The Feet Side
1. The Emeralds: Heel and Toe Polka – 1980 *
2. A Foot In Cold Water: On The Wind – 1972 *
3. The Flares: Foot Stomping Pt 1 – 1961
4. Gregg Lawless: Foitnote – 2009 (Live at CIUT) *
5. Stevedore Steve Foote: Kingston Chain – 1971 *
6. Stompin’ Tom Connors: The Footsie Song – 1967 *
7. Ron Paxton and Foothill Stompers: Banjo Gallop – 1978 *
8. Margaret Stowe: Tallyho Ragtime Blues – 2002 *
9. John Borra: Off My Feet – 2020 *
10. Bill Culp: Two Left Feet – 2004 *
11. Little Feat: Strawberry Flats – 1971
12. Jordie Lane: Feet Fall – 2011
13. Hans Staymer Band: Six Feet of Water – 1974 *
14. Artie Barsamian Orchestra: Bari Yerk – 1966
15. The Lavender Hill Mob: Head Over Heels – 1977 *
16. TNT w Elaine Kilpatrick: Head Over Heels – 1976 *
17. Blue Rodeo: Head Over Heels – 1993 *
18. The Blossom Toes: Remarkable Saga of The Frozen Dog – 1968
19. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: I Wanna Find A Big Woman That’ll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go – 1970
20. Robbie Anderman: My Feet Touch The Earth – 1993 *
The Double You Side
21. Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground – 1972
22. Jr. Walker And The All Stars: How Sweet It Is –
23. Pete Wingfield: Eighteen With a Bullet – 1975
24. Ian Whitcomb: You Turn Me On – 1965
25. The Who: I Need You – 1966
26. Sneezy Waters: Mind Your Own Business – 1982 *
27. Stanley Jordan: Angel – 1985
28. Bobby Wiseman: Bhopal – 1988 *
29. Woodshed Orchestra: Leonard Cohen – 2018 *
30. Christopher Ward: Highway Song – 1978 *
31. Patrick Wilson: Beijing – 2009 *
32. Washboard Hank and The Country Squires: Washboard Boogie – 2003 *
33. Commander Ebenezer Obey: Alowa Majalye – 1973
34. Tom and Joe Webb: Singing Bird – 1967 *
35. The Whirleygigs: Raised By Wolves – 1989 *
36. Diamond Joe White: Cocaine Blues – 1981 *
37. John White: Moonshiner: 1959 *
38. Whitehorse: Devil’s Go A Gun – 2013 *
39. David Wilkie: Llenyo Grande – 1981
CanCon* = 64%
The Feet Side
1. The Emeralds: Heel and Toe Polka
(Trad)
Old Times Good times: Boot Records BOS 7213
Edmonton AB
Dave Hnatiuk: bass
Wallis Petruk: fiddle
Dn Remeika: drums
Allan Broder: sax
Al Oswald: accordion
Produced by Wallis Petruk, 1980
Recorded at Damon Studios, Edmonton
2. A Foot In Cold Water: On The Wind
(P Naumann / A Machin)
A Foot In Cold Water: Daffodill Records - SBA 16012
Toronto ON
Alex Machin: vocals
Bob Horn: organ, clavinetter
Hughie Leggat: bass
Danny Taylor: drums
Paul Naumann: guitars
Produced by Love Productions, 1972
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto by Lee De Carlo
Mastered by Fred and Leo at RCA, Toronto
3. The Flares: Foot Stomping Pt 1
(Aaron Collins)
45 single bw Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown ?: Felsted Records 45-8624
Los Angeles CA
Aaron Collins
Thomas Miller
Eddie King
Betty Collins
George Hollis
Plas Johnson: sax
Ray Johnson
Earl Palmer: drums
Produced by Buck Ram 1961
The Flares were a vocal group put together and managed by producer
Buck Ram. They were built around their central figure, singer Aaron Collins.
Many of their many members were also, at times, members of The Platters.
(Aaron Collins September 3, 1930 – March 27, 1997). His sisters, Betty and
Rose Collins, had a hit in 1956 called "Eddie My Love" as the Teen Queens.
Later in life, Collins had a ladies' shoe store in Los Angeles, California,
located on the corner of Manchester and Vermont, and named Collins Shoe Closet,
which was burned down in the Rodney King riots April 29, 1992.
