((Music)) by The Lucky Ones: playing tribute to the 98 Hotel

((Music)) by The Lucky Ones: playing tribute to the 98 Hotel

February 18, 2026 · 23 min · Season 13 · Episode 2

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Musician Ryan West shares his journey and connection to the Yukon and the 98 Hotel through music.

Send us Fan Mail "It was supposed to be a two-week workin' vacation," says musician Ryan West of his first trip to the Yukon." That was 2009. It's 2026 now, so it's been a long two weeks." One of the reasons Ryan stayed was the community—musical and otherwise—that he discovered at Whitehorse's iconic 98 Hotel. Every third Thursday of the month, he and his band The Lucky Ones now grace its cozy stage, doin' their best to fill "an unfillable fiddle-shaped hole" left by the legendary Joe L...

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