Hour One
1. The Easternaires: Tobique - 1977 *
2. The Newbeats: Bread and Butter - 1965
3. Buddy Holly: Maybe Baby - 1960
4. The Kinks: Young Conservatives - 1983
5. Pat Hervey: Tears of Misery - 1963 *
6. Motorhead: Ace of Spades - 1980
7. Manfred Mann: 5-4-3-2-1 - 1964
8. Walter Ostanek Band: CB Polka - 1992 *
9. Night Ranger: Can’t Find Me A Thrill - 1982
10. Richie Knight & The Midnights: Charlena - 1963 *
11. Belton Richard: Bosco Stomp - 1974
12. Kishore Kumar: Yeh Dosti - 1975
13. The Tubes: I Saw Her Standing There - 1977
14. The Youngbloods: Grizzly Bear - 1966
15. Teenage Heads: Blood Boogie - 1983 *
16. The Cars: Misfit Kid - 1980
17. Adrien Avon: Reel des Boucherons - 1962 *
Hour Two
1. The Eternals: Hideaway - 1968 *
2. Fever Tree: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do - 1968
3. David Lindley: Mercury Blues - 1981
4. Foghat: Road Fever - 1973
5. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: Sock It To Me Baby - 1965
6. Fleetwood Mac: Honey Hush -1970
7. The Ramones: It’s A Long Way Back - 1978
8. The Majestics: Medley: Philly Dog, Night Train, Shot Gun - 1967 *
9. The Who: Run Run Run - 1966
10. The Viletones: Screaming Fist - 1977 *
11. Jimmy Bowskill Band: Sinking Down - 2012 *
12. Eddy LeJeune: Lacassine Special - 1988
13. Boozoo Chavis: Paper In My Shoe - 1986
14. Crowbar: House Of Blue Lights - 1971 *
15. The Trashmen: Surfin’ Bird - 1963
16. Minnie White: Starlight Afternoon - 1978 *
CanCon = 36%
And Now for The Particulars:Hour One
1. Easternaires: Tobique
(Gene Swazey)
Tobique Woman: Audat Records – 477-9049
Plaster Rock, NB
Ron Briggs: keys, vocal – Plaster Rock
Lyle Millard: bass, vocal – South Tilly NB
Wyatt Millard: drums, vocal – South Tilly NB
Gene Swazy: guitar, vocal – Tobique Narrows NB
Produced 1977
Recorded by Grant Kennedy
2. The Newbeats: Bread and Butter
(Larry Parks / Jay Tunbow)
45 Single: Hickory Records – H 1269X
US
Dean Mathis: piano, lead vocals
Mark Mathis: bass
Larry Henley: guitar, drums
Produced 1964
Maggie, my wife, was born and raised in England. She remembers going to a teen drop-in centre with a friend. They had a few records and Bread and Butter was blaring regularly. She claims that no-one danced to it. Together between 1964–1974, The Newbeats sold over one million copies of Bread and Butter in the U.S. Their only other hit song was Run, Baby Run.
Hickroy Records was a US label formed by Roy Acuff and his partner in the Acuff Rose Music publishing firm Fred Rose around 1955.
3. Buddy Holly: Maybe Baby
(N Petty / B Holly)
The Buddy Holly Story: MCA - 560
(Originally released on Coral Records CRL 757279)
Lubbock TX
Buddy Holly: guitar, vocals
Joe B. Mauldin: bass
Jerry Allison: drums
Niki Sullivan: guitar
Produced by Norman Petty, 1960
Charles Hardin Holley b. September 7, 1936, Lubbock, Texas / d. February 3, 1959 (22) Clear Lake, Iowa
Despite Holly's numerous contributions to rock 'n' roll, a 1957 interview with Vancouver disc jockey Red Robinson suggests that the singer questioned the longevity of the genre. When asked whether rock 'n' roll music would still be around after six or seven months, Holly replied, "I rather doubt it."
Though his professional career spanned just two short years, Holly's recorded material influenced Bob Dylan, who, at age 17, saw Holly perform on his final tour. The Rolling Stones had their first Top 10 single in 1964 with a cover of Holly's "Not Fade Away." The Beatles chose their name as a kind of homage to The Crickets, and Paul McCartney has since purchased Holly's publishing rights.
