Around the same time as Ursula's demise, however, his brother Peter Cash also decided to leave his band, Skydiggers.
•
He grew up in Toronto, where he befriended future MP, Charlie Angus, and along with Angus founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger.
He was also a musician in the punk rock band L'Étranger with Andrew Cash (now the Member of Parliament for Davenport), and later in the more folk-oriented Grievous Angels.
Silva retained the seat in the 2006 election and was the only GTA Liberal MP to increase his voter margin but was defeated in the 2011 election, losing his seat to Andrew Cash.
The band was originally formed by singer Andy Maize and lead guitarist Josh Finlayson as a duo called West Montrose, and later added rhythm guitarist Peter Cash, drummer Wayne Stokes and bassist Ron Macey to their lineup after becoming regular performers at Acoustic Meltdown, a weekly concert series at Toronto's Spadina Hotel organized by Cash's brother, singer-songwriter Andrew Cash.
This led to college tours in the eastern US, but in May 1987 the midst of their popularity, Swinghammer and drummer Glenn Milchem left the band; Milchem joining Andrew Cash and then Blue Rodeo.
Johnny Cash | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Carnegie | Rosanne Cash | Andrew Johnson | Hurricane Andrew | Andrew Wyeth | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | Andrew Marvell | Andrew Sullivan | Andrew | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | Andrew Lang | Andrew Loog Oldham | Andrew Davies | Andrew Cuomo | Saint Andrew | June Carter Cash | Andrew Rosindell | Andrew Motion | Andrew Weil | Andrew Stevens | Andrew Hill | Andrew Young | Andrew Lincoln | Andrew Kötting | Andrew Hamilton | Andrew Davies (writer) | Andrew W.K. |
The bands have had a long and extensive shared history — Peter Cash is a former member of Skydiggers, and Andrew Cash was a frequent collaborator with the band in their early years of performing.
In 2013, the band released No. 1 Northern, an album of cover versions of songs by Canadian songwriters, including Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Ron Sexsmith, Gene MacLellan, Linda McRae, Charlie Angus and Andrew Cash.