with Steve Fruitman
#218
April 9, 2018
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Something To Do With The Weather
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Hour One1. Martha & The Muffins: Teddy The Dink (Mark Gane / B Harvey) 1980 *
2. Fleetwood Mac: Rattlesnake Shake (Peter Green) 1969
3. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bootleg (John C Fogerty) 1969
4. Ellen McIlwayne: Regretting Blues (Jack Bruce / Duffy Power) 1982 *
5. Just Us: I Don’t Love You (Bill Ross / Bob Neilson) 1965 *
6. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: The Game Of Love (C Ballard Jr) 1965
7. Aretha Franklin: Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin) 1971
8. The Flares: Foot Stomping (Aaron Collins) 1961
9. Connie Kaldor: Moonlight Grocery (C Kaldor) 1984 *
10. Five Man Electrical Band: You’re Gonna Lose That Girl (Lennon / McCartney) 1969 *
11. The Beatles: I’ll Cry Instead (Lennon / McCartney) 1964
12. Lisa Dal Bello: Pretty Girls (Lisa Dal Bello) 1978 *
13. Pearls Before Swine: Wizard of Is (Tom Rapp) 1969
14. Elvis Costello: My Mood Swings (E Costello / Cait ORiordan) 1998
15. Love: Orange Skies (McLean) 1966
16. Los Bravos: Black Is Black (Tony Hayes / Steve Wadey / Michelle Grainger) 1966
17. The Chalets: Von Den Blauen Bergen (Heinz Woezel) 1968 *Hour Two
1. A Passing Fancy: A Passing Fancy (April Blackwood / Jay Telfer) 1967 *
2. Al Cherny: Early Bird of Spring (trad) 1974 *
3. Hank Snow: Springtime In The Rockies (Mary H Woolsey / Robert Sauer) 1969 *
4. The Kinks: Where Did The Spring Go? (Ray Davies) 1969
5. Sounds & Music of China: The Two Springs
6. Tom Connors: Goin’ Back Up North (T C Connors) 1966 *
7. Charlie Panigoniak & Lorna Tasseor: Springtime (Etuulu / Susan Peta) 1986 *
8. Jack London & The Sparrows: Sparrows & Daisies (Dennis Edmonton) 1965 *
9. Bruce Cockburn: Spring Song (Bruce Cockburn) 1970 *
10. Arlo Guthrie: Motorcycle Song (Arlo Guthrie) 1967
11. David Wiffin: Up On The Hillside (Bruce Cockburn) 1973 *
12. Bobby Wiseman: Older Brother (Bobby Wiseman) 1989 *
13. David Wilcox: The Natural Edge (David Wilcox / S Sadia) 1989 *
14. The Wee Beasties: Something To Do With The Weather (The Wee Beasties) 1968 *
15. The Electric Prunes: Get Me To The World On Time (Annette Tucker / Jill Jones) 1967CanCon = 56%
And Now for The Particulars:Hour One
1. Martha & The Muffins: Teddy The Dink (Mark Gane / B Harvey)
Trance And Dance: Vindisc VL 2207
Toronto ON
Carl Finkle: bass
Mark Gane: guitar, synth
Tim Gane: drums
Andy Haas: sax
Martha Johnson: vocal, keys
Martha Ladly: vocal, keys, trombone
Produced by Mike Howlett 1980
Recorded by Richard Manwaring at The Manoractive from 1977 to the present.
A band with two women named Martha although Martha Johnson was the lead vocalist.
Had international success with their hit song Echo Beach.2. Fleetwood Mac: Rattlesnake Shake (Peter A Green)
Then Play On: Reprise - RS 6368
London UK
Peter Green - guitar
Danny Kirwan - guitar
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Produced by Fleetwood Mac – 1969
Recorded at CBS Studios, London and De Lane Lea Studios, LondonMake no mistake about it: this is the best song I know of about masterbation!
