with Steve Fruitman
#268
March 25, 2019
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Hour One1. Bruce Cockburn: Spring Song (Bruce Cockburn) 1970 *
2. Hank Snow and His Group: Blossoms in the Springtime (Vaughan Horton) 1958 *
3. The Kinks: Where Did The Spring Go (Ray Davies) 1973
4. Moe Koffman: Overture To Spring (Moe Koffman) 1972 *
5. Memphis Jug Band: Peaches In The Springtime (Will Shade) 1928
6. Barry Nesbitt & the Highlanders: Ring The Bluebells of Scotland (Dora Jordan) 1963 *
7. Charlie Panigoniak & Lorna Tesseor: Springtime (Etuulu / Susan Peta) 1986 *
8. Carter Family: When The Springtime Comes on the Mountain (Trad) 1930
9. Al Cherny: Early Bird of Spring (trad) 1974 *
10. The Hi-Tones: Do What He Did (Thurston Harris) 1961 *
11. Bunny Hobbs: The Blue Canadian Rockies (Cindy Walker) 1960 *
12. Dick Nolan: Aunt Martha’s Sheep (Ellis Coles / Dick Nolan) 1977 *
13. Jane Siberry: Hockey (Jane Siberry) 1989 *
14. Harry Hibbs: Doggie Doggie Bark At The Cat (Trad) 1971 *
15. Norm Hacking: Shine (Norm Hacking) 1988 *
16. Reg Hill: The Logger’s Jig (Reg Hill) 1974 *Hour Two
1. Shawne Jackson: Women of the World (Domenic Troiano) 1972 *
2. Steve Fruitman interviews Alex Sinclair re Sonny’s Dream, May 11, 2006
3. Ron Hynes: Sonny’s Dream (Ron Hines) 1977 *
4. Wonderful Grand Band: U.I.C. (Jamie Snider) 1981 *
5. Teegarden & Van Winkle: God, Love & Rock n’ Roll – We Believe (Knape / Teegarden) 1970
6. The Marvelettes: I’m Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can (F Wilson / L Manns) 1969
7. Otis Spann: Burning Fire (Otis Spann) 1966
8. The Heart: Treat Me Bad (John Martin / John Doddridge) 1967 *
9. Canned Heat: Boogie Music (LT Tatman III) 1969
10. Peter Hnatiuk: Samsyo Petrolovich (Peter Hnatiuk) circa 1975 *
11. TNT: Baby I Need Your Love (Niel Bishop / Claude Caines)1977 *
12. Lonnie Donegan: The Golden Vanity (Lonnie Donegan) 1960
13. Peetie Wheatstraw: The Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp (Wheatstraw) 1937
14. The Easybeats: Houndog (McKinley Morganfield) 1967
15. John Mayall: Down The Line (Mayall) 1967
16. Flaco Jimenez: Hasta La Vista (Flaco Jimenez) 1983CanCon = 61%
And Now for The Particulars:Hour One
1. Bruce Cockburn: Spring Song (Bruce Cockburn)
Bruce Cockburn: True North Records TN 1
Ottawa ON
Bruce Cockburn, piano, vocal, bass drum, mouth trumpet
Dennis Pendrith, bass
Produced by Eugene Martynec, 1970
Recorded by Bill Sedden at Eastern Sound, Toronto December 1969Bruce Douglas Cockburn b. May 27, 1945, Ottawa Ontario
This was the first album released on the fledgling True North Records label. Bruce has released nearly 3 dozen great albums since.
2. Hank Snow and His Group: Blossoms in the Springtime (Vaughan Horton)
Just Keep A-Movin': RCA Victor LPM-1113
Brooklyn, Nova Scotia
Hank Snow: guitar, vocal
Roger Carroll: bass
Kayton Roberts: steel
Chubby Wise: fiddle
Produced 1958Clarence Eugene Snow b. Brooklyn NS May 9, 1914 / d. Nashville TN Dec 20, 1999
This song also appeared on Snow in All Seasons, 1969.
