIt’s not that Kale isn’t pleased with what the band accomplished. He said reaching that 50,000 sales mark was “monumental.”<\/p>\n
\nBut the hardware itself isn’t all that meaningful, he insisted.<\/p>\n
\n “It’s not about trophies for me . . . It’s about doing. I live on that goddamn stage,” he explained, adding that his definition of success is being employed and touring with the current incarnation of The Guess Who.<\/p>\n
\nKale said he eventually decided the awards would serve a better purpose in the museum.<\/p>\n
\n“I thought that it would matter to somebody else. Some young guy might come in here one day and look at (the awards) and say, ‘Hey, I can do that’.”<\/p>\n
\nLuckily for Kale, museum president Bob Holliday — an old friend of Kale’s — was eager to take the memorabilia off his hands.<\/p>\n
\nIt came at a perfect time, Holliday added, since the museum was starting to focus on the music talent that has come from the area — including Guess Who alumni Bill Wallace and Donnie McDougall, country crooner Ray St. Germain, and acclaimed classical cellist Lorne Munroe.<\/p>\n
\n“When we wanted to acknowledge St. Vital’s rich music history, it was obvious,” said Holliday. “(Kale) wouldn’t admit it, but he’s St. Vital history.”<\/p>\n
\nHolliday added it’s an important acquisition for the museum, because he believes many Winnipeggers — even residents of the area — may not be aware of Kale’s St. Vital roots.<\/p>\n
\n“We’re just making St. Vital aware of who came from here,” Holliday said.<\/p>\n
\nBut Kale insists he doesn’t want his donated awards to be a shrine to his achievements, but instead motivation for some budding young musician.<\/p>\n
\n“I’m not looking to have some longevity after my death,” he said. “If (the awards) can inspire someone else, then great.”<\/p>\n
\nThe Guess Who exhibit will officially be unveiled at the museum’s pancake breakfast on June 26.<\/p>\n
arielle.godbout@canstarnews.com<\/p>
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