Hour One - Zapped
1. Frank Zappa: It Must Be A Camel - 1969
2. Horn: Free All My Brothers & Sisters - 1972 *
3. Stephane Grappelli & Jean-Luc Ponty: Golden Green - 1973
4. Ike & Tina Turner Revue: Let’s Spend The Night Together - 1975
5. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation: Roamin’ And Ramblin’ - 1968
6. Mothers Of Invention: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance - 1968
7. Alice Cooper: Mr & Misdemeanor - 1970
8. Lord Buckley: The Raven - 1969
9. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Wo Is A Me Bop - 1970
10. Wild Man Fisher: Circle - 1968
11. Beefheart & Zappa: Tiger Roach - 1963
12. Rhinoceros: It’s The Same Thing - 1969
13. The Turtles: Rugs Of Woods And Flowers - 1967
14. Mothers Of Invention: Duke Of Prunes Suit - 1967
Hour Two - Stomped
1. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Algoma Central No. 69 - 1970 *
2. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Luke’s Guitar - 1965 *
3. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Birth Of The New Dragon Mine - 1965 *
4. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Little Wawa - 1965 *
5. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Rubberhead - 1969 *
6. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Bud The Spud - 2017 *
7. Stompin’ Tom Connors: May, The Millwright’s Daughter - 1968 *
8. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Muck n’ Slushers - 1976 *
9. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Martin Hartwell Story - 1971 *
10. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Mule Skinner Blues - 2018 *
11. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Snowmobile Song - 1971 *
12. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Coal Boat - 2019 *
13. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Sudbury Saturday Night - 1967 *
14. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Fire In the Mine - 1971 *
15. Stompin’ Tom Connors: The Doot Song - 2008 *
16. Stompin’ Tom Connors: My Hockey Mom - 2008 *
17. Shuffle Demons: Hockey Night In Canada Theme - 1988 *
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And Now for The Particulars:Hour One - Zapped
Frank Vincent Zappa b. Baltimore MD, Dec 21, 1940 / d. Los Angeles, Dec4, 1993
In 1965, Ray Collins asked Frank Zappa to take over as guitarist in local R&B band the Soul Giants, following a fight between Collins and the group's original guitarist. Zappa accepted and soon assumed leadership and the role as co-lead singer. He convinced the other members that they should play his music to increase their chances of getting a record contract. The band was renamed the Mothers on Mother's Day. Through producer Tom Wilson (Simon & Garfunkel) they got a recording contract with Verve Records. Verve insisted that the band officially rename themselves the Mothers of Invention. Their first album, Freak Out! was only the second double LP of pop music (Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde was the first). Their 2nd album, Absolutely Free, was quite different in that Zappa used it as a vehicle to heap scorn on American hippocras. As Zappa put it, "We're satirists, and we are out to satirize everything."
After the ‘60s Zappa started to play with a great variety of musicians, some of whom are featured here. We’ll start off in 1969 with the release of Zappa’s first solo album of mostly instrumental music: Hot Rats. Dweezil Zappa will be performing this at the Phoenix in Toronto in March.
1. Frank Zappa: It Must Be A Camel
(Frank Zappa)
Hot Rats: Bizarre Records / Reprise Records RS 6356
Los Angeles CA
Frank Zappa: guitar, octave bass, percussion
Jean-Luc Ponty: violin
Ian Underwood: piano, oganus maximus, flute, clarinets, sax
John Guerin: drums
Max Bennett: bass
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1969
Recorded by Dick Kunc, Whitney Studios; Jack Hunt, TTG; Cliff Goldstein, TTG; Brian Ingoldsby, Sunset Sound
2. Horn: Free All My Brothers & Sisters
(Gary Hynes / Bruce Burron)
On The Peoples Side: Special Records (GRT) 9230-1028
Toronto ON
Les Clackett: vocals
Bruce Burron: guitar
Gary Hynes: guitar
Alan Duffy: bass
David deLaunay: keys
Wayne Jackson: trumpet
Billy Bryans: drums
Produced by Alan Duffy, Billy Bryans and Horn, 1972
Recorded and mixed by Brock Fricker at Thunder Sound Studios, Toronto
A Toronto band that didn’t stay together too long. This is their only vinyl output. Billy Bryans left to go into Government; Wayne Jackson went to Downchild. Obviously influenced by Zappa!