3. The Kinks: Where Did The Spring Go? (Ray Davies)
Great Lost Kinks Album: Reprise MS 2127
London UK
Ray Davies, guitar, vocals
Dave Davies, guitar
Mick Avory, drums
Pete Quaife, bass
Produced 1969The Great Lost Kinks Album was released 1973 & discontinued 1975. Where Did The Spring Go? was finally released in 2018 on The Kinks Are The Village Green Poreservation Society delux redo.
4. Moe Koffman: Overture To Spring (Moe Koffman / Doug Riley)
The Four Seasons: GRT Records 9230-1022
Toronto ON
Moe Koffman: flute
Terry Clark: drums
Don Thompson: bass
Doug Riley: keys
Bobby Edwards: guitar
Dick Smith: congas
Michael Crade: percussion
Albert Pratz: Violin Concert Master
Peter Schenkman, Dave Heatheringto: cellos
Bill Richards, Maurice Solway, Isdore Desser, Victoria Prolly, Adel Armin: violins
Produced by Doug Riley - 1972
Recorded at Toronto Sound Studios by Terry BowneMorris Koffman b. Toronto Dec 28, `928 / d. Orangeville ON Mar 28, 2001 (72)
Appointed to the Order of Canada, 1993
Inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, 1997
Composer of The Swinging Shepherd Blues, used as the theme to the CBC radio program, As It Happens.5. Memphis Jug Band: Peaches In The Springtime (Will Shade)
Memphis Blues (1928-1930): Jazz Tribune (RCA France) NL 89276
Mempis TN
Will Shade: vocal
Will Weldon: guitar, vocal
Vol Stevens: banjo-mandolin
Ben Ramey: kazoo, vocal
Charlie Polk: jug
Compilation LP produced by Jean-Paul Guiter, 1984
Recorded in Memphis, Feb 13, 1928The most prolific jug band recorded (1927-1934), they were lead by Will Shade (aka Son Brimmer) who worked for Victor as a telent scout. Many jug bands got to record because of Shade’s endorsements. Charlie Polk usually used a glass jug to blow into. Guitarist Charlie Burse is notably missing from this recording.
6. Barry Nesbitt & the Highlanders: Ring The Bluebells of Scotland (Dora Jordan)
Scots Wha' Ha'e: Arc Records 531
Toronto ON
Barry Nesbitt: vocals
Produced by Ben Weatherby for Arc Records, 1963Barry Nesbitt: b. Rondeau, Saskatchewan / d. October 8, 2011, Victoria BC (85)
Began his career singing over radio station CHAB in 1942. He had an acting roll in ‘Hawkeye and The Last of the Mohicans’ in 1957. Was also a DJ at Foster Hewitt’s CKFH radio station, producing Scottish-Irish Varieties. In all, he spent over 50 years in the broadcasting business. His only ‘hit song’ was A Pub With No Beer which reached #15 on the Toronto CHUM Chart in 1958.
Now considered to be a ‘folksong’, Bluebells was written by Dora Jordan, an English actress and writer. First published in 1801.
RIP Charlie Panigoniak
7. Charlie Panigoniak & Lorna Tesseor: Springtime (Etuulu / Susan Peta)
Just For Kids: CBC Northern Service Broadcast Recording WRC1-3312
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut Territory
Charlie Panigoniak: guitar, vocal
Lorna Tasseor: vocal
Dougie Trineer: bass
Ron Prescott: drums
Produced by Les McLaughlin, 1986
Recorded by Marc Lajoie, OttawaCharlie Panigoniak b. 7 March 1946 near Chesterfield Inlet, Northwest Territories / d. 6 March 2019 (aged 72) Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
One of the first Inuit recording artists, he began making records in the early 1970s.
