Hemingway Corner was a Canadian-American folk pop group, active in the 1990s.

Biography

The group was formed in 1992 by two established singer-songwriters, David Martin and Johnny Douglas. Martin, from Atlanta, Georgia, was a musician and songwriter who lived in Nashville before moving to Los Angeles. Douglas, from Toronto, was working as a session songwriter in Nashville. The two met while writing songs for Sony Music and released their self-titled debut album in 1993. They had hits on the Canadian pop charts with "Man on a Mission" and "Love, Love, Love", and received a Juno Award nomination for "Best New Group" in 1996. Choosing to return to his independent songwriting work, Douglas left the band the following year and would start another band called Beat Prophets.

While working on a Neil Young tribute album, Borrowed Tunes, the Skydiggers introduced Martin to Scott Dibble (from the Toronto band Watertown) and Mark Sterling from Edmonton. They would record their own cover song on the tribute album, "Tell Me Why" as a newly revamped Hemingway Corner. With some material already written by Dibble and Sterling, the band released a follow-up album, Under the Big Sky in 1995. Three more singles hit the charts including "Big Sky", "Tell Me Why" and "Watch Over You" (featured on an episode of Party of Five), before the band dissolved in late 1996.

Martin is still an active songwriter, having penned tunes for Edwin the ex-lead singer for I Mother Earth, including co-writing the hit "Alive" from Edwin's debut Another Spin Around the Sun and playing on the follow-up album Edwin & the Pressure, and writing for country singer Tara Lyn Hart.

Mark Sterling has released two solo albums, including a self-titled debut and follow-up called The Well, and worked with young country singer Adam Gregory for his debut album The Way I'm Made.

Discography

Albums

• ''Hemingway Corner (self-titled) - 1993
• Under the Big Sky - 1995

Singles

• "Man on a Mission" - 1993
• "Love, Love, Love" - 1993
• "So Long J.F.K." - 1993
• "Big Sky" - 1995
• "Tell Me Why" - 1995
• "Watch Over You" - 1995

References

• Jackson, Rick. Encyclopedia of Canadian rock, pop and folk (1994). pg. 135-136. Quarry Press
• Mark Sterling's debut - See Magazine, 1997 article
• Martin & Sterling songwriting activity - See Magazine, 1999 article

External links

• Hemingway Corner - JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia entry
• Scott Dibble - JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia bio
• Mark Sterling - Alberta Scene bio