Hour One

1.   The Police: Someone to Talk To (Andy Summer) 1983
2.   Neil Young: Stupid Girl (Neil Young) * 1975
3.   Rolling Stones: Stupid Girl (Keith Richards / Mick Jagger) 1966
4.   The Teddy Bears: To Know Him Is To Love Him (Phillip Spector) 1958
5.   Loggins & Messina: Nobody But You (Jim Messina) 1971
6.   Taste: Duel Carrigeway Pain (Rory Gallagher) 1969
7.   Manfred Mann: 5-4-3-2-1 (Jones / Hugg / Mann) 1964
8.   Steppenwolf: Faster Than The Speed of Life (Mars Bonfire) * 1968
9.   It’s A Beautiful Day: Bombay Calling (Vince Wallace / David Laflamme) 1969
10. The Byrds: Hungry Planet (Skip Batten / Kim Fowley / Roger McGuinn) 1970
11. Love: Orange Skies (McLean) 1966
12. Daniel Lanois: Under A Stormy Sky (Daniel Lanois) * 1989
13. Ted Wesley: Winds of Change (Bob Ruzicka)  * 1972
14. Tommy Graham: Right On (Tommy Graham) * 1972
15. Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass: Tijuana Taxi (Ervin Coleman) 1965

CanCon = 33%

Hour Two

1.   Jane Siberry: Hockey (Jane Siberry) * 1989
2.   Perth County Conspiracy: Take A Look At The Light Side (Richard Keelan) * 1971
3.   Perth County Conspiracy: Stratford People (Cedric Smith) * 1971
4.   Perth County Conspiracy: Peaple Are Out Of Tune (Richard Keelan) * 1971
5.   Stevedore Steve: Highway White Lines (Stephen J Foote) * 1971
6.   Ian Tamblyn: Lost In A Southern Town (Ian Tamblyn) * 1972
7.   The Handsome Neds: In Spite of the Danger (Ned R Masyk) * 1985
8.   Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats: Deep Purple (M Parish / P DeRose) 1961
9.   Deep Purple: Bloodsucker (Blackmore / Gillan / Glover / Lord / Paice) 1970
10. English Beat: Get A Job (English Beat) 1983
11. English Beat: Stand Down Margaret (English Beat) 1983
12. Crowbar: Too True Mama (Kelly Jay) * 1970
13. Downchild: Madison Blues (Elmore James) * 1977

CanCon = 69%

Total CanCon = 51%

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And Now For The Particulars:

Hour One

1.   The Police: Someone to Talk To (Andy Summer)
45 Single bw King of Pain: A&M Records – AM 2589
London UK
Sting: bass
Andy Summers: guitar, vocal
Stewart Copeland: drums
Produced by Hugh Padgham & The Police – 1983

Andy Summer: "It was a nice thing I had on the guitar and I was disappointed that Sting wouldn't sing it. That would have given it more of an official stamp." Drummer Stewart Copeland said of this conflict, "Andy did his best on vocals but I too was disappointed that Sting didn't sing it. He was very touchy about lyrics

2.   Neil Young: Stupid Girl (Neil Young) * 1975
Zuma: Reprise MS 2242
Toronto / Winnipeg / California
Neil Young: guitar, vocals
Frank Sampedro: guitar
Billy Talbot: bass
Ralph Molina: drums
Produced by Neil Young & David Briggs – 1975

Rumour has it that this song is about Joni Mitchell.

3.   Rolling Stones: Stupid Girl (Keith Richards / Mick Jagger)
Aftermath: London Records LL 3476
London UK
Mick Jagger: vocal, tambourine
Keith Richard: guitar
Brian Jones: acoustic guitar
Bill Wyman: bass
Charlie Watts: drums
Ian Stewart: organ
Jack Nitzsche: electric piano
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham - 1966
Recorded by Dave Hassinger at RCA Studios, Hollywood CA

Written about groupies

4.   The Teddy Bears: To Know Him Is To Love Him (Phillip Spector)
45 Single bw Don’t You Worry My Little Pet: Dore Records – 45 503
Los Angeles CA
Annette Kleinbard: lead vocals
Sandy Nelson: drums
Marshall Leib: vocals
Harvey Goldstein:
Phil Spector:
Produced by Phil Spector – 1958
Recorded at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles

5.   Loggins & Messina: Nobody But You (Jim Messina)
Sittin In: Colulmbia Records C 31044
Los Angeles CA
Kenny Loggins: guitar, harmonica, vocals
Jim Messina: guitar, vocals
Larry Sims: bass
Merel Bregante: drums
Jon Clarke: saxes, oboe, steel drum
Lester A Garth: sax
Michael Omartian: keys
Milt Holland: percussion
Produced by Jim Messina – 1971
Recorded by John Fiore
Mixed & Mastered by Alex Kazenegras

Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Buffalo Springfield b. California December 5, 1947 (age 67)
Kenneth Clark Loggins December 5, 1947 (age 67) was a songwriter. His first LP was being produced by Messina and thus, they became a duo. Sold 16 million records

6.   Taste: Duel Carrigeway Pain (Rory Gallagher)
Taste: Polydor 583 042
Dublin IR
Rory Gallagher, vocals, guitar
John Wilson, drums
Richard McCracken, bass
Produced by Tony Colton 1969

7.   Manfred Mann: 5-4-3-2-1 (Jones / Hugg / Mann)
The Best of manfred Mann: EMI Records – M-11688
London UK
Manfred Mann – keyboards (1962—1969)
Mike Hugg – drums, vibes, keyboards (1962—1969)
Dave Richmond – bass (1962—1964)
Mike Vickers – guitar, alto sax, flute (1962—1965)
Paul Jones – vocals, harmonica (1962—1966)
Produced by John Burgess - 1964
Compilation Produced – 1977

In 1964 the group was asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady Go! They responded with "5-4-3-2-1" which, with the help of weekly television exposure, rose to No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart

8.   Steppenwolf: Faster Than The Speed of Life (Dennis Edmonton)
The Second: RCA DS-50037
Los Angeles / Toronto
John Kay:  lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Michael Monarch:   lead guitar, backing vocals
Rushton Moreve:   bass, backing vocals
Goldy McJohn:   keyboards, backing vocals
Jerry Edmonton:   drums, backing vocals
Produced by Gabriel Mekler – 1968
Recorded by Bill Cooper & Richard Podolor at American Recording Co, Studio City CA in the Fall of 1967

This is from their first LP.  The essential core of Steppenwolf was John Kay, Jerry Edmonton, his brother Dennis Edmonton aka Mars Bonfire and Goldy McJohn - originally Jack London & the Sparrows from Oshawa. Another Sparrow member was Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield).

Dennis Eugene McCrohan aka Dennis Edmonton (born 21 April 1943 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada), also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf. Put out 2 solo albums.

9.   It’s A Beautiful Day: Bombay Calling (Vince Wallace / David Laflamme)
It’s A Beautiful Day: Columbia Records – CS 9768
San Francisco CA
David Laflamme: violin
Hal Wagenet: guitar
Mitchell Hollman: bass
Linda Laflamme: keys
Pattie Santos: percussion
Produced by Matthew Katz & David Laflamme – 1969
Recorded by Brian Ross-Myring

Active years: 1967–1974
David LaFlamme (born Gary Poise May 4, 1941, in New Britain, Connecticut
changed his name to his stage name David LaFlamme so to protect his Symphony Orchestra reputation. Symphony Orchestras at that time often did not think much of Rock music
The theme from the song "Bombay Calling" was later used, at a slower tempo, by Deep Purple as the intro to "Child in Time" on its Deep Purple in Rock album

10. The Byrds: Hungry Planet (Skip Batten / Kim Fowley / Roger McGuinn)
Untitled: Columbia Records – G 30127
Los Angeles CA
Roger McGuinn: Lead guitar, vocals, moog
Clarence White: slide guitar
Skip Batton: bass
Gene Parsons: drums
Produced by Terry Melcher – 1970
Studio LP recorded at Columbia Studios, Hollywood CA by Terry Melcher

This was the most stable and longest lived of any configuration of The Byrds, lasting 3 years without personnel changes.
The band still had not made up their minds regarding an album title when Terry Melcher, while filling out record company documentation for the album sessions, wrote the placeholder "(Untitled)" in a box specifying the album's title. A misunderstanding ensued and before anyone associated with the band had realized, Columbia Records had pressed up the album with that title, including the parentheses

February and March 1970, two consecutive New York concert appearances were recorded.for the live disc.

