First Hour

1.   Don Messer & His Islanders: Sugar Tree Stomp (Graham Townsend) (circa 1973) *
2.   Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks: Tinker Polka (unknown) 1966
3.   File: T’en As Eu T’en Auras Plus (trad) 1987
4.   Brave Combo: Money Can’t Buy Everything Polka (Gomulka / Pulaski) 1988
5.   Los Tres Josefinos: Lindo Sarapiqui (Ricardo Mora)
6.   Cumbres del Peru: Cantares Cuzquenos (trad) 1964
7.   Atahualpa Yupanqui: Siete de Abril (Andrés Chazarreta)
8.   Flaco Jimenez: Hasta La Vista (Walleborn / Lengstrand / Seaco) 1983
9.   Stephen Cheng: Ten Cups of Wine (Trad) 1964
10. Russ Gurr: Hogs Are Beautiful (Russ Gurr) 1976 *
11. Earl Heywood: Living In The Army (Earl Heywood) 1959 *
12. Harry Rusk: Diggin’ For Gold (Harry Rusk / Ed Stevens) 1970 *
13. Sundown Jim And His Willoughby Ramblers: Helena Polka (Trad) *
14. Cornelia & Billy: Cape Breton Miner Man (Leon Dubinski) 1980 *
15. Charlie MacKinnon: Black Around Their Eyes 1964 *
16. Dale Bradley: I Lobster But Never Flounder (Bobby-Sparky Braddock) 1984 *
17. Bobby Darin: Milord (Monnot / Moustaki) 1964

CanCon = 47%

Hour Two

1.   Howard Cable & Highway Eleven: After Ski Stomp (Steve Mitchell) 1970 *
2.   The Who: Run Run Run (Pete Townsend) 1966
3.   Fleetwood Mac: My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Jeremy Spencer) 1967
4.   The Five Sounds: Peanut Butter (Bill Barnum / Martin Cooper / Cliff Goldsmith / Fred Smith) 1965 *
5.   The Honeycombs: Please Don’t Pretend Again (Meek / Lawrence) 1964
6.   The Beatles: What’s The New Maryjane (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 1969
7.   Les Dabsters: J'En ai assez 1966 *
8.   Jefferson Airplane: Blues From An Airplane (Marty Balin / Skip Spence) 1966
9.   The Fall: Rebellious Jukebox (Mark Smith / Martin Bramah) 1979
10. Mahogany Rush: It’s Begun To Rain (Frank Marino) 1976 *
11. Robbie Robertson: American Roulette (Robbie Robertson) 1987 *
12. The Kinks: Groovy Movies (Ray Davies) 1969
13. Mashmakhan: Gladwin (P Senecal / R Blake) 1970 *

CanCon = 46%

Total CanCon = 47%

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And Now For The Particulars:

Hour One

1.   Don Messer & His Islanders: Sugar Tree Stomp (Graham Townsend)
40 Years With Don Messer And His Islanders: MCA Records – MCA 7018
Saint John NB
Don Messer – fiddle
Rae Simmons – clarinet
Cec MacEchern – guitar
Warren McRae – drums
Duke Neilson – bass
Waldo Munro – piano
Produced circa 1973

Donald Charles Frederick "Don" Messer (May 9, 1909, Tweedside NB – March 26, 1973, Halifax)

2.   Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks: Tinker Polka (unknown)
Polka Time: Harmony Records – HS 11189
South Euclid, OH
Produced – 1966

Frank John "Frankie" Yankovic
(July 28, 1915 in Davis, West Virginia – October 14, 1998 in New Port Richey, Florida)
Known as “America’s Polka King”, released over 200 recordings in his career.
Played with Myron Floren, Johnny Pecon, Joey Miskulin
hosted the television series Polka Time for Buffalo, New York-based WKBW-TV for 26 weeks in 1962
earned two platinum singles for "Just Because" (1947) and "Blue Skirt Waltz" (1949).

3.   Filé : T’en As Eu T’en Auras Plus (trad)
Cajun Dance Band: Flying Fish Records 418
Louisiana US
Ward Lormand, accordion
Faren Serrette, fiddle
Darren Wallace, fiddle, guitar
Kevin Shearin, bass
Peter Stevens, drums
Produced by File with Bruce Kaplan – 1987
Recorded by Eugene Foster at Studio in the Country, Bogalusa, Lousiana

founded in 1983. The group is named after filé powder, a spice used in cajun food.

