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The Great Bloomers formed when childhood pals Lowell Sostomi and Nate Hindle, moved to Toronto and met Andrew Kekewich. The trio quickly formed a strong friendship based upon similar record collections— all three valued essential works from The Band, Fleetwood Mac, and Springsteen. Soon after the three began sharing a house, and started writing and recording music together. After playing its first show, the band realized that it wanted to be on the road—thriving on loud crowds and live rooms. The urgency to play as many live gigs as possible, coupled with Lowell's songwriting brilliance, put the band on the fast track. Within a few months the group added bassist Ty Rowles, who brought funk influences like Sly and the Family Stone—raising the energy level and reinventing the budding band. Within a couple more months, the band added drummer/pianist Shawn Dell, a classically trained pianist with a strong jazz background who had never played in a band before. The addition of a funk...