Band:Snakebite Year:2012 Year formed:2005 Genre:Country/ Popular music Home:Chatham Ontario Website:http://www.snakebiteband.com/
Members Paul Lowry(Bothwell) – Vocals, guitar Marty- Lead guitar Rene Brosseau- Lead/steel/slide (Website) James Vermue(London) – Bass Derek Babanin- Drums (London)
Notes: Snakebite is currently performing at:
Norma Jeans (London), Florence Center, Deer Run Golf Course, Encore Bar (Chatham), East Side Bar (London), Bothwell, Dresden, Riding Club (Sarnia), St. Thomas, Glencoe Fair,
Band: “Just Country Boys” Home: Chatham-Kent Year:2012 Formed: 2008 Style: Country & 50s, 60’s
Members: Larry Flynn – Rhythm & Vocals Allan Flynn – Bass & Vocals George Segaert – Lead Guiitar Jim Deyo– Steel Guitar Carl- Drums (2008 – 2010) Len Lucier- Drums (2010)
Notes:Larry Flynn and son Allan Flynn contacted old friends George Segaert and Jim Deyo to join the group in late 2008. They started playing at parties and a few bars and decided to try a Sunday Jamboree at the Moose Hall in Wallaceburg. It was quite successful and the group today still enjoys playing a Jamboree at Branch 628 Legion in Chatham. Regulars such as Vic & Betty Tetreault, Mike & Melanie Shepley, Richard Tetreault and Ivan Firlotte can be enjoyed as well as many other local talents.
Artist: Roland Lozon CD: Move that Mountain Released: 2012 Genre : Country/ Instrumental Varieties Home: Chatham-Kent
Available in Chatham at: Frank’s Music Centre Musical Strings & Things Tony’s One Stop Music Shoppe
Notes:This CD contains twelve originals. Although the root of the music is finger style country guitar playing, Rolands talents can be heard with his use of fiddle, 5-string banjo, mandolin, & a track with hammer dulcimer.
At age 72, Roland carries on his passion for music & knowledge. I have met him a few times through work on the archive for his previous works in bands, most notably the Jubilaires. Without getting too much into how nice this guy is in person, let’s just say his sharing of musical knowledge & human kindness was extremely impressive, often only found in small towns like ours.
Tracks: 1. Move That Mountain, 2. Camptown Races/Wheels, 3. Alone On Your Star, 4. Remington Ride, 5. Seahorse Bounce, 6. Bello Carosello, 7. Gail’s Theme, 8. Wind That Clock, 9. Mont Royal Swing, 10. Bewildered Butterfly, 11. Up & Down, 12. Scottish Sky, 13. Shortbread Special, 14. Une Femme (Going Home), 15. Are You Teasing Me?, 16. Home Sweet Home, 17. Look Up, 18. Orange Blossom Special.
History: Jubilaires(1956-1961) Myers Bros & the Jubilaires(1961-1979)
Weekly radio show on CFCO (8 Years)
Warm up band for Opry shows such as Marty Robbins & the Hank Snow show.
Played for such stars as Ronnie Robbins, Minnie Pearl, Don Gibson, Charlie Walker, Wilf Carter, Skeeter Davis, Jan Howard, & more.
Later bands included Jubilaires II, Front Page News, Vic & the Conchords, Country Drifters.
Current bands include the Dover Red Necks & the Foggy Mountain Boys.
Additional Musicians: Ron Jubenville – Bass (Track 16) Eric Trachy– Cello (Track 14)
On Sept 23rd 2012, Brooklyn won YTV’s Next Star Contest which had over three Million voters across Canada. Through this TV reality series, she has a song on itunes. From winning the contest, she will now have two songs distributed through the majors by Sony Music Entertainment .
Notes: Brooklyn is from a small town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada and has been acting, singing and dancing for several years. She has performed in musicals such as Wizard of Oz, High School Musical, Jungle Book and Godspell. Brooklyn has competed in numerous singing contests and talent shows over the past few years such as the Northern Ontario Open Country Music Contest, CKNX AM 920 Ontario Open Country Music Contest, the Colgate Country Showdown, the Western Fair, the Rising Star and the Mitchell’s Bay Country Music Contest where she has won several awards.
