33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show
with Steve Fruitman
#439
July 4, 2022
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Remember The Jug
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Side A

1.   Vic Virgili & His Laurentian Valley Boys: Rosina Polka – 1965 *
2.   Men Without Hats: The Great Ones Remember – 1982 *
3.   The Four Lads: Moments to Remember – 1955 *
4.   Wilf Carter: I Remember The Rodeo – 1961 *
5.   Free: Remember – 1970
6.   The Ventures: James Bond Theme – 1965
7.   Con Archer: Remember Me – 1974 *
8.   Rita Pavone: Remember Me –  1964
9.   Frank Ifield: I Remember You – 1963
10. Myles & Lenny: I Will Remember You – 1975 *
11. Return To Forever: Space Circus Pt 2 –  1973
12. Love: Orange Skies – 1970
13. Pied Pear: No. 5 Orange – 1980 *
14. Joe Bonsall & The Orange Playboys: T’en As Eu  (Step It Fast) – 1989
15. John Prine: Paradise (Green River) –  1971
16. Max Webster: Only Your Nose Knows – 1975 *
17. Lorne Lofsky & Ed Bickert: I Remember You – 1985 *
18. Renato Carosone And His Sextet: Tu Vuo 'Fa' L'americano – 1957

Side B

1.   Don Freed: A Really Hot Day – 1982 *
2.   Muddy Waters: I’m Ready – 1964
3.   Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer Group: She’s A Woman – 1977
4.   West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: 1906 – 1967
5.   Graeme Kirkland & The Wolves: Big Smile – 1989 *
6.   The Dixieland Jug Blowers: Banjoreno – 1963
7.   Alabama Jug Band: Jazz It Blues – Oct 3, 1934
8.   Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Walk Right In – Oct 1, 1929
9.   Memphis Jug Band: The Lindy Hop (or Overseas Stomp) – 1928
10. Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band: Garbage Day Blues – 2012 *
11. The Lovin’ Spoonful: Jugband Music – 1966
12. The Original Sloth Band: Memphis Shakedown – 1976 *
13. The Flying Burrito Brothers: Lazy Days – 1970
14. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Dream Island – 1968 *
15. The Ugly Ducklings: Nothin – 1966 *
16. The Beatles: Yes It Is – 1965
17. Skip Prokop: Baseball Blues – 1977 *
18. Buddy Rich: I Remember Clifford – 1969
19. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Bud The Spud – 2017 *

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And Now for The Particulars:



Side A

1.   Vic Virgili & His Laurentian Valley Boys: Rosina Polka
(Vic Virgili)
The Great Ontario Northland: Cascade 477-7700
North Bay ON
Vic Virgili: accordion
Rene Mathieu: fiddle
Jimmy Nunner: electric guitar
Jack Thiessen: bass
Jerry Constantine: guitar
Bernie Meehan: drums
Produced by Stan Leverre circa 1965

Victor Americo Italo Virgili  b. 1917 / d. North Bay Nov 9, 1998 (82).

Played music in North Bay, Northern Ontario area for over 50 yrs. Also a hockey player for the North Bay Trappers. Played accordion with Curly McFarlane and His North Range Cowboys beginning in 1939. He went on to put the Laurentian Valley Boys together in 1945.

Rene Mathieu passed away on July 26, 2016, at the age of 96.  He had a long and varied musical career starting with his own radio show in Parry Sound at the age of 19. He then moved to North Bay where he joined Vic Virgili and the Laurentian Valley Boys.  Rene was with the band for over 50 years during which time he sang and played both fiddle and guitar.

2.  Men Without Hats: The Great Ones Remember
(Ivan Doroschuk / Allan McCarthy)
Rhythm of Youth: Statik Records STAT 10
Montreal QC
Ivan Doroschuk, vocal, electronics, guitar, percussion, keys
Stefan Doroschuk, guitar, violin
Allan McCarthy, electronics, piano, percussion
Produced by Marc Durrand  1982
Recorded by Dixon Van Winkle at Listen Audio, Montreal, January March 1982

They achieved their greatest popularity in the 1980s with "The Safety Dance", a worldwide Top Ten hit.  The Doroschuk brothers, who were born in Champaign, Illinois, had moved to Montreal with their parents as young children.

