33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show with Steve Fruitman #448 September 5, 2022 click pic to go to Campstreams Radio Archive page Jobs Hear this show now! Side A

1.   The Busters: Astronaut’s – 1963
2.   Roy Payne: DJ – 1973 *
3.   The Beatles: Please Mr. Postman - 1963
4.   Pretty Things: Photographer – 1967
5.   Johnny Rivers: Secret Agent Man – 1966
6.   Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Dancer With The Bruised Knees – 1977 *
7.   Andreas Segovia: Rondo on a Theme – 1955
8.   Bob The Limey: The Window Cleaner – 1973 *
9.   Fat Mattress: Petro Pump Assistant – 1969
10. Louise Lambert: Delivery Boy – 1979 *
11. Stevedore Steve: I’m A Truck Driver – 1971 *
12. Jane Siberry: The Waitress – 1984 *
13. Small Faces: Song of a Baker – 1968
14. Ken Stanley: Crazy Rhythm – 1962 *
15. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Coal Boat – 1970 *
16. Carl Tapscott Singers: Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor – 1975 *
17. Borealis: Politician – 1973 *
18. Klaatu: Doctor Marvello – 1976 *
19. Dixitech Seven: Mountain Railroad – 1974 *
Vintage Voices w DJ Frank
20. Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody – 1964

Side B

1.   The Beatles: Paperback Writer – 1966
2.   David Pritchard: Nash Metropolitan – 1976 *
3.   Nina Simone: Work Song – 1961
4.   Gordon Lightfoot: Bossman – 1968 *
5.   Joan MacIsaac: The Man Who Does The News – 1982 *
6.   Los Calchakis: Pescadores – 1966
7.   Loewen Family Orchestra: The Northern Trappers’ Rendezvous – 1969 *
8.   John Prine: Grandpa Was A Carpenter – 1973
9.   Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Daddy Was A Sailor – 1975
10. Lonnie Donegan: My Old Man’s A Dustman – 1960
11. Carl MacKenzie: Car Driver Jig Set – 1981 *
12. Canadian Headliners: Cab Driver – 1970 *
13. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Log Driver’s Song – 1960 *
14. Hal Willis: The Lumberjack – 1966 *
15. Glen Reid: Hard Rock Miner – 1978 *
16. Murray McLauchlan: Farmer’s Song – 1972 *
17. Eric Burdon & The Animals: Sky Pilot pts 1 & 2 – 1968 *
18. Lenny Breau and Richard Cotton: Emily – 2001 *
19. Johnny Paycheck: Take this Job And Shove It – 1977

CanCon = 59%

Side A

Labour Week in Canada – songs about jobs. In the first hours songs about Astronauts, DJs, Posties, Photographers, Secret Agents, Ballerinas, Window Cleaners, Gas Station Attendants, Delivery Boys, Truckers, Waitresses, Bakers, Deck Hands, Sailors, Politicians and Doctors.

Astronauts

1.   The Busters: Astronaut’s
(J Barker)
45 Single: Reo Records – 8733X
Greenfield, Mass
Fran Parda, drums
Alan Orkins, lead guitar
John Chappel, rhythm guitar
Freddie Cole, 2nd guitar
Al Marczyk, tenor sax
Jack Baker, bass
Produced 1963

The Busters were actually a band called Northern Lights from the Boston area. They used The Busters name for this release only.

DJs

2.   Roy Payne: DJ
(Roy Payne)
One Step Forward: RCA KLP1 0047
Trout River NL
Roy Payne: guitar, vocal
Others not mentioned
Produced by George Semkiw, 1973
Recorded at RCAs Toronto Studio by Craig Richardson & Alan Moy

Roy Absalom Payne b. April 3, 1939 - Trout River,  Newfoundland

There’s a lot of urban myths associated with Roy Payne. One of them claims that during a recording session at RCA, he flipped out for some reason, picked up an amp and tossed it through the glass into the production booth which, apparently, ended his relationship with RCA.

