And Now for The Particulars:
Side A: Victoria Day
Queen Victoria b. 24 May 1819 / d. 22 January 1901
The birthday of Queen Victoria was a day for celebration in Canada
long before Confederation, with the first legislation regarding the event
being in 1845 passed by the parliament of the Province of Canada to officially
recognize May 24 as the Queen's birthday
1. Michael Logie: Follow The Birds
(Ken Garland)
45 single bw Will You Be There?: Garland Music of Victoria IRS
80-037
Victoria BC
Michael Logie: vocal
Ken Garland: music director
Produced by Griffiths Gibson Productions, 1980
Recorded by Roger Monk at Little Mountain Sound Co., Vancouver
BC
Manufactured by the Imperial Record Corp
Ken Garland b. New Westminster BC
Composer Ken Garland was a tour bus driver. ‘Follow The Birds’ was a slogan
used by BC Ferries and served as an inspiration by Garland to write a tribute
to Victoria, BC. It was originally recorded by John Dunbar in 1967 and was
quite popular for a few years before becoming obscure. The B side, Will You
Be There?, was written in 1979. These records didn’t sell well given the
Suggested Retail Price of $2.89 (plus tax) at the time. The back cover of
the 45 shows a map of British Columbia and all the different ferry routes.
2. Peter Kelch & The Pharaohs: Silly Girl
(Peter Kelch)
45 single bw River of Tears: Terra Records 45-TR-369
Victoria BC
Peter Kelch: vocal
Ed Attfield (lead guitar)
Ron Attfield (bass)
Doug Brown (saxophone)
Terry Budd (drums)
Produced 1963
This is one of the rarest of all Canadian singles. Peter Kelch recorded
two singles on his own private Terra Record label and 3 on Chalice. Peter
Kelch was part of the fledgling Victoria, British Columbia music scene back
in the early 1960's along with The Pharaohs, Bobby Faulds, The Strangers.
He might be one of the earliest ‘rockers’ to have what sounds to be an orgasm.
3. The Phantoms: Kill The Devil
(The Phantoms)
Pleasure Puppets: Spy Records 1006
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
Leader of The Phantoms was Jerome Godbo who was born in Victoria,
BC. The Phantoms were formed in Ottawa in 1987. They then relocated to Toronto
and became a fixture in the city’s Queen Street scene. A sold out show at
Toronto’s Diamond Club was recorded and released on cassette in 1988 which
acted as a demo when shopping themselves to record labels. Their debut album,
1989’s ‘Pleasure Puppets’, was produced by Kevin Doyle (Alannah Myles) and
Billy Bryans (The Government, Parachute Club). Having left Spy Records in
1991, The Phantoms were added to Jeff Healey’s newly launched Forte Records
and released their sophomore album ‘Raw’ in 1992; Godboo has gone on to a
successful career as both a solo artist and as a session player. He
was awarded the Lee Oskar World’s Best Harmonica Player in the International
Blues Challenge 2014 in Memphis.
The Toronto Phantoms should not be confused with another band called The
Phantoms from Toronto. The earlier Phantoms were a 1960s amalgam of studio
musicians that made knock-off cover tune albums for Toronto’s ARC Records.
The musicians have been rumoured to be members of Doug Rankine & The
Secrets of ‘Here Comes Shack’ fame.
4. Stephen Fearing: Every Soul’s A Sailor
(Stephen Fearing)
The Secret of Climbing: Rega Records ENS 004
Victoria, BC
Stephen Fearing: guitar, vocal
Produced by Roy Gandy, Gary Bennett and Stephen Fearing, 2018
Recorded on Analogue tape by Roy Gandy and Gary Bennett at Roy's
Place, Essex
Vinyl Cutting by Ray Staff at AIR Studios, London
Pressed by Pallas Group GmbH
Stephen Fearing: close to perfection, recorded live to tape, no overdubs,
and released only on vinyl. Flawless!
5. Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues Band: Watermelon
(UWHSBB)
45 single bw Uncle Wiggly: Mister Deluxe Records WRC3-1229
Victoria BC
Mark Comerford (guitar, vocals)
Mark Johnson (drums, vocals)
Norm Piercey (bass, vocals)
Hank Leonhardt (vocals)
Dave Rowse (saxophone)
B.J. Hutchinson (saxophone, vocals)
Produced by Tom Lavin, 1980
Recorded At Keye Recording by Brian Campbell
Mixed At Damon Studios
Formed in Victoria, British Columbia in 1978 at the University of Victoria’s
Sub Pub. They released an independent single with two original tunes called
“Watermelon” and “Uncle Wiggly” which were recorded at Keye Recordings on
their own label Mister Deluxe Records. Their debut album was produced by
Tom Lavin (Powder Blues, Prism) at his Blue Wave Studios in Vancouver, British
Columbia. The album was also released on their own label and received so
well that RCA Records picked up distribution and re-issued it in 1982.
6. Ian Tyson: Navajo Rug
(Ian Tyson / Tom Russell)
Cowboyography: Eastern Slope Records / Stony Plain Records - SPL
1102
Victoria, BC
Louis Desmak: guitar
Nathan Tinkham: guitar
George Koller: bass
Stan Stewart: steel
Adrian Chornowol: piano
Thom Moon: drums
Myran Szott: fiddle
Ray Warhurst: fiddle
Cindy Church: bg vocals
Randy Fournier: bg vocals
Produced by Adrian Chornowol, August 1986
Recorded by Richard Harrow and Louis Sedmak at Sundae Sound
Studio, Calgary
Ian Tyson was living in Toronto in the early 1960s and it was there that
he paired up with Chatham, Ontario’s Sylvia Fricker to form Ian & Sylvia.
Since then Ian has been known for his western songs, living in rural Alberta.
But he was originally from Victoria, BC. Tyson was born to British immigrants
in Victoria, and grew up close by in Duncan B.C. A rodeo rider in his
late teens and early twenties, he took up the guitar while recovering from
an injury he sustained in a fall.
7. Valdy: Renaissance
(David Bradstreet)
Passport: The Best Of Valdy: A&M Records – SP 9038
Salt Spring Island, BC
Bill Usher: drums
Michael Gardner: bass
Valdy: vocals, guitar
David Bradstreet: guitar
Ben Mink: violin
Produced by Valdy, 1974
Album compiled by Michael Godin, 1980
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel, Toronto
Born in Ottawa, Valdy was a member of The London Towne
Criers during the 1960s and subsequently joined Montreal band The Prodigal
Sons. He then moved to Victoria, where he worked with various rock and country
musicians. When he was 25 Valdy bought several acres of land in Sooke BC
and began farming the land. He only began performing as a solo artist, and
in 1972 recorded his "Rock and Roll Song" and it became a hit. His music
was featured in the 1972 Steve McQueen film The Getaway. In 1973 he won a
Juno Award for Outstanding Folk Performance.
Valdy appeared on the BC based CBC TV show The Beachcombers as the environmental
activist "Halibut" Stu. He also secured a part in the reunion production
of The New Beachcombers as part of a jug band performing a song he wrote
for it called, "It's The Water."
8. Jim Vining: Pound One Out
(Jim Vining)
Pound One Out: EP Fervor Records – FVR06349
Victoria BC
Produced by Jim Vining, 2019
James Vining began song writing in 1972 when his first single on
Concept Records ,”I Need Song”, received airplay across Canada starting with
CHUM radio in Toronto. In 1979 he graduated from Evergreen State College
in Olympia Washington with a BA in music. During the 1980’s he began song
writing again, including jingle writing for Sea Coast Sound in his home town
of Victoria, British Columbia.