Formed MWOH in 1977. Chose their name from refusing to wear hats during Montreal's cold winters, calling themselves "the men without hats." Disbanded in 1991 but reformed in 2010

3.   The Four Lads: Moments to Remember
(Stillman / Allen / Winter / Kirby)
Greatest Hits: Columbia Records CL 1235
Toronto
Jimmy Arnold: lead vocal
Bernie Toorish: tenor vocal
Connie Codarini: bass vocal
Frank Busseri: baritone vocal
Ray Ellis Orchestra
Produced 1958
Recorded 1955

The Four Lads were a Toronto based quartet of singers who had million-selling signature tunes like "Moments to Remember"; "Standing on the Corner"; "No, Not Much";  and "Istanbul". The original quartet grew up together in Toronto  and were members of St. Michael's Choir School, where they learned to sing together.

The group was known variously as 'The Otnorots' ("Toronto" spelled backwards). They then called themselves 'The Four Dukes', but found out that a Detroit group already used that name, so changed it to The Four Lads. In 1950, they began to sing in local clubs and soon were noticed by scouts. They were recruited to go to New York where they were noticed by Columbia Records talent scout Mitch Miller (of Sing Along With Mitch fame). In 1953, they had their first gold record with "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" which launched them to stardom. Their most famous hit was 1955's "Moments to Remember".

In 1984, the Four Lads were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003.


4.   Wilf Carter: I Remember The Rodeo
(Wilf Carter)
Songs of the Calgary Stampede: Apex Records AL 1615
Port Hilford NS
Wilf Carter: vocal, guitar
Others not listed
Produced 1961

Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter b. December 18, 1904 Port Hilford, NS / d. December 5, 1996, Scottsdale AZ (91)

Wilf was Canada’s first country music recording pioneer, gaining fame across the US border as Montana Slim. Originally from Nova Scotia, he hobo’d across Canada as a teen and wound up as a trail boss on a dude ranch in the Alberta rockies where he started making a name for himself as a singer of folk songs.

In 1933, he was hired as an entertainer on the maiden voyage of the British ship S. S. Empress. Later that year, he stopped off in Montreal and made his first recording: "My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby" and "The Capture of Albert Johnson". After signing with the Canadian branch of RCA Victor, "My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby" became the first hit record ever by a Canadian country performer. That same year, Wilf also wrote and recorded "Pete Knight, The King of the Cowboys," which also became a mega-hit. It is said that without Wilf’s hit records, that RCA would not have survived the effects of the Great Depression. He moved to the States and was given the moniker ‘Montana Slim’.

5.   Free: Remember
(Fraser / Rogers)
Fire & Water: Polydor 2310 040
London UK
Paul Rodgers – vocals
Paul Kossoff – guitars
Andy Fraser – bass guitar, piano
Simon Kirke – drums
Produced by Free & John Kelly, 1970
Recorded by Roy Baker
Released June 26, 1970

Paul Kossoff – b. 14 September 1950 – d. 19 March 1976 on a flight from Los Angeles to New
York. Kossoff died from Heroin-related heart problems.
Andy Fraser – b. 3 July 1952
Simon Kirke – b. 28 July 1949 – Also in Bad Co.
Paul Rodgers – b. December 1949 – was also in Bad Company & The Firm

Free were active between 1968 and 1973

6.  The Ventures: James Bond Theme
(Monty Norman)
Gold: The Gold Label ‎ GLDCD8011
Tacoma WA
Bob Bogle: bass
Drums, Percussion: Mel Taylor
Lead Guitar: Gerry McGee
Rhythm Guitar: Don Wilson
Produced and Mixed By Neil Norman, 1965

The Original theme score for Dr. No was usually just called the James Bond Theme. Portions of it were used in just about every Bond film ever made and this is a great rocking version of it.

7.   Con Archer: Remember Me
(Gordon Lightfoot)
45 rpm Single: Boot Records – BT 099
Cannington ON
Con Archer: guitar, vocals
Others not listed
Produced 1974

Con Archer b. 1941 Bourlamaque QC / d. Jan 9, 1988 Cannington ON (47)

Although born in the Northern Quebec mining village of Bourlamaque – now part of Val D’or – Archer’s family moved down to Orillia, ON where he grew up singing in the Baptist church. He was a huge fan of Elvis and blended gospel, country and folk songs. Some of his favourite artists were Hank Williams, Marty Robbins and Jim Reeves.

