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Not to be confused with the modern British artist/producer/DJ with the same name, the Victoria, BC native first got a taste of the rock life while with The Marquis in 1967, which featured Jerry Adophe (later of Chilliwack and Jim Byrnes), Len Knoke, Norm Piercy, and Gary Garraway. They toured BC while playing the popular …
Still in his teens, Tom Northcott was gaining a reputation while making his rounds through the Vancouver coffeehouse circuit in the early ’60s. In particular, he frequented the Kitsilano area, the focal point of the hippie headquarters north of San Francisco. In ’65, he took over from Ronnie Jordan as the frontman for the Vancouver …
A native of Toronto, Tommy Ambrose was born in 1939 and at five years old under the tutilage of Charles B Templeton, began singing at “Youth for Christ” rallies at Massey Hall and Maple Leaf Gardens. As a young teen he performed on gospel radio shows on CKEY and CFRB. He began going more mainstream …
As one of the country’s hottest young guitarists, Tony Dellacroce leads the wave in the resurgence in Canadian Classic Rock. The Guelph, Ontario native began his musical odyssey early in life, picking up the guitar at age 7 and taking lessons until 13 at the Ontario Conservatory of Music. Aside from proper training, the time …
A native of Durham, North Carolina, Anne Elizabeth Woods moved from San Fransisco to Toronto in the mid 70’s after fronting Sass, and then Gambler. She was introduced to Brian Allen in 1977, whose own band, Rose was on the verge of being cut from their label if they didn’t produce a ‘hit’. Woods guested …
One of the West Coast’s few disco entries into Canadian music history was Touché, a studio project assembled by Martin Shaer in early 1979. The singers were Vancouver native Rosalind Keene (ex of New Space Band, Home Cooking), and a pair of Edmonton natives – Nancy Nash, who had already released a solo album the …
After The Esquires had run their course, guitarist Andy Legault and drummer Paul Huot were looking to put together a new act, and got in touch with members of The Darnels, a dance band toiling away on the Ottawa circuit. It was a collective invitation, and frontman Frank Morrison, guitarist David Milliken, and bassist Wayne …
Dave Barker memorial Singer Dave Barker formed Mustard in 1968, a popular group around the London, England area in 1968 with Ed Furst on guitars. By ’74 Barker picked up the bass and he and Furst were going by the name Dave ‘n Ed for about a year. Barker then teamed up with singer and …
Formed in 1983 in Kingston, Ont, the band took its name from a skit in ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith’s movie, “Elephant Parts.” Fronted by Gordon Downie on vocals and guitars, the initial lineup also consisted of guitarist Bobby Baker, Gord Sinclair on bass, drummer Johnny Fay, and Davis Manning, briefly, on sax. They moved to Toronto …
Trama was formed in the late ’70s as a by-product of Shama, which featured four Sault Ste Marie, Ontario natives – drummer Brien Armstrong and Jeff Neill on guitars, and bassist Mick Dalla-Vee (real name Michael Dalla Vincenza) and keyboardist Mike Sicioly. Neill and Armstrong were already living in Vancouver, and once Sicioly and Dalla-Vee …