Jack Semple

Jack Semple is a Canadian blues singer and guitarist from Regina, Saskatchewan who has become a national treasure in Canadian blues and roots music. He grew up on a farm north of Regina, where he learned to play guitar and earned money as a teenager giving guitar lessons. Semple started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands, learning from his brothers before progressing to formal lessons, studying classical and flamenco guitar. He moved to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns, a funk and rhythm and blues band, but left after about two years and returned to Regina to pursue a solo career and spend more time with his family. In 1992, Semple came to national prominence through winning the MuchMusic 'Guitar Wars' contest as the national winner out of 1500 players. 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. He has been twice nominated, in 1999 and 2000, for a Gemini Award for his soundtrack work on the television series Incredible Story Studio. Jack Semple is a Juno Award Winner, Western Canadian Music Award Winner, Gemini Award Nominee, and in 2016 was presented with an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by the University of Regina, recognizing his immense contribution to Canadian music.

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