4. The Kinks: Young Conservatives
(Ray Davies)
State of Confusion: Arista Records AL8-8018
London UK
Mick Avory: drums
Dave Davies: lead guitar
Ray Davies: rhythm guitar, lead vocal
Jim Rodford: bass
Ian Gibbons: keys
Produced by Ray Davies, 1982
Recorded by John Rollo and Damian Korner at Konk Studios, North London
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc, NYC
Recorded by John Rollo & Damian Korner, October 1982 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
Released 19 November 1982
I’m not a Conservative: never was, never will be. This is the only song I know that explains the dilemma of being a young conservative, written by a man who had no use for them.
5. Pat Hervey: Tears of Misery
(Beverley Ross)
45 single bw Brother, Can You Spare A Dime: RCA Victor 45-1332
Toronto ON
Pat Hervey: vocal
Produced by Chet Atkins, 1963
This was produced when Hervey was only 15. She was called the “Brenda Lee” of Canada. Born in 1947, she died in 2016 after a long battle with cancer. She made her first recordings for Art Snider’s Chateau Records in 1962 (as did Gordon Lightfoot two years earlier). As he did with Lightfoot, Snider took Hervey to Nashville, took her to meet Chet Atkins who was impressed enough to produce her. It was Atkins that got her the RCA recording contract. She won awards, like Top Country Female Artist, but couldn’t keep pace with the changes in pop music and retired in 1968, moving to Vancouver and getting into acting on TV.
6. Motörhead: Ace of Spades
(Eddie Clarke / Ian Kilmister / Phil Taylor)
Ace of Spades: Mercury Records – MCR4-1-4011
London UK
Lemmy: vocals, bass
Eddie Clarke: guitar
Phil Taylor: drums
Produced, recorded & mixed by Vic "Chairman" Maile, 1980
Recorded at Jackson's Studios, Rickmansworth, England
After Lemmy was unceremoniously kicked out of Hawkwind in 1975, he formed Motörhead with an umlaut. One of their first gigs was supporting Blue Öyster Cult, thus the umlaut! When asked if Germans pronounced the band "Motuuuurhead", Lemmy answered "No, they don't. I only put it in there to look mean". They released 22 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums, and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years.
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
Mike Hugg: drums, vibes, keyboards
Dave Richmond: bass
Mike Vickers: guitar, alto sax, flute
Paul Jones: vocals, harmonica
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. Walter Ostanek Band: CB Polka
(Joey Tomsick)
35th Anniversary Album: World Renowned Sounds Inc – WRP-10015
St Catherines ON
Walter Ostanek: accordion
Produced by Walter Ostanek, 1992
Ladislav John Ostanek b. 20 April 1935 Duparquet, Quebec
This album won Ostanek the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album of 1993.
1999: appointed Member of the Order of Canada
2007: Ostanek was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual SOCAN Awards in Toronto.
Over his career, Ostanek would record more than 50 albums and become known as Canada's Polka King. He has received three Grammy Awards and he has been nominated thirteen times.
9. Night Ranger: Can’t Find Me A Thrill
(Jack Blades)
Dawn Patrol: Boardwalk Entertainment Co. B1-33259
San Francisco CA
Jeff Watson: guitars
Alan Gerald: keys, vocal
Kelly Keagy: drums, lead vocal
Jack Blades: bass: lead vocal
Brad Gillis: guitar, vocal
Produced by Pat Glasser, 1982
Recorded by John Van Nest at Allen Zentz Recording
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Allen Zentz Recording
Dawn Patrol is the debut studio album by Night Ranger released in 1982. The band was named Ranger during the recording of the album. The first issues of the album were printed and ready to be shipped when it was discovered that there was a country band from California with the same name. The band decided to name themselves Night Ranger after the song that Jack Blades had written for the album. The record company destroyed the copies with the band name Ranger. Their first three albums, Dawn Patrol, Midnight Madness, and Seven Wishes, all reached RIAA Platinum status and garnered the band international fame.
10. Richie Knight & The Midnights: Charlena
(Manuel Chavez / Herman Chaney)
45 single bw You’ve Got The Power: Arc Records – 1028
Toronto ON
Mike Brough, sax
Doug Chappel, bass
Richie Knight (Hubbard), vocal
Barry Stein, drums
George Simkiw, guitar
Barry Lloyd, piano
John McCanliss, guitar
Producer Not Listed, 1963
Charlena was the first pop song by a Canadian group to hit No. 1 on the country’s most respectable radio station, 1050 CHUM where it topped the chart for two weeks. It was recorded in the offices of Arc Records before they had their own studio. Claims George Semkiw (to Bill King): “That was a real coup because up till then, CHUM would not play Canadian records.”
