Ronald Sheldon Seguin

It’s with a sad heart to let our music community know that renowned bassist RON SEGUIN has passed away in Italy. Ron grew up in our area and was part of our music history. He moved to Montreal in the 80’s and became a very in-demand jazz player. He moved on to Italy later in life where he continued his successful career. Ron will be missed by so many. 

Peter Beaudoin

“I forget if I ever told you about this once in a lifetime gig so here goes. Probably mid 70’s – Winter storm in Canada and we get a call from a booking agent to go and play a weekend gig up in North Bay which is supposed to be a trio blues rock gig.

“Our guitarist was ill so we needed to find a guitarist who sang real quick. We had put an add in the newspaper. Within a few hours the next day this guy calls us and says he’s available. Having to leave early that day for the long drive, we accepted his offer without knowing anything about it his abilities.

“We go pick him up and he pretty well remains silent for whole drive. The dude is 5 feet tall wearing a Walmart wig. After hours of driving through a snow blizzard we finally arrive and set up our gear.

“At 10pm we get up on stage to start playing and I ask him what he’d like to play. He says: let’s play “Roll out the barrel”. This guy had no clue what a blues rock band sounded like.

“Needless to say we got fired after the first set and had to drive all the way back plus not getting paid.

“Even after all these years this event still pops up in my head as if it was yesterday.”

Source: eNews Harp, September 2025