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Versatile guitarist: Rik Emmett and Triumph delivered a show to a crowd of 15,000 fans Friday at Maple Leaf Gardens, complete with lasertronics and plenty of state-of-the-art hardware
Versatile guitarist: Rik Emmett and Triumph delivered a show to a crowd of 15,000 fans Friday at Maple Leaf Gardens, complete with lasertronics and plenty of state-of-the-art hardware

Versatile guitarist: Rik Emmett and Triumph delivered a show to a crowd of 15,000 fans Friday at Maple Leaf Gardens, complete with lasertronics and plenty of state-of-the-art hardware

Date1/10/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Versatile guitarist: Rik Emmett and Triumph delivered a show to a crowd of 15;000 fans Friday at Maple Leaf Gardens; complete with lasertronics and plenty of state-of-the-art hardware.
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Rock trio Triumph, Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore are set to perform at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight
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