The Flares biggest hit was the 1961 release "Foot Stompin' Part 1", which
hit #20 on the Black Singles chart and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was
used on the soundtrack to the film ‘Hairspray’. Foot Stompin’ Pt 2 was an
instrument by the same band but listed as The Ramrocks.
Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931)[1] is an American soul-jazz and
hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone
soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme".
4. Gregg Lawless: Footnote
(G Lawless)
Live at CIUT
Toronto
Gregg Lawless: guitar, vocals
Produced by Steve Fruitman, 2009
5. Stevedore Steve: Kingston Chain
(Stephen J Foote)
Lester The Lobster And Other Hits Of Stevedore Steve: Boot Records BTM 2004 Saint John, NB
Stephen Foote: lead vocal, guitar
Others unknown
Produced by Jury Krytiuk 1976
Recorded at RCA Studio, Toronto by George Semkiw and Cub Richardson
Originally released 1971 on album Hard Workin Men: Boot Records BOS 7102. About the
chain gang of men who were sent out from Kingston Penitentiary to cut out
the road bed for the old Highway 2, between Gananoque and Belleville.
6. Stompin’ Tom Connors: The Footsie Song
(Tom C Connors)
45 Single: Rebel Records - RX-105
Saint John NB
Tom Connors: guitar, foot stompn’
Produced by John Irvine, 1967
Connors was itching for a recording contract after leaving Timmins.
It wasn’t until John Irvine agreed to a deal (that ripped Tom out of his
publishing) that he recorded two singles and his first two albums in 1967,
the year that he incorporated Stompin’ Tom as his stage name. Tom got out
of this bad deal and had to re-record his first two albums for Canadian Music
Sales who issued them on their Dominion Records label. That was 1969, two
years before forming his own record label Boot Records in 1971.
7. Ron Paxton & The Foothill Stompers: Banjo Gallop
(Trad)
Ron Paxton & The Foothill Stompers: Aura Records – WRC1-1240
Calgary AB
Ron Paxton: mandolin, guitars, banjo, belt buckle, bass
Alex McDonald: violin, washboard
Donna Otte: piano, autoharp
Gerri Rothe: spoons
Produced by Ron Paxton, 1978
Recorded by Michael Chursinoff and Gerri
Recorded at the Jonathon Recording Studio, Calgary
8. Margaret Stowe: Tallyho Ragtime Blues
(Margaret Stowe)
Things I Do: Tallyho Music TM 0001
Toronto
Margaret Stowe: electric guitar
Steven Sauvé: keys
Michelle Josef: drums
Scott McGregor Moore: guitar
Wally Jericho: trumpet
Tom McKay: bass
Produced by Margaret Stowe with Michelle Josef, 2002
Recorded at The Space
Mastered by James Paul at The Rogue Studio, Toronto
9. John Borra: Off My Feet
(John Borra)
Blue Wine: Cousin Jeb Records JEB 007
Toronto
John Borra: guitar, vocal, harmonica
Michael Boguski: keys
Dani Nash: vocals
Glenn Milchem: drums
Sam Ferrera: vocals, tambourine
Produced by John Borra, 2020
Recorded by John Borra at Johnny MacLeod’s Studio, Toronto
Mixed by John Borra
Mastered by Peter J Moore at the E Room, Toronto
10. Bill Culp: Two Left Feet
(Bill Culp)
Roots'N'Roll: Bullseye Records
Montreal
Bill Culp: keys, guitar, lead vocal
Garth Hudson: keyboards,
Jack deKeyzer: guitar
Dave Rave: vocals, shakers
Chris Whiteley: pedal steel, trumpet and harmonica
Conrad Kipling: mandolin and fiddle
Mary deKeyzer: vocals
Produced by Bill Culp and Jim Zolis, 2004
11. Little Feat: Strawberry Flats
(Bill Payne / Lowell George)
Little Feat: Warner Brothers WS 1890
Los Angeles CA
Lowell George – lead, rhythm and slide guitars, lead and backing vocals, harmonica
Bill Payne – keyboards, lead and backing vocals, piano
Roy Estrada – bass, backing vocals
Richard Hayward – drums, backing vocals
Produced by Russ Titelman. 1971
Recorded at United Western Recorders and The Record Plant, Los Angeles 1970
The Zappa connection: Formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and
guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969. Lowell George
met Bill Payne when George was a member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention.