8.   Rita Pavone: Remember Me
(Shelly Coburn)
45 single bw Just Once More: RCA Victor  47-8365
Turin, Italy
Rita Pavone: vocal
Teacho Wiltshire: conductor
Produced by Teacho Wiltshire  1964

b. August 23 1945 Turin, Italy

In 1962 she participated in the first  ("Festival of the Unknown"), a song competition for amateur artists, winning the contest which lead at a recording contract. Her first recording, La partita di pallone" ("The Soccer Game") made her a national star at 17.

In the summer of 1964 she had chart success in North America with a record sung in English titled "Remember Me", backed with "Just Once More". The song reached #26 in the United States and #16 in Canada.

In 1965, Pavone was as a guest in The Ed Sullivan Show. She quickly became a frequent guest on the show. In the United States she sang alongside Diana Ross and The Supremes, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Duke Ellington, Paul Anka and a number of great singers of the era. It is said that Elvis Presley made a painting of her after she went to Memphis and he met her at a recording studio. Barbra Streisand recorded a duet with her. She also got to perform at Carnegie Hall.

9.   Frank Ifield: I Remember You
(Victor Schertzinger / Johnny Mercer)
Frank Ifield Sings: Capitol Records Canada – T 6025
Coventry UK
Frank Ifield: vocal
Produced for Capitol Canada ‘6000 Series’ by Paul White, Feb 1963
 
Francis Edward Ifield b. 30 November 1937 Coundon, Warwickshire

"I Remember You", topped the British charts for seven weeks in 1962. Written in 1941, it was sung in the film “The Fleet's In” (1942) as sung by Dorothy Lamour (Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton b. December 10, 1914 New Orleans / d. September 22, 1996 (81) in LA)
 
Songwriter Johnny Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 / June 25, 1976) was the founder of Capitol Records in 1942. Mercer wrote “I Remember You” for Judy Garland, to express his strong infatuation with her.
 
I Remember You also recorded by The Beatles on Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962. Other versions: Diana Krall, Charlie Parker, Slim Whitman, Björk.  The tune was featured as background music in the film, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

In June 2009 Ifield was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia, "For service to the arts as an entertainer".

10. Myles & Lenny: I Will Remember You
(Myles Cohen)
It Isn’t The Same: Columbia Records – KC 33938
Toronto ON
Lenny Solomon: violin, viola
Myles Cohen: guitar, vocal
Bob Mann: guitars
Doug riley: clavinet
Hagood Hardy: vibes
Micky Erbe: synth, bass
Brian Leonard: drums
Produced by Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, 1975
Recorded & mixed by John Stewart at Eastern Sound, Toronto
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC

The Toronto-based group was formed in 1969 by its principal members, Myles Cohen and  Lenny Solomon and by 1972 was signed to GRT Records. However, it was after transferring to Columbia Records in 1974 that the group finally found some success. At the 1976 Juno Awards, they won in the category of Most Promising Group. However, disappointing sales of their second album led to their demise in the mid-1970s.

11. Return To Forever: Space Circus Pt 2
(Chick Corea)
Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy: Polydor Records 2310 283
Chelsea MA
Chick Corea: keys, percussion
Stan Clarke: bass
Bill Connors: guitars
Lenny White: drums
Produced by Chick Corea 1973
Recorded at The Record Plant by Shelly Yakus
Mastered at The Master Cutting Room by Tom Robstenek

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

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

Engineer Bruce Botnick (b. 1945) is an American audio engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Love, The Doors, The Beach
Boys, Eddie Money and The Rolling Stones (Let It Bleed). 

13. Pied Pear: No. 5 Orange
(Joe Mock)
Pied Pear: Ogruok Records SQ1-965
Vancouver BC
Richard Scott: vocals, dulcimer
Joseph Mock: vocal, piano, guitar
Shari Ulrich: violin
Clair Lawrence: sax
Duris Maxwell: drums
Robbie King: organ
Renew Worst: bass
Produced by The Pied Pear, 1980
Recorded by Geoff Turner at Pinewood Recording Studios, Vancouver

So what’s a No. 5 Orange? Is it something specific to Vancouver? So I looked it up and got this: an Adult Entertainment Service at 205 Main St., Vancouver. I’m gonna have to listen to the lyrics of that song again!