4.   Brave Combo: Money Can’t Buy Everything Polka (Gomulka / Pulaski)
Humansville: Rounder Records - 9019
Texas
Carl Finch, accordion, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Jeffrey Barnes, tenor sax, clarinet, keys, percussion
Bubba Hernandez, bass, tuba
Mitch Marine, drums
Produced by Brave Combo - 1988
Recorded by Martin Walters at Heads Up Studio, Roanoke TX
http://www.brave.com

1979–present
They won a Grammy Award in 1999 in the Best Polka Album category for their album Polkasonic, and again in 2004 for their album Let's Kiss

5.   Los Tres Josefinos: Lindo Sarapiqui (Ricardo Mora)
45 Single bw Cruel Separacion: Indica – IN 1025
San Jose, Costa Rica
Asdrubal Zamora: marracas
Franco Fonseca: drum
Montanari Hector Lalo: guitar
Producer unknown
http://triolosjosefinos.galeon.com

1960 – present
Ricardo Mora, a famed Costa Rican composer

6.   Cumbres del Peru: Cantares Cusqueños (trad)
45 Single bw Cholito Cordillerano: Odeon – HEMP-4370
Peru
Producer unknown – 1964

7.   Atahualpa Yupanqui: Siete de Abril (Andrés Chazarreta)
EP: Volumen No 17 – DTOA/E-2084
Pergamino , Argentina
Atahualpa Yupanqui: guitar
Producer unknown

Héctor Roberto Chavero Aramburu
b. 31 January 1908 Pergamino  Argentina  – d. 23 May 1992 Nîmes, France
Took the name of two Inca kings and was considered to be Arg’s formost folk singer of his day
Got political and joined the Communist Party of Argentina in 1931
During the Juan Peron dictatorship, he was jailed several times

8.   Flaco Jimenez: Hasta La Vista (Walleborn / Lengstrand / Seaco)
Viva Seguin - Red Hot Texas-Mexican Dance Music: Rogue Records - FMSL 2003
San Antonio, Texas
Produced by Salome Gutierrez – 1983

born March 11, 1939

9.   Stephen Cheng: Ten Cups of Wine (Trad)
Flower Drum & Other Chinese Folk Songs: Monitor Records MFS 420
New York City
Stephen Cheng: vocal
Tsuan-Nien Chang: flutes, sheng
YiHan Kao: erhu
Josephine Chang: buggerfly harp
Thomas K Y Ai: bell, drum, cymbals, gong, block
Produced 1964
Recorded at Asia House, NYC, March 8, 1964

Originally presented by Society for Asian Music at Asia House, NYC, it was the first Chinese folk music concert ever presented to the public in the USA. Stephen Cheng was a graduate of Columbia University. Was grandson of the first Chinese Consul-General to the US in Hawaii

10. Russ Gurr: Hogs Are Beautiful (Russ Gurr)
Hogs Are Beautiful: London Records – NAS 13532
Brandon MB
Russ Gurr: guitar, vocal
Produced by David Shaw – 1976
Recorded by John Smith & Rick Inglis at Century 21 Studios, Winnipeg MB

December 23, 1918 - November 8, 2011 – age 92

11. Earl Heywood: Living In The Army (Earl Heywood) 1959 *
Earl Heywood And Family: Rodeo International – RLP-92
Wingham, ON
Earl Heywood: guitar, harmonica, vocal
Martha Heywood: organ, vocal
Produced circa 1959

Earl Heywood (1917 Exeter ON – 2006 Wingham ON)
army during World War II, and came of notice in 1941 by singing his self-penned, ‘Living in the Army’ for the theme song of a radio show on CFCO in Chatham, Ontario
Joined the CKNX Barndance in 1942
began recording for RCA Victor in 1949 with his, ‘Serenade Ranch Gang

12. Harry Rusk: Diggin’ For Gold (Harry Rusk / Ed Stevens)
Canadian Country Hits: Dominion Records – LPS 48503
Fort Nelson BC
Produced by Harry Rusk – circa 1968

honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Traditional Country Music Association (NTCMA) in LeMars, Iowa
member of the Slavey  First Nation from Kentah BC
Hospitalized for TB when he was young, he met Hank Snow who was touring the hospital and was inspired to be a country singer
There are two books about Rusk, one of them called ‘Beyond the Bend of the River’ which is also a 1986 movie about Rusk’s life.