9. The Bushwackers: To The Woolloomoolloo Lair
(Trad)
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda: Boot Records – BOS 7179
Melbourne / Victoria AU
Jan Wositzki's: harmonica, banjo, bass, percussion
Davey Kiddz: fiddle
Mick Slocum: vocals, accordion, piano
Dobe Newton: vocals, lagerphone, whistle, bones, spoons, bodhran
Pete Howell: bass
Tony Hunt: fiddle
Produced by Ern Rose & Ian McKenzie, 1977
The Bushwackers, like the following two bands, The Seekers and Little
River Band, were based out of Australia. They first got together at University
in the early 70s and from 1974 till now have released over 20 albums of Australian
folk music. Various members hailed from Victoria.
10. The Seekers: A World Of Our Own
(Tom Springfield)
45 Single: Capitol Records – 5430
Melbourne / Victoria, Australia
Judith Durham: piano, vocals
Athol Guy: bass, vocals
Keith Potger: 12 string guitar, banjo, vocals
Bruce Woodley: guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals.
Produced 1968
Although several of the The Seekers were from Victoria, the group
was formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian pop music
group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and
the United States. Hits included ‘Waltzing Matilda’, ‘A World Of Our Own’,
‘Georgy Girl’ and ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’.
11. Little River Band: Home On Monday
(Glenn Shorrock / Bob Birtles)
Diamantina Cocktail: Harvest Records – SW 11645
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Glenn Shorrock: lead vocals, piano
Graeham Goble: guitars, vocals
Beeb Birtles: guitars, vocals
David Briggs: guitars
George McArdle: bass guitar
Derek Pellicci: drums, percussion
Produced by John Boylan and Little River Band, 1977
Recorded by Ross Cockle at Armstrong Audio Video, Melbourne
Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles
12. Leonard Cohen: Queen Victoria
(Leonard Cohen)
Live Songs: Columbia – KC 31724
Montreal
Leonard Cohen: guitar, vocal
Produced by Bob Johnston, 1973
Recorded Live 1970-1972 by Bob Potter
13. The Cajun Ramblers: Vennez a Louisiane
(Peter Jellard)
Couteau Jaune: Moose Records 004
Toronto
Peter Jellard: accordion, bg vocal
Victoria Wilcox: drums, bg vocals
Rob Jones: guitar
Steve Fruitman: ‘tit fer (Little Iron triangle)
Tim Hadley: stand up bass
Produced by John Switzer, 1990
Recorded by Derek Miller at Number 9 Studios, Toronto
I used to play in a band with drummer Victoria Wilcox,
sister of David Wilcox. She was a great drummer and I loved playing washboard
and triangle with her. Here she’s featured on one of the band’s original
songs, written by fiddle/accordion player Peter Jellard. Victoria joins him
singing the chorus.
14. The Kinks: Victoria
(Ray Davies)
Arthur Or The Decline & Fall of the British Empire: Pye Records
NSPL 18317
London UK
Mick Avory: drums, percussion
John Dalton: bass guitar, background vocals
Dave Davies: lead guitar, background vocals
Ray Davies: lead and background vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards (harpsichord
and piano)
Produced by Ray Davies, 1969
Recorded by Andrew Hendriksen on 10 October 1969
Album commissioned by Grenada Television for sountrack to story by novelist
Julian Mitchell which was never produced based on Ray Davies' brother-in-law
Arthur Anning. The Album was a critical success buy commercial failure. Played
the entire album live at The Hawks Nest in Toronto 1970. Last Kinks
recording to feature bass playing of Pete Quaife who played on several tracks
before being replaced by John Dalton.