With metal garbage pails lifted off the floor and stuffed with rags to stifle any sound the band started recording. There were no overdubs. Everything was laid down on a mono tape recorder. The process took a few hours, stopping each time there was any error or to move microphones. One take was ruined with a passing train roared behind the building. The band was so successful in the Toronto area that they were asked to open for the Rolling Stones on their first visit, in 1965.
11. Belton Richard: Bosco Stomp
(Trad)
Good n’ Cajun: Swallow Records LP 6021
Rayne, Louisiana
Belton Richard: accordion, vocals
Vernon Bergeron: drums
Junior Martin: steel
Lennis Richard: bass
Johnny Credeur: guitar
Walden Hoffpauir: fiddle
Allen Ardoin: fiddle
Charles Gilbeaux: piano
Produced by Floyd Soileau, 1974
Recorded at Swallow Recording Studios, Ville Platte, LA by Joe Avants
Belton Richard b. October 5, 1939 Rayne, Louisiana / d. June 21, 2017 (77)
A good classic Cajun accordion player, Richard was one of the first Cajun players to utilize modern country music to outsell his competitors. His versio Ray Steven’s song, The Streak (called The Cajun Streak here) was one of the best selling records ever put out by Fred Soileau’s Swallow Records.
12. Kishore Kumar: Yeh Dosti
(R.D. Burman / Anand Bakshi)
Sholay Soundtrack: Polydor 2392070
Mumbai, India
Kishore Kumar: vocals
Produced by G.P. Sippy 1975
Recorded at Rajkamal Studios, Bombay by Mangesh Desai
Abhas Kumar Ganguly b. Khandwa, India 4 August 1929 / d. 13 October 1987 Bombay)
He is considered as one of the most popular singers of Indian film industry. Kumar's first film appearance was in Shikari (1946). Music director S. D. Burman is credited with spotting Kumar's talent for singing. Kumar eventually developed his own style of singing, which featured yodeling, which he had heard on the records of Tex Morton and Jimmie Rodgers. Sholay was the first Indian film to have a stereophonic soundtrack and to use the 70 mm widescreen format.
13. The Tubes: I Saw Her Standing There
(Lennon / McCartney)
What Do You Want From Live: A&M Records SP 96003
San Francisco CA
Sputnik Spooner: guitar, vocals
Roger Steen: guitar, vocals
Prairie Prince: drums
Mingo Lewis: drums, percussion, vocals
Vince Welnick: keys, vocals
Michael Cotten: synths
Rick Anderson: bass, vocals
Fee Waybill: lead vocals
Produced by Pete Henderson and Rikki Farr, 1978
Recorded by Pete Henderson and Bob Bullock at Hammersmith Odeon, London UK, Nov 1977
Mixed and Mastered by Pete Henderson and Rikki Farr and Kendun Recorders, Burbank CA
14. The Youngbloods: Grizzly Bear
(Jerry Corbitt)
Single bw Tears Are Falling: RCA Victor 47-9015
New York City
Jesse Colin Young(vocals, bass),
Jerry Corbitt (guitar),
Lowell Levinger, aka "Banana," (guitar, electric piano)
Joe Bauer (drums)
Produced by Felix Pappalardi 1966
The Grizzly Bear was an early 20th Century dance. The dance was purposely rough and clumsy. During the dance, the dancers would yell out: "It's a Bear!" The song was produced by Felix Pappalardi who was also producing acts like Cream and Kensington Market at the time.
15. Teenage Heads: Blood Boogie
(Teenage Heads)
45 single bw (I’m Just) Too True: MCA Records, MCA 52265
Hamilton ON
Gordie Lewis: guitar
Frankie Venom: vocals
Steve Marshall: bass
Nick Stipanitz: drums, vocals
Dave Rave: bg vocal
Produced by David Bendeth, 1983
Mixed by Danny Lanois at Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton
The band’s name, Teenage Head, came from a Flaming Groovies album of the same name. They were formed in 1975. Their performance at The Gary’s Last Tango, at the Horseshoe Tavern, resulted in a riot out on Queen Street. In 1983 they signed with an American label, MCA, who demanded that they change their name to Teenage Heads.