13. Sundown Jim & His Willoughby Ramblers: Helena Polka (Trad)
Boil The Cabbage Down: Willoughby Records – wl-0025
Niagara Falls ON
Accordion – Leo Daudlin
Drums – John Zaterski
Fiddle – Lee Clattenburg
Lead Guitar – Roland Daudlin
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Leader – Sundown Jim (Gordon Zacharchuk)
Producer – M. Addario circa 197?

14. Cornelia & Billy: Cape Breton Miner Man (Leon Dubinski)
Here’s To John-Willie: Great Eastern Production Co – SR 52
Port Hawkesbury NS
Billy MacLeod: vocals, bass
Cornelia MacLeod: harmony vocals, piano
Ron Doug Parks: drums, bg vocals
Dennis Boudreau: guitars, banjo
Dave MacIsaac: fiddle, dobro, mandolin
Berkley Lamey: harp
Produced by Ron Doug Parks and Cornelia & Billy – 1980

Billy MacLeod d. Dec 27, 2009 Fort McMurray AB age 57
Cornelia (Boucher) MacLeod met Billy MacLeod in high school

15. Charlie MacKinnon: Black Around Their Eyes
Songs of My Cape Breton Home: Arc Records – 547
Little Bras D'Or, Cape Breton Island, NS
Charlie MacKinnon: guitar, vocal
Producer Unlisted: 1964

16. Dale Bradley: I Lobster But Never Flounder (Bobby-Sparky Braddock) 1984 *
45 Single bw Toast To An Island: BelAir Records – BA 214
Brampton ON
Produced by Bob Cousins - 1984

17. Bobby Darin: Milord (Monnot / Moustaki) 1964
45 Single b/w Golden Earings: Atco Records 6297
New York City
Bobby Darin, vocals
Neil Sedaka, piano;
other details unknown
Produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler - 1964
Recorded by Tom Dowd at Atlantic Studio, New York City March 5, 1964

Originally by Edith Piaf - 1959
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 December 20, 1973)
In 1990, singer Paul Anka made the speech inducting Darin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Hour Two

1.   Howard Cable & Highway Eleven: After Ski Stomp (Steve Mitchell)
Summus Records: SR-2501*
Toronto ON
Produced by Roy Smith for Canadian Music Sales – 1970

Howard Reid Cable (December 15, 1920 – March 30, 2016)
Cable composed and arranged the original theme for the Hockey Night in Canada television broadcast, The Saturday Game which opened the broadcast from 1952 until 1968. His arrangement of Dolores Claman's "The Hockey Theme", which replaced his own composition in 1968, is the standard version, has been called "Canada's Second National Anthem"
He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General in 1999.

2.   The Who: Run Run Run (Pete Townsend)
A Quick One / The Who Sell Out: Decca MCA2-4067
London UK
Roger Daltrey Vocals
John Entwistle Bass
Keith Moon Drums
Pete Townshend Guitar
Produced by Kit Lambert 1966

3.   Fleetwood Mac: My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Jeremy Spencer) 1967
Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac: Epic / Blue Horizon BN 26402
London UK
Peter Green, guitar
Jeremy Spencer, slide guitar, vocal
John McVie, bass
Mick Fleetwood, drums
Produced by Mike Vernon 1968
Recorded at CBS Studios, London, November / December 1967

4.   The Five Sounds: Peanut Butter (Bill Barnum / Martin Cooper / Cliff Goldsmith / Fred Smith)
45 single: Epic Records -  10016
Halifax, NS
Doug Billard
Jack Lilly
?
Produced – 1965

5.   The Honeycombs: Please Don’t Pretend Again (Meek / Lawrence)
45 single bw Have I The Right: Pye Records – 749
London UK
Denis D'Ell (born Denis James Dalziel, 10 October 1943, Whitechapel, East London; died of cancer 6 July 2005) –Lead singer and harmonica
Martin Murray: Rhythm guitar.
Alan Ward: Lead guitar
John Lantree: Bass guitar
Honey Lantree (Ann Margot Lantree) – Drums
Produced by Joe Meek – 1964
Recorded at 304 Holloway Road, Islington UK

Originally called The Sheritons 1962 – renamed by record company 1964

6.   The Beatles: What’s The New Maryjane (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
Sessions: Apple - ST 12373
Liverpool UK
Ringo Starr: drums
John Lennon: lead guitar, vocal
Paul McCartney: bass, vocal
George Harrison: guitar
Produced by George Martin 1985
Re-Mixed by Geoff Emerick

Compilation album by The Beatles planned for release by EMI in 1985, but never issued due to objections by the surviving Beatles.