In 2012, he was awarded the territory's highest honor, the Order of Nunavut b. 7 Mar 19468. The Carter Family: When The Springtime Comes on the Mountain (Trad)
Victor Recording Company BVE-59983
Maces Spring, Virginia
A.P. Carter, vocal, guitar
Sara Carter, autoharp, vocal
Maybelle Carter, Steel guitar, vocal
Produced by Ralph Peer, 1930
Recorded in Bristol, TennesseeOne of the first vocal groups to record country music commercially, they recorded their first records the day before Jimmie Rodgers did. Recorded by Ralph Peer (b. Independence, Missouri May 22, 1892 / d. Hollywood CA Jan 19, 1960 (67). Peer was the guy who pioneered field recordings in 1923 using hotel rooms, warehouses and ballrooms to record a wide variety of music. He worked with Louis Armstrong, jelly Roll Morton, Count Basie, Hoagy Carmighael and Fats Waller.
9. Al Cherny: Early Bird of Spring (Trad)
Golden Ukrainian Memories: TeeVee Records TA-1017
Medicine Hat AB
Al Cherny: violin
Produced 1974Alexander Peter Chernywech, b Medicine Hat, Alta, 1 Nov 1932, d Missisauga, Ont, 23 Aug 1989
1951 he joined Vic Siebert and his Sons of the Saddle,
1952-9 he was a featured performer on 'CKNX Barn Dance' and a regular performer on CBC TV, first 1963-5 on 'Country Hoedown' and thereafter (until his death) on 'The Tommy Hunter Show'
He was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.
10. The Hi-Tones: Do What He Did (Thurston Harris)
45 single bw Arsenic: Montaingne's Limited Edition: 1001
Pembroke ON
Len Leitch: vocal
Lionel Vachon: organ
Don Billows: lead guitar
Bill Billows: sax
Produced by W J Montaigne, 1961
Recorded at Glennwood BowlOriginally recorded by its creator, Thurston Harris (b. Indianapolis IN, July 11, 1931 / April 14, 1990) in 1958. The Hi-Tones were recorded by this small Pembroke Ontario company that also released a recording by The Hot Toddies of Niagara Falls, lead by Big John Little.
11. Bunny Hobbs: The Blue Canadian Rockies (Cindy Walker)
Canada's Sweetheart - Bunny Hobbs: Rodeo International - RLP 96
Lower Sackville, NS
Bunny Hobbs: vocal
Baz Russell & His Orchestra
Produced 1960Lorraine Hobbs Born April 22, 1925, in Halifax – d. Friday, March 11, 2005 Lower Sackville NS
Started singing career age 4 and was elected Miss Shirley Temple of Halifax in 1931. Between ages 4 – 14 she performed weekly over Uncle Mel’s radio program in Halifax over CHNS. During the war years she entertained troops. In 1945 bunny started working in night clubs throughout Canada and even into the USA. Canada’s Sweetheart is, unfortunately, the only album she ever recorded.Cindy Walker (July 20, 1918 – March 23, 2006)
The song was written by this American songwriter and recorded by Gene Autry (which featured in Autry's 1952 movie of the same name). The song was included on the Sweetheart of the Rodeo album by The Byrds in 1968.
12. Dick Nolan: Aunt Marthas Sheep (Ellis Coles / Dick Nolan)
Best of Dick Nolan: RCA KYL1-0393
Corner Brook NL
Dick Nolan: guitar, vocal
Mack Barfoot: drums
Gary Davis: bass
Wilf Doyle: accordion
Kurt Mesher: lead guitar
Produced by Barry Haugen, 1977Originally written by Terrence White and Arthur Butt of Perry’s Cove, Conception Bay (as Aunt Allie’s Sheep) Newfoundland and later modified by Ellis Coles (b. 1939) and musically enhanced by Dick Nolan. The theme is one that has been used many times in the folksongs of Newfoundland where a bunch of sleeveens steal someone’s barnyard animal and out-smart the law.
13. 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/I just love the images that this song presents! Along with a bit of foul language, it evokes a purely Canadian feel to skating, snow banks, goal posts, black rubber pucks and hockey.