Then Play On was the last FM album to feature Peter Green. It was also the first to cut out Jeremy Spencer, as a performer, member. It was produced completely without him and yet he was still in the band.
The painting used for the cover of the album is "Domesticated Mural Painting", by the English artist Maxwell Armfield. It was featured in the February 1917 edition of The Countryside magazine, which states that the mural was originally designed for the dining room of a London mansion.
3. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bootleg (John C Fogerty)
Bayou Country: Fantasy Records 8387
San Francisco CA
Doug Clifford, bass
Stu Cook, drums
John Fogerty, acoustic guitar, electric guitar (Gibson ES-175), vocals
Tom Fogerty, guitar
Produced by John Fogerty – 1969
Recorded by Russ Gary at RCA Studios in Los Angeles in October 1968Bootleg appears in Peter Segal's film The Longest Yard which came to cinemas in 2005. The song explains how something often becomes more attractive when it is illegal. Creedence launched 3 new albums on us in 1969: Bayou Country, Green River and Willy and the Poorboys.
4. Ellen McIlwayne: Regretting Blues (Jack Bruce / Duffy Power)
Everybody Needs It: Blind Pig Records PHE 6017
Calgary AB
Ellen Mcllwayne: guitar, piano, vocals
Jack Bruce: bass, bg vocals
Howard Levy: keys
Paul Wertico: drums
Larry McCabe: trombone
Kim Cusack: clarinet
Produced by Ellen Mcllwayne 1982
Recorded by Mike Rasfeld at Acme Studios Chicgo
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc, NYCEllen McIlwaine (born October 1, 1945 in Nashville, Tennessee)
Her great back up band includes the legendary Cream singer, Jack Bruce on bass, and vocals.
5. Just Us: I Don’t Love You (Bill Ross / Bob Neilson)
45 single bw I Can Tell: Quality Records 1738
Toronto ON
Jimmy Livingston: vocal
Neil Lillie [aka Neil Merryweather]: bass, vocal
Wayne Davis: guitar
Ed Roth: keys
Stan Endersby: guitar
Bob Ablack: drums
Produced by Weiner and Steiner, 1965The band formed around late '64 / early '65, with Wayne Davis coming from C.J. Feeney and The Spellbinders. In 1966 another Just Us from the US emerged so the Canadian acts changed their name to The Tripp. In late July 1967 they evolved yet again into Livingston's Journey, when Merryweather left to join ‘John Q Public’ with Bruce Cockburn. The Tripp, while popular in Toronto, never made any recordings.
6. Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders: The Game of Love (C Ballard Jr)
45 Single: Fontana Records F-1509X
Manchester UK
Wayne Fontana: vocals
Bob Lang bass
Eric Stewart guitars, vocals
Ric Rothwell drums
Jimmy O'Neil keyboards
Graham Foote guitars
Produced by Wayne Fontana - 1965Born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, 28 October 1945
Took his stage name from Elvis Presley's drummer, D. J. Fontana. Had a few hits before the Mindbenders went out on their own. His big hit was a song called “The Game of Love” in 1965. In 2005, he fought off bankruptcy but was arrested after police were called by bailiffs who went to his home in Derbyshire. He poured petrol on the hood of a bailiff's car and set it alight with the bailiff still inside. He later appeared at Derby Crown Court dressed as Lady Justice, complete with a sword, scales, crown, cape and dark glasses, and claiming "justice is blind”. On 10 November 2007 he was sentenced to 11 months for setting fire to the car.
7. Aretha Franklin: Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin)
45 Single bw Oh Me, Oh My: Atlantic Records AT 2838
Detroit MI
Aretha Franklin vocal, piano
Donny Hathaway electric piano, organ
Bernard Purdie drums
Cornell Dupree guitar
Richard Tee organ
Chuck Rainey bass guitar
The Sweethearts of Soul backing vocals
Robert Popwell, Dr. John percussion
The Memphis Horns
Wayne Jackson trumpet
Andrew Love tenor saxophone
Produced by Jerry Wexler w Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin 1971
Recorded by Gene Paul at Atlantic Recording Studios,New YorkAretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942, Memphis TN)
Franklin has won a total of 18 Grammy Awards and is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold over 75 million records worldwide. In 1987 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the first female performer to do so.