Side B
1. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers: Driving Sideways
(Freddy King)
Crusade: London PS 529
London, UK
John Mayall: piano
Mick Taylor: lead guitar
John McVie: bass
Keef Hartley: drums
Chris Mercer: tenor sax
Rip Kant: baritone sax
Produced by Mike Vernon 1967
Recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead UK by Gus Dudgeon
Released Sept 1, 1967
2. Les 409: They Say
(Normand Boucher)
45 single bw Born in Chicago: Teledisc 43
Pont-Viau, Laval QC
Normand Boucher: vocals, guitar
Pierre Choquette: bass
Claude Lévesque: rhythm guitar
Claude Payette: drums
Produced by Denis Pantis 1966
Formed by Normand Boucher in Pont-Viau, Québec in 1963, Les
409 took their name from the Brian Wilson, Gary Usher and Mike Love penned
1962 Beach Boys song "409", the flip side of "Surfin' Safari".
3. Bernie Early: Ferris Wheel Twist
(B Graham / B Early / S Munroe)
45 single bw True Love's a Guessing Game: Pace Records MG-796/7
Cornwall ON
Bernie Early: guitar, vocal
Produced at MGM Studios, NYC, 1962
b. 1937, Cornwall ON
Bernie Early’s song writing has always been there and was one of
the reasons why, during the 1950s, MGM Records signed him for a five year
contract when he was only 19. He left Cornwall and started touring the States
with the biggest stars in the rockabilly era. His first big hit was in 1958.
“MGM put out the song ‘Rock Doll’, which sold over a million [copies],” says
Bernie in an interview with Famous Last Words. “Unfortunately, my manager
got in a fight with them and got off of MGM, which really made me mad! That
was about it, and I never got paid for nothing. I called up MGM [regarding
the payment] and they said talk to your manager and then hung up on me, so
that was the last I heard from them. I never got paid.” He was inducted into
the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2009
4. The Nashville Teens: Tobacco Road
(JD Loudermilk)
45 single bw Ugly Ducklings “Just In Case You Wonder”: Underground
Records URC 1035
Weybridge, Surrey UK
Arthur Sharp: guitar, lead vocals
Ray Phillips: lead vocals, bass guitar
John Allen: lead guitar
John Hawken: keyboards
Barry Jenkins: drums
Produced by Mickie Most, 1964
John D. Loudermilk, Jr. (b. Born in Durham, NC March 31, 1934 – September
21, 2016)
His best-known songs include "Indian Reservation", a 1971 #1
hit for Paul Revere & the Raiders; "Tobacco Road", a 1964 top 20 hit
for The Nashville Teens; "This Little Bird" a UK #6 for Marianne Faithfull
in 1965. 1963 he wrote another all-time hit for George Hamilton IV,
"Abilene". His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally
as The Louvin Brothers.
Also released by Otis Spann, The Blues Magoos, Lou Rawls, Edgar Winter, Jefferson
Airplane, Rare Earth,
Southern Culture on the Skids, Eric Burdon, & Bill
Wyman’s Rhythm Kings. In 2010 "Tobacco Road" was featured on the 4th season
premiere of Mad Men.
1976 – Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
5. Lucky Ambo: Bootlegger’s Reel
(Lucky Ambo)
Old Time Fiddlin’ With Lucky Ambo: Canatal Records CTLP 4001
Bathurst NB
Lucky Ambo: fiddle
Lenny Seibert: bass
Johnny Allen: steel guitar
Vic Seibert: guitar
Jean Seibert: piano
Produced by Art Snider, 1962
Recorded by Dave Newberry at Newberry Sound Studio, Toronto
One of the all-time great, and well loved Canadian/Acadian fiddlers, Lucky
Ambeault (known as Ambo) only put out one solo album, back in 1962 on the
Toronto based Canatal Records label using a band that he performed with for
years, Sons of the Saddle featuring the Seibert Brothers (who also recorded
for Canatal). Bootlegger’s was first recorded by Joseph Allard as “Le reel
du cultivateur” in 1929 and has become a Quebecois standard.
6. 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
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.
This is an annual call for the fuck-heads not to leave babies and pets in
parked furnaces. (I still can’t believe that people do that!) Don recorded
this album nearly 40 years ago and still the message doesn’t seem to penetrate
deeply enough.