Posties

3.   The Beatles: Please Mr. Postman
(Dobbins / Garrett / Holland / Bateman / Gorman)
With The Beatles: EMI - 0946 3 82420 2 4
Liverpool, UK
John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocals, rhythm guitar, handclapping
Paul McCartney - backing vocals, bass, handclapping
George Harrison - backing vocals, lead guitar, handclapping
Ringo Starr - drums, cowbell, handclapping
Produced by George Martin, 1963
Recorded by NormanSmith - engineer at Abby Road Studios, London, July 30/63

This song was the debut single by the Marvelettes

Photographers

4.   The Pretty Things: Photographer
(Phil May / Dick Taylor / Stirling)
Emotions: Fontana Records STL 5425
London UK
Jon Povey: vocal, keys
Skip Alan: drums
Wally Waller: bass, vocals
Dick Taylor: lead vocals
Phil May: guitar
Brian Pendleton: rhythm guitar
John Stax: bass
Produced by Steve Rowland, 1967
Recorded at Philips Studios, London

Formed in London in 1963, they took their name from Willie Dixon song. They started out as another R&B band who had some mediocre singles released before turning psychedelic in 1966. Dissatisfied with their label who were very dissatisfied with them, they recorded this, their third album to fulfill their contract obligations. This lead to infighting within the band and a few members left a few months later.

Secret Agents

5.   Johnny Rivers: Secret Agent Man
(PF Sloan / Steve Barri)
45 Single: Imperial Records IM 66159
Baton Rouge, LA
Johnny Rivers: guitar, vocals
Joe Osborn: bass
PF Sloan: guitar
Mickey Jones: drums
Produced by Lou Addler, 1966
Recorded live at the Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles CA

When the popular British TV series Danger Man (starring Patrick McGoohan) was shipped to America, they wanted a new theme song which Sloan and Berri wrote and demo'd (as Danger Man). When the Americans wanted a name change (to Secret Agent Man), they changed the title and got Johnny Rivers to perform it. He did it as a 15 second intro for the series. However, audience demand sent Rivers back to Sloan and Barri for a re-write and the song was recorded for general release. As usual, Rivers did most of his recordings live, off the stage at the Whiskey A Go Go in LA.

Ballerinas / Dancers

6.   Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Dancer With The Bruised Knees
(A McGarrigle)
Dancer With Bruised Knees: Warner Bros BS 3014
Montreal QC
Kate McGarrigle: vocal, piano
Tommy Morgan: harmonica
Richard Davis: bass
Produced by Joe Boyd, 1977
Recorded by Glen Berger at A&R Studios, New York City; Tim Hewlings at San Quebec, Montreal; Steve Ham at Le Studio, Morin Heights QC
Mixed by John Wood and Dennis Dragon

Recorded over a dozen albums together. This is from their second release produced by the world renowned producer, Joe Boyd. They were welcomed into the Order of Canada in 1993.

Guitar Players

7.   Andreas Segovia: Rondo on a Theme
(Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar)
Segovia: Columbia Masterworks – ML 4732
Madrid SP
Andres Segovia: guitar
Produced 1955

Andrés Segovia Torres b. Linares, Spain Nov 21, 1893 / d. 2 June 1987 (aged 94) Madrid, Spain

Window Cleaners

8.   Bob The Limey and The Thunder Bay Show Band: The Window Cleaner
(Formby / Gifford / Cliffe)
45 single: Giant Records RRB-100
Thunder Bay ON
Bob The Limey: vocals
Produced circa 1973
Recorded bat DMG Sound Studio

Never heard of this guy nor the band on the A Side of this 45 single. The A Side is a Northern Ontario version of “I’ve Been Everywhere, Man” by Reg Allen & The Thunder Bay Show Band.

Gas Station Attendants

9.   Fat Mattress: Petro Pump Assistant
(Neil Landon / Noel Redding)
Fat Matress: Atco – SD-33-309
Folkestone UK
Eric Dillon: drums
Jimmy Leverton: bass, keys
Neil Landon: vocal
Noel Redding: guitar, vocal
Produced by Fat Mattress, 1969
Recorded by George Chkiantz

Active years 1968–1970

The band was formed while Redding was a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with a view to enabling Redding to both play guitar and sin lead, as well as to record original material. They opened for Hendrix on a US tour with Redding playing in both bands.