Was supposed to be playing Toronto Jazz Festival in June but recently cancelled due to poor health.
8. The Flares: Foot Stomping Pt 1 (Aaron Collins)
45 single bw Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown ?: Felsted Records 45-8624
Los Angeles CA
Aaron Collins
Thomas Miller
Eddie King
Betty Collins
George Hollis
Plas Johnson: sax
Ray Johnson
Earl Palmer: drums
Produced by Buck Ram 1961The Flares were a vocal group put together and managed by producer Buck Ram. They were built around their central figure, singer Aaron Collins. Many of their many members were also, at times, members of The Platters. (Aaron Collins September 3, 1930 – March 27, 1997). His sisters, Betty and Rose Collins, had a hit in 1956 called "Eddie My Love" as the Teen Queens.
Later in life, Collins had a ladies' shoe store in Los Angeles, California, located on the corner of Manchester and Vermont, and named Collins Shoe Closet, which was burned down in the Rodney King riots April 29, 1992.
The Flares biggest hit was the 1961 release "Foot Stompin' Part 1", which hit #20 on the Black Singles chart and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was used on the soundtrack to the film ‘Hairspray’. Foot Stompin’ Pt 2 was an instrument by the same band but listed as The Ramrocks.
Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931)[1] is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme".
9. Connie Kaldor: Moonlight Grocery (C Kaldor)
Moonlight Grocery: Coyote Records CR1002
Regina SK
Connie Kaldor: acoustic guitar, vocals
Brian Newcombe: bass
David Pickell: keys
Norman MacPherson: guitars
Roy Forbes: electric guitar
Jerry Adolphe: drums
Claire Lawrence: sax
Mairi Maclean, Nancy Nash, Rachael Paimont: bg vocals
Produced by Claire Lawrence, 1984
Recorded at Pinewood Studios, Vancouver by Alan Perkins
Mixed by Dan Lowe and Paul Northfield at Thunder Road Studio - Le Studio, Morin Heights QC
Mastered by Bill Kipper at Master Disc, NYCConnie Isabelle Kaldor, CM (born 9 May 1953)
In 1981, she founded her own independent record label, Coyote Entertainment, and has released fourteen albums. In 1997, she was featured performer in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on the last broadcast of Peter Gzowski's CBC national radio program Morningside. In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
10. Five Man Electrical Band: You’re Gonna Lose That Girl (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
Five Man Electrical Band: Capiltol Records Canada ST 165
Ottawa ON
Lee Emmerson: guitar, vocals
Ted Gerow (keyboards)
Brian Rading (bass)
Vern Craig (vocals, guitar)
Rick 'Bell' Belanger (drums)
Mike 'Bell' Belanger (2nd drums)
Produced by Max Hoch and John Gross 1969Originally called The Stacattos. Guitarist Les Emmerson formed them in 1963. Through the financial backing of journalist Sandy Gardiner, (the guy quoted on the front cover of Beatlemania With The Beatles), The Staccatos won Best Produced Single and Vocal Instrumental Group Of The Year at the Junos in 1966.
Their most popular song as The stacattos was "Half Past Midnight" (1967) which became a national hit and won another JUNO award for Best Produced Single. In 1969, after failing to reach the charts in the US, they decided to change their name to Five Man Electrical Band.
11. The Beatles: I’ll Cry Instead (Lennon / McCartney) 1964
Something New: Capitol Records Canada 2108
Liverpool UK
John Lennon – double-tracked vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, tambourine
Paul McCartney – bass
George Harrison – lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded at EMI Studios, London, June 1, 1964"I'll Cry Instead" was described by the late Cynthia Lennon as a cry for help, saying "It reflects the frustration he [John Lennon] felt at that time. He was the idol of millions, but the freedom and fun of the early days had gone." John Lennon later said the line "A chip on my shoulder that's bigger than my feet" was an accurate indication of his feelings at the time.
