LaBarge began studying guitar at age 11, shortly after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964. He has been playing professionally since 1967. He was the frontman and/or guitarist for many popular bands in Ontario, (Bond, Rain, Sweet Blindness, Zwol, Stem, Stingaree, George Olliver). He was nominated for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the 1984 Juno Awards for his album entitled Barging In (Sony). That album is available in Europe on Long Island Records, and digitally. LaBarge has released records on Warner Bros., Sony, BMG, and various independent labels, and performed on tour and recordings with The Irish Rovers, Kim Mitchell, Ian Tyson, Frank Biner of Tower of Power, Long John Baldry, Doug Riley, Dione Taylor, George Canyon, Cassandra Vasik, Joel Feeney, David Clayton-Thomas, Rhinoceros (band) and others. He has composed and/or performed on many North American and worldwide jingles, i.e., Coke, Pepsi, GM, Ford, and Nissan (his singing can be heard on the