14. Harry Hibbs: Doggie Doggie Bark At The Cat (Trad)
A Fifth Of Harry Hibbs: Arc Records AS 826
Lance Cove, Bell Island NL
Harry Hibbs: vocals, accordion
Others not listed
Produced 1971
Released on January 1, 1971Henry Thomas Joseph Hibbs b. Bell Island NL September 11, 1942 / d. Toronto December 21, 1989 (47)
Having moved to Toronto in the early 1960s after the death of his father, he took up the accordion and joined the Caribou Show Band, a group of ex-pat Newfoundlanders that played at The Caribou Club. They became so popular that got a weekly TV show over CHCH in Hamilton which made Hibbs extremely popular. He went on to record a bunch of very successful albums for the Arc Records Company.
15. Norm Hacking: Shine (Norm Hacking)
Stubborn Ghost: Rosedale Records - RDR 800N)
Toronto ON
Norm Hacking: guitar, vox
Kevin Bell lead guitar
Kirk Elliott violin
John Sheard keys, synths
John Arpin: keys
Jim Layeux: vocals
Tim Harrison: vocals
Ron Nigrini: vocals
Dyan Maracle: vocals
Michael Smith: vocals
Caroly Larson: vocals
Loren Hacking: vocals
Jennifer Bell: vocals
David Whitten: vocals
David Woodhead bass
Doug McClement: bass
Paul Corby: guitar
Kid Carson drums
John Adames drums
Matt Zimbel percussion
Chris Whiteley trumpet
Shine Choir: Joe Zelney, Cathy Greene, Jan Caswell, Susan Serran, Simon Richards, Mildred Wooton, Paul Corby, Bill Tymchyshyn
Produced by Norm Hacking and Kevin Bell 1988
Recorded by Steve Traub at Comfort Sound, Toronto
Mixed by John Sheard
http://www.normhacking.comb. Toronto 1950 – 2007
Norm Hacking was a gem of a songwriter but, unfortunately, his first two albums were ill-produced, low budget affairs that really did nothing to enhance the songs. Nearly a decade went by before Hacking went back into the studio to record this album, Stubborn Ghost. This album was entirely different and, in my opinion, one of the best Canadian folk albums of its kind. Although it received glowing reviews, even a feature in the Toronto Star, the album failed to sell, most likely due to the lack of distribution and airplay. Unlike his first two albums, this one delivers, the songs are enhanced and the shine still lingers.
16. Reg Hill & The Melodiers: The Logger’s Jig (Reg Hill)
Ottawa Valley Hoedown: Banff Rodeo SBS 5190
Braeside ON
Reg Hill: fiddle
Mac Beattie: washboard
Jim Mayhew: piano
Gaetan Fairfield: guitar
George Courschesne: bass
Produced by Ralph Carlson circa 1974
Recorded at Carlsound Studios, Ottawab. 1927 in Brockville ON, started playing fiddle in his early teens, joined his first band Rock Mountain Rangers when he was 15 before starting his own band, The Swingsters. In 1954 was invited to join Mac Beatties band, The Ottawa Valley Melodiers which he stayed in till he died in 1978. Inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame in 1981.
Hour Two
1. Shawne Jackson: Women of the World (Domenic Troiano)
Shawn Jackson: RCA APL1-1320
Toronto ON
Domenic Troiano, guitar
No other musicians listed
Produced by Domenic Troiano, 1976
Recorded by Keith Olsen with Terry Brown, George Semkiew & Brian Christian at Sound City, Toronto, 1975
Sound, Sound Stage and Phase I, Toronto
Mastered by Rick Collins at Kendun RecordersBegan her musical career in Toronto when she was only 15, singing in the Silhouettes and then with local R&B band The Majestics. In the early 70s she became romantically involved with guitarist Domenic Troiano (Mandala, Bush, James Gang, Guess Who, Black Market) who produced this album. He produced her only hit: “Just As Bad As You (Playboy Records, 1974) and then her LP. The two were subsequently married. Jackson briefly sang with another local band, Sweet Blindness, before getting more involved with acting and voice overs.
2. Steve Fruitman interviews Alex Sinclair re the original demo of Sonny’s Dream
From The Back To The Sugar Camp radio program archives, May 11, 2006Alex Sinclair is one of the main members of the Canadian folk group, Tamarack. According to Alex Sinclair, this was one of the 5 songs recorded that day. Shortly after I aired this interview with Alex in 2006, Ron Hynes manager got in touch with me and asked for an copy claiming that if Ron did indeed still have one of the cassettes, he’d never know where to begin to look for it. I happily complied.
3. Ron Hynes: Sonny’s Dream (Ron Hynes)
First Demo Tape: unreleased
St Johns NL
Ron Hynes: guitar, vocal
Alex Sinclair: guitar, vocal
Shelley Coopersmith: violin, vocal
Gwen Swick: bass, vocal
Demo Produced, 1977
Recorded in Toronto4. Wonderful Grand Band: U.I.C. (Jamie Snider)
Living In A Fog: Grand East Records GE-1001
St. John’s NL
Glenn Simmons: guitar
Ron Hynes: guitar, mandolin, banjo
Jamie Snider: fiddle, vocal
Sandy Morris: guitar
Ian Perry: bass
Paul Stamp: drums
Produced by Declan O’Doherty 1981
Recorded and mixed at Springfield Sound Studio by Declan O’Doherty, Dan Donovan and Geoff Rowland
Mastered by Bill Kipper at Masterdisk NYC
http://wonderfulgrandband.comAccording to Jamie Snider, he was inspired to write this song by his long time music partner and friend, Rick Bauer. Snider, originally from Ontario, moved to Newfoundland in the mid-1970s and founded Red Island, a Celtic / rock band before joining the successful Wonderful Grand Band (who recorded two versions of Sonny’s Dream) for their second album. In the mid-80s he moved back to Toronto and joined an Irish band, TIP Splinter. He has since moved to St. Catherines Ontario and still performs with his old mate, Rick Bauer. He’s still fondly remembered in St. John’s.
RIP Skip Knape of Teegarden & Van Winkle
5. Teegarden & Van Winkle: God, Love & Rock n’ Roll – We Believe (Knape / Teegarden)
45 single bw Work Me Tomorrow: Westbound Records W 170
Tulsa OK
Skip (Van Winkle) Knape: keys, vocals
David Teegarden: drums, vocals
Other players not mentioned
Produced by J Cassily, 1970Skip (Van Winkle) Knape b. Tulsa OK / d. Nov 27, 2018 California (74)
Just a Hammond B3 and a drummer were all there was to the lineup of Teegarden & Van Winkle who were popular in the late ‘60s, early 70s. They formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma but moved to Detroit to absorb the feel of authentic soul music being produced there. After God, Love & Rock n’ Roll, their only hit song, they toured with Bob Seger. Knape went on to play with ex-Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger in the Robby Krieger Organization.
6. The Marvelettes: I’m Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can (F Wilson / L Manns)
45 single bw Don’t Make Hutring Me A Habit: Tamla Motown T54177
Inkster Michigan
Katherine Anderson
Georgeanna Tillman
Ann Bogan
Wanda Rogers
Produced by Dean & Weatherspoon, 1969From the vocal group who first sang Please Mr Postman (1961) and Don’t Mess With Bill (1966).
2004 inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame
2013 inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame and nominated for the Rock n’ Roll Hall.7. Otis Spann: Burning Fire (Otis Spann)
Chicago / The Blues / Today! Vol. 1: Vanguard VRS 9216
Chicago IL
Otis Spann, piano, vocal
SP Leary, drums
Produced by Samuel Charters, 1966Otis Spann b. Belzoni Miss. Mar 21, 1924 / d. Chicago April 24, 1970 (46)
Spann grew up in a household of music: his father played piano, his mother the guitar. At 14 he was already playing the juke joints in the Jackson area and moved to Chicago in 1946. A few years later he was recruited to play in Muddy Waters’ band. He was also used by Chess Records as a session guy playing on BB King, Chuck Berry and Robert Lockwood Jr. records. He played with Muddy’s band until 1968 when he was stricken with cancer which finally took him in 1970. He’s been called “the greatest modern blues pianist and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980.