7. Ron Nigrini: For Someone On The Road
(Ron Nigrini)
CBC Broadcast Recording: LM400
Toronto ON
Ron Nigrini: vocals, guitars, dulcimer
Paul Fortier: bass
Ken Harris: harmonica
Don Heard: electric guitar
Bob Moore, drums
Sarah Ellen Dunlop & Cheryl Roth: bg vocals
Produced by CBC Toronto, 1974
Recorded by Keith Duncan
Born in 1948, Ron Nigrini started playing as a teenager
in 1965 with a duo called The Coachmen from Toronto. Two years later, he
was a member of Dan's Heard. In 1970, Nigrini went solo, touring the coffeehouse
circuit through the US. Back in Canada in 1972 he wrote commercials for TV
and radio with Michael Hasek. In July 1974 Nigrini signed a contract with
Attic Records and recorded his first single, "Letters" and a self-titled
debut album. Two years later, he recorded his own version of the Oscar-winning
song "I'm Easy" from the movie Nashville.
8. Dick Nolan: Mental Revenge
(Mel Tillis)
Movin’ Out: Arc Records A 740
Corner Brook NL
Dick Nolan: vocal, guitar
Mickey McGivern: lead guitar
Mark McGivern: bass
Jerry Summers: drums
Buddy Cage: steel
Produced by Ben Weatherby, 1966
Recorded at Arc Sound, Toronto
Originally recorded by Waylon Jennings around 1968, it was a minor hit for
him. Dick’s version, which I think is even better, is unfortunately imbued
with playful panning problems; the producer got a new toy! It’s on every
song on the album so it’s probably better to look for the mono version. Backing
Dick up in the studio were Arc Records house band Mickey and the Mustangs.
Steel guitarist Buddy Cage (February 18, 1946 (age 71) Toronto) went on to
have an incredibly successful career in the States.
He joined Ian & Sylvia’s new band, known as the Great Speckled Bird which
was part of the Pan-Canadian Festival Express concert tour in 1970. It was
on the Festival Express tour that the New Riders of the Purple Sage became
acquainted with Cage. The New Riders were a psychedelic influenced country
rock band that had been founded by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, along
with John Dawson and David Nelson. The New Riders and the Dead would perform
concerts together, with Garcia playing pedal steel for the New Riders, then
playing electric guitar and singing with the Dead. Near the end of 1971,
Garcia left the New Riders, enabling them to headline their own concert tours.
Buddy Cage was invited to join the band as Garcia's replacement.
Cage was the New Riders' pedal steel guitar player from 1971 to 1982, except
for a period of about a year in the late 1970s. The New Riders were quite
popular. They toured extensively, and released a number of albums. During
this same period Cage continued working as a session musician, recording
with various musical artists. In 1974 Bob Dylan asked him to play on recording
sessions for the album Blood on the Tracks.
9. Shirley Field: He Taught Me To Yodel
(Patsy Montana)
Two Sides of Shirley Field: Banff Rodeo - RBS 1168
Armstrong, BC
Produced circa 1963
10. Katrina & The Waves: Riding Shotgun
(Katrina Leskanich)
Waves: Attic Records – LAT-1221
UK
Kimberley Rew: guitar, eightball, vocals
Vince De La Cruz: bass, rhythm guitar
Katrina Leskanich: guitar, vocals
Alex Cooper: drums
Produced by Katrina And The Waves, Pat Collier and Scott Litt, 1986
Recorded by Richard Sullivan at The Greenhouse and West Side
studios, London Jan 1986
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, NYC
This British band’s 1st Album, recorded at their own
expense in 1983, was then shopped around but got NO takers until Toronto’s
Attic Records signed them for release in Canada.
Consequently, although they were based in England, Katrina and The Waves'
first album, ‘Walking On Sunshine’ was only released here in Canada. In 1984,
the group released a follow-up album in Canada (Katrina and the Waves 2).
Because of their Canadian success, the band were finally signed to Capitol
Records in 1985.