Payne had auditioned for the Mothers, but had not joined. They formed Little
Feat along with former Mothers' bassist Roy Estrada. The name of the band
came from a comment made by Mothers' drummer Jimmy Carl Black about Lowell's
"little feet". Lowell George died in 1979 of a heart attack related to his
overdose of cocaine.
12. Jordie Lane: Feet Fall
(J Lane)
Blood Thinner: Vitamin Records JL 003
Melbourne Australia / Memphis TN
Produced By Jordie Lane, Tom Biller, 2011
13. The Hans Staymer Band: Six Feet Under Water
(Peter Sinclair, David Jenneson, Al Hovden)
45 single bw Instant Comfort: RCA Promo: PA-50018
Vancouver BC
Hans Staymer: harmonica, vocal
Robbie King: keys
Doug Edwards: guitar
Wayne Kozac: sax
Paul Burton: drums
Produced by Don Hamilton, 1974
Hans Stamer (re Staymer)
b. Hamburg, Germany 1938
Staymer saw Louis Armstrong in the 1950s while still living in
his native Germany. He also got into playing the music of Django Reinhardt.
He moved to Canada in 1962, settling in Edmonton as a goldsmith. He began
performing there, playing songs by blues legends like Leadbelly at local
clubs which eventually saw him perform in bands. In 1968 he moved to Vancouver
and formed a band called Django which lasted about four years. In 1972 he
formed the Hans Staymer Band and recorded an album called “Dig A Hole” on
GSF Records. In 1997 he formed a duo with another German ex-pat Andreas Schuld.
Their first CD, recorded by Billo Bourne (Bourne & McLeod) received a
1997 Juno Award nomination for Best Blues Album. They still gig off and on.
14. Artie Barsamian Orch: Bari Yerk
(Unknown)
Belly Dance Au Go-Go - Music Of The Middle East: Fiesta – FLPS 1468
NYC
Artie Barsamian: clarinet
Others not listed
Produced 1966
Artie Barsamian
b. Boston 1929 / d. February 22, 2012 in Florida.(83)
15. Lavender Hill Mob: Head Over Heels
(N Prigeno / C Chandler / H Jacob)
Lavender Hill Mob: United Artists UALA 719G
Montreal QC
Nicky Prigeno: bass
Ronnie Jones: lead guitar
Gerry Hardy: flute, sax
Hector Jacob: rhythm guitar
Chuck Chandler: keys
Vito Fiory: drums
Produced by Rob Stevens for Cash West Productions, 1977
Recorded & Mixed by Nick Blagona at Le Studio, Morin Heights, QC
Mastered at Masterdisk by Bob Ludwig, NYC
Hard to find relevant info on these guys! What I do know is they were
active from 1977 to 1978 in Montreal and I’ve got both of their albums. They
were a bit commercial and obviously had a lot of money thrown their way since
the albums were also released across the USA. They are described as a folk
band but this particular track has that McCartney-esque syncopated beat heavily
used by The Beatles.
Note: not the same Lavender Hill Mob from Fresno California who broke up in 1967.
16. TNT w Elaine Kilpatrick: Head Over Heels
(Denis Parker)
45 RPM single: Quay Records - CS-03
Stephenville, NL
Elaine Kilpatrick, vocals
Neil Bishop, guitar
Ted MacNeil, drums
Denis Parker, guitar
Claude Caines, bass
Brian Murphy, keys
Produced by Neil Bishop & Claude Caines, 1976
Recorded at Clode Sound, Stephenville
Elaine Kilpatrick, originally from Georgia / Florida, was working as
an entertainer on a cruise ship that eventually docked in St. John’s. She
jumped ship and within a couple of weeks became the new singer for a new
Stephenville based rockin’ blues band TNT. She stayed for over a year before
relocating to Toronto where she currently lives. This is from a rare single.
17. Blue Rodeo: Head Over Heels
(Jim Cuddy / Greg Keelor)
Five Days In July: WEA – CD 93846
Toronto
Vocals, Guitar – Greg Keelor
Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica – Jim Cuddy
Bass – Bazil Donovan
Drums – Glenn Milchem
Keyboards, Accordion – James Gray
Mandolin, Banjo, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar – Kim Deschamps
Produced by Blue Rodeo, 1993
Recorded by Doug McClement, Peter Hamilton, Comfort Sound Mobile Recording Unit
Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound NYC
Mixed by John Whynot and John Rodd, Manta/Eastern Sound and Reaction studios
Three songs with the same title by three different Canadian acts!
