33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show
with Steve Fruitman
#431
May 9, 2022
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Mama Said
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Side A

1.   Bob Cussen Bluegrass Band: Fuddle Duddle Rag – 1974 *
2.   Les Merseys: Ta mere ne sait pas – 1968 *
3.   Margaret Christl: Mothers, Daughters, Wives – 1986 *
4.   Brian Blain: Don’t Forget Your Mother – 1972 *
5.   JJ Cale: Mama Don’t – 1981
6.   Chris Barber Special: Magnolia’s Wedding Day – 1955
7.   Whiskey Howl: Mother Earth – 1972 *
8.   The Ceedees: Mama Raised A Misfit – 1980 *
9.   Mothers Of Invention: Wowie Zowie – 1966
10. Bunk Johnson and His New Orleans Band: Tishomingo Blues – 1945
11. The Ugly Ducklings: Hey Mama – 1966 *
12. The Rolling Stones: Mother’s Little Helper – 1966
13. Neil Young w Nicolette Larson: Motorcycle Mama – 1978
14. Joe Walsh: Mother Says – 1972
15. Bill Connors: Cookies – 1985
16. Dolly Parton: Two Little Orphans – 1963

Side B

1.   Taste: Sugar Mama (Live) – 1971
2.   Rhinoceros: Apricot Brandy – 1969
3.   JJ Cale: Crazy Mama – 1971
4.   Big Mama Thornton: Sassy Mama – 1975
5.   Crowbar: Too True Mama – 1971 *
6.   Stanley Jordan: Angel – 1985
7.   Bruce Cockburn: Mama Wants To Barrelhouse – 1975 *
8.   Cedric Smith and Terry Jones: Mama Said – 1976 *
9.   Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck: Funny Feeling – 1968 *
10. Plaid: Dilatone – 2016
11. Jr Wells: Hey Lawdy Mama – 1965
12. Hans Staymer Band: Mama (Don’t Ya Hear Me Call) – 1972 *
13. Downchild Blues Band: TV Mama – 1980 *
14. Cheech And Chong: Turn that Thing Down – 1974
15. Canadian Zephyr: It’s Alright Mama – 1980 *

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And Now for The Particulars:



Side A – Mama Said

1.   Bob Cussen Bluegrass Band: Fuddle Duddle Rag
(Wolf Poll)
CBC Broadcast Recording: CBC Radio Canada – LM 406
Montreal QC

Bob Cussen: mandolin, fiddle
Wolf Poll: banjo

John Reissner: guitar
Stephen Barry: bass
Produced by Mark Goldman, 1974
Recorded by J P Lafortune & M dePassillé at CBC Studios, Montreal

2.   Les Merseys: Ta mère ne sait pas (Your Mother Should Know)
(Lennon / McCartney/  François Bégin FR Lyrics)
45 single bw Jolie Rita (Lovely Rita): DSP Records 8622
Montreal
Alain Jodoin: vocals
François Bégin: guitar
Georges Marchand: bass
Normand Alepin: lead guitar
Richard Tate: drums
Produced by George Langlios, 1968

These guys were apparently originally known as The Blue Men and had a repertoire that was heavily influenced Mersybeat; hence the 1964 decision to change the band name to Les Merseys.

Like most groups, the band got their start playing local dances and parties.  Their initial break came in 1965 when the Quebec-based Passe-Temps label recruited them as a studio band to provide back-up for other label singers during the thriving YeYe craze. They were quickly given a chance to record on their own, releasing a string of singles for three different labels over the next two years.  Among them were quite a few covers of Beatles tracks including ''Je L'ai Perdu Cette Fille' ('You're Gonna Lose That Girl'), 'Soldat De Bois' (With a Little Help From My Friends'), and 'Jolie Rita' ('Lovely Rita').

3.   Margaret Christl: Mothers, Daughters, Wives
(Judy Small)
Looking Towards Home: Logan's Line Records - LLR 3529
Toronto ON
Magaret Christl: vocals
Ron Casat: keys
Chris Crilly: synths
Mansel Davies: guitars, bouzouki
Gaye Delorme: electric guitar
Rick Fenton: harmony vocals
James Keelaghan: harmony vocals
Joan MacIsaac: harmony vocals
Michael Moore: drums
Jim Morison: electric bass
John Munro: guitar, bouziuki, autoharp, mandolin
Produced by Les Siemieniuk, 1984
Mixed by Don Pennington, Ron Casat, Rick Fenton & Les Siemieniuk
Recorded in Calgary AB

Margaret Christl b. Scotland 194?