12. Lisa Dal Bello: Pretty Girls (Lisa Dal Bello)
Pretty Girls: Talisman Records TALI-1000
Toronto ON
Lisa Del Bello: vocals
Carlos Vega: drums
Mike Porcato, Ron Garant: basses
Steve Lukather, Al Ciner: guitars
Ron Stockart: piano
Victor Feldman: percussion, vibes
Mike Boddiker: moog
Bill Champlin, roy Kenner, Michael McDonald, Liz Lauzanne, Lisa Del Bello: bg vocals
Produced by Bob Monaco and Al Ciner 1978
Recorded by Denis Degher with Phil Moores & Chris Gordon at Quantum Audio, Torrance CA & Conway Recording, Hollywood; Manta Sound, Toronto
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank CAborn 22 May 1959, Weston ON
Changed her stage name to just Dalbello in 1984. When she was 17, Dalbello's self-titled debut album in 1977, produced by David Foster, won her a 1978 Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year. Despite her win, however, MCA dropped her from the label because the album's production had been too expensive. She formed her own label, Talisman Records, to release her second album Pretty Girls, and received her second Juno nomination in 1979 in the category of Female Vocalist of the Year
RIP Thomas Dale Rapp (March 8, 1947 – February 11, 2018)
13. Pearls Before Swine: Wizard of Is (Tom Rapp)
These Things Too: Reprise Records 6364
Melbourne, Florida
Tom Rapp: Vocals, Guitar
Wayne Harley: Banjo, Harmony
Elisabeth: Vocals
Jim Fairs: Guitar, Harmony, Celeste
Bill Salter: Bass
Grady Tate: Drums
Richard Greene: Electric Violin
Produced by Richard L. Alderson, Jim Fairs, 1969
Recorded at Impact Sound, New York, by Richard Alderson and Danford Griffiths
Mixed at A&R Recording, New York, by Steve FriedmanBorn in Bottineau, North Dakota, 1947.
The family moved to Minnesota, where at the age of six he was given a guitar and taught to play country songs by a neighbour. Came third in a talent contest when he was aged eight, beating out Bobby Zimmerman, the boy who was later known as Bob Dylan, who came in fifth.
After moving to Florida, he formed Pearls Before Swine (a biblical name), inspired by The Fugs. After recording two albums for ESP Records (same label as The Fugs), the band broke up and Rapp signed a deal with Reprise Records and released several more albums under the band’s name. He put together a touring band in 1971 but he was the face of Pearls Before Swine. Rapp said: "Any of the money he made... was gone. He had taken all that. It would have been a different life if I'd gotten all the money I was supposed to have gotten." Rapp estimated that his total net income from music during his active career had been about $200. After a final show as a supporting act to Patti Smith, he retired from music in 1976. That was when he decided to go back to school, graduating in 1984 and becoming a civil rights lawyer. Another cancer victim.
14. Elvis Costello: My Mood Swings (E Costello / Cait ORiordan)
The Big Lebowski Soundtrack: Mercury Records B0021796-01
London UK
Elvis Costello: vocal, guitar
Marc Ribat: guitar
Greg Cohen: bass
Jim Keltner: drums
Compilation Produced by Valerie Pack 1998
Produced by T-Bone Burnett - 1997
Recorded at Clinton Recorders, NYC by Roger MoutenotDeclan Patrick MacManus (born London UK, 25 August 1954)
15. Love: Orange Skies (Bryan McLean)
Revisited: Electra EKS 74058
Los Angeles CA
Arthur Lee lead vocals, harmonica, guitar, drums, percussion
Johnny Echols lead guitar
Bryan MacLean rhythm guitar, vocal
Ken Forssi bass
Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer organ, harpsichord
Prod by Paul Rothchild, Jac Holzman, Mark Abramson, Bruce Botnick, Arthur Lee - 1970
From the LP Da Capo Produced by Paul Rothchild 1966
Recorded by Dave Hassinger & Bruce BotnickAccording to Bryan MacLean, "Orange Skies" was the first song he ever wrote. At the time 17 years old and working as a roadie for The Byrds, he based the song on a section from The Byrds' version of "The Bells of Rhymney", attributing that arrangement to Roger McGuinn.