Delivery Boys

10. Louise Lambert: Delivery Boy
(Louise Lambert)
Road Song: CBC Records LM469A
(Note: Side 2 is by a band called Ravin’)
Toronto ON
Louise Lambert: vocal, piano, tambourine
Garth Vogan: bass
Lance Vaughan: drums
Bob Mann: guitar
Ron Dann: steel guitar
Ray Parker: piano, synth
Bob Brough: sax
Scott Irvine: tuba
David Caldwell: clarinet
Produced by Keith Duncan, 1979
Recorded by Mick Walsh at Phase One, Toronto

Here’s another record, this time an LP, shared by two different artists. One side by Louis Lambert and the other by a Toronto band called Ravin’.

Truck Drivers

11. Stevedore Steve: I’m A Truck Driver
(Stephen J Foote)
Hard Workin' Men - Boot Records BOS 7102
Saint John, NB
Steve Foote: guitar, vocal
Fred McKenna: steel
Others unknown
Produced by Jury Krytiuk, 1971
Recorded at RCA Limited Studio, Toronto
Recording & Mixing Engineer: George Semkiw
Recording Technician: "Cub" Richardson
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/steveindex.htm

B Stephen J H Foote b. Saint John NB, Jan 3, 1938 / d. Oct 14, 2016 Saint John (80)

Waitresses and Waiters

12. Jane Siberry: The Waitress
(Jane Siberry)
No Borders Here: Open Air Records OA-0302
Guelph ON
Jane Siberry: vocal, keys
John Switzer: bass
Ken Myhr: guitar
Doug Wilde, keys
Al Cross: drums, LINN overdubs
Produced by Jon Goldsmith, Kerry Crawford, Jane Siberry, John Switzer, 1984
Recorded by John Naslen and Rick Starks, Ron Searles and Mark Baldi at Manta Sound, Toronto

Jane Stewart b. Toronto, October 12, 1955

Raised in Etobicoke. Met bass player John Switzer at university in Guelph and formed a folk band called Java Jive which lasted until 1979.  On leaving university, she supported her work as a solo performer by working as a waitress, earning enough to finance and tour her debut album, the folk-influenced Jane Siberry, which was released in 1981 on Duke Street Records. The song Waitress comes from her second album which is more pop-infused than folk. Her first hit was the No Borders Here track "Mimi on the Beach"

Bakers

13. The Small Faces: Song of a Baker
(S Marriot / R Lane)
Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake: Daffodil Records Canada SBA 16015
London UK
Kenney Jones: backing vocals, drums, percussion
Steve Marriott: lead, harmony, vocals, guitars, harmonica Hammond organ
Ronnie Lane: harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar
Ian McLagan: harmony  vocals, keyboards
Produced by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, 1968
Recorded by Glyn Johns at Olympic Studios, London; Trident Studios, London

Talk about a super group! Steve Marriott went to play with Humble Pie; Kenny Jones joined The Who and The Faces; Ronnie Lane was also in The Faces; Ian McLagen played keys for The Rolling Stones.

Band Leaders

14. Ken Stanley Orchestra: Crazy Rhythm
(Irving Caesar / Joseph Meyer / Roger Wolfe Kahn)
Ken Stanley at the Piccadilly Club: Everybody Dance! – Arc Records – 524
Toronto ON
Ken Stanley: piano
Jack Bond: trumpet
Danny Stevenson: also sax, clarinet
Gordon Stewart: tenor sax
Bill Pomfret: bass
Roy Edmunds: drums
Produced by Dan Bass, 1962

Kenneth Warriner b. Liverpool UK 1924 / d. Toronto 1993

Stevedores

15. 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.