One of the most poignant anti-war songs from a voice that is rarely heard amidst the calls to arms. Written by Australian singer-songwriter Judy Small about losing their fathers, sons and husbands over and over, again and again. And for what?

Margaret Christl is a Scottish-born Canadian folksinger. She was born in England, grew up in Scotland and Western Wales and emigrated to Canada in 1966. She began hanging out in folk clubs and often was asked to get up and sing. She performed at many of the great folk festivals, sometimes as a friend of the Friends of Fiddlers’ Green folk group. She recorded three LPs but this one was special; recorded in Calgary, it featured a whole list of great players from the Alberta folk scene backing her up. And well produced as well.

4.   Brian Blain: Don’t Forget Your Mother
(Brian Blain)
Unreleased
Toronto ON
Brian Blain: guitar, vocals
Tom ‘Bones’ Malone: bass, horns
Jim Gordon: drums
John Lissauer: keys, music director
Montreal Symphony Strings: strings
Otto Armin: concert master
Laurel Mass, Janis Siegel, Sue Lothrop, Beverley Glenn Copeland: bg vocals
Boys Choir from Montreal private school: choir vocals
Mandolin: unknown
Produced by André Perry and Frazier Mohawk – 1972
Recorded by Nick Blagona in Montreal

Brian Blain actually got to record with members of the Mothers Of Invention.

“Hey Steve, thanks for giving "Mother" a spin - You know it was never released but it did make it to vinyl (a test-pressing). There was a dispute over my contract with Good Noise (about money, of course) and they never put it out - though they did release the B-Side, Story of the Magic Pick.”

5.   JJ Cale: Mama Don’t
(trad arramged by JJ Cale)
Shades: Shelter Recording Co / MCA 5158
Oklahoma City OK
Kenneth Buttrey: drums
Tommy Cogbill: bass
Bobby Emmons: piano
David Briggs: electric piano
Johnny Christopher: rhythm guitar
Reggie Young: electric guitar
JJ Cale: rhythm guitar, electric guitar, vocal
Produced by Audie Ashworth & JJ Cale, 1981

6.   Chris Barber’s Jazz Band: Magnolia's Wedding Day
(Fields / McHugh)
Chris Barber Special: Nika Jazz Today Series: NJE 1007
London UK
Chris Barber: trombone
Pat Halcox: trumpet
Monty Sunshine: clarinet
Lonnie Donegan: banjo
Ron Bowden: drums
Mickey Ashman: bass
Produced by Denis Preston, 1955
Recorded by Eric Tomlinson

7.   Whiskey Howl: Mother Earth
(Peter Chapman / Lewis Simpkin)
Whiskey Howl:  Pacemaker PACE-056
Toronto ON
John Witmer, vocals
Richard Fruchtman, bass
Wayne Wilson, drums
Michael Pickett, harmonica, vocals
Dave Morrison, guitar, vocals
Produced by Johnny Sandlin, 1972
Recorded by David Stock at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto

This band played at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival in September 1969. They broke up after recording this album. They did do a reunion LP in 1981 “Live at the El Mocambo”.  Vocalist John Wittmer later moved on to sing in the Downchild Blues Band, then relocated to the west coast and formed The Belairs, followed by The Fabricators. He passed away in July 2004.  Drummer Wayne Wilson went on to play in “Mike McKenna And The Assassins” as well as Downchild.

8.   The Ceedees: Mama Raised A Misfit
(C Driedger)
Hit The Ditch: Carrot Records CD-1-1980
Peterborough ON
Curtis Driedger: guitar, keys, vocals
Ed Dick: bass
Nick Kent: drums
Susan Newman: keys, vocal
Rob Fortin: guitar, vocal
Produced by The CeeDees, 1980
Recorded by Glen Johansen at Integrated Studios, Agincourt (Toronto) ON

This was their only album although they did release a 5 song EP in 1985. Nick Kent went to play with Martha & The Muffins after this. In 2006, Curtis Driedger founded the Mandolin Society of Peterborough were he remains as its conductor.

9.   Mothers of Invention Wowie Zowie
(Frank Zappa)
Freak Out: Verve - 5995-2
Los Angeles CA
Frank Zappa - guitar
Ray Collins - vocals, percussion
Jim Black - drums
Roy Estrada - bass
Elliot Ingber - guitar
Produced by Tom Wilson, 1966
Recorded by Val Valentin at Sunset Highland Studios

This is from the Mothers’ first album, Freak Out in 1966, an album that contained some pretty good doowop send ups. The Mothers would later release Cruising with Ruben & the Jets in 1968, an entire album of original Zappa doowop songs.

10. Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Band: Tishomingo Blues
(Spencer Williams)
4 Song EP: Brunswick Records OE 9357
New Orleans LA
Bunk Johnson: cornet
George Lewis: clarinet
Jim Robinson: trombone
Alcide Pavageau: bass
Baby Dodds: drums
Alton Purnell: piano
Song Produced 1945
EP released 1956

Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (b New Orleans December 27, 1879 / d. July 7, 1949)

This Spencer Williams song was first published in 1917. The title refers to Tishomingo, Mississippi. It was first recorded by Duke Ellington’s band in 1928

11. Ugly Ducklings: Hey Mama
(Ellas “Bo Diddley” McDaniel)
Somewhere Outside: Yorktown Records - YT 50,001
Toronto ON
Dave Bingham (vocals)
Glynn Bell (guitar)
Roger Mayne (guitar)
John Read (bass)
Robin Boers (drums)
Produced by Bill Huard, 1966
Recorded by Dave Leonard, Ray Lawrence, Gary youngblood & Terry Vollum at Stea Phillips, NYC - Hallmark Sound, Toronto - Bay Recording, Toronto

The Ducklings used to like to ‘tell it as it is’, according to the way they saw things. This Bo Diddley cover is delivered in garage / punk Jaggeresque originality, just what the Ducks were like live.

12. The Rolling Stones: Mother’s Little Helper
(Jagger / Richards)
45 single bw Lady Jane: London Records L.902
London UK
Mick Jagger: lead vocals, percussion
Keith Richards: electric twelve-string-slide guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Brian Jones: electric twelve-string-slide guitar, acoustic guitar
Bill Wyman: bass guitar
Charlie Watts: drums
Jack Nitzsche: Nitzsche-Phone
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, 1966
Recorded at RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA December 1965

This song came out at a time when the adult media were beginning to rant and rave about rock n’ roll drug abuse".  The Stones retaliated by zeroing in on middle-aged housewives incapable of getting through the day, or getting to sleep at night, without the help of their legally prescribed 'little yellow pills.' Keith Richards has noted that the ending of the song was the idea of Bill Wyman, who also contributed a powerful and distinctive bass riff.

13. Neil Young w Nicolette Larson: Motorcycle Mama
(Neil Young)
Comes A Time: Reprise Records M5-2266
Toronto
Neil Young: guitar, harmonica, vocals, production
Nicolette Larson: harmony / lead vocals
Tim Mulligan: saxophone
Ben Keith: steel guitar
Karl Himmel: drums
Tim Drummond: bass
Spooner Oldham: piano
Rufus Thibodeaux: fiddle
Joe Osborn: bass
Larrie Londin: drums
J. J. Cale: electric guitar
Farrell Morris: percussion
Rita Fey: autoharp
Bucky Barrett, Grant Boatwright, Johnny Christopher, Jerry Shook, Vic Jordan, Steve Gibson, Dale Sellers, Ray Edenton: acoustic guitars
Produced by Ben Keith, Neil Young & Tim Mulligan, 1978
Recorded Nov 28, 1975 to Nov 21, 1977

Nicolette Larson b. Helena Montana, July 17, 1952 / d. December 16, 1997 LA (45)

Through her early work in the 1970s with Emmylou Harris, Larson met guitarist and songwriter Hank DeVito. Larson and DeVito later married and divorced. She also dated Neil Young during the Comes a Time sessions. In the early 1980s, Larson was engaged to Andrew Gold, but their relationship ended shortly after the completion of Larson's 1982 album All Dressed Up and No Place to Go, which Gold had produced. In the late 1980s, she briefly dated "Weird Al" Yankovic. In 1990, Larson married amazing session drummer Russ Kunkel, and the two remained married until her death from liver failure in 1997, the result of too many valiums and pills..

14. Joe Walsh: Mother Says
(Joe  Walsh / Joe Vitale / Kenny Passarelli)
Best of Joe Walsh: ABC Records 9022-1083
Cleveland OH
Joe Walsh: guitars, vocals, organ, synths
Joe Vittale: drums, timpani, piano, shakers
Kenny Passarelli: bass
Bill Szymczyk: marching cymbols
Produced by Bill Szymczyk, 1972
Recorded at Record Plant, LA by Bill Szymczyk March 8, 72
Overdubs at Mixing at Caribou Ranch by Bill Szymczyk April to July, 1972
Originally released on Barnstorm, 1972
Best of… compilation produced and mastered by Bill Szymczyk, 1978

15. Bill Connors: Cookies
(Bill Connors)
Step It: Pathfinder Records PTF 8503
Los Angeles
Bill Connors: guitar
Tom Kennedy: bass
Dave Weckl: drums
Produced by Steve Khan and Doug Epstein, 1985
Recorded at Mediasound, NYC by Doug Epstein, October 1984
Mixed by Doug Epstein, Steve Khan, Bill Connors and David Weckl
Mastered by Creg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC

Bill Connors b. September 24, 1949, Los Angeles

Played guitar on Chick Corea’s band, Return To Forever.

Vintage Voices Segment 5
This week’s guest DJ: Eleanor who picked

16. Dolly Parton: Two Little Orphans
(PD arranged by Avie Lee Parton)
Faye Tucker / Dolly Parton – Hits Made Famous By Country Queens: Stereo-Fidelity – SF-19700
Produced 1963
Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios

Side A has 5 songs of Patsy Cline’s sung by Faye Tucker. Side B is Dolly’s tribute to Kitty Wells and contains Two Little Orphans, a song that goes back to the late 1890s.

Side B

1.   Taste: Sugar Mama
(Trad arr by Rory Gallagher)
Live Taste: Polydor Records 2310082
Belfast N Ireland
Rory Gallagher: guitar, vocals
Ritchie McCracken: bass
John Wilson: drums
Produced by Tony Colton, 1971
Recorded lite at the Montreaux Casino, Switzerland by Pierre Grandjean, Aug 31, 1970
Mastered by Billy Kennedy at Command Studios, London

Taste only recorded two album and still owed the company another record so this live recording was used to cover that, released shortly after Gallagher disbanded the trio. Unfortunately, most of the material on this live recording was previously recorded on Taste’s first album. Still, it’s raw power trio blues, ignited by Rory’s amazing guitar work.

2.   Rhinoceros: Apricot Brandy
(Michael Fonfara / Danny Weis)
Rhinoceros: Elektra ‎– EKS-74030
Los Angeles
Michael Fonfara: organ
John Finley: vocals
Alan Gerber: piano
Danny Weis: guitar, piano
Doug Hastings: guitar
Jerry "The Bear" Penrod: bass
Billy Mundi: drums, percussion
Produced by Paul A Rothchild, 1969
Recorded by John Haeny

Michael Fonfara b. Aug 11, 1946 Stevensville, ON / d. Jan 8, 2021 (74) Toronto

Fonfara's career as a professional musician commenced in 1963, when he started playing in the Toronto band, Lee Jackson & The Checkmates, which evolved into Jon and Lee & The Checkmates. When John and Lee & The Checkmates broke up in September 1967, Fonfara worked briefly with David Clayton-Thomas and then, during the months of November and December, 1967, toured and recorded with The Electric Flag, featuring Buddy Miles and Michael Bloomfield. Fonfara replaced keyboardist and founding Electric Flag member Barry Goldberg. He was then selected by producer Paul Rothchild as a member of the Elektra Records' hand-picked, "supergroup", Rhinoceros, in December 1967. Fonfara was the co-writer of the band's major hit, "Apricot Brandy", and recorded three albums with the group.