11. Love: Orange Skies (McLean)
Revisited: Electra EKS 74058
Los Angeles CA
Arthur Lee lead vocals, harmonica, guitar, drums, percussion
Johnny Echols lead guitar
Bryan MacLean rhythm guitar, vocal
Ken Forssi bass
Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer organ, harpsichord
Prod by Paul Rothchild, Jac Holzman, Mark Abramson, Bruce Botnick, Arthur Lee - 1970
Recorded - 1966
From the LP Da Capo Produced by Paul Rothchild
Recorded by Dave Hassinger & Bruce Botnick

According to Bryan MacLean, "Orange Skies" was the first song he ever wrote. At the time 17 years old and working as a roadie for The Byrds, he based the song on a section from The Byrds' version of "The Bells of Rhymney", attributing that arrangement to Roger McGuinn

12. Daniel Lanois: Under A Stormy Sky (Daniel Lanois)
Acadie: Opal / WB - 92 59691
Hamilton, ON
Daniel Lanois guitar (steel, electric and acoustic), bass, vocals, omnichord
Mason Ruffner: – guitar
Malcolm Burn keyboards, guitars, backing vocals Tony Hall – bass
Willie Green – drums
Produced by Daniel Lanois 1989
Recorded by Malcolm Burn and Mark Howard, New Orleans LA
Additional Recording at Brian Enos Wilderness Studio, UK
Mixed by Malcolm Burn & Daniel Lanois w Mark Howard
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
http://www.daniellanois.com/

13. Ted Wesley: Winds of Change (Bob Ruzicka)
Straight North: Damon Records – DA-1004
Yellowknife, NT
Produced by Garry McDonall – 1972
Recorded by Don Paches at Damon Studios, Edmonton AB
mailto:wesleytw@telus.net

1st of 3 LPs recorded in the 70s.
Ted Wesley was born in Abercorn, formerly in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, Africa, of Polish refugee parents.  At six he moved to England, then at nine he emigrated with his family to Edmonton."
first came north at age 16, and went to work for Discovery gold mine north of Yellowknife.  "I lied to them, told them I was 18," he says. Now living in Northern Alberta – still performing.

14. Tommy Graham: Right On (Tommy Graham)
45 Single bw After The Gold Rush: Capitol Records – 72663
Toronto ON
Produced by Tommy Graham – 1972

joined his first band, Kay Taylor And The Regents, in 1958
formed the group Big Town Boys 1963-68
After the BTBs, he travelled to India to learn Sarode with Ali Akbar Kahn
Befriended Brian Ahearn who used him to play several instruments on Anne Murrays Snowbird
Solo debut album, "Planet Earth" was released in 1972

15. Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass: Tijuana Taxi (Ervin Coleman)
Going Places: A&M Records – SP 4112
Los Angeles CA
John Pisano (electric guitar)
Bud Coleman: guitar, mandolin
Lou Pagani (piano)
Nick Ceroli (drums)
Pat Senatore (bass guitar)
Tonni Kalash (trumpet)
Herb Alpert (trumpet and vocal
Bob Edmondson (trombone)
Julius Wechter: marimba
Produced by Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss – 1965

Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) Los Angeles
Alpert’s fifth album - spent six weeks at number one in 1966
Tijuana Brass was really just Alpert till 1964 when he put together a touring band of studio musicians. None of them were Hispanic. Alpert called them: Four lasagnas, two bagels, and an American cheese
Ervan F. "Bud" Coleman (July 7, 1921 – May 26, 1967) played with Alpert and the Baja Marimba Band.
Coleman died in 1967 from surgical complications

Hour Two

1.   Jane Siberry: Hockey (Jane Siberry)
Bound By The Beauty: Duke Street Records - DSR-31058
Guelph ON
Jane Siberry – guitar, piano, vocal
Toddy Borowiecki – keys, accordion
Ken Myhr – guitar
John Switzer – bass
Stich Wynston – drums
Produced by Jane Siberry & John Switzer - 1989
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc, NY
http://janesiberry.com/

2.   Perth County Conspiracy: Take A Look At The Light Side (Richard Keelan)
3.   Perth County Conspiracy: Stratford People (Cedric Smith)
4.   Perth County Conspiracy: Peaple Are Out Of Tune (Richard Keelan)
Alive: Columbia Records – GES 90037
Stratford ON
Richard Keelan: guitar, vocal
Cedric Smith: guitar, vocal
Terry Jones: guitar, vocal
George Taros: piano, vocal
Michael Butler: bass
Produced by John Williams – 1971
Recorded by Henry Saskowski & Terry Brown at The Bathurst St. United Church, Toronto
Mixed at Thunder Sound, Toronto

In the mid 1960s through to the late 1970s the Perth County Conspiracy would play nightly at the Black Swan Coffee House in Stratford, Ontario which was run by Harry Finlay. Guest performers at the Black Swan included such people as Brent Titcomb. The performances usually followed after the evening performances at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Theatre. Oftentimes they would last till almost 4 a.m.
Richard Keelan: not too happy with this album, had to borrow someone’s 12 string after his suffered a broken bridge just before the recording. Keelan now lives in The Junction area of Toronto.