14. Joe Bonsall & The Orange Playboys: T’en As Eu  (Step It Fast)
(Trad)
14 Cajun Classics: Swallow Records LP 6079
Lake Arthur LA
Joe Bonsall: accordion
Others not listed
Produced by Floyd Soileau and John “Tee Bruce” Broussard, circa 1963
Compilation produced by Floyd Soileau, 1989

Joe Bonsall was born June 1921 Lake Arthur, LA / d. 1996 (75)

Joe was inducted into the CAJUN MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1981

15. John Prine: Paradise (Green River)
(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
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 A&R Studios, NYC

John Edward Prine b. October 10, 1946 Maywood, Ill / d. April 7, 2020 (covid 73) Nashville, TN

16. Max Webster: Only Your Nose Knows
(Kim Mitchell)
Movin': Taurus Records TR 101
Sarnia ON
Kim Mitchell, guitars, lead vocals
Paul Kersey, drums
Mike Tilka, bass
Terry Watkinson, keys
Produced by Max Webster and Terry Brown, 1975
Recorded and Mixed at Toronto Sound

In the 1960s in Sarnia, the band went through names such as the Grass Company, the Quotations, Big Al's Band, and ZOOOM. They settled for "Max Webster" in 1973. This is from their first album, recorded for Ray Daniel's Taurus Records in 1975 and re-released on his Anthem (Rush) label in 1977. I've got an original Taurus copy.

BTW Geddy Lee used to call himself The Nose when he was 14 and used to say: “The Nose Knows”. That’s the way he signed my copy of Piper at the Gates of Dawn which also has a reference to Alex Lifeson (as Živojinović) who apparently ‘Stinks’ as written by a guy named Sam.
 
17. Lorne Lofsky & Ed Bickert: I Remember You
(J Mercer / V Schertzinger)
The Quartet of Lorne Lofsky & Ed Bickert and Friends: Unisson Records DDA 1002
Toronto ON
Lorne Lofsky: guitar
Ed Bickert: guitar
Neil Swainson: bass
Jerry Fuller: drums
Produced by Ted O’Reilly, 1985
Recorded by Phil Sheridan at McClear Place Studios, Toronto

Vintage Voices: Laura Gillis with this week’s “DJ Carmella”

18. Renato Carosone And His Sextet: Tu Vuo 'Fa' L'americano
(Nisa /  R. Carosone)
45 single bw 'O Suspiro: Pathé – 45 GQ 2034
Naples, Italy
Renato Corosone: vocals
Produced by Renato Corosone, 1957


Side B

1.   Don Freed: A Really Hot Day
(D Freed)
Pith and Pathos: Bushleague Records: no serial number
Saskatoon SK
Don Freed: guitar, vocal
Glen Hendrickson
Blaine Dunaway
Tom Hazlitt
Joe Mock: guitar
Rick Scott
Connie Kaldor - Jane Mortifee - Cyndi Melon: bg vocals
Produced by Joe Mock, 1982
Recorded by Paul Mcdonald at Pacific Coast Sound, Burnaby BC
Mastered by Geoff Turner at Pinewood Studios, Vancouver

Donald Freed b. 1949 New Westminster, BC

"Toddler dies after accidentally being left inside car as mother taught at Bancroft school"

 
This is my annual call for potential ‘morons’ not to leave their babies and pets in parked furnaces. (I still can’t believe that people do that!) Don Freed recorded this album nearly 40 years ago but still the message doesn’t seem to penetrate deeply enough.

Born in BC but raised in Saskatchewan, Freed began his music career in 1966. By 1969 he was seen performing with Johnny Cash which lead to Freed signing to Capitol Records (although they turned down releasing anything). He hitchhiked to Toronto, cashless, and phoned one of the only people he knew – Juri Krytiuk. He was then invited to be a session musician on Stevedore Steve’s first album, Songs of the Stevedore. Eventually he began writing and singing his own songs. Beginning in the early 1990s, Freed began to shift his musical focus from that of being a solo performer to being a promoter of Métis and First Nations culture, particularly involving children. He was also shacked up with Joni Mitchell at the time. He’s still out there giving songwriting workshops to Métis and First Nations kids.