3. Stephane Grappelli & Jean-Luc Ponty: Golden Green
(Jean-Luc Ponty)
Stephane Grappelli & Jean-Luc Ponty: America Records – AM 6139
Los Angeles
Stephane Grappelli: violin
Jean-Luc Ponty: baritone violin
Maurice Vander: piano
Produced by Jacques Denjean, 1973
Recorded by Claude Sahakian
Jean-Luc Ponty b. 29 September 1942, Avranches, France
In 1969 Frank Zappa composed the music for Ponty's solo album King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (World Pacific, 1970). In 1972 Elton John invited Ponty to contribute to his Honky Chateau (1972) album. At the urging of Zappa and The Mothers of Invention who wanted him to join their tour, Ponty emigrated with his wife and two young daughters to the United States and made his home in Los Angeles. He continued to work on a variety of projects – including two of John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra albums.
4. Ike & Tina Turner Revue: Let’s Spend The Night Together
(Jagger / Richards)
Get Back: Liberty Records LO-51156
Clarksdale MS
Tina Turner: vocals
Ike Turner: guitar
Others uncredited
Produced by Denny Diante and Spencer Proffer, 1975
Mastered by Ron McMaster at EMI America Recording Studio
Although uncredited, Tina Turner & The Ikettes sang on "Montana", a song composed by Frank Zappa for his 1973 LP Over-Nite Sensation. Zappa said: "I wanted to put some back-up singers on the thing, and the road manager who was with us at the time checked into it and said, 'well, why don't you just use the Ikettes?' I said, ''I can get the Ikettes?'' and he said ''Sure''. But you know what the gimmick was? We had to agree, Ike Turner insisted, that we pay these girls no more than $25 per song, because that's what he paid them. And no matter how many hours it took, I could not pay them any more than $25 per song per girl, including Tina.
5. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation: Roamin’ An Ramblin’
(Victor Brox)
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation: Blue Thumb Records BTS 4
London UK
Alex Dmochowski: guitar
Aynsley Dunbar: drums
Keith Tillman: bass
Victor Brox: keys, vocal
Produced by Ian Samwell, 1968
Recorded by Victor Gann
Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born Liverpool UK, 10 January 1946)
Though he was only 21 when he formed the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, the drummer had already played with several bands of note in both his native Liverpool and London. He did his stint with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (replaced by Mick Fleetwood), after which he played for a few months in the Jeff Beck Group before forming Retaliation.
After Retaliation he formed Blue Whale, releasing one album, he joined Frank Zappa’s newly reformed Mothers of Invention. He later went on to play or record with David Bowie, Lou Reed, Herbie Mann, Mick Ronson, Jefferson Starship, White Snake, UFO, Leslie West, Pat Travers.
Dunbar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey in 2017.
6. Mothers Of Invention: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
(Frank Zappa)
We’re Only In It For The Money: Verve Records – V6-5045X
Los Angeles CA
Frank Zappa: guitar, piano, vocals
Billy Mundi: drums
Bunk Gardner: all woodwinds, mumbled weirdness
Roy Estrada: bass, vocals, asthma
Don Preston: brass
Jimmy Carl Black: drums, trumpet, vocals
Ian Underwood: piano, woodwinds
Euclid James Sherwood: saxes
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1968
Recorded by Gary Kellgren and Dick Kunc
Mixed by Dick Kunc
7. Alice Cooper: Mr & Misdemeanor
(Alice Cooper)
Easy Action: Straight Records / Warner Bros WS 1845
Detroit MI
Alice Cooper: lead vocals
Glen Buxton: lead guitar
Michael Bruce: rhythm guitar, piano, vocals
Dennis Dunaway: bass guitar, vocals
Neal Smith: drums, backing vocals
Produced by David Briggs, 1970
Recorded at Sunwest Studios, Hollywood
The Alice Cooper Band started out in Phoenix as The Nazz but were forced to change their name so they chose this one. Around that time Frank Zappa was forming his Straight Records label and signing acts. He loved the band’s desire to be successful and even thought that their room-clearing record was an inner strength so he signed them up. They recorded two albums for Straight / Warner before Zappa sold the label to WB. When a live chicken was ripped apart at the Toronto Rock And Roll Revival in September 1969, all hell broke loose. Cooper has always claimed that he didn’t bring the chicken on stage but, thinking that it could fly, released it into the sky, watching it fall into the crowd who tore it apart.