Sailors

16. Carl Tapscott Singers: Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor
(trad)
Songs of Newfoundland: RCA Dynaflex KXL1-0092
Toronto ON
Produced by Wilf Gillmeister, 1975
Recorded by Peter Vandertogt & Kevin Fuller at RCA Toronto Studios

Carl (Harry) Tapscott b Toronto 14 May 1910 / d Lindsay, Ont, 17 Nov 1993

Tapscott began his career in the late 1920s as a tenor soloist on the Toronto radio stations CFCA, CKGW, and CKNC, and sang for 22 years on CFRB. In 1954, with his group The Four Gentlemen, they formed the nucleus of the Carl Tapscott Singers, a 12-man Toronto choir which gave popular CBC broadcasts until 1967 and by 1975 had made nine LPs

Politicians

17. Borealis: Politician
(Paul Bradbury)
Sons of the Sea: Audat Records – 477-9025
St. John’s, NL
Mark Bradbury: vocals, bass
Paul Bradbury: vocals, organ
Wayne Sturge: guitar
Dave Hillier: drums
Produced by Mac Feeney, 1973
Recorded at MUN Studios, Memorial University, St. John’s

This was the 1st “all original” LP by a Newfoundland rock band. In fact, this was their only LP. Borealis only stayed together less than 2 yrs. Guitarist Wayne Sturge later went on to co-author the first comprehensive look-back book, Rock & Roll Comes to Newfoundland and Labrador, to help ensure that so much of the history of Rock & Roll on the Island remains available to researchers and historians.

Doctors

18. Klaatu: Doctor Marvello
(Klaatu)
3:47 E.S.T.: Daffodil Records 9216-10054
Toronto ON
John Woloschuk: Vocals, Bass & Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards
Dee Long: Electric Sitar, Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Terry Draper: Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Produced by Terry Brown & Klaatu - 1976
Recorded & engineered by Steve Vaughan & Terry Brown
Released: August 11, 1976

Engineers of the Choo Choo Kind

19. Dixitech Seven: Mountain Railroad
(Trad)
Finally: The Great Eastern Production Co. – SR 7
Halifax / Dartmouth NS
Wint Sparling: trumpet
John Dodge: clarinet
Al Creelman: trombone
Nelson Ferguson: banjo
Tom Vickery: piano
Ron Gilkie: bass
Walter Scott: drums
Produced circa 1974
Recorded by Alan Feeney at Audio Atlantic, Halifax

Formed by members of the faculty of Nova Scotia Tech College who liked Dixieland jazz.

Vintage Voices with DJ Frank and Laura Gillis

Crooners

20. Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody
(Sam Coslow / Irving Taylor / Ken Lane)
Everybody Loves Somebody: Reprise Records – RS-6130
Beverly Hills, CA
Dean Martin: vocals
Ken Lane: conductor, piano
Hal Blaine: drums
Wrecking Crew musicians
Back Up Vocalists
Produced by Jimmy Bowen, June 1964
Recorded at Western United Studio, Hollywood

"Everybody Loves Somebody" is a song written in 1947 by Irving Taylor and pianist Ken Lane, and made famous by Dean Martin who recorded and released his version in 1964. "Everybody Loves Somebody" knocked the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" off the No. 1 slot on Billboard, going straight up to the top of both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Pop-Standard Singles chart, the latter for eight weeks.
   
Welcome To The B Side

In this hour, songs about writers, workers, bosses, news anchors, fishers, trappers, carpenters, sailors, garbage workers, chauffeurs, cabbies, log drivers, lumberjacks, miners, farmers, pilots and cotton pickers and in the end: take this job and shove it.

Writers

1.   The Beatles: Paperback Writer
(John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
45 rpm single bw Rain: Capitol Records Canada 5651
Liverpool UK
Paul McCartney – lead vocal, lead guitar (riff), bass
John Lennon – backing vocal, tambourine
George Harrison – backing vocal, rhythm guitar, lead guitar (fills)
Ringo Starr – drums
Produced by George Martin, 1966
Recorded in London at EMI Studios by Geoff Emerick, April 1966

In the UK,  "Paperback Writer bw Rain" entered the charts at number 2, behind Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night", before taking the top position the following week. However, the record's UK sales were the lowest for any Beatles single since "Love Me Do" in 1962.  My copy was purchased from a little mom and pop record shop called Collis Camera Centre in the Newtwonbrook Plaza, a small strip mall at Yonge and Cummer streets in Willowdale not far from my junior high school, RJ Lang when I was in grade 8. Their phone number was 416-223-1111.

