Hour
One
1. Spencer Davis Group: Keep On Running – 1965
2. The Who: Run, Run, Run – 1966
3. Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground – 1973
4. Ten Years After: I’m Going Home – 1968
5. Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me – 1966
6. Talking Heads: Don’t Worry About The Government – 1982
7. Peter Tosh: Crystal Ball – 1978
8. Savoy Brown: Made Up My Mind – 1969
9. Terveet Kadet: Hallowe’en – 1983
10. Spencer Davis Group: Dimples – 1965
11. Fearing & White: 8th Wonder of the World – 2014 *
12. Justin Rutledge: North Wind – 2016 *
13. The Sex Pistols: Stepping Stone – 1976
14. Spencer Davis Group: The Hammer Song – 1965
Hour Two
1. Spencer Davis Group: Trampoline - 1965
2. Rare Air: Beam Me Up – 1987 *
3. James Brown: Cold Sweat – 1968
4. Don Ross: Catherine – 1989 *
5. Freddy & The Dreamers: A Windmill In Old Amsterdam – 1965
6. The Ravens: Young Blood – 1965 *
7. Spencer Davis Group: I’m A Man – 1967
8. Greg Downie & The Sadies: One Good Fast Job – 2014 *
9. Nick Ferrio: Come Hell Or High Water *
10. Jerry Jeff Walker: Pissin’ In The Wind – 1975
11. Catherine MacLellan: Snowbird – 2017 *
12. The Razorbacks: Scariest Night of My Life – 1988 *
13. Downchild w Spencer Davis: Shot Full Of Love – 1981 *
14. Victor Holubowich & The Royal-Lites: Harvest Polka – 1970 *
15. The Beatles: Flying - 1968
CanCon = 37%
And Now for The Particulars:
Hour One
1. Spencer Davis Group: Keep On Running
(Jackie Edwards)
The Very Best Of Spencer Davis Group: United Artists (mono) UA-LA433-E
London UK
Spencer Davis: guitar, vocal
Steve Winwood: keys, lead vocal
Muff Winwood: bass
Pete York: drums
Produced by Chris Blackwell and Jimmy Miller, 1965
Compilation produced by Paul Burke 1975
Spencer David Nelson Davies b. 17 July 1939 Swansea, Wales / d. 19 Oct 2020 (aged 81) Los Angeles, CA
One of the fathers of the British Blues! Spencer Davis began learning to play harmonica and accordion at the age of 6. He moved to London when he was 16 and began working in the Post Office Savings Bank. His early musical influences were skiffle, jazz and blues. Musical artists who influenced him were Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, Buddy Holly and British players like Davey Graham, John Martyn, Alexis Korner and Long John Baldry. By the time he was 16, Davis was hooked on the guitar and the American rhythm and blues which, at that time, was making its way across the Atlantic.
In 1963, Davis went to the Golden Eagle in Birmingham to see the ‘Muff Wood Jazz Band’, a traditional outfit featuring Muff on bass and his brother, a young teenaged Steve Winwood, on keys. Davis persuaded them to join him and drummer Pete York as the Rhythm and Blues Quartet called ‘The Spencer Davis Group’.
2. The Who: Run Run Run
(Pete Townsend)
A Quick One / Sell Out: Decca MCA2-4067
London UK
Roger Daltrey: Vocals
John Entwistle: Bass Guitar and Vocals
Keith Moon: Drums
Pete Townshend: Guitar and Vocal
Produced by Kit Lambert, 1966
This is from The Who’s second studio album, A Quick One, which has always been one of my favourite Who albums. Instead of relying on Pete Townsend to write all the songs, each Who member was asked to contribute songs for the album. Pete wrote 4 of the songs (including mini-rock-opera A Quick One); Keith Moon wrote 2, as did John Entwistle, while Roger Daltry contributed one song.
3. Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground
(Stevie Wonder)
Innervisions: Motown T 326L
Saginaw MI
Stevie Wonder all instruments
Produced by Stevie Wonder, 1973
Recorded by Dan Barbiero and Austin Godsey at The Record Plant, Los Angeles CA and Media Sound Inc. NYC
Mastered by George Marino at The Cutting Room, NYC
Stevland Hardaway Judkins b. May 13, 1950
"Higher Ground" went to No. 4 on the pop charts; another Innervisions track, "Living for the City", got to No. 8. And both songs reached No. 1 on the R&B charts. Innervisions generated three more Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and is ranked No. 23 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It made Wonder a major star!
Wonder has won 22 Grammy Awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996
4. Ten Years After: I’m Goin’ Home
(Alvin Lee)
Undead: Derem Records DS 18016
London UK
Leo Lyons: bass
Ric Lee: drums
Chick Churchill: keys
Alvin Lee: guitar
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1968
Recorded May 14, 1968 by Rob Baker at Klooks Kleek, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London
Recorded at the small jazz club, Klooks Kleek, in London, May 1968, and released in August of that year. Klooks Kleek was a jazz and rhythm n’ blues club at the Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, North West London, just a stone’s throw away from the Decca recording studios. It was a club that Fleetwood Mac, Cream, even Stevie Wonder performed at. A surprise visit which passed into legend was the one made by Jimi Hendrix whose manager, Chas Chandler, formerly of the Animals, brought him in one night when John Mayall was playing. Jimi was never booked, but he was invited to jam with the Blues Breakers which left the crowd speechless.
I’m Goin’ Home was a crowd favourite at Klooks Kleek but it wasn’t until Ten Years After were caught on film, performing it at Woodstock (with Alvin Lee climbing on top of the speakers with his guitar), that it became a colossal hit in America. In fact, it became the only song most people wanted to hear them play. Yet, they were a fantastic jazzy, rockin' British blues band!
5. Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
(J Edwards)
Gimme Some Lovin’: Stone Records SXS 3701
London UK
Spencer Davis: guitar, vocal
Steve Winwood: keys, lead vocal
Muff Winwood: bass
Pete York: drums
Produced by Chris Blackwell and Jimmy Miller, 1966
The group had No. 1 hits in the UK with consecutive 1966 releases: "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me". Stevie Winwood sang the soulful lead vocals on all the band’s hits up to "I'm a Man" in 1967. The Spencer Davis Group continued after Winwood left to form Traffic in April of 1967. The group recorded two more albums before splitting up in 1969. When Davis’ death was announced, Stevie called him “my brother”.
6. Talking Heads: Don’t Worry About The Government
(David Byrne)
The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads 1977-79: Sire Records 2SR 3590
NYC
David Byrne: vocal, guitar
Jerry Harrison: keys, guitar, bg vocals
Tina Weymouth: bass
Chris Frantz: drums
Produced by David Byrne, 1982
Recorded live at Northern Studios, Maynard Mass, November 17, 1977
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Talking Heads formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. They played their first gig as "Talking Heads" opening for the Ramones at CBGB in 1975. They played Toronto venues, The Horseshoe and El Mocambo. Their early association with Brian Eno marked them as a band to watch, blending punk, folk, funk and world music into what became known as New Wave music.
7. Peter Tosh: Crystal Ball
(Peter Tosh)
Mystic Man: Rolling Stones Records QCOC 39111
Grange Hill, Jamaica
Peter Tosh: vocals, guitar, keys
Robbie Shakespeare: bass, guitar
Sly Dunbar: drums
Mikey Chung: keys, guitar, percussion
Robby Lyn: organ, piano
Ed Walsh: synth
George Young: sax, flute
Lou Marini: sax, flute
Howard Johnson: baritone sax
Barry Rogers: trombone
Mike Lawrence: trumpet
Gwen Guthrie, Yvonne Lewis, Brenda White: bg vocals
Produced by Peter Tosh, 1979
Recorded by Geoffrey Chung at Dynamic Sound, Kingston JM
Mixed by Geoffrey Chung at Sound Mixers, NYC
Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios, NYC
Peter Tosh b. 19 October 1944 Grange Hill, Jamaica / d. 11 Sept 1987(42) Westmoreland, Jamaica
Mystic Man is my favourite Peter Tosh album. Just after it came out, in 1979, I got to see him play at the Ontario Place Forum, in Toronto (with the revolving stage). Reggae was still new to most of us, Bob Marley was the only Reggae name most of us knew back then. Held together by Sly and Robby (bass and drums), the album, in my opinion, is perfect in every. I can’t believe I’ve never played Crystal Ball on radio before!
8. Savoy Brown: Made Up My Mind
(Chris Youlden)
A Step Further: Parrott PAS 71029
London UK
Chris Youlden: vocals
Kim Simmonds: guitar, cowbell
Lonesome Dave Peverett: guitar
Roger Earl: drums
Tony Stevens: bass
Bob Hall: piano
Wheeler Eddie Blair: trumpets
Don Morris: sax
John Edwards: trombone
Bob Efford: sax
Don Honeywill: sax
Jawbone Willie: jawbone
Ray Davis, Bobby Haughey, Reg Morris: flugelhorn
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1969
Recorded by David Grinste
Christopher Thomas Youlden b. 1 January 1943, Dagenham, England
An English blues singer. He worked with the British blues band Savoy Brown from 1967 until 1970. The word "Savoy" came from an American blues label, Savoy Records, and “Brown” because they thought listeners would realize that they played Chicago-style Blues. The band first got together in 1965, lead by lead guitarist Kim Simmonds, and had a lot of personnel changes right from the start. Simmonds was the only consistent musician in the band. In fact, A Step Further and Raw Sienna, the album that followed it, also in 1969, are the only two records Savoy Brown made with the same core personnel.
9. Terveet Kädet: Halloween
(Terveet Kädet)
Terveet Kädet: Propaganda Records PRO-012
Tornio, Finland
Bass, Backing Vocals: Piäsky
Drums: Walde
Guitar: Tiimo
Vocals: Läjä
Produced by Terveet Kädet, 1983
Recorded By, Mixed By: H. Karjalainen
A Finnish hardcore punk band that came together in 1980. Terveet Kädet, which means "Healthy Hands", has had a major influence on bands from all over the world. Band's line-up changed several times throughout the years and the only permanent member was the vocalist Veli-Matti "Läjä" Äijälä (5 umlauts over 5 A’s). They lasted until 2016.
2019 Terveet Kädet made a comeback and started to perform shows focusing on the music they made in the 1980's.
10. Spencer Davis Group: Dimples
(John Lee Hooker / J Bracken)
The Very Best Of The Spencer Davis Group: United Artists Records (mono) UA-LA433E
London UK
Spencer Davis: guitar, vocal
Steve Winwood: keys, lead vocal
Muff Winwood: bass
Pete York: drums
Produced by Chris Blackwell and Jimmy Miller, 1965
Compilation produced by Paul Burke 1975
After the Spencer Davis Group broke up, Davis moved to California and recorded an acoustic album, ‘It's Been So Long’, in 1971. He followed it with another solo album called ‘Mousetrap’, produced by Sneaky Pete Kleinow of The Flying Burrito Brothers. Neither album sold very well. Soon after, he moved back to the UK, formed a new Spencer Davis Group which only lasted about a year. He then took a job with Island Records in the mid-1970s. As Island’s promoter, Davis got to work with Bob Marley, Robert Palmer and Eddie and the Hot Rods as well as promoting the blossoming solo career of Steve Winwood.
11. Fearing & White: Eighth Wonder (of the World)
(Stephen Fearing / Andy White)
Tea & Confidences: LP Version
Halifax NS / Melbourne, Aust
Stephen Fearing: vocals, guitars
Andy White: vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin
Ray Farrugia: drums
Produced by Fearing & White, 2014
Recorded by Scott Merritt at The Cottage, Guelph ON
Mixed and Mastered by John Whynot at The Palm Door, Los Angeles
Vinyl Record made at DAS Record Automat, Fitzroy Australia
http://www.fearingandwhite.com
Yep, just 1 of 3 copies in existence on ‘unmastered’ vinyl. (Well, it was mastered but for CD, so it sounds unmastered).
12. Justin Rutledge: North Wind
(Brenley MacEachern / Lisa MacIsaac)
East: Outside Music OUT9102
Prince Edward County ON
Bass: Kyle Cunjak
Drums, Percussion: Sly Juhas
Guitar, Keyboards, Horns, Voice: Daniel Ledwell
Guitar, Voice: Justin Rutledge
Pedal Steel Guitar: Asa Brosius
Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer]: Steve O'Connor
Producer, Engineer, Mixed by Daniel Ledwell, 2016
Mastered by J LaPointe at Archive Mastering, Minevill NS
Recorded at Echo Lake Studios, Echo Lake NS
Justin Rutledge b. Toronto January 3, 1979
Rutledge was born and grew up in the Junction neighbourhood in Toronto. He dropped out of the University of Toronto to do music full time and it paid off. He’s toured Canada, the UK, the United States and Europe. East is the seventh studio album, recorded in Halifax. He currently resides in Prince Edward County.