18. Blossom Toes: The Remarkable Saga of the Frozen Dog
(Kevin Westlake)
We Are Ever So Clean: Marmalade Records
London UK
Brian Belshaw: bass, vocals
Jim Cregan: guitar, vocals
Brian Godding: guitar, keys, vocals
Kevin Westlake: drums
David Whittaker: orchestration
Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky, 1967
Recorded by John Timperley
One of the better psychedelic bands in Britain that never really made
it. Maybe their name had something to do with that. “Ya, I’m a Toes fan!”
They recorded two albums for Marmalade Records, owned by Yardbirds and Soft
Machine manager Giorgio Gomelsky. Gomelsky was from Georgia SSR and moved
to London where he operated The Crawdaddy Club with The Rolling Stones as
the house band. When the Stones left he hired The Yardbirds. His Marmalade
label included Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity, Soft Machine
and Gong.
19. Captain Beefheart& His Magic Band: I’m Gonna Find A Big Woman That’ll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go
(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. I always liked this song and can’t believe
I’ve never played it on the radio before. The rhythm on this track is extra-ordinary!
Everyone seems to be playing a different pattern and yet, it all linked up
together. This album came out right after Trout Mask Replica.
20. Robbie Anderman: My Feet Touch The Earth
(R Anderman)
Ottawa Valley Music Association: IVMA Comilation CD #1
Killaloe ON
Robbie Anderman - Shakuhachi flutes (overdubbed for second flute)
Ken Easton - Ulu (a jug drum from Africa),
Paul Crosby - watch case
Produced by Robbie Anderman for Morninglory Music, 1993
Recorded in Ken Easton’s home studio in Ottawa
The Double You Side
21. Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground
(Stevie Wonder)
Innvervisions: 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 Saginaw Michigan
Wonder has won 22 Grammy Awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996
22. Jr. Walker & The Allstars: How Sweet It Is
(L Dozier / B Holland / E Holland Jr)
Road Runner: Tamla / Motown SL 703
Blytheville AK
James Graves drums
Vic Thomas keyboards
Junior Walker saxophone, vocals
Willie Woods guitar
James Jamerson - bass
Produced by Johnny Bristol, Henry Cosby, Lamont Dozier, Harvey
Fuqua, Berry Gordy, Jr., Brian Holland, Lawrence Horn, Mickey Stevenson,
1966
Mastered by Ellen Fitton
Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr.
b. June 14, 1931 / d. November 23, 1995, Battle Creek Mich (64)
23. Pete Wingfield: Eighteen With A Bullet
(Pete Wingfield)
45 single bw Shadow of a Doubt: Island Records 1237-026X
Liphook UK
Pete Wingfield: vocals
Others not identified
Produced by Pete Wingfield and Barry Hammond, 1975
William Peter "Pete" Wingfield
b. 7 May 1948 Liphook, Hampshire UK
Wingfield was a specialist in soul music and regularly contributed articles
and reviews to the monthly journal, "Let It Rock" and "Melody Maker". In
1971, Wingfield played the piano on the B. B. King in London album. "Eighteen
with a Bullet" later featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Lock, Stock
and Two Smoking Barrels. He played piano for the Alan Parsons rhythm section
at Abbey Road Studios for various acts, including Paul McCartney. In the
80s got into music production.
24. Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville: You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)
(Ian Whitcomb)
45 single bw Poor But Honest: Capitol Records Canada 72250
Woking UK
Ian Whitcomb: piano, vocals
Mick Molloy: lead guitar
Deke O'Brien: Rhythm Guitar
Brian Lynch: bass
Ian McGarry: drums
Pete Adler and Barry Richardson: saxophones.
Produced by Jerry Dennon, 1965
Ian Timothy Whitcomb
b. 10 July 1941 Woking UK / d. 19 April 2020 LA (78)
Around 1963, while studying history at Trinity College, Dublin,
Ian Whitcomb became a founding member and lead vocalist of Dublin's early
rhythm and blues band, Bluesville. After some unreleased early recordings,
Whitcomb travelled to Seattle where he was signed to a deal with a small
company, Jerdan Records. His big hit, "You Turn Me On", was largely
improvised at the end of a recording session in Dublin. Released as a single
on the Tower label, it reached Billboard's number 8 spot in July 1965 - the
first Irish-produced record to reach the US charts (even before The Bachelors)
but it was not released in Britain. During his summer vacation in 1965, Whitcomb
went to America to appear on such television programs as Shindig, Hollywood
A Go-Go and American Bandstand. He played the Hollywood Bowl with The Beach
Boys in 1965 and then toured with The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and Sam
the Sham and the Pharaohs.