Producing

2.   David Pritchard Producing Nash The Slash: Nash Metropolitan
(Plowman)
Nocturnal Earthworm Stew: Island Records ILPS 9422
Toronto ON
Nash The Slash: electric violin
Produced by David Pritchard 1976
Recorded at Sonic Workshop, Toronto by David Pritchard

David Pritchard born on Oct. 18, 1944 / d. Toronto Feb 2005

The First Canadian Artists signed to Island Records. He was an all night DJ on CHUM-FM, at the time Toronto’s open format radio station in 1968. He, along with Reiner Schwartz, John Donabie and David Marsden, became the deans of Canadian alternative rock music broadcasters. It wasn't unheard of him to broadcast classical, jazz and electronic records simultaneously on the station's three turntables, claimed Mr. Donabie.

He was well known for his radio series ‘The Beatles: The Days in Their Lives” which was broadcast in thirty countries throughout the world.

Workers

3.   Nina Simone: Work Song
(Oscar Brown Jr / Nat Adderley)
Forbidden Fruit: Pye Records Golden Guinea Series Mono GGL 0383
Tyrone NC
Nina Simone: piano, vocals
Chris White: bass
Bob Hamilton: drums
Al Schackman: guitar
Produced by Cal Lampley, 1961
Recorded in New York City, 1960 - 61
UK release 1966.

Eunice Kathleen Waymon b. Tryon, North Carolina 21 February 1933 / d. 21 April 2003 (70)

Simone turned to blues and jazz after getting her start at the Midtown Bar & Grill on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, taking the name Nina Simone in 1954; "Nina" was her boyfriend's nickname for her, and "Simone" was after the French actress Simone Signoret.

The Bosses

4.   Gordon Lightfoot: Bossman
(Gordon Lightfoot)
Did She Mention My Name: United Artists – UAS 6649
Orillia / Toronto
Gordon Lightfoot: guitar, vocal
John Stockfish: bass
Red Shea: guitar
Herb Lovelle: drums
Huey McCracken: guitar
Produced by John Simon-Groscourt, 1968

News Anchors

5.   Joan MacIsaac: The Man Who Does The News
(Joan MacIsaac)
Wintersong: Mad Mansion Music MMM 001
Edmonton AB
Joan MacIsaac: vocals, acoustic guitars
Lyall Steel: classical guitar, tenor banjo
Allan Davison: bass
Mike Harney: drums
Mairi MacLean, Allan Stein, Connie Kaldor: bg vocals
Produced by Lyall Steel, 1982
Recorded by Mo Marshall at Woodbend Studios, Devon AB Feb June, 1982
Mastered by George Graves at Lacquer Channel, Toronto

Joan MacIsaac b Ottawa April 13, 1955 / d. August 19, 1991 (36) Edmonton

Before being struck down with cancer, MacIassac released 2 lps worth of material. She was really starting to make a name for herself when she succumbed to the disease in 1991.

Fishers

6.   Los Calchakis: Pescadores
(trad)
La Flute Indienne Vol I: Barclay – 40027
Argentina
Guillermo de la Roca: quenista flute
Hector Miranda: pan flute
Nicolas Perez Gonzalez: singer, drum
Gonzalo Reig: guitar
Sergio Arriagada: kena flute
Produced 1966

The band was founded in 1960

Trappers

7.   The Loewen Family Orchestra: Northern Trappers Rendezvous
(Jack Loewen)
A Folksong Portrait of Canada: Mercury 769748000-2
The Pas, Manitoba
Jack Loewen
Martha Loewen
Marvin Loewen
Anne Loewen
Shirley Davidson
George Davidson
Produced by Samuel Gesser, 1960

Taken from ‘A Folksong Portrait of Canada CD Collection, 1994

Carpenters

8.   John Prine: Grandpa Was A Carpenter
(John Prine)
Sweet Revenge: Atlantic Records SD 7274
Chicago IL
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Steve Goodman: acoustic guitar
John Christopher: guitar
Dave Prine: banjo
Mike Leach: bass
Kenny Malone: drums
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1973
Recorded by Steve Ham at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville

In 2009, Bob Dylan told The Huffington Post that Prine was one of his favorite writers, stating "Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. 'Sam Stone' featuring the wonderfully evocative line: 'There’s a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, and Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose.' All that stuff about 'Sam Stone', the soldier junkie daddy, and 'Donald and Lydia', where people make love from ten miles away. Nobody but Prine could write like that."

