If he's not crooning a lounge version of Loverboy's Turn Me Loose or playing himself in a film about a Japanese kid in small-town Alberta who dreams of becoming a lounge singer, he's wrangling deals to sell his CDs in lingerie stores, helping out young bands or auctioning off sushi-making lessons for charity.
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And while the local musician acknowledges these greats as inspirations, Tamashiro says it was '80s rocker David Lee Roth who made the initial impact on him.
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• Revamping and moving
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• Slash, Rush & k.d. all hitting the road