After Rhinoceros, Fonfara joined a band called Blackstone (1972) before becoming an indispensible member of Lou Reed’s band. In 1976, Fonfara was a member of controversial Toronto-based band Rough Trade, acting as keyboard player and arranger on their first album. He left the band at the end of 1977 in a dispute over money. After that he recorded with Foreigner. In the 1980s, Fonfara returned to Toronto, where he became a key member of the Canadian R&B band The Lincolns. He also played regularly with Toronto’s Downchild.

3.   JJ Cale: Crazy Mama
(JJ Cale)
Naturally: MCA Records MCA 37104
Oklahoma City, OK
J J Cale: guitars, vocals
Karl Himmel: drums
Tim Drummond: bass
Bob Wilson: piano
Ed Colis: harmonica
Produced by Audie Ashworth, 1971
Recorded by Joe Mills and Jim Williamson at Moss Rose Studio, Nashville Sept. 1970

John Weldon Cale  b. Oklahoma City, December 5, 1938 / d. July 26, 2013 La Jolla CA)

JJ Cale was one of the unsung heroes of the guitar. Well respected, his music was usually based on grooves. My only complaint about his earlier albums was that the songs were too short! Like, once into the groove, you don’t want it to end so soon. His songs were covered by Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Phish, Kansas, Bill Wymans Rhythm Kings, George Thorogood and The Destroyers, Lynard Skynayrd, The Band, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare & Captain Beefheart. Just to name a few!

4.   Big Mama Thornton: Sassy Mama
(Thornton / Fields)
Sassy Mama!: Vanguards Records VSD 79354
Montgomery Alabama
Produced by Ed Bland 1975
Recorded and mixed by John Kilgore at Vanguards 23rd St., Studios, NYC

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (December 11, 1926 July 25, 1984)

Big personality, big body, menacing character - played drums and harmonica as well as singing
One of Janis Joplins fav artists. Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records says: She’s in my opinion the greatest female blues singer of this and any other decade.

5.    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
This was their first album on their own. Features the mega-hit “Oh What A Feeling”

6.   Stanley Jordan: Angel
(Jimi Hendrix)
Magic Touch: Blue Note – BT 85101
Chicago IL
Stanley Jordan: guitar (no overdubs)
Producedby Al Di Meola, 1985
Recorded by James Farber & Kenny Florendo at Songshop Studios, NYC

Stanley Jordan  July 31, 1959 (62) Chicago, Ill

Magic Touch, which sat at No.1 on Billboard 's jazz chart for 51 weeks, a record for a jazz guitar album. Among the artists Jordan has worked with are Quincy Jones,  The Dave Matthews Band, The String Cheese Incident, and Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh.

7.   Bruce Cockburn: Mama Wants To Barrelhouse
(Bruce Cockburn)
Circles In The Stream: True North Records – TND 346
Ottawa ON
Bruce Cockburn: solo, guitar, vocals
Produced by Eugene Martynec – 1977
Recorded at Massey Hall, Toronto by Ken Friesen
Mixed at Eastern Sound, Toronto

8.   Cedric Smith and Terry Jones: Mama Said
(Terry Jones)
Ten Lost Years And Then Some: Rumour Records – Rumour Six
Stratford ON
Cedric Smith: guitar, mandola, vocals
Terry Jones: guitar, vocals
David Woodhead: bass, banjo, guitars, mandola, autoharp, vocals
Dorit Learned: psaltery, vocals
Dita Paabo: piano, accordion, vocals
Jerome Jarvis: percussion, jaw harp, vocals
Paul Gellman: violin
Produced 1977
Recorded by Ringo Hrycyna at Thunder Sound, Toronto

Two founding members of the infamous Perth County Conspiracy Does Not Exist in the latter part of their existence. Although this was recorded in 1976 and produced in 1977, it was never really properly released commercially. It was finally released in 2002 during a short-lived PCC re-union.

9.   Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck: Funny Feeling
(McDougal / Law / Caldwell)
Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck: Duck Records / Capitol Records - ST-6304
Vancouver BC
Pat Caldwell, vocal, harmonica
Charlie Faulkner, bass
Roger Law, guitar
Hugh Lockhead, drums
Don McDougall, guitar
Self Produced, 1968
Recorded by Robin Spurgin at Vancouver Recording Services
Mastered and Pressed at Imperial Record Corp.