5.   Stevedore Steve: Highway White Lines (Stephen J Foote)
I've Lived: Boot Records - BOS 7111
Saint John, NB
Produced by Fred McKenna - 1971
Recorded by Jim Morgan and George Semkiw at Captain Audio, RCA
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/steveindex.htm

b. Saint John, NB January 9, 1936

6.   Ian Tamblyn: Lost In A Southern Town (Ian Tamblyn)
Moosetracks: Barge Records - QCS 933
Thunder Bay ON
Ian Tamblyn: guitar, vocal
Ken Hamm: lead guitar
Produced - 1972

7.   The Handsome Neds: In Spite of the Danger (Ned R Masyk)
45 Single: Handsome Records HN 002
Toronto ON
Handsom Ned (Robin Masyk): vocal, rhythm guitar
Steve Koch: lead guitar
Rene Fratura: bass
J.D. Weatherstone: drums
Produced by The Neds – 1985
Recorded by Rich Dodson at Marigold Studios, Toronto

June 4, 1957, West Germany – d. : January 10, 1987, Toronto. Active Years: 1984-87
The Handsome Neds consisted of Steve Koch (Viletones, Demics, Hayseed Hellions) on guitar; J.D. Weatherstone (Demics) on drums, and bassist Rene Frattura (Herald Nix)
Rich Dodson was a member of The Stampeders

8.   Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats: Deep Purple (M Parish / P DeRose)
Peg O’ My Heart: Columbia Records – CS 8473
Chicago IL
Jerry Murad: harmonica
Al Fiore: 24 chord harmonica
Don Les: bass harmonica
Produced – 1961

Jerry Murad (Born Jerry Muradian, Turkey; Died 11 May 1996, Liberty Township, Ohio)
Al Fiore (Born Al Fiorentino, 1923; Died 25 October 1996, Chicago, Illinois)
Don Les (Born Dominic Leshinski, 15 November 1914; Died 25 August 1994, Madison, Wisconsin)
Band formed in 1944. Recorded the single “Peg O’ My Heart” 1947 which sold one million copies by 1950
They were the first harmonica players allowed to join the AFM
Members of the Grammy Awards Hall of Fame.

Deep Purple" was published in 1933 as a piano composition.
Famous recordings of the song were by Artie Shaw, Guy Lombardo and Larry Clinton
 

9.   Deep Purple: Bloodsucker (Blackmore / Gillan / Glover / Lord / Paice)
Deep Purple In Rock: Warner Bros WS 1877
Hertford UK
Ritchie Blackmore guitar
Jon Lord keyboards, organ
Ian Paice drums, percussion
Ian Gillan lead vocals
Roger Glover bass
Produced by Deep Purple – 1970
Recorded by Phil McDonald Abbey Road Studios
Peter Mew Original album remastering

Blackmore suggested a new name for the band: "Deep Purple", named after his grandmother's favourite song.

10.   English Beat: Get A Job (English Beat)
11. English Beat: Stand Down Margaret (English Beat)
What Is: IRS Records – SP 70040
Birmingham UK
Ranking Roger: vocal, toasting, percussion
Dave Wakeling: vocal, guitar
David Steele: bass
Andy Cox: guitar
Everett Morton: drums
Wesley Magoogan: sax
Saxa (Lionel Augustus Martin): sax
David Blockhead: keys
Produced by English Beat with David Peters - 1983
Compilation Produced by John Guarnieri – 1983
Recorded live at Opera House, Boston, November 10, 1982

In UK were just known as The Beat; in Australia as British Beat and in America The English Beat
The Beat toured the world with well-known artists such as David Bowie, The Clash, The Police, The Pretenders, R.E.M., The Specials and Talking Heads.
After the break-up of The Beat in 1983, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger went on to form General Public and had a couple of hit singles in North America, while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals

12. Crowbar: Too True Mama (Kelly Jay)
Bad Manors: Paramount Records – PAS 6007
Ancaster ON
Sonnie Bernardi: drums
Kelly Jay: piano, vocals
Roly Greenway: bass, vocals
Rheal Lanthier: lead guitar, vocals
The Ghetto: lead guitar, slide guitar, vocals
Jozef Chirowski: piano, organ, vocals
Steve Kennedy: horns
Produced by Love – 1971
Recorded Terry Brown at Toronto Sounds Studios

Active 1969 – 1975
1st album on their own. Features “Oh What A Feeling”

13. Downchild: Madison Blues (Elmore James)
So Far: Posterity Records – PTR 13004
Toronto ON
Don Walsh: lead & slide guitar, harmonica
Tony Flaim: vocal
Jane Vasey: keys
Mike Bowser: bass
Wayne Wilson: drums
Michael O’Connell: trombone
Produced by Billy Bryans & Alan Duffy - 1977
Recorded by Terry Brown at Toronto Sound

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