After making four albums for the Tower label, Whitcomb retired as a pop performer,
later writing that he "wanted no part of the growing pretentiousness of rock
with its mandatory drugs and wishy-washy spiritualism and its increasing
loud and metallic guitar sounds."
Whitcomb suffered several years of poor health after a stroke in 2012. He
died on 19 April 2020, in the Los Angeles area from complications of the
stroke that he suffered in 2012.
25. The Who: I Need You
(Keith Moon)
A Quick One / Sell Out: Decca MCA2-4067
London UK
John Entwistle: Bass Guitar, Horns
Keith Moon: Drums, screems, vox
Pete Townshend: Guitar
Roger Daltry: bg vocals
Produced by Kit Lambert – 1966
Keith John Moon
b. 23 August 1946 / d. 7 September 1978 (32)
On The Who’s second album, A Quick One, their manager Chris Lambert
threw them an idea so that the individual members of the group could make
a bit of cash. Why not all four members go home and write some songs for
the album? So Daltry wrote one, Entwistle a couple and so did Keith Moon.
Moon joined his local Sea Cadet Corps as a bugler but changed to drums. Quit
school at 14 & took drum lessons as a teen. Moon's early style was influenced
by jazz, American surf music and rhythm and blues, exemplified by noted Los
Angeles studio drummer Hal Blaine. His favourite musicians were jazz artists,
particularly Gene Krupa. His first band was The Escourts. After playing with
a local London band, the Beachcombers, he joined the Who in 1964 before they
recorded their first single. He was posthumously inducted into the Modern
Drummer Hall of Fame in 1982, becoming only the second rock drummer to be
chosen, and in 2011, Moon was voted the second-greatest drummer in history
by a Rolling Stone readers' poll.
26. Sneezy Waters: Mind Your Own Business
(Hank Williams Sr)
Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams: Sawdust Records - SW6
Ottawa
Graham Townsend - fiddle
Willie P Bennett - Harmonica
George Essery - Pedal Steel
Randy Hill - mandolin
Ken Whiteley - accordion
Pepe Francis - electric guitars
Bill Garrett - acoustic guitar
Sneezy Waters - acoustic guitar, vocals
Ed Bimm - piano
David Woodhead - bass
Peter Beaudoin - drums
Produced by Bill Garrett, 1981
Recorded by Charles Fairfield at Studio Passeport & Greg Roberts, Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton
Peter Hodgson aka Sneezy Waters
b. March 1, 1945 Ottawa
Star of the show, Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave.
It portrays an 'imaginary concert' that the legendary US country singer might
have given New Year's Eve 1952 in Canton, Ohio, had he not died that night.
The show toured throughout Canada and in the USA until 1982. Waters did 300
stage performances as Hank Williams, and also appeared in the film adaptation
of the show, a made-for-Canadian-TV-movie. Waters received the Best Actor
Award in the Festival International du Film Musical in Grenoble, France,
for his convincing role as Hank Williams.
27. Stanley Jordan: Angel
(Jimi Hendrix)
Magic Touch: Blue Note – BT 85101
Chicago IL
Stanley Jordan: guitar (no overdubs)
Produced by Al Di Meola, 1985
Recorded by James Farber & Kenny Florendo at Songshop Studios, NYC
Stanley Jordan
b. July 31, 1959 Chicago, Ill
Magic Touch, which sat at No.1 on Billboard 's jazz chart for
51 weeks, a record for a jazz guitar album. Among the artists Jordan has
worked with are Quincy Jones, The Dave Matthews Band, The String Cheese
Incident, and Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh.