If these guys woulda been Americans, they would have been quite successful but back in the 1960s, being Canadian meant few studios, little or no airplay, gigs 8 hours of touring apart and very little in the way of a music industry. If you didn’t go down to the States like The Sparrow from Toronto did and becoming Steppenwolf along the way…

10. Plaid: Dilatone
(Plaid)
The Digging Remedy: Warp Records - LP277B
London UK
Andy Turner and Ed Handley: electronics
Benet Walsh: flute, guitar
Produced by Plaid 2016
Mastered by Noel Summerville

11. Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band: Hey Lawdy Mama
(Arr by Jr. Wells)
Hoodoo Man Blues: Delmark Records DS-9612
Chicago
Bass – Jack Myers
Drums – Billy Warren
Guitar – Friendly Chap
Harmonica, Vocals – Junior Wells
Produced by Robert G Koester, 1965
Recorded by Stu Black at Sound Studios, Chicago
 
12. Hans Staymer Band: Mama (Don’t Ya Hear Me Call)
(Michael Hanford)
The Hans Staymer Band: GSF Records  9208-1004
Vancouver BC
Hans Staymer: vocal, harmonica
Robbie King: keys
Eddie Patterson: guitar
Wayne Kozak: sax
Paul Burton: drums
Produced by Don Hamilton and Robbie King, 1972
Recorded by Don Greppert at Aragon Recorders, Vancouver
Mixed by Eirek The Norwegian (Eirek Wangberg)
Mastered at Sound Recorders, LA

Staymer saw Louis Armstrong in the 1950s while still living in his native Germany. He also got into playing the music of Django Reinhardt. He moved to Canada in 1962, settling in Edmonton as a goldsmith. He began performing there, playing songs by blues legends like Leadbelly at local clubs which eventually saw him perform in bands. In 1968 he moved to Vancouver and formed a band called Django which lasted about four years. In 1972 he formed the Hans Staymer Band and recorded an album called “Dig A Hole” on GSF Records. In 1997 he formed a duo with another German ex-pat Andreas Schuld. Their first CD, recorded by Billo Bourne (Bourne & McLeod) received a 1997 Juno Award nomination for Best Blues Album. They still gig off and on.

13. Downchild Blues Band: TV Mama
(LW Turner)
Road Fever: Attic Records LAT 1099
Toronto ON
Don Walsh: guitar, harmonica, slide guitar
Jane Vasey: piano, vocals
Tony Flaim: lead vocals
Gary Kendall: bass, vocals
Bob Heslin: trumpet
Larry Bodner: sax
Richard Howse: sax
Produced by Bill Bryans, 1980
Recorded by Dan Lanois at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton ON
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel, Toronto

14. Cheech And Chong: Turn That Thing Down
(Thomas Chong / Richard Marin / Gaye Delorme)
45 single bw Earache My Eye: Ode Records 66-101-S
Vancouver / Los Angeles
Thomas Chong
Richard ‘Cheech’ Marin
Gaye Delorme: guitar
Produced by Lou Adler 1974
Recorded by Norm Kinney

Richard Anthony Marin b. July 13, 1946 (age 71) Los Angeles
Thomas B. Kin Chong May 24, 1938 (age 79) Edmonton, AB

The duo met in Vancouver, British Columbia in the late 1960s. Chong was a Canadian citizen, and Cheech had moved there from Southern California to avoid the draft.

15. Canadian Zephyr: That’s Alright Mama
(Arthur Crudup)
Zephyr: RCA Victor – KKL1-0356
Richmond Hill ON
Garth Bourne: lead vocal, bass
John Howard: vocal, keys
John Hayman: vocal, guitars
Joe Linge: drums
Produced by Jack Feeney, 1980
Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto

Richmond Hill band formed as The Four Jacks in 1969 and after a name change in 1971, scored twenty country hits till disbanding in the mid-1980s. I used to see them perform at the old Concord Tavern, now the spiritual home of Long & McQuade at Bloor and Ossington.

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