16. Los Bravos: Black Is Black (Tony Hayes / Steve Wadey / Michelle Grainger)
45 single bw I Want A Name: Press Records PRE 60002
Madrid SP
Mike Kogel: lead vocals
Antonio Martinez: guitar
Manuel Fernández: electric organ
Miguel Vicens Danus: bass
Pablo Gomez: drums
Produced by Ivor Raymonde 1966Black is Black was their only major hit song. While most of the group were from Spain, lead vocalist Mike Kogel was from Germany. Lead singer Mike Kogel's vocals sounded so similar to Gene Pitney that many listeners assumed that "Black Is Black" was a Pitney single.
17. The Chalets: Von Den Blauen Bergen (German Cowboy Song) (Heinz Woezel) 1968 *
Dieter And Gunter: Polydor CDP 5006
Quebec
Dieter Kohlrusch: accordion, bass, vocals
Gunter Franke: guitar, vocals
Produced 1968Came to Canada from Germany in 1963. Performed at German pav at Expo 67. They later formed a Max Eric Trio with sax player Max Eric.
Hour Two
1. A Passing Fancy: A Passing Fancy (April Blackwood / Jay Telfer)
45 single bw I’m Losing Tonight: Columbia 2729
Downsview ON
Jay Telfer (guitar)
Brian Price (organ, vocals)
Phil Seon (guitar)
Steve Wilson (drums)
Rick Mann aka Fruchtman (bass)
Produced by Bob Martin, 1967The Dimensions got together in 1965 and were managed by Bernie Finkelstein, (future president of True North Records and Bruce Cockburn's longstanding manager). The band changed name to A Passing Fancy in January 1966 when Finkelstein left to take over the management of The Paupers. This was the B Side of their first single and only real major hit song I’m Losing Tonight. The following year their management – Wall-Don – decided to fire Jay Telfer which lead to the other members quitting. Wall-Don then put together a totally different band using the same name.
Bass player Rick Mann changed his name back to Richard Fruchtman and played bass with Whiskey Howl, a seminal Canadian blues band, from 1970 to 1972. He then freelanced and played with Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Paul Shaffer, Doug Henning, The Diamonds, Doug Kershaw, Dan Hill, Richard Newell (aka King Biscuit Boy), Tony Kosinec, String Band.
JAMES DEANS TELFER Died May 20, 2009, in his 61st year after a successful career as a solo artist.
2. Al Cherny: Early Bird of Spring (Trad)
Golden Ukrainian Memories: TeeVee Records TA-1017
Medicine Hat AB
Al Cherny: violin
Produced 1974Alexander Peter Chernywech, b Medicine Hat, Alta, 1 Nov 1932, d Missisauga, Ont, 23 Aug 1989
1951 he joined Vic Siebert and his Sons of the Saddle,
1952-9 he was a featured performer on 'CKNX Barn Dance' regular performer on CBC TV, first 1963-5 on 'Country Hoedown' and thereafter (until his death) on 'The Tommy Hunter Show'
Was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.3. Hank Snow: When It’s Springtime In The Rockies (Mary Hale Woolsey / Robert Sauer) *
Snow In All Seasons: RCA Victor ?– LSP-4122
Brooklyn NS
Hank Snow: guitar, vocals
Ray Edenton Guitar
Buddy Harman: Drums
Marvin Hughes: Piano
Bill McElhiney: Trumpet
Bob Moore: Bass
Chubby Wise: Fiddle
Produced by Chet Atkins, 1969
Recorded at RCA’s Nashville Sound Studio by Al PachuckiSpringtime in the Rockies is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette. In the film the song was sung by Autry. The song was originally written in 1929. It was recorded by various artists in subsequent years, including Wilf Carter, Johnny Ray, The Sons of the Pioneers, and Donn Reynolds, but the earliest recording of it goes back to Bud and Joe Billings who recorded it May 16, 1929.
4. The Kinks: Where Did The Spring Go? (Ray Davies)
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 between 1966-70
Released 1973 & discontinued 1975After the great failure of their 1969 Village Green Preservation Society album, the band was asked to provide one song for each episode of a comic show named, Where Was Spring? Ray Davies wrote 5 songs for five episodes: "Where Did My Spring Go", "When I Turn off the Living Room Light", "We Are Two of a Kind", "Let's Take Off Our Clothes" and "Darling I Respect You". Only the first 2 will be released on record, first on the Great Lost Kinks Album.
Where Was Spring? is a British television sketch comedy programme, which was first aired by the BBC in 1969-70 over. The show consisted of a series of romantic sketches performed by Eleanor Bron and John Fortune. The sketches were performed with animated sequences supplied by Klaus Voormann, designer of the cover for the Beatles' Revolver album. These were accompanied by songs specially commissioned from Ray Davies of the Kinks.
5. Unknown Musician: The Two Springs (Trad)
Sounds & Music of China: Monitor Records MFS 525
China
Chinese viola
Produced by Robert Menegoz, 1960Soundtrack from the film “Behind The Great Wall” by Robert Menegoz, 1959
Arizur: November 7, 2015 commented:
The movie was directed by Charles Weiss & Carlo Lizzani and came out 1959, as one of the first experiments with odor in a filmtheatre (Aroma-Rama). The soundtrack is a rare and amazing score of rural authentic chinese folksongs & folkmusic of an era.
6. Tom Connors: Goin’ Back Up North (T C Connors)
45 single bw Pizza Pie Love: CKGB Records QC 238
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocal
Produced by Tom Connors, 1966
Recorded at CKGB Radio, Timmins ONCharles Thomas Connors aka Tommy Messer b. February 9, 1936 Saint John, NB – d. March 6, 2013 (aged 77) Ballinafad ON.
Tom released 8 singles between 1964 and 66 while he was based in Timmins. This was the last of the original recordings made at radio station CKGB and released on their label. These singles are very sought after. My copy came from a listener, John Arseneault.
In 1967, Tom moved down to Toronto and signed a bad deal with John Irvine, of Rebel Records. They put out two singles (one with a band!) and two poorly recorded LPs. With all sorts of problems dealing with Rebel, Tom later signed to Canadian Music Sales who re-released his first two albums (re-recorded) and presided over his gold status album, Bud The Spud. Later, Connors formed his own Boot Records label who repackaged the back catalogue for re-release.
A: The Birth Of The New Dragon Mine
B: Luke's Guitar CKGB Canada QC-122 1964A: Fire In The Mine
B: Streets Of Toronto CKGB Canada QC-134 1964A: Movin' On To Rouyn
B: Carolyne CKGB Canada QC-95 1964A: Rubberhead
B: Laura CKGB Canada QC-160 1965A: Forever Emily
B: Y'ay Canada CKGB Canada QC-211 1965A: My Brother Paul
B: I Saw The Teardrop CKGB Canada QC-250 1965A: Mr. Snowflake
B: Jingle Jangle CKGB Canada QC-251 1965A: Pizza Pie Love
B: Going Back Up North CKGB Canada QC-238 1966A: Don Valley Jail
B: Sudbury Saturday Night Rebel Canada RX-104 1967A: Hepworth Country Auditorium Song
B: The Footsy Song Rebel Canada RX-105 1967
(First record to use the moniker Stompin’ Tom Connors)
7. Charlie Panigoniak & Lorna Tesseor: Springtime (Etuulu / Susan Peta)
Just For Kids: CBC Northern Service Broadcast Recording WRC1-3312
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut Territory
Charlie Panigoniak: guitar, vocal
Lorna Tasseor: vocal
Dougie Trineer: bass
Ron Prescott: drums
Produced by Les McLaughlin 1986
Recorded by Marc Lajoie, OttawaCharlie Panigoniak b. Chesterfield Inlet, NT 7 March 1946 (age 72)
Panigoniak went on to record 3 records for the CBC Northern Service.
