& Dennis Pendrith Perspective
Hour One
1. Sam & Dave: Soul Man - 1965
2. The Cascades: The Last Leaf - 1963
3. The Animals: I’m Crying - 1964
4. Dee Dee Sharp: Ride
5. The Band: Strawberry Wine *
6. Soapy Dog: Where Is It - 1977 *
7. The Seeds: Pushin’ Too Hard - 1966
8. Alice Cooper: No Longer Umpire - 1969
9. The Who: Boris The Spider - 1966
10. The Small Faces: Song of a Baker - 1968
11. AC-DC: Night of the Long Knives - 1981
12. Striped Bananas: Crimson Cliffs - 2020
13. Chocolate Watchband: Psychedelic Trip
14. Sopwith Camel: The Great Morpheum - 1967
15. Spooky Tooth: All About a Roundabout - 1968
16. The Squeeze: Revue - 1979
17. The Butterfingers: Too Early In The Morn - 1965 *
Hour Two – feature on Dennis Pendrith
1. Simon Caine: 100 Fat Hairs - 1970 *
2. Bruce Cockburn: Musical Friends - 1970 *
3. Luke Gibson: Full Moon Rider - 1971 *
4. Fraser & DeBolt: Josephine - 1971 *
5. David Wiffen: Up On The Hillside - 1973 *
6. Peter Donato: Cathouse Serenade - 1974 *
7. Willie P Bennett: White Lines - 1975 *
8. Brian Way: Say My Goodbyes To The Rain - 1976 *
9. Len Udow: Tendency To Flow - 1976 *
10. Murray McLauchlan: When You’re Young - 1978 *
11. Bruce Cockburn: Radio Shoes - 1981 *
12. Chris Whiteley & Caitlan Hanford: ’68 Ford - 1981 *
13. Mose Scarlett: UK Blues - 1981 *
14. The Junior Jug Band: The Monkey & The Engineer - 1985 *
15. Raffi: Morningtown Ride - 1981 *
CanCon = 56%
Hour One
1. Sam & Dave: Soul Man
(Isaac Hayes / David Porter)
Stax Records: STAX 231X
Miami FL
Sam Moore: vocals
Dave Prater: vocals
Steve Cropper: guitar
Booker T & The MGs (including Steve Cropper mentioned in the song: Steve Play!)
Produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter 1967
Sam Moore (Samuel David Hicks on October 12, 1935)
Dave Prater (May 9, 1937 April 9, 1988)
Sam & Dave were considered to be the most successful soul duo of the sixties. While Motown was owning the R&B charts, the Stax Records sound penetrated their hold with artists like Aretha Franklin and Sam & Dave.
2. The Cascades: The Last Leaf
(Chandler / McKendry)
45 single bw Shy Girl: Warner Brothers 6028
San Diego CA
John Claude "John" Gummoe: (lead vocals)
Eddie Snyder (guitar)
Dave Wilson (drums and vocal)
Dave Stevens (bass)
Art Eastlick (rhythm guitar).
Von Lynch (keyboards)
Ronald Lynch (keyboards, saxophone)
Produced 1963
US servicemen stationed at San Diego formed the Silver Strands. They were originally another California surf band before becoming influenced by the success of The Beachboys. At that time they decided to become a vocal group. They eventually changed their name to The Thundernotes before becoming The Cascades, named after the dish washing detergent. Their only huge hit song was 1962’s “Rhythm of the Rain.” They broke up in 1975.
3. The Animals: I’m Crying
(Alan Price / Eric Burdon)
45 single: Columbia Records – DB 7354 – Ivy Music
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
Eric Burden: vocals
Hilton Valentine: guitar
Chas Chandler: bass
Alan Price: keyboards
John Steel: drums
Produced by Mickey Most, 1964
An original song by The Animals, it followed House of the Rising Sun as their follow up single. It has been covered by Iggy Pop, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Pretty Things, Bobby Sherman, SRC, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Doughboys
4. Dee Dee Sharp: Ride
(Sheldon / Leon)
45 single bw The Night: Cameo Records C-230X
Philadelphia PA
Produced 1962
5. The Band: Strawberry Wine
(Levon Helm / Robbie Robertson)
Stage Fright: Capitol Records SW 425
Toronto ON
Levon Helm: drums, lead vocal
Jamie Robbie Robertson: guitar
Richard Manuel: Hammond Organ
Rick Danko: bass
Garth Hudson: keys, brass, woodwinds
Produced by The Band, 1970
Recorded by Todd Rundgren at Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock NY
Mixed by Glyn Johns
From the second album by The Band, an album that Robbie Robertson described as taking a darker turn. Strawberry Wine was one of the lighter songs on the album. While critics for the most part loved the record, the band admitted that while recording they were distracted, indulging in drugs. Levon Helm also believed the record could have benefited from more time, saying, "for the first time we hadn't cut it to our standard.”