For the past two years Brooklyn has performed at Canada’s largest lights festival production “the CAA Winter Festival of Lights” in Niagara Falls, Ontario with Disney, Mark Frewen and Stephanie McIlroy. She also had the remarkable opportunity to perform at the Boothill Jamboree in Bothwell, Ontario sharing the stage with bands like The Oakridge Boys, The Kentucky Headhunters, Sammy Kershaw, Dean Brody, High Valley, Codie Provost, and Mustang Sally. It was an amazing experience!
Giving back to her community is very important to Brooklyn. She has been involved with many charitable volunteer events such as ‘The Respect’ tour with Community Living Chatham-Kent where she performed for over 40 schools and thousands of students in an anti-bullying campaign.
Artst: Michelle Wright Release: The Wright Songs – An Acoustic Evening With Michelle Wright Year: 2011 Genre: Country Website:http://www.michelle-wright.com Born: Chatham-Kent Resides: Merlin Ontario, currently in Nashville
Notes: The Wright Songs – An Acoustic Evening With Michelle Wright captures the magical essence of the more than 40 acoustic trio concerts Canadian country music star Michelle Wright performed in Canada during the past two years. Recently inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Wright has chosen to spotlight songs from her CDs both old and new on this, her first live album. The Wright Songs features sparkling acoustic arrangements of many of Wright’s biggest hits, including her career-making smash, “Take It Like A Man,” the SOCAN–award winning “I Surrender,” her ground-breaking look at adoption, “He Would Be Sixteen,” her successful collaboration with pianist Jim Brickman, “Your Love,” and thirteen other fan favourites recorded at theatres in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Olds, Alberta, at various times during 2009 and 2010.
Highlights:
Michelle had 25 top ten hits in Canada. Seven went to #1
Five Gold records
Two multi-platinum records
World wide record sales nearing two million units & one million in Canada
Toured North America, Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, & Australia
Tracks 1. In The Blink Of An Eye 2. I Surrender 3. You Can’t Lose Them All 4. What Love Looks Like 5. He Would Be Sixteen 6. Something Wild 7. Crank My Tractor 8. I Don’t Wanna Be That Strong 9. Safe In The Arms Of Love 10. Guitar Talk 11. Your Love 12. The Old Song And Dance 13. I’ve Forgotten You 14. Broken 15. Nobody’s Girl 16. Take It Like A Man
17. Everything And More
Artist:Charlie Dorner Home: Chatham-Kent Genre: Country Music Year: 2011
Charles has been performing country music with his voice & acoustic guitar for years. He is known for his choice of classic country outlaw covers by all the bad boys. Charles has also been crafting his own music over the years.
You can catch him live around town at various functions, most recently at the ULTIMATE SPORTS BAR in Chatham.
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Artist: Gary Stocking Release: From the Heart Format: Cassette Genre: Country, Rock Home: Chatham Ontario Year: 1992
Gary has been a popular musician from the area since the early eighties. He was a member of local bands such as Driftwood & Shades of Country. During the time of this release, Gary fronted ‘Gary Stocking & Magnum’ after recording in Nashville.
Venue: Golden Tap and Grill City: Chatham Ontario Genre: Country Music Bar Bands: Live bands on weekends Phone: (519) 351-1907 Address: 429 Grand Avenue East
The Golden Tap has remained the only true country music bar in Chatham Ontario since the early nineties. But it did not begin there. The venue was previously known as the ‘Kingsway Hotel’, which had a good run through the 1970’s to the early 1990’s. Bands from around the continent (big and small) performed here in the 1970’s when live music was the main and only source of weekly entertainment.
Today, you can still enjoy country music bands performing every weekend at the Golden Tap.
Band: The Country Playboys Home: Chatham Ontario Area Genre: Country Music Formed: 1959 Disbanded: 1961
Members: Victor Tetreault – Vocals, Guitar Albert Mays – Steel Guitar Adam Takacs – Accordion Glen Pickering – Slap Bass Sammy Marionchuk – Fiddle Bill Pawlak – Drums
Pre ‘Country Cowboys info: 1957 – 1958 A Singing Duo, consisting of Mr Maurice Cyr and Mr Victor Tetreault,
both singing guitarists, who would entertain at weddings and parties in the Dover and Chatham, Ontario area.