13. The Sex Pistols: (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
(Boyce / Hart)
The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle: Virgin Records VD 2510
London UK
Johnny Rotten: lead vocal
Steve Jones: guitar
Glen Matlock: bass
Paul Cook: drums
Produced by Cook, Jones, Goodman, Thraves in 1976 and 1979
Soundtrack album Produced, 1979
This is the soundtrack to the Pistols’ film Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindlewhich was released after John Lyndon (Rotten) had left the Pistols. They used his vocals from a 1976 demo and re-recorded the music tracks. So why did they choose to play a Monkee’s song? (Note: before the Monkees, the song was recorded by none other than Paul Revere And The Raiders, released the same month as The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band’s version).
14. Spencer Davis Group: The Hammer Song
(Trad)
Gimme Some Lovin’: Stone Records – SX 3701
Birmingham UK
Spencer Davis: guitar
Pete York: drums
Muff Winwood: bass
Stevie Winwood: organ
Produced by Chris Blackwell, 1965
Hour Two
1. Spencer Davis Group: Trampoline
(Stevie Winwood)
The Best of The Spencer Davis Group: Stone Records (Mono) SX 3718
Birmingham UK
Spencer Davis: guitar
Pete York: drums
Muff Winwood: bass
Stevie Winwood: organ
Produced by Chris Blackwell, 1966
In 1993, Davis formed the supergroup the Class Rock All-Stars. He left the group in 1995 to form World Classic Rockers with former Eagles bassist Randy Meisner, singer Bobby Kimball and guitarist Denny Laine.
Davis died from pneumonia on 19 October at the age of 81.
2. Rare Air: Beam Me Up
(Grier Coppins, Richard Murai, Patrick O'Gorman, Trevor Ferrier)
Hard To Beat: Green Linnet SIF 1073
Toronto ON
Trevor Ferrier, percussion
Dick Murai, bass
Grier Coppins, pipes
Pat OGorman, pipes, flutes
Truck Croteau, bouzouki
Produced by Awesome Dave & Rare Air, 1987
Recorded & Mixed by Dave Hillier at Comfort Sound, Toronto
3. James Brown: Cold Sweat
(James Brown / Alfred Ellis)
30 Golden Hits: Polydor MIPD-2-9387
Atlanta GA
James Brown - lead vocal
Waymond Reed - trumpet
Joe Dupars - trumpet
Levi Rasbury - trombone
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis - alto saxophone
Maceo Parker - tenor saxophone
Eldee Williams - tenor saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney - baritone saxophone
Jimmy Nolen - guitar
Alphonso "Country" Kellum - guitar
Bernard Odum - bass
Clyde Stubblefield - drums
Produced by James Brown & Jerry Wexler, 1967
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati OH
James Joseph Brown (b. Toccoa GA May 3, 1933 / d. Atlanta GA December 25, 2006
In 1967 I auditioned to play drums with a band Geddy Lee was putting together with a guy who lived across the street from me: guitarist and lead vocalist Jeff Halpert. They gave me some interesting records to learn: Spencer Davis, Sam & Dave and James Brown. This song gave me the biggest headache to learn coz it was so strange. Where’s the groove at? It’s totally there but hard to figure out. Geddy and I later went to a James Brown show at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens (April 7, 1968) where I realized that Brown utilized the services of two drummers!
Clyde Stubblefield is best known for playing drums with James Brown’s orchestra. His recordings with them (from 1965) are considered to be some of the standard-bearers for funk drumming. The band had two drummers: Stubblefield and John "Jabo" Starks. The two drummers had no formal training. According to Stubblefield, "We just played what we wanted to play... We just put down what we thought it should be." His rhythm pattern on James Brown's "Funky Drummer" is among the world's most sampled musical segments. It has been used for decades by hip-hop groups
In 2013 Stubblefield and Starks received the Yamaha Legacy Award
In 2014 Stubblefield was named the second best drummer of all time by LA Weekly. A set of Stubblefield's autographed drum-sticks are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Both drummers died just a few years ago.
4. Don Ross: Catherine
(Don Ross)
Bearing Straight: Duke Street Records DSR 31054
Udora ON
Don Ross: guitars
Hugh Marsh: violin
David Piltch: bass
Produced by Don Ross, 1989
Recorded by Ron Searles and Brad Haehnel at Manta Sound, Toronto
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel, Toronto
5. Freddy & The Dreamers: A Windmill In Old Amsterdam
(Ted Dicks, Myles Rudge)
45 Single bw How's About Trying Your Luck With Me: Capitol Records 72296
Manchester UK
Freddie Garrity: vocals
Roy Crewdson: guitar
Derek Quinn: guitar and harmonica
Peter Birrell: bass
Bernie Dwyer: drums.