7.   Les Dabsters: J'En ai assez  (Denis Beaudet)
45 single - Passe-Temps PST-906
Montreal QC
Produced – 1966

8.   Jefferson Airplane: Blues From An Airplane (Marty Balin / Skip Spence)
The Worst of Jefferson Airplane: RCA Victor LSP 4459
San Francisco CA
Marty Balin vocals, rhythm guitar
Signe Anderson: vocals
Paul Kantner rhythm guitar, vocals
Jorma Kaukonen lead guitar, electric chicken, vocals
Skip Spence: drums
Jack Casady bass
Produced by Al Schmitt 1969
Recorded at  Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco by Rick Schmitt
Originally on LP Jefferson Airplane Takes Off - 1966
Compilation album put together by: Jefferson Airplane, Bill Thompson, Pat Ierac

Signe Toly Anderson (b. Seatle WA September 15, 1941 d. Beaverton, Oregon,  January 28, 2016)
Paul Lorin Kantner (b. San Francisco March 17, 1941 d. San Francisco January 28, 2016)
Skip Spence quit the band after this album and joined Moby Grape as a guitarist
Features bg vocals of Signe Anderson, original JA member who only appeared on their first album. She quit to raise her kid. Her last live performances with the Jefferson Airplane were two sets on October 15, 1966 at The Fillmore

9.   The Fall: Rebellious Jukebox (Mark Smith / Martin Bramah)
IRS Greatest Hits Vols 2&3: IRS Records SP 70800
Manchester UK
Mark E Smith: vocals
Yvonne Pawlett: electric piano
Marc Riley: bass
Martin Bramah: guitar, vocals
Karl Burns: drums
Produced by The Fall with Bob Sargeant 1979
Compilation produced by IRS 1980
From the LP Live At The Witch Trials SP 003

10. Mahogany Rush: It’s Begun To Rain (Frank Marino)
Mahogany Rush IV: Columbia Records WPC 34190
Montreal QC
Frank Marino: guitar, vocal
Jim Ayoub: drums
Paul Harwood, bass
Produced by Frank Marino 1976
Recorded by Billy Szawlowski and Ian Terry at Tempo Studios, Montreal

11. Robbie Robertson: American Roulette (Robbie Robertson)
Robbie Robertson: Geffen Records XGHS 24160
Toronto ON
Terry Bozzio: drums
Tony Levin: bass stick
Tinker Barfield, Hans Christian: bass
Garth Hudson: keys
Bodeans, Maria McKee: bg vocal
Robbie Robertson: vocal, guitars, keys
Bill Dillon: guitar
Produced by Daniel Lanois and Robbie Robertson 1987
Recorded by Jim Scott at Village Recorder, West Los Angeles; U2 Mobile Unite: Danesmote, Dublin / Ashcombe House, London; A&M Recordings Studio, Hollywood; Bearsville Sound Studio, Bearsville,NY; The Hit Factory, New York City
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, NYC

12. The Kinks: Groovy Movies (Ray Davies) 1969
Great Lost Kinks Album: Reprise MS 2127
London UK
Ray Davies, guitar, vocals
Dave Davies, guitar
Mick Avory, bass
Pete Quaife, drums
Tracks Produced by various producers
Groovy Mondays recorded - 1969
Released 1973 & discontinued 1975

Ray Davies and the Kinks management first learned of the album's existence from the US Billboard record chart.Davies instituted legal action against Reprise, which resulted in Reprise discontinuing the album in 1975. It became an immediate collector's item - most of the songs remained officially unreleased until 1998

13. Mashmakhan: Gladwin (P Senecal / R Blake)
Mashmakhan: Columbia Records – ELS 365
Montreal QC
Pierre Senecal: keys, flute, sax, vocals
Rayburn Blake: guitar
Brian Edwards: bass, lead vocal
Jerry Mercer: drums
Produced by Billy Jackson - 1970
Recorded by Warren Vincent

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