16. The Cars: Misfit Kid
(Rick Ocasek)
Panorama: Elektra Records ELK 52-240
Boston, Mass.
Ric Ocasek: rhythm guitar, vocal
Elliot Easton: lead guitar, bg vocal
Benjamin Orr: bass, vocals
Greg Hawkes: keys, sax, bg vocal
David Robinson: drums, bg vocal
Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, 1980
Recorded by Ian Taylor at Cherokee Recording Studios, LA and The Power Station, NYC
Richard Theodore Otcasek b. Baltimore, Maryland March 23, 1944 / d. September 15, 2019 (75) NYC
17. Adrien Avon et Ses Diables Noirs: Reel des Boucherons
(Trad)
Reels: Trans-Canada Records TC-A-65
Montreal QC
Adrien Avon: violon
Roger Charbonneau: contrabasse
Eugene Bastien: violin
Saturno Gentiletti: accordion
Produced 1962
Adrien Avon (1906-1982) was one of the few fiddlers (he learned from his father Napoleon Avon) of his time to have a classical training. He was a member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1935 to 1950. His orchestra was known as "des Diables Noirs" (The Black Devils).
Hour Two
1. The Eternals: Hideaway
(F King / S Thompson)
45: Quality Records - 1922
Winnipeg MB
Ron Paley: keys
Ted Paley: drums
John Hildebrand: guitar
Harry Hildebrand: bass
Produced by Ron Paley, 1968
Recorded at Century 21 Studios, Winnipeg
The Eternals formed in Winnipeg around 1961.
Hailing from Rosa, Man., the Paley brothers hooked up with Steinbach's Hildebrand boys in the early '60s. Playing rock 'n' roll in a strict Mennonite community was pretty audacious for the latter brothers. Ron Paley recalls John purchasing a Fender amplifier from a local merchant in Steinbach. "It was his pride and joy but when the store owner found out John was using it to play rock 'n' roll, he came to his house, retrieved the amp and gave John his money back."
In 1968, they opened “Century 21 Studios”, the first professional multi-track recording studio in the region. John Hildebrand became the recording engineer while Ron Paley supervised the technical installation and operations of the recording equipment. The band basically called it quits in the early 70s to get more into the business side of things.
2. Fever Tree: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do
(Steve Cropper / Eddie Floyd / Wilson Pickett)
Fever Tree: Uni Records 73024
San Francisco
Dennis Keller: lead vocal
EE Wolfe: bass
John Tuttle: percussion
Michael Knust: lead guitar
Rob Landes: keys, strings, winds
Produced by Scott Holtzman and Vivian Holtzman, 1968
Recorded by Walter Andrus at Andrus Recording, LA
Released March 28, 1968
The group originated in Houston, Texas and began in 1966 as a folk rock group called The Bostwick Vines. They changed their name to Fever Tree a year later. They released four successful LPs between 1968 and 1970 but couldn’t get past that and broke up. Their music’s seen a resurgence from time to time.
3. David Lindley: Mercury Blues
(KC Douglas)
El Rayo-X: Asylum Records X5E-524
Los Angeles CA
David Lindley: vocal, electric guitar
Ras Baboo: percussion
Ian Wallace: drums
Bob Glaub: bass
Produced by Jackson Browne & Greg Ladanyi, 1981
Recorded by Greg Ladanyi at Record One, Los Angeles
Mastered by Doug Sax & Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab
David Perry Lindley b. March 21, 1944, San Marino, California
In Kaleidoscope in 60s then solo career and mostly studio musician. Teamed up with Ry Cooder for several albums. He recorded 2 albums with El Rayo-X.
4. Foghat: Road Fever
(Rod Price / Dave Peverett)
Foghat: Bearsville Records – BR 2136
London UK
Tony Stevens: bass
Rod Price: guitar, slide
Lonesome Dave Peverett: guitar, vocal
Roger Earl: drums
Produced by Tom Dawes, 1973
formed in London in 1971
The band initially featured Dave Peverett ("Lonesome Dave") on guitar and vocals, Tony
Stevens on bass, and Roger Earl on drums when they left Savoy Brown in 1970. Rod
Price on guitar/slide guitar joined after he left the Black Cat Bones. This was the band's second self-titled album was also known as Rock and Roll for its cover photo of a rock and a bread roll, and it went gold.
5. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: Sock It To Me Baby
(Bob Crewe / Russell Brown)
Greatest Hits: Roulette Records SR 59020
Detroit MI
Mitch Ryder: vocals
Jim McAllister: bass
Mark Manko: lead guitar
Jim McCarty: lead guitar
Joe Kubert: rhythm guitar
John Badanjek on drums
Produced by Bob Crewe, 1965
William Sherille Levise Jr b. Hamtramck, Michigan February 26, 1945
As a teenager, Ryder sang backup with a black soul-music group known as the Peps, but racial tensions interfered and he had to quit the group. He then formed his first band, Tempest, when he was still at High School, and played at a Detroit soul music club called The Village. Ryder next appeared fronting a band named Billy Lee & The Rivieras, which had limited success until they met songwriter / record producer Bob Crewe. Crewe renamed the group Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels who had hits like ‘Devil With The Blue Dress On’, ‘Jenny Take A Ride’ and ‘Sock It To Me.’ Ryder was the last person to perform with Otis Redding, singing "Knock On Wood", on December 9, 1967, in Cleveland, Ohio, on a local TV show called Upbeat. Redding and four members of his touring band, The Bar-Kays, died in a plane crash the following day, December 10, 1967.
6. Fleetwood Mac: Honey Hush
(Lou Willie (Big Joe) Turner)
Live At The BBC: Fleetwood Records / Castle Communications LC 6448
London UK
Jeremy Spencer: Vocals, Piano
Danny Kirwan: Guitar, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums
Produced John Walters, 1970
Recorded by Bob Conduct at BBC Studios, London
First broadcast August 22, 1970
This was also released on Kiln House, released just after Peter Green left the group.
7. The Ramones: It’s A Long Way Back
(Dee Dee, Joey, Johnny, Marky Ramone)
Road To Ruin: Sire Records M5-6063
NYC
Joey Ramone: lead vocals
Johnny Ramone: guitar
Dee Dee Ramone: bass guitar, backing vocals
Marky Ramone: drums
Produced by Ed Stasium and Tommy Ramone, 1978
Recorded by Ed Stasium, Tommy Ramone & Ray Janos at Media Sound, NYC
Mastered by Craig Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Road to Ruin is the fourth studio album by The Ramones.
8. The Majestics: Medley: Philly Dog, Night Train, Shot Gun
(Rufus Thomas / Oscar Washington - Lewis P. Simpkins - Jimmy Forrest / Autry DeWalt)
Instrumental R&B: Arc Records AS 732
Toronto ON
Fred Keeler: guitar
Wes Morris: drums
William Cudmore: bass
Eric Robertson: keys
Alto Saxophone: Russ Strathdee
Tenor Saxophone, Flute: Leo Trottier
Trombone: Orlando Guerrieri
Trumpet: Brian Lucrow
Produced by Tony DiMaria, 1968
Recorded at Bay Studio, Toronto by Gary Starr & Ray Lawrence
Formed in the early 1960s as Jay Smith and The Majestics, Smith shared lead vocals with Shawne Jackson (ex of The Silhouettes), and they soon became one of the leading big band groups around the Toronto area. After Smith left they became Shawne & Jay Jackson and The Majestics. The band were so good that Arc Records decided to record them performing instrumental soul and R&B hits. They put out three excellent albums.
9. The Who: Run Run Run
(Pete Townsend)
A Quick One / Sell Out: Decca MCA2-4067
London UK
Roger Daltrey: Vocals
John Entwistle: Bass Guitar and Vocals
Keith Moon: Drums
Pete Townshend: Guitar and Voca
Produced by Kit Lambert, 1966
This is from The Who’s second studio album, A Quick One, which has always been one of my favourite Who albums. Instead of relying on Pete Townsend to write all the songs, each Who member was asked to contribute songs for the album. Pete wrote 4 of the songs (including mini-rock-opera A Quick One); Keith Moon wrote 2, as did John Entwistle, while Roger Daltry contributed one song.
10. The Viletones: Screaming Fist
(Pompie / Leckie)
EP: Vile Records 8277
Toronto ON
(Dog) Steven Leckie: vocal
Motor X: drums
Freddie Pompeii: guitar
Chris Hate: bass
Produced by Tibor Takacs, 1977
The Viletones are one of the first generation punk rock bands from Toronto. They appeared on the front cover of magazines all over the world. They joined a couple of other punk bands, The Diodes and Teenage Head, at famed New York punk club CBGB at a showcase featuring "three outrageous punk bands from Toronto.” Screamin Fist was their first single, released on their own label Vile Records label.