28. Bob Wiseman: Bhopal
(Bob Wiseman)
Sings Wrench Tuttle: WEA / Risque Disque 25 69131
Toronto ON
Bob Wiseman: keys, vocals
Graeme Kirkland: drums
Dennis Delorme: pedal steel
Bazil Donovan: bass
Curtis Driedger: violin
Ben Mink: violin
Produced by Bob Wiseman, 1989
Recorded by Be-Double-You at the Music
Gallery and Jays Space Station, Toronto
Engineering Assistants: Sandor Ajenstadt, Joe Benarroch, John Oswald, Jay Blair
Mendelson Joe once asked me: "Mr Fruitman (he used to call me that),
do you know Bobby Wiseman's song about Bhopal? Then play it!" The song is
from an extremely distrbing industrial accident which killed a lot of people
through sheer negligence.
29. The Woodshed Orchestra & Friendly Rich: Leonard Cohen
(Rich Marsella / Dave Clark)
45 rpm EP: The Leonard Cohen Sweet: Ind / No label or serial no.
Toronto ON
Bruce Mackinnon: baritone sax
Dave Clark: drums, lead vocal
Ed Reifel: pitched percussion
Gregory Oh: harpsichord, melodica
Henry Muth: recorders
Jay Burr: tuba
Julia Hambleton: clarinet
Matthew Fong: double bass
Philip Miles: electric guitar
Rich Marsella: classical guitar, lead vocals
Rebecca Hennessy: trumpet, lead vocals
Steve Ward: trombone
Tania Gill: synth, piano
Tom Richards: trombone
Nick Teehan: tenor sax, lead vocals
Produced by Rich Marsella and Dave Clark, 2018
Recorded and mixed at Wow! by Joe Lapinski, St. Catherines ON
Mastered by Fedge
A mini-LP with 5 songs on it by two bands – The Woodshed Orchestra and
Friendly Rich – merging into one. Dave Clark is the composer of the 33.45.78
theme song. The original and current drummer of the Rheostatics!
30. Christopher Ward: Highway Song
(C Ward)
CBC Broadcast Recording: LM 414
Toronto ON
Christopher Ward: vocals
Other players not listed
Produced by Paul Mills 1975
Recorded by Larry Morey, Toronto
Ward recorded four songs which appeared on this CBC record album (other
artists featured there were Bim, Charles Foreman and John Cassidy and The
Assembly), for the Sylvia Tyson CBC radio program ‘Touch The Earth’. He didn’t
release anything commercially until 1976 (single) and 1978 (album). Ward
is better known as a popular VeeJay on MuchMusic in it’s early years.
31. Patrick Watson: Beijing
(Patrick Watson)
Wooden Arms: Secret City Records SCR012LP
Montreal QC
Patrick Watson: piano, cartoon sound effects, bicycle, vocals
Simon Angell: guitar, pedal steel
Mishka Stein: bass
Robbie Kuster: drums, percussion, marimbas
Melanie Belair: violin
Melanie Vaugeois: violin
Ligia Paquin: alto
Annie Gadbois: cello
Sarah Page: harp
Produced by Patrick Watson and The Wooden Arms, 2009
Recorded by Mathieu Parisien at Breakglass Studios, Montreal, released April 28, 2009
Mixed by Patrick Watson at Studios Piccolo, Montreal
Mastered by Ryan Morey at Ryebread Mastering
Patrick Watson
b. October 8, 1979, Lancaster, California and raised in Hudson, Quebec
He began his musical career in high school as a member of a ska
band called Gangster Politics. Watson "played" a bicycle in the studio for
the song "Beijing". The song "Beijing" was inspired by the movie Being John
Malkovich, and the idea of finding oneself in someone else's life in Beijing.
32. Washboard Hank and the Country Squires: Washboard Boogie
(Washboard Hank Fisher / Lance Loree)
Hooray For Washboard Hank: Ind WBH20700
Peterborough ON
Washboard Hank: washboard
Lance Loree: guitar
Ronnie Hayward: stand up bass
Produced by Washboard Hank, 2003
Recorded by Rob Smith at Rocky Mountain Recording, Calgary
Mastered by Ian Osbourne at Backlash
Hank Fisher
b. Peterborough ON 1954
Most people first got to notice Washboard Hank when he was a
member of Reverend Ken and His Lost Followers, from his playing of the PVC
fallopian tuba with a kitchen sink attached. Later he put his own band together:
Washboard Hank and the Honkers. They recorded songs like Stompin’ Tom For
Priminister and Polyester Polly Lit a Tire Fire in my Heart. Later he got
together with Lance Loree and Ronnie Hayward as the Country Squires.