11. The Beatles: Flying
(Lennon / McCartney / Harrison / Starkey)
Magical Mystery Tour: Capitol Records Canada 2835
Liverpool UK
John Lennon: wordless vocals, mellotron, Hammond organ, sound effects
Paul McCartney: wordless vocals, bass, guitar
George Harrison: wordless vocals, guitar
Ringo Starr: wordless vocals, drums, maracas, sound effects
Produced by George Martin, 1967
Recorded at EMI Studios, London September 1967
12. The Yardbirds: I’m Not Talking
(Mose Allison)
45 single bw Shapes Of Things: Capitol Records Canada 72349
London UK
Keith Relf: lead vocals, harmonica
Jeff Beck: lead guitar, backing vocals
Chris Dreja: rhythm guitar
Paul Samwell-Smith: bass, backing vocals
Jim McCarty: drums, backing vocals, percussion
Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky, 1966
Another great Mose Allison song!
13. 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
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
14. Jim Dickinson: Nitty Gritty Mississippi
(Fred Burch / Donald Hill)
Crossroads Soundtrack: Warner Bros: 92 53991
USA
Jim Dickinson: lead vocals, keys
Jim Keltner: drums
Nathan East: bass
Ry Cooder: guitar
Bobby King, Terry Evans, Willie Green Jr: Bg vocal
Produced by Ry Cooder, 1986
Recorded by Mark Ettel at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Ry Cooder was going through a phase of assembling movie soundtracks in the
1980s (The Long Riders; Paris, Texas; Alamo Bay; Crossroads; Blue City) but
Crossroads is my fav. Here he used his standard set up with Jim Keltner and
Jim Dickinson backed by Bobby King, Terry Evans and Willie Green Jr. Interestingly,
he asked Dickinson to sing the lead vocals on this track. It should also
be noted that the soundtrack to Crossroads included the last song that Sonny
Terry ever recorded just before he died.
15. Buddy Guy: Are You Losing Your Mind
(George Guy)
Stone Crazy!: Alligator Records AL 4723
Chicago ILL
Buddy Guy: guitar, vocals
Phil Guy: guitar
J W Williams: bass
Ray Allison: drums
Produced by Didier Tricard, 1981
Recorded at Condorcet Studios, Toulouse, France October 1979
Originally released in France on Isabel Records 1980
George "Buddy" Guy b. July 30, 1936 (current age 84), Lettsworth, Lousiana
There are many Buddy Guy records but Stone Crazy is by far my all-time
favourite. Recorded in France, doing it the way that Buddy wanted it done
with his brother Phil on rhythm guitar and just bass and drums, each song
explodes with emotion as Buddy is caught, on tape, as he was rarely caught
before. He is currently the ‘Grandfather of the Blues’.
16. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: The Flight Of the Psychedelic Bumble Bee
(PBC)
Spreading From The Ashes: Big Beat Records
Los Angeles
Barbara Robison: lead vocals, percussion
Alan Brackett: bass
Lance Fent: lead guitar
John Merrill: rhythm guitar
Jim Voight: drums
Produced by Gary Usher, 1967-68
Recorded at Columbia Records Studios, Hollywood CA
Formed in Los Angeles in 1966, they were originally called
The Young Swingers featuring future Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden.
They morphed into The Crossing Guards before finding the Peanut Butter Conspiracy
name. They split up in 1970.
17. Brave Combo: Viva La Reina Tex Mex
(B Hernandez)
Humansville: Rounder Records - 9019
Denton, TX
Carl Finch, accordion, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Jeffrey Barnes, tenor sax, clarinet, keys, percussion
Bubba Hernandez, bass, tuba
Mitch Marine, drums
Produced by Brave Combo, 1988
Recorded by Martin Walters at Heads Up Studio, Roanoke TX
Brave Combo first got together in 1979 to be a rocking polka band and
they’re still at it now. They’re tight as hell, which is a good thing!