11. Jimmy Bowskill Band: Sinking Down
(Bowskill / McKeown / Reiff)
Back Number: Ruf Records RUF 2008
Toronto ON
Jimmy Bowskill: guitar, piano, trumpet, vocals
Ian McKeown: bass, trombone, vocals
Dan Reiff: drums, vocals
Produced & mixed by Brian Moncarz and the Jimmy Bowskill Band, 2013
Recorded by Wayne Cochrane & Kevin Dietz at Metalworks Studios, Toronto & Rattlebox North
Mastered by Joe Lambert at Joe Lambert Mastering, Brooklyn NY
b. Bailieboro ON Sept 16, 1990
Bowskill was a child prodigy, recognized by Jeff Healey when the kid was only 11 years old. He went on to produce several critically acclaimed albums while still in his teens. In 2005 he was presented with a Maple Blues Award as "Best New Artist of the Year". In 2010, he toured in Europe with Joe Bonamassa and Jeff Beck.
In November 2015, Bowskill joined Canadian rock band The Sheepdogs playing lead, rhythm and pedal steel guitar. In 2016, Blue Rodeo released their album 1000 Arms, which includes Bowskill playing on two tracks.
12. Eddie LeJeune: Lacassine Special
(Iry LeJeune)
Cajun Soul: Rounder Records 6013
Lacassine LA
Eddie LeJeune: accordion, vocals
D.L. Menard: guitar
Ken Smith: fiddle
Produced by Ken Irwin, 1988
Recorded by Rex Herbert at La Lousianne Recording Studios, Lafayette
Mixed by Bill McElroy at Bias Recorders, Springfield VA
Mastered by Tom Coyne at Frankford, Wayne, New York
b. Ardoin Cove, Louisiana, in 1951 - 2010 died of heart attack
He was called last true link to the past. His father, Ira "Iry" LeJeune, was an incredible accordion player who recorded in the early 1950s but died at the age of 26 in 1955. For all his talent, Eddie LeJeune was more widely appreciated in Europe, where he was considered "world music," than in the United States, where his music was confined to the commercial ghetto of "regional" styles. He gigged a lot with guitarist DL Menard who also had successful solo career.
13. Boozoo Chavis: Paper In My Shoe
(Boozoo Chavis / Shuler)
Louisiana Zydeco Music: Maison de Soul Records – LP-1017
Dog Hill, LA
Boozoo Chavis: accordion, vocal
Shelton Jackson: bass
Carlton Thomas Jr: guitar
Rellis Chavis: drums
JW Henderson: washboard
Wilson Chavis Jr: bg vocal, accordion
Anthony Chavis: washboard
Produced by JJ Caillier, 1986
Wilson Chavis b. Lake Charles LA Oct 23 / d. May 5, 2001 Austin, TX Heart attack
Recorded this song originally as a single in 1954, one of the pioneer recordings of zydeco
This song considered to be the first Zydeco Hit song. Never received any royalties so he boycotted the music industry for over 30 yrs. This was from his first LP
14. Crowbar: House Of Blue Lights
(D Raye / F Slack)
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
15. The Trashmen: Surfin Bird
(Steve Wahrer)
45 Single bw King of the Surf: Apex Records 76894
Minneapolis MN
Tony Andreason, Lead Guitar
Dal Winslow, Guitar
Bob Reed, bass
Steve Wahrer, drums, lead vocals
Produced by George Garrett, 1963
Recorded at Kay Bank Studio, Minneapolis
16. Minnie White: Starlite Afternoon
(Minnie White)
Homestead Reels: Quay Records CS 7816
Codroy Valley NL
Minnie White: accordion
Neil Bishop: guitar
Kevin MacNeil: drums
Claude Caines: bass
Produced by Neil Bishop and Claude Caines 1978
Recorded by Neil Bishop and Claude Caines at Clode Sound Studios, Stephenville NL Sept 1978
Minnie White b. St. Albans, Baie d'Espoir 1916 – d. Codroy Valley 2002
Proficient on the button accordion, piano and mandolin, she was inspired since the age of 16 to perform. However, she gave it all up to raise her family and only came back to performing in the 1960s when her kids had grown. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993, inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Hall of Honour in 1994 and was a 1995 East Coast Music Awards Instrumental Artist of the Year nominee.