Bassist Dennis Dunaway on the Toronto chicken incident reveals that the story of concertgoers throwing the chicken onstage was concocted to “get us off the hook with animal protection organizations, who, after the chicken incident, showed up at every Alice Cooper gig to prevent our murdering chickens, which we never did.”
In Behind the Music, the singer recalls speaking with Frank Zappa, who ran the band’s label at the time, the next day. “I get the call from Zappa saying, ‘Did you kill the chicken onstage?'” he says. “I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Well, don’t tell anybody. Everybody loves it. You are the most notorious character of all time now.'”
8. Lord Buckley: The Raven
(Edgar Alan Poe / arr by Richard Buckley)
A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat: Straight Records - STS-1054
New York City, NY
Richard Buckley: monologue
Produced and Edited by Frank Zappa, 1969
Recorded by Lyle Griffin - 1956
Zappa loved jazz and off-beat poets, people who had original ideas and thoughts. His love of composer Edgard Varese was well known as Zappa often mis-quoted the composer on the covers of various albums: “The present day composer refuses to die." Lord Buckley (April 5, 1906 - November 12, 1960) was a vaudevillian comedian who was known for his wacky monologues, some of which made it to disc. He was the Lord of the beatnik club scene and is quoted widely by many influential artists, from Bob Dylan to Joan Baez on down. Zappa seized the opportunity to release some as yet unreleased material on his own, brand new Straight Records label. Other label mates of Buckley’s were Alice Cooper, The GTOs, Captain Beefheart and Wild Man Fischer. The recordings Frank used on Hip Aristocrat were probably recorded in 1956, most likely in an apartment. Someone (maybe one of Buckley’s wives) asks him: “Do you want the fan on?” These recordings are Lord Buckley at his very best.
9. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Wo Is A Me Bop
(Don Van Vliet)
Lick My Decals Off, Baby: Straight Records / Reprise 6420
Glendale CA
Ed Marimba (Art Tripp): marimba, percussion, broom
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet): vocals, bass clarinet, saxes, harmonica
Drumbo (John French): percussion, broom
Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad): guitar and glass finger guitar
Rockette Morton (Mark Boston): "bassius-o-pheilius"
Produced by Captain Beefheart, 1970
Recorded at United Recording Corp, Hollywood CA
Don Glen Vliet b. January 15, 1941 Glendale, CA / d. December 17, 2010 (69) Arcata, CA
After releasing two so-so albums, Beefheart and his magical band were signed to Zappa’s Straight Records, releasing, first, Trout Mask Replica – an amazing double album, and Lick My Decals Off, Baby before Frank and The Captain had a falling out.
10. Wild Man Fisher: Circle (Larry's first psychedelic hit)
(Larry Fischer / Frank Zappa)
An Evening With Wild Man Fisher: Bizarre Records / Reprise 6332
Los Angeles CA
Larry Fisher: vocals, guitar sounds
Frank Zappa: all other instruments
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1968
Recorded by Jerry Hansen at Sunset Sound Studios, LA
Larry Wayne Fischer b. Los Angeles November 6, 1944 / d. June 16, 2011 (65) LA
Another Zappa produced double album that was issued on Zappa’s earlier imprint, Bizarre Records (issued by Reprise) was this one. Fischer was institutionalized at age 16 for attacking his mother with a knife. He was later diagnosed with two mental disorders, severe paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Following his escape from the hospital, Fischer hung around Sunset Strip singing his songs, a cappella, for a dime. Discovered on the street by Frank Zappa, Fischer became an underground concert favorite. Some of the songs on the album were actually recorded live, on the streets. It’s an amazing look into the mind of this confused, unstable yet passionate songwriter.
11. Beefheart & Zappa: Tiger Roach
(Don Van Vliet / Frank Zappa)
The Lost Episodes: Rykodisc RCD 40573
Los Angeles CA
Don Van Vliet: vocals
Frank Zappa: guitar
Janschi: bass
Vic Mortenson: drums
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1963
Recorded at Studio Z by Frank Zappa, Cucamonga CA
Mixed by Bob Stone and Spencer Chrislu at Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Zappa and Beefheart were friends since high school. They shared an interest in blues records. Beefheart was especially fond of Howlin' Wolf, with whose raspy and powerful voice he is often compared. Zappa and Beefheart recorded a few songs together in those early years and also in Studio Z in Cucamonga. After Zappa had founded The Mothers, Vliet started his own band ‘The Magic Band’. After recording a couple of non-descript albums, Zappa offered Vliet total artistic freedom on the Zappa produced ‘Trout Mask Replica’, a double album issued on Straight. A double album, it contains some of the best ‘way out there’ jazz recordings of Beefheart’s career.