Produced by John Burgess, 1965
Prior to becoming a singer, Freddy Garrity worked as a milkman in Manchester. He styled his persona as the British counterpart, in looks more than music, of Buddy Holly, complete with the glasses. He also had a working class music hall style of performing so rock n’ roll was the perfect avenue for those glasses to see. On stage, the group performed pre-rehearsed, synchronized corny dance moves, like their song ‘Do The Freddy’.
The band enjoyed a brief spell of fame in the US, riding the wave of the British Invasion when American teens were hungry for just about any British pop sensation. "I'm Telling You Now", which had been co-written by Garrity and Mitch Murray, reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in spring 1965. Their next biggest US hit was "Do the Freddie" at number 18, intended to inspire 'The Freddie' as a dance craze. It seems like they would try anything to get another hit so out came this outrageous version of A Windmill In Amsterdam.
Rolling Stone’s History of Rock ‘N Roll had this to say about them:
Freddie and the Dreamers [had] no masterpiece but a plentitude of talentless idiocy and enough persistence to get four albums and one film soundtrack released ... Freddie and the Dreamers represented a triumph of rock as cretinous swill, and as such should be not only respected, but given their place in history.
6. The Ravens: Young Blood
(Leiber / Stoller)
Rock & Roll Comes To Newfoundland & Labrador CD Compilation
St John's NL
Bob Rowe, guitar
Rod French, guitar
Don Oakley, lead guitar
Jim Hennessey, Fender Bass
Rocky Wiseman, drums
Paul Rumsey, vocal
Produced 1965
Originally released on Arc Records A-1099
Recorded in Toronto ON
Reproduced by Wayne Sturge, 2007
Jim Hennessey ordered his Fender bass guitar from Peet’s Music in Montreal. When Leo Fender heard about this, he wrote Hennessey a letter to go along with the guitar claiming that it was the first one Fender had sold in Newfoundland.
The Ravens didn’t name themselves after a bird. It was the combination of surnames: Ryan and Evans, who formed the band in 1960. They went down to Toronto to record at Arc Sound and released Young Blood bw Sincerely in 1965 which hit Number One at CJON in Vancouver. But the band had no recording contract with Arc Records & they saw no royalties from their record which sold an estimated 20,000 across Canada.
7. Spencer Davis Group: I’m A Man
(Jimmy Miller / Steve Winwood)
The Very Best Of The Spencer Davis Group: United Artists Records (mono) UA-LA433E
London UK
Spencer Davis: guitar, vocal
Steve Winwood: keys, lead vocal
Muff Winwood: bass
Pete York: drums
Produced by Chris Blackwell and Jimmy Miller, 1967
Compilation produced by Paul Burke 1975
The last hit song of The Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood.
8. Gord Downie & The Sadies: One Good Fast Job
(Gord Downie / The Sadies)
A & C Records A&C090
Kingston ON / Richmond Hill ON
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Travis Good: vocal, guitar, mandolin
Dallas Good: guitar, keys
Gord Downie: vocals
Produced by Gord Downie & The Sadies 2014
Recorded by Ken Friesen at The Bath House, Bath ON
Mixed by Bob Rock at Warehouse Studios, Vancouver BC
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC
People really seem to miss Gord Downie this time of year! I love the playing on this album!
9. Nick Ferrio: Come Hell Or High Water
(Nick Ferrio)
45 Single: Headless Owl Records - SFR010-7
Peterborough ON
Jonas Bonetta: bg vocals
Gavin Gardiner: bass
Ian Kehoe: drums
Steve Lambke: guitar
Sylvie Smith: bg vocals
Produced by Gavin Gardiner & Nick Ferrio, 2015
Mastered by Phil Demetro
Nick Ferrio grew up in the small town of Virginia, Ontario, near Lake Simcoe where, he claims: “We had a gas station and a Becker’s (milk store),” he recalls. He moved to Peterborough and integrated into the music scene there, playing in a lot of bands. He soon became an advocate for Canadian musicians claiming:
“I feel like 99% of musicians in Canada are not able to make a sustainable living doing what they’re doing.” That was pre-pandemic!