His songs have been covered by just about anybody and everybody! Bonny Raitt, Carly Simon, Carl Perkins, 10,000 Maniacs, Joan Baez & Kris Kristofferson, Bette Midler, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bob Geldoff, Steve Goodman, David Allan Coe, Johnny Cash, The Paperboys, Valdy, Loretta Lynn, Swamp Dog, Bob Gibson, Al Kooper, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Paul Anka, Silly Wizard, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Kingston band The Hellbillies, Tom T Hall, Seldom Scene, Randy Travis, The Red Clay Ramblers, John Fogerty, Jackie De Shannon, The Everly Brothers, Dwight Yokum, George Hamilton IV, Don Williams and on and on it goes.

Sailors

9.   Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Daddy Was A Sailor
(Jim Fadden)
Symphonion Dream: United Artists - LA 469 - G
Long Beach, CA
Jeff Hanna: guitar
John McEuen Banjo Mando, Slide Guitar
Jimmie Fadden: Drums
Jimmy Ibbotson: guitar, Keys, Accordion
Produced by William E McEuen, 1975
Recorded by Michael Denecke, Gary Mullen and William E McEuen at Applewood Recording Studio, Golden, Colorado

Garbage and Trash and Dust Bins

10. Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group: My Old Man’s A Dustman
(Lonnie Donegan / Peter Buchanan, Beverly Thorn)
A Golden Age of Donegan: Marble Arch Records – MALS 636
London UK
Vocals, guitar – Lonnie Donegan
Guitar – Denny Wright
Drums – Nicky Nicholls
Bass – Micky Ashman
Compilation Album produced, 1962
Song Produced Feb 1960
Recorded At The Gaumont Cinema, Doncaster by Micky Ashman
Mixed by Joe Meek

Anthony James Donegan b. Glasgow 29 April 1931 / d. Market Deeping UK 3 November 2002

This was the last of Donegan’s mega-hits, entering the UK charts at Number ONE in 1960.

Chauffeurs

11. Carl MacKenzie: Miss Annie MacFarlane Jig / Tipperty Jean’s Jig / Car Driver Jig
(Dan R MacDonald) (Miller O’Hirn) (Kerr)
“…And His Sound Is Cape Breton”: CLM Records 1001
Washabuck NS
Carl MacKenzie: fiddle
Doug MacPhee: piano
Blanche Sophocieous: guitar
Produced by Brian Sutcliffe, 1981
Recorded by Ross Barrett and Ron Gillis in Sydney, NS

Began playing fiddle age 12 from his older brothers. He’s gone on to release a dozen albums over a 30 year span, This one, his third, was self released; his first two were recorded for the prestigious Rounder Records label.

Cabbies

12. The Canadian Headliners: Cab Driver
(C. Carson Parks)
The Canadian Headliners: Counterpoint Sound Corporation  ACS 100LP
Brantford ON
Sonn Sinclair: guitar
Dale Page: drums
Peter Arthur: bass
Produced by Gerry Risser, 1970

Log Drivers

13. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Log Drivers Song
(Mac Beattie)
A Visit To The Ottawa Valley: Banff - RBS 1170
Arnprior, ON
Reg Hill: fiddle
Bob Price: piano
Garney Scheel: bass
Gaetan Fairfield: guitar
Mac Beattie: vocal, drums
Produced by Ralph Carlson, June 1, 1960

Lumberjacks

14. Hal Willis: The Lumberjack
(Hal Willis)
Mr Lumberjack: Arc International 851
Rouyn-Noranda QC
Hal Willis: vocals
Produced by Ben Weatherby, 1966
Originally Arc 716

Hal Willis (b. Rouyn-Noranda QC Leonard Francis Gauthier July 15, 1933 / d. Sept 4, 2015, Nashville TN)

"The Lumberjack," an international hit that sold over 1.5 million copies in 1965.