Tiger Roach was basically just Beefheart rapping to the band. It didn’t really have a theme or a title, but Zappa used the last words Beefheart said for the track’s title.
12. Rhinoceros: It’s The Same Thing
(Alan Gerber)
Satin Chickens: Elektra Records EKS 74056
Los Angeles CA
John Finley: vocals
Alan Gerber: piano, vocals
Doug Hastings: guitar
Danny Weis: guitar, piano
Michael Fonfara: organ, piano
Peter Hodgson: bass
Billy Mundi: drums
Produced by David Anderle, 1969
Recorded by Allan Emig
Michael Fonfara b. Stevensville ON Aug 11, 1946
Played in Jon and Lee & The Checkmates, The Lincolns, Downchild, Electric Flag, Lou Reed. Stevensville is located on the Niagara Peninsula just north of Crystal Beach.
Alan Gerber b. Chicago May 27, 1947.
Recorded his first 45 in 1963, age 15. Moved to California in 1966 and joined Rhinoceros. Moved to Val-David Quebec in the early 1970s and holds dual citizenship. He’s released several albums of his own material recorded here in Canada.
Billy Mundi b. San Francisco Sept 25, 1942 / d. March 29, 2014
In 1966, he joined The Mothers of Invention during the recording of the album Freak Out!, and later provided drums for several subsequent Mothers albums. He also featured in the movie Uncle Meat. He was enticed away from the Mothers by Jac Holzman at Elektra Records to form a supergroup, Rhinoceros. According to Frank Zappa, Holzman "offered Billy Mundi a huge amount of money, a place to live, the whole package — we'll make you a star, you'll work with these top-grade musicians instead of those comedy guys... But I don't blame Billy for taking the job, because at that time we were so poor he was living in the Albert Hotel and he couldn't get enough to eat — he used to come in and tell us how he'd quell his appetite by drinking the hot water in the shower..."
13. The Turtles: Rugs Of Wood And Flowers
(Howard Kaylan / Al Nichol)
Happy Together: White Whale Records V 1801
Los Angeles CA
Howard Kaylan: vocal
Al Nichol: lead guitar, vocal
Jim Tucker: rhythm guitar
Mark Volman: special effects, vocal
John Barbata: drums
Jim Pons: bass, vocal
Produced by Joe Wissert, 1967
Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood by Bruce Botnick; Sound Recorders, Hollywood by Armin Steiner
You must know that two of the Turtles went onto to sing in the Mothers Of Invention, right? Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan took on the Zappa-esque names The Florescent Leach and Eddy. Reason being: they were not allowed to use the name Turtles or their original names due to a contract signed when they were young and foolish until lawsuits were settled in 1985. This track shows how The Turtles were influenced by Zappa’s psychedelic sense of the bizarre. For a band, that was primarily a pop act not very far removed from what became ‘bubblegum music’, this is truly revolutionary.