6. Soapy Dog: Where Is It
(Jean Millaire)
Play A Simple Melody: CBC Broadcast Recordings – LM 444
Montreal QC
Jean Millaire: guitar
Valentino Condina: drums
Robert Trepanier: bass
Louie Louie: keys
Produced by Michael Whalen ,1977
Recorded & Mixed by Dixon Van Winkle
A Quebecois band called ‘Feu’, they renamed themselves Soapy Dog for their English performances. Jean Millaire was voted Quebec’s most outstanding guitarist by Petit Journal in 1973. He was first known for his playing in Expedition was founded in Quebec in 1968. He later played in the Offenbach offshoot band Corbeau. Expedition released one album, recorded live at the University of Old Montreal in 1973. The band broke in ’74 and Millare migrated into Feu/Soapy Dog.
7. The Seeds: (You’re) Pushin’ Too Hard
(Sky Saxon)
The Seeds: GNP Crescendo 2023
Los Angeles
Rick Andridge: drums
Darryl Hooper: keys
Jan Savage: guitars
Sky Saxon: lead vocal, bass
Produced by Sky Saxon and Marcus Tybalt, 1966
Released April 1966
I remember listening to this album in the Family Room on Torresdale Avenue in Willowdale. That was where Geddy Lee lived pre-Rush days. He wasn’t a big record collector but he was the only kid I knew who was into The Seeds. We used to light a stick of incense and listen in the darkness of the room after school.
8. Alice Cooper: No Longer Umpire
(Alice Cooper)
Pretties For You: Straight Records STS 1051
Detroit MI
Alice Cooper: vocals
Neal Smith: drums
Dennis Dunaway: bass
Glen Buxton: lead guitar
Mike Bruce: rhythm, keys
Produced by Ian Underwood and Herb Cohen, 1969
Recorded by Dick Kunc
This is from the first album Alice Cooper recorded back in 1969. It was recorded for Frank Zappa’s ‘Straight Records’ label and produced by Zappa’s manager, Herb Cohen, and Mother’s of Invention sax player Ian Underwood. The artwork on the cover is a painting by Edward Beardsley that was hanging on the wall at Zappa’s home. It was considered to be too suggestive (featuring a girl in yanking up her skirt and showing her panties. It was sold with a sticker over that area.
Cooper later iterated that there was actually no real production, that the band was recorded live off the floor, thinking that they were just running through some ideas for the record. When Zappa came into the studio, he announced that the recording session was completed and kicked the band out. So that became the first Alice Cooper album which was panned by critics.
9. The Who: Boris The Spider
(John Entwistle)
A Quick One / The Who Sell Out: Decca MCA2-4067
London UK
Roger Daltrey Vocals
John Entwistle Bass Guitar [Horns] and Vocals
Keith Moon Drums
Pete Townshend Guitar and Vocals
Produced by Kit Lambert, 1966
The first Who album, My Generation featured mostly Pete Townsend songs (with a couple of James Brown covers); the next Album, Happy Jack, was to be different. It’s the only Who album to feature songs by all members of the group. This was their Management’s way of getting song writing royalties for all four members of the band. John Entwistle’s contributions were Boris The Spider and Whiskey Man.
10. The Small Faces: Song of a Baker
(S Marriot / R Lane)
Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake: Daffodil Records Canada SBA 16015
London UK
Steve Marriott: lead, harmony, vocals, guitars, harmonica Hammond organ
Ronnie Lane: harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar
Kenney Jones: backing vocals, drums, percussion
Ian McLagan: harmony vocals, keyboards
Produced by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, 1968
Recorded by Glyn Johns at Olympic Studios, London; Trident Studios, London
Released on 24 May 1968, the LP peaked at number one on the UK Album Charts on 29 June, where it remained for a total of six weeks. The packaging was a parody of Ogden's Nut-brown Flake, a brand of tobacco that was produced in Liverpool from 1899 onwards by Thomas Ogden. The album was originally released on vinyl in a circular novelty package of a metal replica of a giant tobacco tin. This proved too expensive and not successful as the tins tended to roll off of shelves and it was quickly followed by a paper replica with a gatefold cover.
11. AC/DC: Night of the Long Knives
(Angus Young / Brian Johnson / Malcolm Young)
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You): Atlantic Records XSD 11111
Sydney AU
Brian Johnson: lead vocals
Angus Young: lead guitar
Malcolm Young: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams: bass guitar, backing vocals
Phil Rudd: drums, percussion
Produced by John ‘Mutt’ Lange, 1981
Recorded at Mobile One Studios (in the suburbs of Paris), HIS Studios
Capturing Hitler’s successful ‘Night of the Long Knives’ coup of the SA, killing off his rivals and forming the SS, only answerable to him. It’s a good lesson to learn from considering what’s down below us right now.
12. Striped Bananas: Crimson Cliffs
(Duncan Shepard)
Pictures I Hear: Cosmic Sunshine Records 99099-8
Danbury CT
Duncan Shepard: vocal, guitars, bass, mellotron, keys, sitar, recorder, dulcimer, drums
Chantelle Shepard: vocals, organs
Andrew Lowden: vocals, drums
Produced by Duncan Shepard, 2020
Recorded by Duncan Shepard and Andrew Lowden
Mastered by Andrew Mitchell at Audio Bay Mastering, Grand Rapids MI
This is brand new album released on Green vinyl! To release and album in 2020, with all that’s been going on, is difficult with so many people out of work and music venues closed down. And yet, this group, that’s been going for about a decade, keeps on creating. They are giving away free downloads of the album so check out their website.
13. The Chocolate Watchband: Psychedelic Trip
(Chocolate Watchband)
45 single bw In The Midnight Hour: Sundazed S 242
Los Altos CA
David Aguilar: vocal, harmonica, keys
Bill Flores: bass
Mark Loomis: lead guitar, keys
Sean Tolby: guitar
Gary Andrijasevich: drums
Produced by Ed Cable, 1967
Recorded by Richard Polodor
Due to internal conflicts with management and producers, The Chocolate Watchband were a dismal failure as recording artists. Very few people had ever heard of them until the mid-1980s when, for some reason, bootlegs started appearing. Then their original LPs started reselling, used, at over a hundred bucks. They were touted as possibly being the American Rolling Stones. Producer Richard Polodor was also the guitarist who played with Sandy Nelson on his original surf/drum song, Let There Be Drums.
14. Sopwith Camel: The Great Morpheum
(Terry MacNeil / Peter Kraemer)
Sopwith Camel: Kama Sutra Records KLP 8060
San Francisco
Peter Kraemer, vocal, sax
Terry MacNeil and William "Truckaway" Sievers, guitars
Martin Beard, bass
Norman Mayell, drums
Produced by Erik Jacobsen, 1967
Recorded by Val Valentin
I’ve always loved this record. The only one the Camel put out at the height of the Psychedelic era. They were good songwriters and sort of merged the sounds of jugbands with cool, modern sounds. And like so many of the bands of their day, they were unique. No one else sounded remotely like them.
15. Spooky Tooth: It’s All About A Roundabout
(Jimmy Miller / Gary Wright)
Tobacco Road: Polydor Records – 2334 021
Carlisle UK
Mike Harrison: vocals, keyboards, harpsichord
Gary Wright: vocals, keyboards, organ
Luther Grosvenor: guitar
Greg Ridley: bass guitar
Mike Kellie: drums and percussion
Produced by Jimmy Miller, 1968
Recorded by Glyn Johns at Olympic Studios, London
Years of engagement: 1967 – 1974
It was Island Records founder Chris Blackwell who introduced American keyboardist Gary Wright to a band called Art. The result was a new band called Spooky Tooth. They would go on to record seven good albums. Gary Wright was out of the band for a time backing up George Harrison and Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band.
16. The Squeeze: Revue
(Glenn Tilbrook / Chris Difford)
Cool For Cats: A&M Records SP 4759
London UK
Glenn Tilbrook: lead guitar, keys, vocals
Harry Kakoulli: bass
Jools Holland: keys
Chris Difford: guitar, vocals
Gilson Lavis: drums
Produced by John Wood and Squeeze, 1979
Recorded by Brian Humphries and Andrew Lumm at Britannia Row, or Olympic Sound, London
Mixed at Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London UK
Squeeze’s main years were between 1974–82; since then they’ve done several get-togethers and continue to this day. In the United States and Canada, the band and album were dubbed UK Squeeze owing to legal conflicts arising from a contemporary American band called "Tight Squeeze". Cool for Cats (recorded in 1979), contained the band's two highest charting UK singles in "Cool For Cats" and "Up The Junction", both of which peaked at No. 2.
17. Butterfingers: Too Early In The Morn
(Terry Bush / Doug Riley)
45 Single bw Baby Ruth: Red Leaf Records TTM 610
Toronto ON
Terry Bush: guitar
Gene Track: bass
Doug Copeland: drums
William Cudmore: harmonica, sas
Paul Denyef: keys
Paul Mifsud: tenor sax
Produced by Tudhope Pigott, 1965
They were actually Robbie Lane’s backing band The Disciples, well known players on Toronto’s Yonge Street strip. Both songs, instrumentals on the 45, (with Baby Ruth on the back) were written by Doctor Music’s Doug Riley.
Hour Two – feature on Dennis Pendrith
I recently received an Email from Duncan Fremlin of Whiskey Jack, suggesting that I do a special on Toronto born bass player Dennis Pendrith.
A veteran bass player from the Toronto area, he was the main touring and studio bassist with Murray McLauchlan, Bruce Cockburn and Raffi. He has also recorded sessions with Stan Rogers, Dan Hill, Sharon, Lois & Bram, Gordon Lightfoot, Fred Penner, Tom Paxton, Sylvia Tyson and Rita Chiarelli, Pierre Lalonde, Aarons & Ackley, David Essig, Ronnie Abramson, Dan Hill, Brent Titcomb, Leroy Sibbles, Fred Penner, Tim Harrison, Fred Eaglesmith and dozens of others.
The entire set list for this hour features Pendrith’s superb bass playing.
Dennis Pendrith b. Toronto September 13, 1949
1. Simon Caine: 100 Fat Hairs
(Simon Caine)
Simon Caine: RCA Victor - LSP 4410
Toronto ON
Pat Godfrey: piano
Bruce Pennycook: winds
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Bill Palmer: guitar
John Savage: drums
Simon Caine (Peter Shields): vocals
Produced by George Semkiw, 1970
Recorded by George Semkiw at RCA Recording Studios, Toronto
Originally called Simon Caine & The Catch, by 1968 they morphed into Transfusion. The band were regulars at Toronto’s Rock Pile, opening for Blood, Sweat and Tears, Country Joe & The Fish, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly and Jeff Beck Group. In 1969 they reverted to Simon Caine
but never recuperated after committing a terrible management blunder: turning down the opportunity to perform at a Maple Leaf Gardens New Years show which featured Johnny Winter, Poco, The James Gang, Rare Earth and Chilliwack. After that Dennis Pendrith went to work with Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, Gordon Lightfoot and tons of others.
Before joining Simon Caine, Pendrith played briefly with Luke and the Apostles.
Pendrith later joined the rock band ‘The Tripp’.
2. Bruce Cockburn: Musical Friends
(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 1969
3. Luke Gibson: Full Moon Rider
(L Gibson)
Another Perfect Day: True North - TN6
Toronto, ON
Luke Gibson: guitar, vocal
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Jim Jones:
Others uncredited
Produced by Eugene Martynec, 1971
Recorded at Thunder Sound, Toronto by Chris Skene and Bill Sedden
Mixed by Bill Sedden
Luke Gibson b. November 5, 1946 Toronto
Gibson formed Luke & The Apostles (with Mike McKenna) in 1965. A year later they were signed to Elektra Records but Gibson quit the band shortly before they were scheduled to record. Instead, he joined Keith McKie to form Kensington Market. After that he recorded two solo albums before taking his leave from the music biz for a while. 50 years after the original demise of the Apostles, Gibson returned to the studio to record the band’s first album, in 2017.
Dennis Pendrith played with Gibson as a member of Luke and the Apostles for five months. It is no coincidence that he played on two Eugene Martynec produced albums for True North Records by Luke Gibson and Bruce Cockburn.
4. Fraser & DeBolt: Josephine
(D M DeBolt)
This Song Was Borne: Roaratorio Records: roar39
St Stephen NB / Winnipeg MB
Allan Fraser: guitar, vocal
Daisy DeBolt: piano; vocal
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Joe Ferguson: flute
Song Produced by Brian Blain, 1971
LP Produced by Allan Fraser & James Lindbloom, 2015
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto by Lee De Carlo & Rick Capreol
Donna Marie DeBolt b. Winnipeg MB July 19, 1945 / d. Oct 4, 2011 Toronto (66)
Allan Hugh Fraser born 21 July 1948 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Alan Fraser and Daisy DeBolt first got together around 1969 as a folk duo, touring the US college circuit. They came to the attention of Columbia Records and, with the help of Hamitonian Ian Guenther (Lighthouse and producer of a Barbara Allen dancercise record) recorded a seminal LP for Columbia in 1971. After an unsuccessful second album, things fell apart for them but there was enough great, mostly original material for many albums to come. Some of the recordings from early gigs were eventually compiled and released on this Roaratorio double album in 2015. This is one of ‘em.
5. David Wiffen: 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 Skene
David Wiffen b. 11 March 1942 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 Wiffen On roughly the same vector as Bruce and Murray McLauchlan, but it didn’t work out that way. After a few years of drudgery, Wiffen 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.
6. Peter Donato: Cathouse Serenade
(Peter Donato)
Peter Donato: EMI Capitol ST 6423
Toronto ON
Peter Donato: vocal, piano
Dennis Pendrith, bass
Barry Keane, drums
Michael Heydon: guitar
Bert Hermiston
David McLey
Bruce Pennycook
James Atkinson: guitar
Eric Robertson
Janis Cramer
Russ Little
Moe Koffman: sax, flute
Bob Van Ever
Produced by Eugene Martynec, 1974
Recorded by Bill Seddon at Thunder Sound,
7. Willie P Bennett: White Lines
(Willie P Bennett)
Tryin’ To Start Out Clean: Woodshed Records WS 004
Toronto ON
Willie P Bennett: guitar, vocal
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Bill Usher: drums, percussion
Chris Whiteley: harmonica, trumpet
Ken Whiteley: piano, organ
Ron Dann: Pedal Steel
Zeke Mazurek: fiddle
Dennis LePage: banjo
David Essig: mandolin
Produced by Dave Essig 1975
Recorded by Phil Sheridan at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Mastered by Bill Cuddihy at RCA Toronto
William Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (26 October 1951 15 February 2008)
David Essig, producer of the first Willie P Bennett albums, also utilized the services of Dennis Pendrith on his own solo albums.
8. Brian Way: Say My Goodbyes To The Rain
(Brian Way)
Where Do You Go: Quality Records SV 1927
St John’s NL / Toronto
John Capek: melodica, percussion
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Barry Keane: drums
Bryan Way: guitar, vocals
Brian Russell: guitar
Milan Kymlicka: strings
Ann Capek, Bev D’Angelo, Cathy Young: bg vocals
Produced by John Capek, 1976
Recorded by Alan Thorne & Don Geppert at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Mixed by Alan Throne
Music prof at Memorial. This album was panned in The Varsity, UofT newspaper 1977
9. Len Udow: Tendency To Flow
(Len Udow)
Through Curved Glass: Appelation Music – J 555
Winnipeg MB
Len Udow: guitar, vocal
Bob Desalle: drums
Ken Whiteley: dobro
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Produced by Eugene Martynec, 1976
Recorded by Jim Morgan at Captain Audio Studios,
Toronto March 31 & May 11, 1976
Udow was quite popular in Winnipeg, and made it down to Toronto to record this, his only vinyl album ‘Through Curved Glass’. In the late ‘70s he performed at the Winnipeg and Vancouver folk music festivals. He eventually became a Cantor at a Winnipeg Synagogue.
Pendrith’s friendship with Ken Whiteley would eventually lead him into the studio to back Raffi, Sharon, Lois & Bram and another Winnipegger, Fred Penner.
10. Murray McLauchlan: When You’re Young (And You Don’t Know Nothin’)
(M McLauchlan)
Whispering Rain: True North Records TN 36
Toronto ON
Murray McLauchlan: guitar, piano, vocals
Ben Mink: mandolin, fiddle
Eric Robertson: keys
David Wilcox: guitars
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Barry Keane: drums
Lloyd Green: steel
Produced by Murray McLauchlan, 1978
Recorded at Eastern Sound, Toronto & Woodland Sound, Nashville by Ken Friesen
Sometimes Murray would tour with just Pendrith. In fact, True North produced a live album recorded in Vancouver featuring them as a duo.
11. Bruce Cockburn: Radio Shoes
(Bruce Cockburn)
12 inch LP Single: Millennium Records BXL1-7761
Ottawa ON
Bruce Cockburn: guitar
Memo Acevedo: percussion
Bob DiSalle: drums
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Jon Goldsmith: keys
Hugh Marsh: violin, mandolin
Kathryn Moses: reeds
Produced by Bruce Cockburn & Bernie Finkelstein, 1981
Recorded by Gary Gray at Manta Sound, Toronto April June 1981
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC
If Dennis Pendrith’s name seems familiar to you it’s most likely because of his playing with Bruce Cockburn over the years. He played bass on many of Cockburn’s big albums.
12. Chris Whiteley & Caitlin Hanford: 68 Ford
(Chris Whiteley )
Lovin’ In Advance: Troubadour Records – TR 0015
Toronto ON
Chris Whiteley: lead vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Caitlin Hanford: bg vocal
Ken Whiteley: electric guitar
Ron Dann: high string guitar, steel
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Bucky Berger: drums
Produced by Ken Whiteley, 1981
Recorded by Chad Irschick with Danny Greenspoon at Inception Sound, Toronto
13. Mose Scarlett: UK Blues
(Mose Scarlett)
Stalling For Time…: Second Avenue Records – SAS 1002
Toronto ON
Mose Scarlett: vocal, guitar
Bob Disalle: drums
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Chris Whiteley: harmonica
Ken Whiteley: mandolin
Produced by Bruce Cockburn, 1981
Recorded by Greg Roberts & Dan Durbin at Kensington Sound, Toronto
Mixed by Tim Harrison at Manta Sound, Toronto
Mose Scarlett d. May 30, 2019 Toronto
14. Junior Jug Band: The Monkey & The Engineer
(Jesse Fuller)
Lots More Junior Jug Band: Kids Records KRL-1018
Toronto
Ken Whiteley: guitars, piano, organ, mandolin, banjo trumpet, autoharp, spoons, washboard, washtub, harmonica, kazoo, rub board, jug
Chris Whiteley: guitars, harmonicas, trumpet, pedal steel, kazoo
Dan Whiteley: drums, percussion
Jenny Whiteley: lead vocals, kazoo
Bucky Berger: drums
Mike Gardner: string bass
Jody Golick: sax
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Bill Russell: triangle
Graham Townsend: fiddle
Produced by Chris & Ken Whiteley, 1985
Recorded by Chad Irschik at Inception Sound, Toronto
Jesse Fuller b. Jonesboro, Georgia, March 12, 1896 / d. January 29, 1976 Oakland CA (79)
Jesse Fuller was never a full time musician until after WW2 when he found it hard to get a job. He was a one-man band, writing his own songs which he performed as a busker in San Francisco. He recorded his first record in 1959. Fuller influenced and has had songs covered by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash ("The Legend of John Henry"), Grateful Dead ("The Monkey and the Engineer" and "Beat It On Down the Line"), Hot Tuna, Peter, Paul and Mary, Janis Joplin, Jim Croce ("San Francisco Bay Blues"), Glenn Yarbrough, Richie Havens, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, T. Nile, Mungo Jerry ("99 Years and One Dark Day).
15. Raffi with Ken Whiteley: Morningtown Ride
(Malvina Reynolds)
Baby Beluga: Troubador Records – TR-0010
Vancouver BC
Raffi: guitar, vocals
Bucky Berger: drums
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Ken Whiteley: piano
Dick Smith: bongos, percussion
Chris Whiteley: harmonica
Produced by Raffi & Ken Whiteley – 1980
Recorded by Daniel Lanois at Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton ON
Mixed by Raffi, Ken Whiteley & Daniel Lanois
Half-Speed Mastering by George Graves at Lacquer Channel, Toronto
Okay, so everybody’s heard this song, so you’ve all heard the bass playing of Dennis Pendrith, some of you since you can remember. On a sadder note: on August 7, 2012, the whale that inspired Raffi to make the song, Kavna, died at age 46 in Vancouver.
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