In 2012, he was awarded the territory's highest honor, the Order of Nunavut b. 7 Mar 1946
Panigoniak suffers from Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Lorna looks after him.8. Jack London & The Sparrows: Sparrows and Daisies (Dennis Edmonton)
45 single bw Our Love Has Passed: Capitol Records Canada
Oshawa ON
Jack London (Dave Marden): vocals
Dennis Edmonton (future Mars Bonfire): guitar
Dave Hare: keys
Bruce Palmer: bass
Jerry Edmonton: drums
CJ Feeney: organ, piano
Producer not listed, 1965This was the band that would constitute Steppenwolf in a few years time, pre-John Kay. This was written by the guy who would become Mars Bonfire. Jack London was a Toronto based singer who tried capitalizing on the British Invasion by speaking with a fake British Accent and wearing Carnaby Street clothes.
9. Bruce Cockburn: Spring Song (Bruce Cockburn)
Bruce Cockburn: True North Records TN 1
Ottawa ON
Bruce Cockburn, piano, vocal, bass drum, mouth trumpet
Dennis Pendrith, bass
Produced by Eugene Martynec 1970
Recorded by Bill Sedden at Eastern Sound, Toronto December 1969Bruce Douglas Cockburn B. May 27, 1945 (age 72) Ottawa
From Cockburn’s first album. Cockburn has written more than 300 songs on 33 albums over a career spanning 40 years. In 1966 he joined an Ottawa band called The Children, which lasted for about a year. In the spring of 1967 he joined the final lineup of The Esquires. He moved to Toronto that summer to form The Flying Circus with Marty Fisher, Gordon MacBain and ex-Tripp member Neil Lillie. The group recorded some material in late 1967 (which remains unreleased) before changing its name to Olivus.
10. Arlo Guthrie: Motorcycle Song (Arlo Guthrie)
Alices Restaurant: Reprise Records 6267
Brooklyn, NY
Arlo Guthrie: guitar, vocal
Produced by Fred Hellerman 1967Arlo Davy Guthrie Born in July 1947 Brooklyn NY
Son of Woody Guthrie, he rose to fame in 1967 after an appearance at The Newport Folk Festival, where he debuted ‘Alice’s Restaurant’, protesting the Viet Nam war and the Draft. Over the last 45 years of playing this song live, Arlo often refers to ‘The Motorcycle Song’ as just being a ‘dumb song’, often commenting on his surprise at ‘getting away’ with playing such a stupid piece for such a long time!
11. David Wiffin: Up On The Hillside (Bruce Cockburn) *
Coast To Coast: United Artists UA-LA-172F
Toronto ON
David Wiffen: vocals
Bruce Cockburn: guitar
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Pat Godfrey: piano
John Savage: drums
Produced by Bruce Cockburn 1973
Recorded by Bill Seddon at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Mixed at Eastern Sound by Chris Skeneb. 11 March 1942 (age 73) Redhill, Surrey, England]
Wiffen moved with his family to Canada at age 16, and became part of the burgeoning folk music scene, initially in Toronto. In 1964, Wiffen hitchhiked to Edmonton and later managed The Depression folk club in Calgary.
In 1965, having moved to Vancouver, Wiffen was invited to perform at The Bunkhouse club on a live ensemble album. It became Wiffen's first solo album, David Wiffen at the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC, on the Universal International label, when the other invited musicians failed to show up.
Joined ‘The Children’, based in Ottawa. Members of The Children included William Hawkins, Bruce Cockburn, Sneezy Waters and Richard Patterson. He subsequently joined 3's a Crowd.
