Handsome Ned

Named after Batman's sidekick by his older brother, Robin Masyk (aka Handsome Ned) was born on June 4, 1957. After a childhood spent on Canadian Air Force bases in Europe and an adolescence spent hitchhiking across the U.S. and Canada, Robin Masyk made his way to Toronto in 1976. Along with some friends, Masyk and his brother started a rockabilly band that came to be known as the Sidewinders. In 1981, Handsome Ned adopted the stage name Ned Lee for his first solo show. He later changed it to Handsome Ned because it was, in his words, a "cornball country moniker." A mainstay of...