Hank plays a unique form of washboard – a two part contraption consisting
of a very heavy, bell and horn laden washboard with a hard hat that has a
cymbal worn on the head. Utilizing very cool Pete Townsend arm arcs.
33. Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and His Miliki Sound: Alowo Majaiye
(E Obey)
51 Lex Presents Alowo Majaiye: Decca 258.121
Lagos, Nigeria
Ebenezer Obey: guitar, vocal
Miliki Sound
Others Not Listed
Produced by K Cress, 1973
Recorded by K Cress
Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi
b. 3 April 1942, Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria
The Chief formed a band called The International Brothers in
1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. The band later metamorphosed
into Inter-Reformers in the early-1970s which, on this album are called His
Miliki Sound.
34. Tom and Joe Webb: Singing Bird
(Trad)
Webb-Sters Dictionary: Fundy Records LPS 2621
Amherst NS
Joe Webb: guitar, vocals
TomWebb: banjo, vocals
Produced by Ronald J Hesler, 1972
Recorded by Ronald J Hesler at Fundy Recording, Sackville NB
Records show that Fundy Records were established in Sackville, New Brunswick
in 1971. This was the first act signed to that label. Two school teaching
brothers doing their thing.
35. The Whirleygigs: Raised By Wolves
(Alex Mortimer)
Thunderdust: Amok Records LP-529
Ottawa ON
Alex Mortimer: guitar, vocals
Jeff Kerr: electric guitar
Joel Carlson: bass
Rob Porter: drums
Produced by Tino Izzo and Alex Mortimer, 1989
Recorded by Bazooka Joe Viera at Pyramid Prosound Studio, Montreal QC
Mixed by Peter Mika
Once the darlings of College radio in Canada, this Ottawa band released
two great albums: Gravity Rides Again and their follow-up in 1989 called
Thunderdust. Most members stayed active in the Ottawa music scene and recently
came back together for the first time since breaking up over 25 yrs ago.
36. Diamond Joe White: Cocaine Blues
(trad)
High Rider: Stoney Plain Recording Co SPL 1040
Calgary AB
Diamond Joe White: guitar, vocal
Ran Casat: piano
Tom McKillop: sax
Dick Kruger: steel
Jack Hiles: drums
Nathan Tinkham: guitar
Dave Wilke: mandolin
Roy Warburst: fiddle
Kim Kreamer, harmonica, bg vocal
Jeff Farley: stand up bass
Loretta Logan, Joanne Kuntz, Ken Christopher, Penny White: bg vocals
Produced by Ron Casat and Gabriel Boucher, 1981
Recorded by Gabriel Boucher and Steve Graupe at Smooth Rock Studios, Calgary
Mixed by Boucher, Casat and Graupe
37. John White: Moonshiner
(Trad)
Irish Folk Songs sung by VOCM’s John White: Rodeo Records RLP.85
St. John’s NL
John White: vocals
Wilf Doyle: accordion
Bill Keeting: guitar
Christine Doyle: keys
Produced by George I Taylor, 1959
John White
b. St. John’s NL Feb 3, 1930 / d. May 31, 1998 (68)
John is featured on the front cover of this album, holding an
accordion which he never learned to play. He was a resident of Patrick Street
in St. John’s and appeared regularly at clubs and on radio and TV. Everybody
loved him; he was extremely popular. He was the posthumous recipient of the
East Coast Stompin’ Tom Award in 2015.
38. Whitehorse: Devil’s Got A Gun
(Luke Doucet / Melissa McClelland)
45 single bw Lipstick: Six Shooter Records SIX076
Toronto ON
Luke Doucet: guitar, vocal
Melissa McLelland: bass, vocal
Produced by Whitehorse, 2013
Recorded by moon:&:6 at Catherine North Studio
Mastered by Phil Demetro at the Lacquer Channel, Toronto
39. David Wilke: Llenyo Grande
(David Wilkie)
The Mandolin Kid: Boot Records BBG 6012
Turner Valley, AB
David Wilke: mandolin, mandola
Gaye Delorme: guitar
Mansel Davies: double mass, mando-cello
Melvin Wilson: guitar
Produced by Gaye Delorme & David Wilke, 1981
Recorded & mixed at Richard Harrow’s Living Room Studio, Calgary
Recorded by Richard Harrow
Played with Great Western Orchestra and Ian Tyson band.
Had a cult hit folk CD Celtic Cowboy.
Heard over:
