Hour One – John Prine

1.   John Prine: Often Is A Word I Seldom Use - 1973
2.   John Prine: Illegal Smile – 1971
3.   John Prine: Sam Stone – 1971
4.   John Prine: The Speed Of The Sound of Loneliness - 1986
5.   John Prine: Souvenirs - 1972
6.   John Prine: Living In The Future - 1980
7.   John Prine: Spanish Pipedream – 1971
8.   John Prine: There She Goes - 1978
9.   John Prine: If You Don’t Want My Love - 1978
10. John Prine: That’s The Way The World Goes Round - 1978
11. John Prine: Hello In There – 1971
12. John Prine: Flag Decals – 1971
13. John Prine: Grandpa Was A Carpenter - 1973
14. John Prine: Please Don’t Bury Me - 1971


Hour Two

1.   Payola$: Jukebox - 1980
2.   Parachute Club: Walk To the Rhythm of Your Heartbeat - 1986
3.   Pointed Sticks: What Do You Want Me To Do - 1978
4.   Phantoms: Big Bad World – 1990
5.   Skip Prokop: Baseball Blues – 1977
6.   Power of Beckett: Lost Soul In Disillusion – 1968
7.   Colleen Peterson: Music In Your Eyes – 1976
8.   Pukka Orchestra: Gold Mine In The Sky – 1986
9.   Pursuit of Happiness: When The Sky Comes Falling Down – 1988
10. Pied Pumkin: Middle of Nowhere - 1980
11. Perth County Conspiracy: Moroccan Roll - 1976
12. Prairie Oyster: Tom Cat – 1986
13. Polka Drifters: All The Girls Love Me - 1967

CanCon = 48%

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And Now for The Particulars: Hour One – John Prine

1.   John Prine: Often Is A Word I Seldom Use
(John Prine)
Sweet Revenge: Atlantic Records  SD 7274
Maywood, Illinois 
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Steve Goodman: acoustic guitar
John Christopher: guitar
Dave Prine: banjo
Mike Leach: bass
Kenny Malone: drums
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1973
Recorded by Steve Ham at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville

John Prine b. October 10, 1946 Maywood, Illinois / d. April 7, 2020 (73) Nashville, Tennessee
 
Prine learned to play the guitar at the age of 14. He attended classes at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. After serving in West Germany with the U.S. Army, he moved to Chicago in the late 1960s, where he worked as a mailman, writing and singing songs as a hobby.

As a member of Chicago's folk revival in the late ‘60s, he was discovered by Kris Kristofferson, resulting in the production of Prine's self-titled debut album with Atlantic Records in 1971. The acclaim earned by this LP led Prine to quit his day job and focus on his musical career.

Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for humorous lyrics about love, life, and current events, as well as serious songs with social commentary and songs that recollect melancholy tales from his life.

In 1971, Prine's self-titled debut album was released. He and his good friend Steve Goodman had each been active in the Chicago folk scene before being "discovered" by Kris Kristofferson (Kristofferson remarked that Prine wrote songs so good that "we'll have to break his thumbs"). The album included his signature songs "Illegal Smile", "Sam Stone", and the folk and country standards "Angel from Montgomery" and "Paradise." The album also featured "Hello in There", a song about aging that was later covered by numerous artists,

The album received many positive reviews, and some hailed Prine as "the next Dylan." Bob Dylan himself appeared unannounced at one of Prine's first New York City club appearances, anonymously backing him on harmonica.

2.   John Prine: Illegal Smile
(John Prine)
John Prine: Atlantic Records SD 8296
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
John Christopher: guitar
Bobby Emmons: organ
Bobby Wood, piano
Mike Leach: bass
Gene Chrisman: drums
Bishop Heywood: percussion
Steve Goodman: guitar, harmony vocals
Dave Prine: fiddle
Neil Rosengarden: bass
Produced by Arif Mardin 1971
Recorded by Dale Smith at American Recording Studios, Memphis (except Paradise)
Recorded at A&R Studios, NYC)

3.   John Prine: Sam Stone
(John Prine)
John Prine: Atlantic Records SD 8296
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
John Christopher: guitar
Bobby Emmons: organ
Bobby Wood, piano
Mike Leach: bass
Gene Chrisman: drums
Bishop Heywood: percussion
Steve Goodman: guitar, harmony vocals
Dave Prine: fiddle
Neil Rosengarden: bass
Produced by Arif Mardin 1971
Recorded by Dale Smith at American Recording Studios, Memphis except Paradise
Recorded at A&R Studios, NYC)

4.   John Prine: The Speed Of The Sound of Loneliness
(John Prine)
German Afternoons: Oh-Boy Records / Stony Plain Records OBR-003 / SPL 1109
John Prine: acoustic guitar, vocal
Jim Rooney: acoustic guitar
Rachel Peer-Prine: bass, harmony vocals
Phillip Donelly: electric guitar
Roy Huskey Jr: upright bass
Kenny Malone: drum
Produced by Jim Rooney & John Prine, 1986
Recorded by Jack Grochmal, Mark Miller, Mark Howard & Jim Rooney at Jack Clements at The Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
Remixed by Rick Alder. Mastered by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Mastering, Nashville

In 1974, singer David Allan Coe achieved considerable success on the country charts with a spoof song called "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", co-written by Prine and Steve Goodman. The song good-naturedly spoofed stereotypical country music lyrics. Here’s
what Coe claimed on his recording of the song, in typical spoken country:

Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
and he told me it was the perfect country & western song
i wrote him back a letter and i told him it was not the perfect country & western song
because he hadn't said anything at all about mama,
or trains,
or trucks,
or prison,
or getting' drunk.
Well he sat down and wrote another verse to the song
and he sent it to me,
and after reading it,
I realized that my friend had written the perfect
country & western song
and i felt obliged to include it on this album.

The last verse goes like this here:

Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
and I went to pick her up in the rain
but before i could get to the station in my pickup truck
(I heard) she got run-ned over by a damned old train

Prine refused to take a songwriter's credit and the royalties went to Goodman, so Goodman bought Prine a jukebox as a gift.

5.   John Prine: Souvenirs
(John Prine)
Diamonds In The Rough: Atlantic Records SD 7240
John Prine: acoustic guitar, vocals
Steve Goodman: acoustic guitar, harmony
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1972
Recorded by Gene Paul at Atlantic Recording Studios, NYC

6.   John Prine: Living In The Future
(John Prine)
Storm Windows: Asylum Records X6E-286
John Prine vocals, guitar
Barry Beckett piano
John Burns guitar, harmony vocals
Bob Hoban organ, fiddle, mandolin, piano, background vocals
Leo LeBlanc steel guitar
Rachel Peer harmony Vocals
Wayne Perkins guitar
Tom Piekarske bass, background vocals
Angie Varias drums
Produced by Barry Beckett, 1980
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios,Sheffield, AL

7.   John Prine: Spanish Pipedream
(John Prine)
John Prine: Atlantic Records SD 8296
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
John Christopher: guitar
Bobby Emmons: organ
Bobby Wood, piano
Mike Leach: bass
Gene Chrisman: drums
Bishop Heywood: percussion
Steve Goodman: guitar, harmony vocals
Dave Prine: fiddle
Neil Rosengarden: bass
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1971
Recorded by Dale Smith at American Recordion Studios, Memphis
except Paradise Recorded at A&R Studios, NYC

8.   John Prine: There She Goes
(John Prine)
Bruised Orange: Asylum Records 6E-139
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Steve Goodman: harmony vocal
Tom Radtke: drums
Sid Sims: bass
John Burns: guitars
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
Corky Siegel: harmonica
Jim Rothermel: alto Sax
Len Dresslar, Don Shelton, Bob Bowker, Bonny Herman: BG Vocals
Produced by Steve Goodman, 1978
Recorded by Hank Neuberger and Tom Hanson at Chicago Recording Co. January March 1978

9.   John Prine: If You Don’t Want My Love
(John Prine)
Bruised Orange: Asylum Records 6E-139
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Steve Goodman: harmony vocal
Tom Radtke: drums
Sid Sims: bass
John Burns: guitars
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
Corky Siegel: harmonica
Jim Rothermel: alto Sax
Len Dresslar, Don Shelton, Bob Bowker, Bonny Herman: BG Vocals
Produced by Steve Goodman, 1978
Recorded by Hank Neuberger and Tom Hanson at Chicago Recording Co. January March 1978

10. John Prine: That’s The Way The World Goes Round
(John Prine)
Bruised Orange: Asylum Records 6E-139
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Steve Goodman: harmony vocal
Tom Radtke: drums
Sid Sims: bass
John Burns: guitars
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
Corky Siegel: harmonica
Jim Rothermel: alto Sax
Len Dresslar, Don Shelton, Bob Bowker, Bonny Herman: BG Vocals
Produced by Steve Goodman, 1978
Recorded by Hank Neuberger and Tom Hanson at Chicago Recording Co. January March 1978

In the Current issue of Mojo Magazine (May 2020), a letter to the editor:

Sometime around the late 1970s, after a party, somebody left the record  Common Sense in my house. It was a bit at odds among my other records at the time, and I had no idea who John Prine was, but I thought it was a great record and used to play it regularly. Spin forward to the second half of the 1980s and a big gig recorded for Irish TV called The kSessions, filmed over two nights at a venue in Dublin called The Point. It introduced a varied and incredible group of American artists to Ireland, and there among them was John Prine, backed by our own Irish Cowboy, Philip Donnelly on guitar, who also featured on the two albums Aimless Love and German Afternoons. I bought them after the gig on cassettes and still cherish. John has been a regular visitor to Ireland over the years, regretfully Philip passed away recently. Whoever left Common Sense to me all those years ago, thanks a bunch.

John Dundon, Limerick, Ireland

In 1981, rejecting the established model of the recording industry, which Prine felt exploited singers and songwriters, he co-founded the independent record label Oh Boy Records. His fans, supporting the project, sending him enough money to cover the costs, in advance, of his next album. Meanwhile, Steve Goodman was diagnosed with leukemia and died in 1984 and Prine contributed four tracks to A Tribute to Steve Goodman, including a cover version of Goodman's "My Old Man". At the 1985 Mariposa Folk Festival held up at Molson Park in Barrie the following summer, Prine dedicated his set to the memory of Goodman who was originally scheduled to perform there.

In early 1998, Prine was diagnosed with a form of cell cancer on the right side of his neck. He had major surgery to remove a substantial amount of diseased tissue, followed by six weeks of radiation therapy. The surgery severed a few nerves in his tongue, while the radiation damaged some salivary glands. He required a year of recuperation and speech therapy before he could perform again. The operation altered his vocals, and added a gravelly tone to his voice.
 
In 2013, Prine underwent surgery to remove cancer in his left lung. After the surgery, a physical therapist put him through an unusual workout to build stamina: Prine was required to run up and down his house stairs, grab his guitar while still out of breath and sing two songs. Six months later, he was touring again.

11. John Prine: Hello In There
(John Prine)
John Prine: Atlantic Records SD 8296
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
John Christopher: guitar
Bobby Emmons: organ
Bobby Wood, piano
Mike Leach: bass
Gene Chrisman: drums
Bishop Heywood: percussion
Steve Goodman: guitar, harmony vocals
Dave Prine: fiddle
Neil Rosengarden: bass
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1971
Recorded by Dale Smith at American Recording Studios, Memphis
(except Paradise Recorded at A&R Studios, NYC)

12. John Prine: Flag Decals
(John Prine)
John Prine: Atlantic Records SD 8296
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
John Christopher: guitar
Bobby Emmons: organ
Bobby Wood, piano
Mike Leach: bass
Gene Chrisman: drums
Bishop Heywood: percussion
Steve Goodman: guitar, harmony vocals
Dave Prine: fiddle
Neil Rosengarden: bass
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1971
Recorded by Dale Smith at American Recording Studios, Memphis
(except Paradise Recorded at A&R Studios, NYC)

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

In 2009, Bob Dylan told The Huffington Post that Prine was one of his favorite writers, stating "Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. 'Sam Stone' featuring the wonderfully evocative line: 'There’s a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, and Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose.' All that stuff about 'Sam Stone', the soldier junkie daddy, and 'Donald and Lydia', where people make love from ten miles away. Nobody but Prine could write like that."
 
Johnny Cash, in his autobiography Cash, wrote, "I don't listen to music much at the farm, unless I'm going into songwriting mode and looking for inspiration. Then I'll put on something by the writers I've admired and used for years — Rodney Crowell, John Prine, Guy Clark, and the late Steve Goodman are my Big Four ..."
 
Roger Waters, when asked by Word Magazine in 2008 if he heard Pink Floyd's influence in newer British bands like Radiohead, replied, "I don't really listen to Radiohead. I listened to the albums and they just didn't move me in the way, say, John Prine does. His is just extraordinarily eloquent music — and he lives on that plane with Neil Young and (John) Lennon."

Prine won two Grammy Awards out of eleven nominations as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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

14. John Prine: Please Don’t Bury Me
(John Prine)
Sweet Revenge: Atlantic Records  SD 7274
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Steve Goodman: acoustic guitar
John Christopher: guitar
Dave Prine: banjo
Mike Leach: bass
Kenny Malone: drums
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1971
Recorded by Steve Ham at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville


Hour Two - Canadians with the Letter P

1.   Payola$: Jukebox
(Paul Hyde)
IRS Greatest Hits Vols 2&3: IRS Records SP 70800
Vancouver BC
Bob Rock: guitar
Gary Middleclass: bass
Paul Hyde: guitar, vocals
Taylor Nelson Little: drums
Produced by Bob Rock and Payolas, 1980
Compilation produced by IRS 1980
From Illegal Records mini-LP Introducing Payolas (IR 7701)
Recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver by Bob Rock

One of the most prominent and successful platinum-selling Canadian new wave bands from Vancouver of the early 1980s. Singer Paul Hyde emigrated to Canada from Britian thus giving them that great punk sound. Lasted from 1978-88

2.   Parachute Club: Walk To the Rhythm of Your Heartbeat
(Gray/ Segato/ Masi)
Small Victories: RCA KKL1-0573
Toronto ON
Keir Brownstone: bass
Billy Bryans: drums, percussion, programming
Lauri Conger: keys, programming
Margo Davidson: alto Sax, percussion, vocals
Dave Gray: guitar
Julie Masi: support vocals, percussion
Lorraine Segato: lead vocal
Produced by John Oates, Parachute Club & Mike Jones, 1986
Recorded by Mike Jones and Frank Filipetti with Lou Solarkofki, Jeff Lord Alge, Zvonko Vuglak, Ken Steiger, Randy Staub & Garth Richardson
Recorded in Toronto & New York City
Mixed by Mick Jones at McClear Place, Toronto
Mastered by Rob Ludwig at Masterdisk, NYC

Margo Davidson b. September 28, 1957 Simcoe, Ontario / d. May 17, 2008 (50)
William Taylor Bryans b. Montreal Sept 15, 1947 / d. Toronto Apr 23, 2012 (64)
Lorraine Christine Segato (born June 17, 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario)

Segato co-wrote nearly every song the band released, including all their singles. She performed "Rise Up" at the state funeral of Jack Layton on August 27, 2011.

3.   Pointed Sticks: What Do You Want Me To Do
(Pointed Sticks)
45 single bw Somebody’s Mom: Quintessence Records QS 101
Vancouver BC
Nick Jones: vocals
Bill Napier-Hemy: guitar
Tony Bardach: bass
Dimwit: drums
Gord Nicholl: keys
Produced by Bob Rock and The Pointed Sticks, 1978
Recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver

Active in the Vancouver area from 1978 to 1981. They were the first Canadian band signed to Stiff Records but their record never came out as Stiff Records went bankrupt. They put out four singles before releasing their first LP in 1980. They took their name from the Monty Python skit: “Self Defense Against Fresh Fruit” attacks which also included pointed sticks. They were originally called Ernie Dick and The Pointed Sticks but, for some reason, shortened it.

4.   Phantoms: Big Bad World
(The Phantoms)
Pleasure Puppets: Spy Records 1006
Ottawa / Toronto ON
Jerome Godbo: bass, lead vocal
Ben Richardson: bass, bg vocals
Joe Toole: guitar
Gregory Ray Tunis: drums, bg vocal
Produced by The Phantoms, 1990

Jerome Godboo: b. Victoria BC won the Lee Oskar Best Harmonica Player Award in Memphis in 2014. Originally from Ottawa, The Phantoms invaded Toronto in the late 80s and hit the scene hard. However, they only lasted until 1992 before breaking up. The first of only two albums this Ottawa band recorded in the early 90s for A&M

5.   Skip Prokop: Baseball Blues
(Skip Prokop)
All Growed Up: Quality Records SV-1948-V
Toronto ON
Skip Prokop: drums, guitar, keys, vocals, banjo
Jamie Kean: lead guitar, bg vocals
Bobbie Elliot: bass
Patti Black: bg vocals
Produced by Skip Prokop, 1977
Recorded by Jim Morgan at Captain Audio, Toronto
Mixed by Jim Morgan at Mutual Street Studios
Mastered by Alan Moy at Lacquer Channel, Toronto

Ronald Harry Prokop b. Hamilton, ON 13 Dec 1943 / d. 30 Aug 2017 (73) St. Thomas, ON

Ex-Pauper and Lighthouse drummer on his one and only solo LP. In 1968, after leaving The Paupers, Prokop played drums on the legendary Al Kooper / Mike Bloomfield album The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper. He also did some studio work for Janis Joplin after she quit Big Brother and the Holding Company. In 1969 he, along with Paul Hoffert, formed the group Lighthouse.

6.   Power of Beckett: Lost Soul In Disillusion
(Bob Stoehr)
45 single b/w Back to Me: Quality Records 1895X
Montréal QC
Bob Stoehr: vocal
Cliff Randall
Greg Tomlinson
M. Smith
Produced by Bob Stoehr, 1967

"Lost Soul In Disillusion" was called one of Montreal's best screaming garage-punk 45s. The lyrics are based on Lewis Carroll's poem ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’. Power of Beckett was formed in Montreal, Québec in 1967. Through a chance meeting with transplanted US disc jockey Bob Stoehr who was working at Montreal radio station CHOM (under the name Bob Baker), the group co-wrote the song “Lost Soul In Disillusion” with him. Quality Records signed the group and released the song as a single in November 1967 which did little more than get some local airplay. Quality records took a chance on a second single and released “Shake Me, Wake Me” in early 1968. It also failed to set the charts on fire.

7.   Colleen Peterson: Music In Your Eyes
(Willie P Bennett)
Beginning To Feel Like Home: Capitol Records ST-11567
Peterborough ON
Colleen Peterson: vocals, guitar
Lloyd Green: dobro, steel
David Gillon: guitars
Ken Smith: bass
Homefries Humphries: drums
Dick Feller: guitar
Randy Scruggs: guitar
Andy McMahon: keys
Gale Whitfield: sax
Produced by Chuck Neese,  1976
Recorded by Jim Tarbutton at Crazy Mama Studio, Nashville
Mixed by Larry Maglinger

Colleen Peterson  b. November 14, 1950 / d. October 9, 1996

Peterson began performing in coffeehouses in Ottawa in 1966. She won an RPM Gold Leaf Award (aka Juno) for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1967 and, in 1968, joined Bruce Cockburn, David Wiffen, Richard Patterson and Dennis Pendrith in a later version of 3's a Crowd.  In 1970, she was cast in the Canadian production of Hair. After that she relocated to Kingston and formed Spriggs and Bringle with Mark Haines in 1971. Then she moved down to Nashville in 1974, and released her first solo album, Beginning to Feel Like Home, in 1976. From that album she had a hit single on the Billboard country charts with "Souvenirs" (her own song – not the John Prine one), and won a Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1977.

8.   Pukka Orchestra: Gold Mine In The Sky
(Pukka Orchestra)
The Palace of Memory: Major Lable Records 12PUK010
Toronto ON
John Anderson: drums
Shane Adams: bass
Neil Chapman: guitar
Tony Duggan-Smith: guitar
John Wnynot: keys
Gordon Phillips: jaw harp 
Produced by Pukka Orchestra, 1986
Recorded at Enormus Sound Studios, Toronto by Tom Adam

Active years: 1979–1988

The band's name is derived from the Hindi word pukka, which in UK slang can mean "very good". The single, Rubber Girl, was their first recording, self-financed and produced. The band’s first album came out three years later, in 1984. The Toronto Police Service attempted to block radio airplay of their hit, "Cherry Beach Express",  due to its theme of opposition to police brutality. The Palace of Memory was their last record, a four song EP.

9.   Pursuit of Happiness: When The Sky Comes Falling Down
(Moe Berg)
Love Junk: Chrysalis Records CHS-41675
Toronto
Moe Berg: guitar, vocals
Dave Gilby: drums
Johnny Sinclair: bass
Kris Abbott: guitars
Leslie Stanwyck: vocals
Produced and Mixed by Todd Rundgren, 1988
Recorded at Utopia Sound Studios, Lake Hill NY by Todd Rundgren
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC

Starting a band in Edmonton, Alberta in the 1980s was difficult to be recognized so drummer Dave Gilby and guitarist Moe Berg moved to Toronto and started TPOH. Within a year they recorded an album and another year later they signed to Chrysalis Records. Their second album sold over 100,000 copies in Canada alone (platinum). By the end of the 1990s they were not a functioning band anymore and waited until 2005 to record another record. 2018 saw the re-issue of Love Junk Deluxe set. And they’re still doing gigs.

10. Pied Pumkin: Middle of Nowhere
(Richard Scott)
Pied Pear: Squash Records SQ1-965-A
Vancouver BC
Richard Scott: vocals, dulcimer
Joseph Mock: guitars, piano, vocals
Shari Ulrich: vocals, violin
Claire Lawrence: sax
Robbie King: organ
Rene Worst: bass
Geoff Eyre: drums
Produced by The Pied Pear, 1980
Recorded by Mark McNair and Paul MacDonald at Pinewood Recording Studios, Vancouver

Roots duo PIED PEAR, Rick Scott and Joe Mock, rode into Vancouver town for a once in a lifetime tour. Scott and Mock helped pioneer the indie roots movement from 1974 -76 with Shari Ulrich in the trio Pied Pumkin. When Shari joined the Valdy’s Hometown Band, the Pumkin became PIED PEAR. From 1976-1982 Rick and Joe toured far and wide playing concerts, dances and festivals. They represented Canada at the Knoxville Worlds fair. They released three albums.

11. Perth County Conspiracy: Moroccan Roll
(Cedric Smith)
The Best of Touch The Earth: CBC Records – LM 473
Stratford ON
Cedric Smith: guitar, vocal
Terry Jones: guitar, vocal
Produced by Paul Mills, 1976
Recorded April, 1976

12. Prairie Oyster: Tom Cat
(Chris Cuddy)
Oyster Tracks: Stony Plain Records SPL 1093
Toronto ON
Joan Besen, piano
Denis Delorme, pedal steel, dobro
Keith Glass, guitars, lead vocal
John Adames, drums
John P Allen, fiddle, guitar
Russell deCarle, bass, lead vocal
Danny Greenspoon: acoustic guitar
Jeff Wolpert: tambourine
Produced by Don Bird & Danny Greenspoon, 1986
Recorded by Jeff Wolpert at Inception Sound, Toronto
Mixed by Hayward Parrot at McClear Place

A drink consisting of a raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper to get rid of hangovers

Prairie Oyster is a country group, formed in King City, Ontario, in 1974 by Russell deCarle (vocals) and Keith Glass (guitar), formerly of the bluegrass group King City Slickers.  Won 6 Juno Awards for Best Country Group or Duo between 1986-96

13. Polka Drifters: All The Girls Love Me
(Polka Drifters)
On A Winter Vacation: UK Records - UKS 5017
Fisher Branch MB
Stan Kaskiw guitar, vocals
Jerry Ostryzniuk accordion
Dennis Nykolation violin
Dennis Drul lead guitar
Al Davies drums
Produced by Michael Arabutnot & Warren Barker, 1967
Recorded at Arbuthonot Recording Studios, by Warren Barker

Cover art features an Allied Rustler Snowmobile, manufactured in St. Mary's, Ontario somewhere between 1967 and 1970. The snowmobile was invented by Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1922. He died in 1964, just a few years before this recording was made.

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