Interview with Ray St. Germain

Ray St. Germain started playing music and singing while growing up in St. Vital, a suburb in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Eventually, he began performing all over Canada when he was still a teenager, earning the nickname "Winnipeg's Elvis". He went on to share the stage with such greats as Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, and Johnny Horton. In 1969, Ray was the host/singer of "Time for Livin''" a CBC TV show out of Toronto that led to the 1970 series "My Kind of Country", a CBC National Television show from Winnipeg, featuring many of the biggest names in country music. In 1978, Ray began producing his long-running TV series entitled "Ray St. Germain Country" (later known as "Big Sky Country") on CKND which that year won the Gold Medal at the Can-Pro Awards for Best New Variety Series. In recent years, Ray added author to his list of credits as he wrote his autobiography "I Wanted to Be Elvis, So What Was I Doing In Moose Jaw?". In a special induction ceremony on Friday, September 10th in Edmonton, the CCMA will induct Ray into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour. His latest CD is entitled "Life Ain't Hard" and this Canadian Country legend visits In The Country to share some music from it - and share stories from his remarkable music career.