Moe Berg (musician)

Moe Berg
Born	March 1959 (age 52) Edmonton, Alberta
Genres	Rock
Occupations	musician, record producer, writer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	The Modern Minds, Facecrime, The Pursuit of Happiness

Moe Berg (born 1959 at Edmonton, Alberta)^[1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer for the rock group The Pursuit of Happiness.

Biography

Before forming The Pursuit of Happiness, Berg was in the Edmonton bands Troc '59, The News, Modern Minds and Facecrime.

After working with The Pursuit of Happiness for ten years, Berg released his first solo album, Summer's Over, in 1997. He has also produced a number of records for other artists. He currently plays rhythm in the 1980s cover band, "Monteforte".

Berg has been published as a writer, releasing his first book, a short story collection called The Green Room, in 2000 (Gutter Press, ISBN 189635632X). He has also written book reviews for Amazon.ca, the Edmonton Journal, The Globe and Mail, among articles for other publications.

He currently works mainly as a record producer for young bands such as The Cliks.

In 2009, Moe began co-hosting a television show, Master Tracks, on Aux. The show is a documentary look at the recording process of emerging bands attempting to record a song in one day in a professional recording studio. The show's first season is currently airing on aux and is in post production for its second season.

Moe Berg is also the cousin of Edmonton radio icon Rob Berg who hosts his own radio show on an Edmonton classic rock station K97.

Articles

• Berg, Moe (7 November 2004). "Words of wisdom from a grizzled rocker". Edmonton Journal. p. D12.  Book review of For Those About To Rock by Dave Bidini
• Berg, Moe (17 March 2001). "Poetically hip". The Globe and Mail. p. D2.  Book review of Coke Machine Glow by Gordon Downie

References

1. ^ Flynn, Andrew (13 November 2000). "From power pop to the short story: Moe Berg pursues new happiness in book of prose". Edmonton Journal. p. B5. 

External links

• Moe Berg on Myspace
• Maple Music: Moe Berg/TPOH bio
• Jam!: The Pursuit of Happiness
• The Ruckus - Audio Interview with Moe Berg from July 2009

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