2.   Muddy Waters: I’m Ready
(Willie Dixon)
The Best of Muddy Waters: Chess - LP 1427
Clarksdale MS
Muddy Waters (vocal and guitar)
Little Walter (chromatic harmonica)
Jimmy Rogers (guitar)
Otis Spann (piano)
Willie Dixon (bass)
Fred Below (drums)
Produced by Fred & Leonard Chess, 1964

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913  April 30, 1983)

The “I’m Ready” Album won a Grammy Award in 1978

3.   Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer Group: She’s A Woman
(Lennon / McCartney)
Live: Epic Records 34433
London UK / Prague Czech Rep
Jeff Beck: lead guitar, special effects
Jan Hammer: synths, keys .
Tony Smith: drums
Fernando Saunders: rhythm guitar, vocal
Steve Kindler: violin
Produced by Jan Hammer, 1977
Recorded by Dennis Weinreich and Jan Hammer, Reading, Pennsylvania, Aug 31, 1976
Mixed by Jan Hammer at Scorpio Sound Studios in London

Jan Hammer was a keyboard playing record producer who worked with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early ‘70s. He worked with John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Santana, Tommy Bolin and Elvin Jones. He toured over a hundred gigs in 1976 with Jeff Beck, resulting in their recording three albums, including this one.

4.   West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: 1906
(Ron Morgan / Bob Markley)
Part One: Reprise Records - RS 6247
Los Angeles CA
Bob Markley (vocals)
Shaun Harris (bass)
Danny Harris (guitar, vocals)
Michael Lloyd (guitar, vocals)
Ron Morgan (guitar)
John Ware (Drums)

Produced by Bob Markley and Jimmy Bowen – 1967
Recorded by Lee Herschberg

I used to perform this song with the first of two bands that I found myself in with Geddy Lee. Guitarist Stan Bornstein introduced us to the music of WCPAEB with this song, back in 1967. The album also had a Frank Zappa song called “Help, I’m A Rock”.

5.   Graeme Kirkland & The Wolves: Big Smile
(Graeme Kirkland)   
Sleep Alone: Graem Kirkland Music WRC1-6143
Toronto
Graeme Kirkland: drums
George Koller: bass
Geoff Young: guitar
Perry White: sax
Produced by Graeme Kirkland and John MacLeod, 1989
Recorded at Jazz Partners Studio, Toronto

Kirkland was in his early 20s when he recorded his 3 vinyl albums. Often seen (and heard for blocks) pounding rhythms on overturned buckets, busking in downtown Toronto, he used to hang around our CIUT studios, sometimes sleeping on our couch. He was voted "Best Drummer" by NOW magazine's readers consecutively for 6 years (1996–2001) in their annual Reader's Poll. The runner-up in each of these 6 years was Neil Peart of Rush.

6.   The Dixieland Jug Blowers: Banjoreno 
(Dixieland Jug Blowers)
The Jug Bands: RF Records (Folkways) – RF 6
Louisville KY
Earl McDonald: jug
Cal Smith: banjo
Johnny Dodds: clarinet
Clifford Hayes: violin
Henry Miles: violin
Hess Grundy: trombone
Dan Briscoe: piano
Unidentified others

Compilation album Produced by Samuel Charters, 1963
Recorded in Chicago, 1926

Clifford Hayes first recorded in 1923 with the Old Southern Jug Band. He Inspired a young Will Shade to form the most popular group, the Memphis Jug Band.  Earl Smith was recognized as being one of the very best jug blowers, ever.

7.   Alabama Jug Band: Jazz It Blues
(Delaney)
Jazzy Jugs And Washboards: MCA Jazz Heritage MCA1372
Birmingham AL
Clarence Williams: jug, band leader
Ed Allen: cornet
Cecil Scott: clarinet
Willie Smith: piano
Ikey Robinson: banjo
Cyrus St. Clair: bass
Clarence Todd: kazoo
Floyd Casey: washboard

Compilation Produced by Steve Hoffman, 1983
Recorded for Decca, Oct 3, 1934
Transferred and Mastered by Kevin Gray at Whitney Recording Studios, Glenville CA

This was one of the typical recordings of jug blower Clarence Williams. Williams was a perfectly capable pianist and a rather shrewd businessman who produced Bessie Smith's earliest recording sessions and served as her accompanist. He published Fats Waller's first important compositions and led a series of recording ensembles that included King Oliver and Louis Armstrong as well as reedman Sidney Bechet.