8. The Heart: Treat Me Bad (John Martin / John Doddridge)
45 single bw Help Me Down: Sir John A Records SJA2
Almonte ON
John Martin (lead vocals)
David Liberty (lead guitars, vocals)
Hans Schleuter (bass)
John Doddridge (drums)
Gordon "Junior" Dix (guitar)
Peter Jermyn (organ)
Jamie Avis (guitar)
Produced by Ted Gerow 1967The band Thee Deuces was originally formed in 1964 in Almonte south-west of Ottawa as an instrumental group who performed for nearly a full year at Inter-Provincial Hotel in Hull, Quebec as the house band.
By the summer of 1967, the band decided to update their name - The Heart - and their sound by adding former Luke & The Apostles keyboardist Peter Jermyn. But Jermyn would leave again in 1968 to form The Modern Rock Quartet with former Esquires members Doug Orr and Robert Coulthart. The Heart then recruited Corbin and Arseneault from The Five D for one more single called "Yesterday Was a Dream" on RCA at Christmas that year. The act lasted only until the Spring of 1969.
Sir John A Records - Named after Canada's first Prime Minister, was a label that existed for less than 2 years. Formed to celebrate Canada's centennial year in 1967 by local Ottawa personality John Pozer and musician/artist Ron Greene - the label tapped into some of the Ottawa area's hottest up and coming bands. The records issued on the label were very limited pressings of 100 - 500 quantities.
9. Canned Heat: Boogie Music (LT Tatman III)
Living The Blues: Liberty Records – LST 27200
Los Angeles CA
Bob Hite: vocals
Alan Wilson: slide guitar, vocals, harmonica
Henry Vestine: lead guitar
Larry Taylor: bass
Adolfo de la Parra: drums
Dr. John: horn arrangements
Produced by Canned Heat and Skip Taylor, 1968
Recorded by Rich Moore and Ivan Fisher at I.D. Sound Studios, HollywoodFrom their third release, a 2 LP set of boogie music.
Canned Heat started out as a jug band with Bob Hite and Alan Wilson, two blues enthusiasts, after they moved to San Francisco in the mid-60s. By late 1965 they morphed into Canned Heat, named after a Tommy Johnson song from 1928 about drinking Sterno Canned Heat for its alcohol. Known for their boogie music, they were a two pronged attack: two lead vocalists, 2 lead guitar players and a crack rhythm section. From the gruff voice of Hite to the boyish voice of Wilson, they were a mesmerizing team of players. Their biggest hit song was Wilbert Harrison’s “Let’s Work Together” from their 1970 album, Future Blues.
10. Peter Hnatiuk: Samsyo Petrolovich (P Hnatiuk)
Hell's A Poppin' - Ukrainian Party "Live" We Think ???: V Records - SVLP 3075
Winnipeg MB
Peter Hnatiuk: guitar, vocals, jokes, cymbaly (crash cymbals)
Produced by A Groshak circa 1975b. August 18th, 1934, on a farm near Gilbert Plains, Manitoba / d. Winnipeg December 5, 1994 (60)
Growing up on a farm, Peter was drawn to music. He was given a pair of crash cymbals which he played, backing other musicians at weddings and community halls. His most prestigious award was winning the annual Cymbaly Contest in 1972 in Winnipeg. In this contest, Peter played and sang while being blindfolded. He recorded 13 albums during his music career: Hell’s A Poppin’ was his 9th. And he does a pretty good imitation of Hank Snow!
11. TNT: Baby I Need Your Love (Niel Bishop / Claude Caines)
TNT: Quay CS 7801
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, 1977
Recorded at Clode Sound, StephenvilleTNT came together in the latter part of the 1970s. Based in Stephenville, Newfoundland, two of the founding members, Claude Caines and Neil Bishop, started the first commercial recording studio in Newfoundland. They called it Clode Sound and soon began recording artists and releasing their records on the company’s label, Quay Records.
