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===1970s=== When the family moved back to Toronto, Linden became interested in performers such as [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Mississippi Fred McDowell]] and [[Howlin' Wolf]]. When Howlin' Wolf played at Toronto's Colonial Tavern, the then-11-year-old Linden spent three hours talking with the elder bluesman.<ref name="hometwo" /> He began performing at a local coffee house, the Fiddler's Green Coffee House, singing and strumming a guitar alongside his two older brothers Jay and Harley. By 1973, Linden began learning how to fingerpick. When Linden met [[David Wilcox (Canadian musician)|David Wilcox]], Linden decided to learn how to play [[slide guitar]]. Wilcox gave 140 blues albums to young Linden, to help Linden to learn about blues styles.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Paul Mills, the producer of [[Sylvia Tyson]]'s ''Touch the Earth'' show, at the [[Winnipeg Folk Festival]] and an outlet on [[CBC Radio One|CBC Radio]] for acoustic roots music, booked Linden in 1975 .<ref name="hometwo" /> At the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Colin met [[Mississippi]] bluesman [[Sam Chatmon]], and later that year made a pilgrimage to the U.S. to meet South Detroit's [[Sippie Wallace]]. North Carolina's [[Peg Leg Sam]], and Mississippi's [[Son House]].{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} In 1976 Wilcox had asked Linden to join his band, the Teddy Bears, which meant that Linden had to learn to play the electric guitar. In 1977, he played solo gigs and did his first western Canadian tour, which was booked by [[Holger Petersen (Canadian businessman)|Holger Petersen]]. In Edmonton, he met then 13-year-old [[Colin James]], also a budding blues performer. In the late 1970s, Linden formed his own group, the Group du Jour, which played a mix of covers and a few Linden originals, and a group called the Lucky Charms, which was featured on his first album "Colin Linden Live!!!!!" (1980) .{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} In 1979, Linden recorded the Sam Chatmon album, βSam Chatmon & His BBQ Boys" (Flying Fish Records}. <ref name="hometwo" />
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