10. Jerry Jeff Walker: Pissin’ In The Wind
(Jerry Jeff Walker)
Ridin’ High: MCA Records MCA 2156
Oneonta, NY
Jerry Jeff Walker: vocal, guitar
David Briggs: piano
Norbert Putnam: bass
Weldon Merrick: guitar
Johnny Gimble: fiddle
Kenny Buttry: drums
Produced by Michael Brovsky 1975
Recorded by Gene Eichelberger at Quadraphonic Studios, Nashville, & The Barn, Woodstock NY
Ronald Clyde Crosby b. March 16, 1942 Oneonta NY / d. Oct 23, 2020 Austin TX (78)
Jerry Jeff got his start as a member of a local Oneonta teen band called ‘The Tones’. After high school, he joined the National Guard, but he went AWOL and roamed the country busking for coins in New Orleans, Texas, Florida, and New York. He played ukulele then until he settled on guitar in 1963. He adopted his stage name "Jerry Jeff Walker" in 1966.
He recorded the seminal album ‘Mr. Bojangles’ in 1968 with the help of David Bromberg and other influential Atlantic recording artists. He settled in Austin, Texas, in the 1970s, associating mainly with the outlaw country, anti-Nashville scene that had developed there which included artists such as Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, and Townes Van Zandt. He went on to record a couple of dozen albums of great songs.
The saying, ‘Pissin’ in the Wind’ basically means that it’s generally a bad idea to do something. I think you probably get the picture.
11. Catherine MacLellan: Snowbird
(Gene MacLellan)
Snowbird: The Songs of Gene MacLellan: True North Records TND 676
Rural PEI
Catherine MacLellan: guitar, vocal
Chris Gauthier: electric guitar, bg vocal
Produced by Karl Falkenham, 2017
Recorded at Zion Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown PEI 2013
Recorded by Pat Martin, Rod Sneddon and Kenny MacDopnald
House Sound: House Front Productions
This was recorded back in 2013 but only released in 2017 and features various artists covering Gene MacLellan’s songs, including Lenny Gallant, John Connoly, Dennis Ellsworth and Ron Hynes doing versions of Gene’s songs. Catherine has just completed a summer-long show of her father’s life and songs.
12. The Razorbacks: Scariest Night Of My Life
(Tony Kenny)
Go To Town: Other Peoples Music - TJD-2102
Toronto ON
Tony Kenny: guitar, vocal
Joe Myke: drums
Don Dekouchay: bass
Produced by Chris Spedding, 1988
Recorded at Wellesley Sound, Toronto by Tod Cutler
Rockabilly trio that I used to see busking on the streets of Toronto. Recorded two albums before disintegrating into the ether. Active from 1986–1996.
13. Downchild with Spencer Davis: Shot Full Of Love
(Bob McDill)
Blood Run Hot: Attic Records LAT 1117
Toronto ON
Spencer Davis: vocal
Jane Vasey: piano
Gary Kendall: bass
Craig Kaleal: drums
Ray Harrison: Hammond organ
Larry Bodner: sax
Produced by Spencer Davis, 1981
Recorded at Eastern Sound, Toronto by Graham Duff
So where do Spencer Davis and Toronto fit together? With Downchild Blues Band, of course!
14. Victor Holubowich & The Royal-Lites: The Harvest Polka
(Victor Hulobowich)
Their Instrumental Favourites: Heritage Records – HR-20
Edmonton AB
Victor Holubowich: accordion, Cord-O-Vox
Bill Rudkowski: dulcimer, bass
Joe Wasylenchuk: sax
Panko Chrunik: guitar, bass
Dan Martyniuk: drums
Produced by Victor Holubowich, circa 1970
Recorded by Joe Kozak at Recording Services, Edmonton
Victor Holubowich b. Myrnam, AB November 30, 1943
Victor first got interested in playing thte accordion when he was twelve, and once he started playing it he knew that he was destined to be a musician. In 1970, he formed his own group which he called “Victor Holubowich and the Royal-Lites”. Within a very short period of time they became quite popular and performed throughout Western Canada. Their popularity led them to the recording studio to record a number of albums of Ukrainian Music. Victor was most proud that his own tune, The “Feature Waltz” has gone around the world being played by many other excellent musicians. Holubowich ran The Royal-Lites polka band for decades out of Edmonton. He recorded Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ In the Wind’ as a polka!
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