Shortly after forming TNT, Elaine Kilpatrick, from the sunny state of Georgia, got tired of her job singing on cruise ships, jumped ship in Corner Brook and soon found herself singing with TNT. The group broke up around 1980 but Denis Parker and Neil Bishop would continue performing in island rock bands while Caines went into business after Clode Sound wound up around 1986. Kilpatrick made her way to Toronto where she lives today.
12. Lonnie Donegan and His Group: The Golden Vanity (Lonnie Donegan)
45 single bw My Old Man’s A Dustman: Pye Records 7N.15256
London UK
Lonnie Donegan: guitar, vocal
Others not listed
Produced 1960Anthony James Donegan (b. Glasgow 29 April 1931 d. Market Deeping UK 3 November 2002)
It was the dawning of a new age! While rock n’ roll was beginning to take shape in America, the post-war British were largely responsible for the interest in gut-bucket jazz which lead them to further discover the roots of basic American music. Lonnie Donegan took things one step further, performing skiffle music, using washboard, guitars, and other jug and stringband instruments, interpreting American folk songs like Cumberland Gap or Rock Island Line into a zippy tempo by the time a song was finished. This inspired the younger generation for form skiffle bands of their own, like John Lennon’s Quarrymen and The Rolling Stones. Even The Animals (who recorded an album with Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II).
13. Peetie Wheatstraw: Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp (P Wheatstraw)
Blues Classics 4: Kokomo Arnold & Peetie Wheatstraw: Arhoolie BC-4
Ripley TN
Peetie Wheatstraw, vocal & piano
Unknown bass
Produced by Chris Strachwitz
Recorded March, 1937Back in the Jukes, whenever Peetie Wheatstraw, the High Sheriff From Hell came to town, he rocked and he rolled in his own way, causing mayhem, using sexual innuendos and boasting his own virility. He was a mentor to a young Robert Johnson and it is said that he made his deal at the crossroads where he chose the darker path. What he ended up doing was giving rock n’ roll its threatening edge, making it not-safe, which was the point of it all. Really!
14. The Easybeats: Houndog (McKinley Morganfield)
Friday On My Mind: United Artists Records
Sydney AU
Harry Vanda: lead guitar
Snowy Fleet: drums
Dick Diamonde: bass
George Young: guitar
Little Stevie: vocals
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1967
Recorded in IBC & Olympic Studios, London UKOne of Muddy Waters’ songs brought back during the blues revival, even in Australia. Younger pop bands were eager to learn more about the roots of the music they were playing, especially when it was blues based. Fleetwood Mac, The Yardbirds, Cream, Hendrix, Taste and Free were all experimenting with down home Chicago blues, illuminating the careers of Muddy, BB and Albert, Howlin’ Wolf and others. Bringing it on back home to American kids. In fact, Fleetwood Mac recorded a double LP at Chess Studios in Chicago in 1968.
15. John Mayall: Down The Line (Mayall)
The Blues Alone: London Records PS 534
London UK
John Mayall: vocal, piano, 9-string guitar
Produced by Mike Vernon and John Mayall, 1967
Recorded by Gus Dudgeon and Dave Grinstread, Decca Studios, West Hampstead UK May 1, 1967The influence of British blues can go back to one man who’s still out there doing it: John Mayall. Having had Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Aynsley Dunbar, Jack Bruce, Keef Hartley, Dick Heckstall-Smith, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood in his band called The Blues Breakers, he’s the man who taught them how to approach the blues, how to feel that touch that cannot be explained by mere language. Known in England for using a 9 string guitar, he wrote original blues while still paying homage to little known greats like JB Lenoir.
16. Flaco Jimenez: Hasta La Vista (Flaco Jimenez)
Viva Seguin - Red Hot Texas-Mexican Dance Music: Rogue Records - FMSL 2003
San Antonio, Texas
Flaco Jimenez: accordion
Unacredited others
Produced by Salome Gutierrez, R. 1983
Originally released on DLB Records of San Antoinio Texas on the album ‘Mis Polkas Favoritas’
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