14. Mothers Of Invention: Duke Of Prunes Suit
(Frank Zappa)
Absolutely Free: Verve V6-5013
Los Angeles CA
Frank Zappa: guitar, conductor, vocals
Jimmy Carl: Black drums, vocals
Ray Collins: vocals, tambourine
Roy Estrada: bass, vocals
Billy Mundi: drums, percussion
Don Preston: keyboards
Jim Fielder: guitar, piano
Bunk Gardner: woodwinds
Produced by Tom Wilson, 1967
Director of engineering: Val Valentin
Engineer: Ami Hadani
Remixing: David Greene
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax
Hour Two – Stomped
1. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Algoma Central #69
(T C Connors)
Stompin' Tom Meets Big Joe Mufferaw: EMI Canada - 724349 55925
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocal, stompin board
Glen Reid: banjo
Mickey Andrews: steel
Randy McDonald: bass
Gerry Hall: guitar
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1970
Thomas Charles Connors b. Saint John NB Feb 9, 1936 – d. March 6, 2013 (77) Ballinafad ON
2. Tom Connors: Luke’s Guitar
(TC Connors)
45 single bw The Birth of the New Dragon Mine: CKGB: QC 122
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, boots, vocal
Produced at CKGB Radio, Timmins ON, 1965
3. Tom Connors: The Birth of the New Dragon Mine
(TC Connors)
45 single bw Luke’s Guitar: CKGB: QC 122
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, boots, vocal
Produced at CKGB Radio, Timmins ON, 1965
Connors didn’t use the “Stompin’ Tom” moniker until 1967. Before that, while living in Timmins where he began his professional career at the Maple Leaf Hotel, he recorded eight 45s, recorded & released independently through the local Timmins radio station CKGB (the first radio station owned by Roy Thompson). These were recorded at the station on reel to reel tapes and sent to Toronto to be manufactured. These were mostly sold at gigs although Eddy Office Supply, on 3rd Avenue in Timmins, did stock them. Luke was the very first of Tom’s songs that I ever heard; my friend Terry Koza played me his copy won in a contest by his older brother who didn’t want it. The song on the b side was discarded by Tom after the mine changed its name to the Kidd Creek Mine but later re-recorded as ‘The Birth of the Kidd Creek Mine’ on his CD ‘The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom’ released in 2008 (at my urging, of course!).
4. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Little Wawa
(TC Connors)
45 rpm Single bw Northern Gentleman: Twang Records QC-387
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocals
Produced 1965
Recorded at radio station CKGB, Timmins
The 45 credits Tom Connors Singing With Guitar. It was recorded up in Timmins and released in 1966. Previous releases by Tom (before he was called Stompin’ Tom) from the Timmins era were released on local radio station label CKGB Records. This was the only release on the Twang label. Like his 1965 releases, these records were mostly sold at his shows at the Maple Leaf Hotel in Timmins and other northern bars where Tom played in those days.
5. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Rubberhead
(TC Connors)
Bud The Spud: Dominion Records - LPS 21002 / EMI Canada - 7243 495591 2 7
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: guitar, foot
Gerry Hall: guitar
Ronald McDonald: bass
Mickey Andrews: steel, drums
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1969
6. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Bud The Spud
(TC Connors)
50 Years of Stompin’ Tom: Ole / Anthem Legacy OLE46
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, foot
Gerry Hall: guitar
Ronald McDonald: bass
Mickey Andrews: steel, drums
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1969
Executive Producer: Andy Curran, 2017
Remastered by Harry Hess at Hbomb Mastering
Just a fantastic job at premastering this poorly sounding classic and making is sound great on newly minted vinyl. This is the way I’ve always wanted him to sound.
7. Stompin’ Tom Connors: May, The Millwright’s Daughter
(Tom C Connors)
The Northland's Own: Dominion Records – LPS 21006
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: foot & guitar
Produced by Dr Tom C Connors, 1968
Recorded at RCA Studios, TorontoOne of my all time favourite Tom songs! Little known song about a little known place that used to exist near Timmins ON: The little town of Ansonville, a company town that is now just a part of Iroquois Falls.
8. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Muck n’ Slushers
(Tom C Connors)
The Unpopular Stompin' Tom: Boot Records – BOS 7171
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: vocal, guitar, foot stompin'
Others not listed
Produced by Chuck Goudie, 1976
Recorded by Peter Mann at Eastern Sound, Toronto
This is another song that everybody likes.
9. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Martin Hartwell Story
(Tom C Connors)
To It And At It: EMI - 7243 5 20822 2 3
Saint John NB, ON
Tom Connors guitar, foot, vocal
Bill Lewis lead guitar
Gary Empey bass
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1971
10. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Mule Skinner Blues
(Jimmy Rodgers)
Live At The Horseshoe: Capitol Records - C1 93048
Saint John NB
Tom Connors guitar, foot, vocals
Gerry Hall guitar
Ronald McDonald - bass
Mickey Andrews - steel
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1971
Recorded live at The Horseshoe Tavern, Queen St, Toronto City, Canada
11. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Snowmobile Song
(TC Connors)
My Stompin Grounds: Boot Records BOS 7103
Halton Hills ON
Bill Lewis, lead guitar
Glen Reid, rhythm guitar & banjo
John Spence, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Gary Empey, bass
Stompin’ Tom: guitar, vocal, foot
Stompin’ Tom: guitar, vocal & foot stomping
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1971
Recorded by George Semkiw with Cub Richardson at RCA Studio, Toronto
12. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Coal Boat
(T C Connors)
Stompin' Tom Meets Big Joe Mufferaw: EMI Canada - 724349 55925
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocal, board
Glen Reid: banjo
Mickey Andrews: steel
Randy McDonald: bass
Gerry Hall: guitar
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1970
And some people found work on the dirty coal boats, transporting it to Newfoundland. Stompin' Tom found such work after running away from his adopted home at Skinner's Pond, PEI. He did the coal boat run for about a year when he was just 15. He later wrote this song from the collective memories he had from those coal boat days.
13. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Sudbury Saturday Night
(TC Connors)
45 Single bw Sudbury Saturday Night: Rebel Records - RX-104
Saint John NB
Stompin Tom: Vocal, guitar, foot stompin
Roy Penney: lead guitar
Others unknown
Produced by John Irvine, 1967
Released in the spring of 1967
As far as I can tell, the two songs on this Rebel Records single, the last to credit Tom Connors instead of Stompin’ Tom, are the first to have Tom record with a band. Other than guitarist Roy Penny, Tom could not remember who the other musicians were.14. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Fire In the Mine
(TC Connors)
Love & Laughter: Boot Records - BOS 7107
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: guitar, foot, vocals
Randy McDonald: bass
Bill Lewis: lead guitar
Glen Reid banjo, rhythm guitar
John Devlin: guitar, harmonica
Al Cherny: fiddle
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1971
Recorded at RCA Studio, Toronto by Cub Richardson
This is from a true story of the MacIntyre Mine fire, written by Tom when he was living up in Timmins and still performing at The Maple Leaf Hotel. The song first appeared a 45 produced by CKGB radio on their own label QC-134 in 1965 (bw Streets of Toronto). It was then re-recorded on his first LP “The Northland’s Own…”, first on Rebel Records 1967, then re-recorded again for the same album released on Dominion Records in 1968. It was then redone with a full band for 1971s Love & Laughter LP which has since been renamed “Moon-Man Newfie” for CD.
The MacIntyre gold mine was located in the town of Schumacher, a mile outside of downtown Timmins in the Porcupine gold fields and was established by Scottish prospector Sandy MacIntyre in 1909. Schumacher was the birthplace of Toronto Maple Leaf / Montreal Canadian legend, Frank Mahovlich.
15. Stompin’ Tom Connors: The Doot Song
(T C Connors)
The Ballad of Stompin' Tom: EMI Canada - 5 099924 277921
Halton Hills ON
Tim Hadley: bass
Charley Roussy: drums
Billy MacInnis: fiddle, piano, mandolin
Ad Widmeyer: guitar, banjo, mandolin
Chris Whiteley: harmonica
Steve Fruitman: jug
Produced by Dr. Tom C Connors, 2008
Mastered by Ted Carson at MusicLane, Uxbridge ON
16. Stompin’ Tom Connors: My Hockey Mom
(TC Connors)
The Ballad of Stompin' Tom: EMI Canada - 5 099924 277921
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocals, stompin’
Tim Hadley: bass
Charley Roussy: drums
Billy MacInnis: fiddle, piano, mandolin
Ad Widmeyer: guitar, banjo, mandolin
Chris Whiteley: harmonica
Produced by Dr. Tom C Connors, 2008
Mastered by Ted Carson at MusicLane, Uxbridge ON
This song was recorded twice by Stompin’ Tom, first appearing on album Hockey Mom Tribute in 2004 and re-recorded for his 2008 album The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom which was released on vinyl.
17. The Shuffle Demons: Hockey Night In Canada Theme
(Delores / Clanen)
Bop Rap: Stony Plain - SPCD 1124
Toronto
Rich Underhill: alto, baritone sax
Mike Murley: tenor, baritone, alto sax
Dave Parker: tenor sax
Jim Vivian: bass
Stich Wynston: drums
Produced by Bob Doige, Barry Elms & The Demons, 1988
Recorded by Bob Doige with John Oliviera & Mark Howard at Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton
Mastered by George Graves at Lacquer Channel, Toronto
Suits by Kurt Swinghammer