8.    Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Walk Right In
(Gus Cannon / Hosea Woods)
Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Herwin Records – 208
Memphis TN
Gus Cannon: jug, banjo, harmony vocal
Hosea Woods: vocal, banjo
Noah Lewis, harmonica
Compilation produced by Bernard Klatzko, 1975
Recorded Memphis on Tuesday Oct 1, 1929

Gustavus  Cannon September 12, 1883 Red Banks, Miss / d. October 15, 1979 (96) Memphis

Cannon’s tombstone lists him as ‘composer, songster, jug band pioneer, pride of Memphis, Beale Street Balladeer’.

Cannon and Hosea Woods wrote and recorded Walk Right In back in 1929. Thirty years later it became a #1 hit song by The Rooftop Singers who claimed that it was an original piece, arranged by them in 1962. On the recording, two Rooftop Singers claimed the songwriting credit: Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe. Since the record went to No. 1 and was nominated for a Grammy Award, royalties were substantial. 

At the time, Gus Cannon was living in a gardner’s shack in Memphis and had to pawn his banjo for $20 worth of coal. When the Rooftop Singer’s hit the top of the charts with Walk Right In, it was quickly pointed out that Darling and Svanoe didn’t write the song and songwriting credits reverted back to Cannon and Woods. Because of this, Cannon was then asked to record an album for Stax Records in 1963 and lived out the rest of his life with some money.

9.   Memphis Jug Band: The Lindy Hop (or Overseas Stomp)
(Will Shade / Jab Jones)
Memphis Jug Band Double Album: Yazoo Records – 1067
Memphis TN
Will Shade: guitar
Ben Ramey: kazoo
Jab Jones: lead vocal, jug
Vol Stevens: mandolin
Will Weldon: bg vocal
Compilation LP produced, 1979
Song recorded 1928

This song was written four days after Charles Lindbergh landed his plane in France in 1927. It was the first song to really popularize the Lindy Hop, a new dance craze. After Lindbergh's solo non-stop flight from New York to Paris in 1927 he became incredibly popular and many people named songs, recipes and businesses among several other things, after him.

10. Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band: Garbage Day Blues
(Minnie Heart / Bill Howard) *
Tri-City Stomp: Duke of Erb Records – WHRC 12-01
Kitchener ON
Minnie Heart: vocal, banjolin, violin, jug, kazoo, bass
Bill Howard: vocal, guitar, kazoo, washboard
Buck Thompson: bajitar, washboard, vocal
Willie Ames: cello, tenor guitar, vocal
Produced by Bill Howard & Minnie Heart, 2012
Recorded at the Duke of Erb
Mixed by Matthew Knischewsky
Mastered by Harris Newman at Greymarket Mastering

Local Canadian Jug Band based out of Kitchener, ON.

11. The Lovin’ Spoonful: Jugband Music
(John Sebastian)
Best of the Lovin’ Spoonful: Kama Sutra Records – KSBS 2608
New York City
John Sebastian: guitar, vocals
Zal Yanovsky: lead guitar
Steve Boone: bass
Joe Butler: drums

Produced by Eric Jacobsen, 1966
Recorded by Val Valentin
Compilation produced Koppelman & Rubin: 1976

Jugbands first started appearing as early as 1905 in Louisville KY. They were basically the very first of the jazzy blues bands. Most started out as urban bands mostly made up of country musicians who migrated to Memphis to play on Beale St. The Lovin’ Spoonful started out as a folkie jug band known as The Mugwumps, who shared members with the Mamas and Pappas.

12. The Original Sloth Band: Memphis Shakedown
(Will Shade)
Hustlin & Bustlin: Posterity Woodshed Records PWS 005
Toronto ON
Ken Whiteley: jug, washboard, banjo, vocal
Tom Evans: fiddle
Chris Whiteley: guitar, harmonica vocal
Produced by David Essig & Original Sloth Band, 1976
Recorded by Bob and Dan Lanois Nov Dec 1975 at MSR Productions, Ancaster ON
Mastered by Bill Duddihie

The composer of this tune was Will Shade, aka Son Brimmer, leader of the Memphis Jug Band who recorded for RCA mostly in the late 20s. Ken Whiteley has always been a very good jug blower; he usually uses plastic Ajax bottles to blow into as they’re light, portable, very durable and easily replaceable. And they sound good too!