Coast to Coast Fever, produced by Bruce Cockburn, was supposed to put Wiffin on roughly the same vector as Bruce and Murray McLauchlan, but it didn’t work out that way. After a few years of drudgery, Wiffin quit performing and became a Limosine driver till he hurt his back lifting a man in a wheel chair. After 26 years in the wilderness, a third album, South of Somewhere, was released in 1999.
12. Bobby Wiseman: Older Brother (Bobby Wiseman)
Sings Wrench Tuttle: WEA / Risque Disque 25 69131
Toronto ON
Bobby Wiseman: keys, vocals
Kurt Schefter: guitar
Michael Pickett: harmonica
Mark French: drums
Dennis Delorme: pedal steel
Rich Maslove: bass
Produced by Bobby Wiseman - 1989
Recorded by Be-Double-You at the Music Gallery and Jays Space Station, Toronto
Engineering Assistants: Sandor Ajenstadt, Joe Benarroch, John Oswald, Jay BlairRobert Neil Wiseman b. 1962 Winnipeg MB.
One of the most enigmatic artists, started his career as keyboardist for Blue Rodeo, appearing on their first three albums. Helped discover or produce many emerging artists such as Ron Sexsmith, The Lowest of the Low, Bob Snider, Sam Larkin, Kyp Harness and Andrew Cash. He’s made guest appearances on albums by Daniel Lanois, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry, and Serena Ryder.
13. David Wilcox: The Natural Edge (David Wilcox / S Sadia)
Natural Edge: EMI Records C1 92464
Toronto ON
David Wilcox: guitar, mandolin, vocal
Lou Pomanti, Gary Bromham: keys
Tony Levin, David Rose: bass
Trevor Morais: drums, percussion
Produced by S. Sadia 1989
Recorded by Lenny De Rose & Bill Kennedy at Maison Rouge Studios, London UK
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York CityDavid Karl William Wilcox (b. Montreal July 13, 1949)
In the late 1960s, moved to Toronto and hung around Yorkville, befriending Rick Fielding and Andy Hermant and getting into a bluegrass group with them called The Gangrene Boys with Fielding, Andy Shaw and Randy Torno.
In 1970, Wilcox replaced Amos Garrett in Ian and Sylvia Tyson’s band, Great Speckled Bird.
In his solo career, he went on to release 9 albums between 1977 and 2015.14. The Wee Beasties: Something to do With the Weather (The Wee Beasties)
45 single bw Frustration: Caravan CX 100
Richmond BC
William "The Captain" Hay (vocal)
Bob Rowden (lead guitar)
Barry Rowden (drums)
Ken Wain (organ)
Gary Connor (bass)
Joe Conroy (guitar)
Produced by Earle Ross 1967ish, maybe!Painted Ship were initially called The Wee Beasties in 1965 but later changed the name to The Painted Ship (not to be confused with The Wee-Beasties punk rock band from Denton, Texas formed in 2000). This raises the point: who came first as according to all the data I’ve been able to collect, Painted Ship recorded first followed by the Beasties. Obviously there’s a mistake out there, somewhere, anywhere.
15. The Electric Prunes: Get Me To The World On Time (Annette Tucker / Jill Jones)
45 single bw Are You Lovin’ Me More: Reprise Records 0564
Los Angeles CA
James Lowe - vocals, rhythm guitar, autoharp, tambourine
Mark Tulin - bass guitar, piano, organ
Ken Williams - lead guitar
James Spagnola - vocals, rhythm guitar
Preston Ritter - drums, percussion
Produced by Dave Hassinger 1967
Recorded at American Recording Company, Power House 1966The opening to the track is actually Producer Dave Hassinger groaning through a mike, into the tremolo of a Fender amp. They went on to record 2 albums of psychedelic rock and basically broke up in 1968. However, Hassinger put out two more albums under the Prunes name: Mass in E Minor and Release of an Oath (Kol Nidre) using studio musicians.
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