{"id":15155,"date":"2025-02-05T03:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/vancouver-musician-gets-creative-to-highlight-chinatowns-history-bc\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T03:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:43:18","slug":"vancouver-musician-gets-creative-to-highlight-chinatowns-history-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/vancouver-musician-gets-creative-to-highlight-chinatowns-history-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver musician gets creative to highlight Chinatown\u2019s history &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>They may have just created their own genre of music altogether.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do China trucker funk, and that\u2019s my thing right? It\u2019s a big rig rolling down a dusty highway carrying a cargo full of silk,\u201d said musician Shon Wong.<\/p>\n<p>With his band Son of James, Wong\u2019s Chinatown Nights series has been showcasing a mix of younger acts alongside Vancouver legends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10994555_67a2de577d870\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10994555\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10994555\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10994555_67a2de577d870\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'This is BC: Squamish artist\u2019s work featured globally'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4ijr30mzvo-my0rpu033r\/6P_TIBC_MICHAEL_BINKLEY_WEB.png?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4ijr30mzvo-my0rpu033r\/6P_TIBC_MICHAEL_BINKLEY_WEB.png?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4ijr30mzvo-my0rpu033r\/6P_TIBC_MICHAEL_BINKLEY_WEB.png?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4ijr30mzvo-my0rpu033r\/6P_TIBC_MICHAEL_BINKLEY_WEB.png?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:48<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">This is BC: Squamish artist\u2019s work featured globally<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI want to bring a bit of history into it with Henry Young who was a staple here in Chinatown,\u201d said Wong. \u201cPlayed all up and down the streets, Marco Polo, Smilin\u2019 Budha.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wong\u2019s roots run deep in the community. His grandfather and father ran a shop on Pender Street<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey started a watch-making business in this very building right here, at the Sam Kee building,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n<p>He grew up hearing stories from their days at family dinners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went to a lot of them, and it\u2019s a big part of my DNA as a Chinese kid,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s birthday, your cousins, your mom, your dad, your grandfather. So I was probably in one of these restaurants twice, maybe three times a month.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10990457_67a2de577f47d\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10990457\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10990457\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10990457_67a2de577f47d\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'This is BC: Mountain bike star credits Sechelt roots'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/7aobd7kzdj-dqe1chcdag\/TIBC_GRACEY_HEMSTREET_MTB.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/7aobd7kzdj-dqe1chcdag\/TIBC_GRACEY_HEMSTREET_MTB.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/7aobd7kzdj-dqe1chcdag\/TIBC_GRACEY_HEMSTREET_MTB.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/7aobd7kzdj-dqe1chcdag\/TIBC_GRACEY_HEMSTREET_MTB.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:47<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">This is BC: Mountain bike star credits Sechelt roots<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11001184\/donald-trump-jr-italy-accused-hunting-killing-rare-duck\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/donald-trump-jr-italy-hunting.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Donald Trump Jr. accused of killing rare, protected bird on trip to Italy\" data-title=\"\">Donald Trump Jr. accused of killing rare, protected bird on trip to Italy<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11001215\/sweden-school-shooting-orebro\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sweden-shooting.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Sweden shooting leaves 10, including gunman, dead at education centre\" data-title=\"\">Sweden shooting leaves 10, including gunman, dead at education centre<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Family, food, and music, a combination which has led to his latest production: a murder mystery series with the latest set in 1950s Chinatown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to make something a little more, you know not \u201cR\u201d rated, but just a little something for the adults,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving his own creative stamp with new shows that serve as a little tribute to the past and all those great Chinatown nights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to keep going man, this is my thing, this is how I breathe,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is in my bones. I\u2019ve got no choice. It\u2019s what I love and I\u2019m going to keep doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11003000\/vancouver-musician-gets-creative-to-highlight-chinatowns-history\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They may have just created their own genre of music altogether. \u201cWe do China trucker funk, and that\u2019s my thing right? It\u2019s a big rig rolling down a dusty highway carrying a cargo full of silk,\u201d said musician Shon Wong. 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