13. The Flying Burrito Brothers: Lazy Days
(Gram Parsons)
Burrito Delux: A&M SP 4258
Los Angeles CA
Mike Clark: drums
Pete Kleinow: pedal steel
Bernie Leadon: guitar, dobro
Chris Hillman: bass, mandolin, vocal
Gram Parsons: vocal, piano
Produced by Jim Dickson & Henry Lewy – 1970
Recorded by Henry Lewy

14. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Dream Island
(John MacNab Beattie)
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Album: Banff Rodeo RBS 1299
Arnprior ON
Gaetan Fairfield: guitar
Mac Beattie: drums, vocal
Reg Hill: fiddle
Al Utronki: steel, Spanish
Jim Mayhew: piano
Ralph Carlson: bass
Produced by Ralph Carlson, 1968

John MacNab Beattie b Arnprior ON 21 Dec 1916 / d Arnprior 14 Jun 1982 (65)

Performing in The Melodiers, a band he organized in the late 1920s, Mac’s real passion was playing goal for the Arnprior Green Shirts. If not for WW2, he might have made it to the NHL. He began his professional career as a singer-songwriter playing drums and washboard in The Ottawa Valley Melodiers in 1948 and released several singles for Rodeo records in the late 1950s. Rodeo, on its Banff label, put out 11 albums by the Melodiers with most songs written by Mac about people and places in the Ottawa Valley. In this song, Mac reminisces about the summer nights playing under the stars on the shores of the Ottawa River. Steel guitar player Al Utronki later ran Al Utronki's Appliance and TV - Television & Appliance shop in Renfrew

15. The Ugly Ducklings: Nothin
(Dave Byngham / Roger Mayne)
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  and Hallmark Sound, Toronto and Bay Recording, Toronto

16. The Beatles: Yes It Is
(Lennon / McCartney)
Beatles VI: Capitol Records Canada – T 2358
Liverpool
John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocal, semi-acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney: harmony vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison: harmony vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine
Produced by George Martin, 1965

"Yes It Is" was recorded on 16 February 1965, the same day that they completed Harrison's "I Need You".  It was released as the flip side of Ticket To Ride and in Canada, appeared on Beatles VI album. Capitol Records pressings of the single erroneously stated "From the United Artists Release ‘Eight Arms to Hold You’” (the original title for the film, Help!). The song did not appear in the film.

17. 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.

18. Buddy Rich: I Remember Clifford
(Golson)
Super rich: Verve Records V6-8778
Brooklyn NY
Buddy Rich: drums
Bass – Wyatt Ruther
Flute – Sam Most
Piano – Johnny Morris
Trumpet – Rolf Ericson
Vibraphone – Mike Mainieri
Produced by Val Valentin, 1969
Originally Produced by Creed Taylor, 1961
Originally recorded on Blues / Caravan by Dick Olmstead

Bernard "Buddy" Rich b. Brooklyn NY September 30, 1917 / d. Los Angeles CA April 2, 1987

His father, who saw that Buddy could keep a steady beat with spoons at the age of one. He began playing drums in vaudeville when he was 18 months old, billed as "Traps the Drum Wonder". At the peak of Rich's childhood career, he was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer in the world (after Jackie Coogan). Professional career played with greats such as Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey. Since Rich's death, a number of memorial concerts have been held. In 1994, the Rich tribute album Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich was released. Produced by Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart

19. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Bud The Spud
(TC Connors)
50 Years of Stompin’ Tom: Ole / Anthem Legacy OLE46
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, foot
Gerry Hall: guitar
Ronald McDonald: bass
Mickey Andrews: steel, drums
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1969
Executive Producer: Andy Curran, 2017
Remastered by Harry Hess at Hbomb Mastering

Just a fantastic job at premastering this poorly recorded classic and making is sound great on newly minted vinyl. This is the way I’ve always wanted him to sound.

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