In 1956 Hal and his wife, Ginger Willis, were hired by Colonel Tom Parker to tour with Elvis Presley. At this time, Hal and Ginger were also rock and roll singers recording songs like "My Pink Cadillac" and "Bop a Dee Bop a Doo." Hal and Ginger, along with Hank Snow, were the only Canadian performers to tour with Elvis Presley. Hal and Ginger Willis were inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010.

Miners

15. Glen Reid: Hard Rock Miner
(Glen Reid)
Hard Rock Miner: Boot BOS 7190
Burks Falls ON
Glen Reid, guitar
Ken Whiteley, piano, mandolin, accordion
Robbie MacNeill, guitar
Bill Cymbala, drums
David Zdriluk, electric guitar, bass
Bob Lucier, pedal steel, dobro
Willie P Bennett, harmonica
Denis LePage, banjo
John Allen, fiddle
Larry Smith, bg vocals
Produced by Denis Lepage, 1978
Recorded by Bob Lanois at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton

So I found this album in the early 1990s by a Canadian guy who had a song about mining. Other than that, I didn't know much about him. His name was Glen Reid and he recorded for Stompin' Tom's Boot Records label. So I took it in and played it on my show one night. Rick Fielding, who just arrived for his Acoustic Workshop show popped into the booth and said: "Steve, Glen Reid would be tickled to know that you played him on the radio." Rick new Glen personally. This song is from a true experience up in Creighton Mine, just north of Sudbury, now an official ghost town. Being the deepest nickel mine in Canada, the mine is now used as the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.

Farmers

16. Murray McLauchlan: The Farmer's Song
(M McLauchlan)
Single bw Lose We: True North Records – TN4-113
Toronto ON
Murray McLauchlan: guitar, piano, vocals
Charlie Hayward: bass
Richard Kollgore: drums
Kathleen Whelan - Allan Jacobs - Jerry Burnham           
Produced by Ed Freeman, 1972

Murray Edward McLauchlan b. Paisley, Scotland June 30, 1948

Pilots

17. Eric Burden & The Animals: Sky Pilot Pts 1 & 2
(The Animals)
MGM Records 13939X
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne UK
Eric Burden: vocal
Barry Jenkins: drums
John Weider: guitar
Vic Briggs: guitar/piano
Danny McCulloch: bass
Vic Briggs Orchestra
Produced by Tom Wilson, 1968

After the breakup of the original Animals band in 1966, Eric Burden put this new Animals band together and this was, in my opinion, the coolest song they put out. Originally released in two sections, one on each side of the single. Here’s a version that I spliced together.

18. Lenny Breau & Richard Cotten: Emily
(John Mandel / John Mercer)
Pickin’ Cotten: True North Records TND 272
Auburn, Maine / Nashville
Lenny Breau: lead guitar
Richard Cotton: bass guitar
Produced by Randy Bachman, 2001
Recorded by Richard Cotton at The Blue Bird, Nashville, Sept. 1977
Mastered by Jamie Sitar at Suite Sound Labs, Vancouver BC

Here’s an instrumental version of Emily, introduced by Lenny Breau at the Blue Bird Café in Nashville.

19. Johnny Paycheck: Take This Job and Shove It
(David Allan Coe)
Take This Job and Shove It : Epic – KE 35045
Greenfield Ohio
Pete Drake (uncredited): steel guitar
Produced by Billy Sherrill, 1977

Donald Eugene Lytle b. May 31, 1938 Greenfield, Ohio / d. February 19, 2003 (64) Nashville

He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's anti-Nashville "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. Take This Job and Shove It was, by far, his biggest hit song.

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Hanover / Grey Co. ON                                Rocky Harbour & Norris Point NL         
Sundays 3-5 pm  Tuesdays 8-10 pm ET       Tuesdays 9-11 pm NT
                                  
BOIR Bay of Islands Radio                        Southern Shore Sounds
100.1 FM                                                      Internet Radio
Corner Brook, NL                                        Ferryland NL  
Thursdays  2-4 pm NT                                  Sun 8:30-10:30 pm NT

Community Radio CIOE
97.5 FM
Lower Sackville NS
Sun 5-7 pm AT