Langley musician Gino Gerussi has a brief encounter with a no-nonsense construction foreman at the beginning of his music video.

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Gino goes back to shovelling gravel.

Cue the music.

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It ends with a hint that it may have all been a dream, when the dozing Gerussi is jolted awake by the foreman who warns him about sleeping on the job and tells him to get back to work.

The music video has generated thousands of hits on social media as 乌鸦传媒淐onstruction Guy Can Actually Sing乌鸦传媒� since it was first posted.

And yes, Gerussi is an actual construction worker, and those are his foreman and co-workers.

It is his real voice, and he co-wrote the song with jazz legend Miles Black.

Gerussi, a single dad who lives in Brookswood, wasn乌鸦传媒檛 getting much work as a musician during the pandemic, so he returned to construction, something he did as a day job in his 20s, to help pay the bills.

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He ended up working for Jacob Bros. Construction, at their job site at Coquitlam city hall.

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With the video乌鸦传媒檚 success, Gerussi has been getting all kinds of welcome attention, with media outlets on both sides of the border reaching out to tell his story. His songs are moving up the charts once again.

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What was a detour may have turned out to be a boost for his career, and he is delighted and grateful.

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His website, notes that Gerussi has been immersed in music for nearly four decades.

He started playing drums when he was five, and started taking opera lessons at 12.

His uncle was iconic actor Bruno Gerussi, who starred in the CBC-TV series The Beachcombers, the longest-running dramatic series ever made for Canadian television.