Info: Mr. Cyr moved back to Quebec, and Victor added a few more fellows to form
“The Country Playboys”. Mr. Albert Mays of Blenheim on steel guitar, Mr. Adam Takacs
of Chatham on accordion, Mr. Glen Pickering of Blenheim,Ontario on slap bass, and Mr. Sammy
Marionchuk of Ridgetown,Ontario on fiddle, Mr. Bill Pawlak of Chatham,Ontario on drums, along with Vic on guitar and vocals.
Band: Destiny Genre: Country Home: Chatham Year: 1977 Formed: Mar. 1976
Members: Charlie McDonald Len Lucier Norm Caron Vince Emery Jim Devo
Destiny was selected as the top band in Southwestern Ontario and travelled to Ottawa for the nationals. They were also one of the top local acts of the day.
Artist: Bob Lucier Album: Nerves of Steel Circa: 1976 Genre: Country Instrument: Steel guitar Home: Bob is from Chatham Ontario (Grande Pointe)
Note: Bobby Lucier has been a leader in steel guitar and is world renowned for his unique style and ability. Bob was the resident Steel Player for “The Tommy Hunter Show” when it aired on the CBC television network in Canada for many years.
This album contains original works and material by other artists.
1. HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ 2. YOU AND ME B 3. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS 4. C’MON SON (Bob Lucier) 5. THE HOMECOMING 6. FLOWERS ON THE WALL 7. HAPPY WORLD (Bob Lucier) 8. THE WAY WE WERE 9. JAMAICAN STEEL 10. MY PLEASURE (Bob Lucier) 11. I CAN’T HELP IT 12. TOO HIGH Stevie Wonder
Click on the video below to play the album preview.
*Bob also plays steel guitar this year on:
Jesse Winchester’s album “Let the Rough Side Drag”, 1976.
Bill Amesbury – Can You Feel It - Bill signed with Yorkville Records in 1973 and made several singles in 1973-1974. After one non-charting single, the second – “Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)” – went to #1 in Canada and did well in many countries. In 1999, it received a SOCAN Classic award for 100,000 radio plays. Bill’s success attracted Neil Bogart, who was starting up the Casablanca label. While KISS were the first signing, Bill Amesbury had the first record on the label, with the US issue of “Virginia.” This led to an album, “Jus’ A Taste Of The Kid” (1974). In 1976, Bill signed with Capitol and made one album, “Can You Feel It,” featuring the contributions of some of the finest session musicians in Canada. Bill had great success in England with his records on the Power Exchange label. His songs were discovered by other artists such as Long John Baldry, Natalie Cole and Mitch Ryder, who covered them on their albums. There were no further records by Bill Amesbury. He underwent sex-reassignment surgery and has been Barbara Amesbury for a quarter-century now. Barbara is a patron of the arts in Toronto, a filmmaker and social activist.
Band: The Myers Brothers and the Jubilaires Year: 1978-1979 Home: Chatham Ontario Genre: Country.
Members:
Ray Trahan – Drums
Patricia-Gail Lozon – Vocals
Ray Myers – Vocals and rhythm guitar
Ernie Marchand – Pedal steel
Roland Myers – Bass and vocals
Roland Lozon – Lead guitar, fiddle
While the band continues to perform at local clubs and events, they have been landing big shows and new experiences to their enjoyment of being musicians.
In 1978 and 1979, the band was on the bill for some of the biggest country music shows in Canada. They were Canadian guests for the travelling “Grand Ole Opry Show. In 1978, they played Halifax, Moncton and Fredericton in (June 16, 17, 18). In March of 1979, they played Kitchener and the London Gardens. The big show included Grant Turner, MINNIE PEARL, Stonewall Jackson, Archie Campbell, Jeanne Pruett, Red Sovine, Jim and Jesse, The Stonemans, Jack Greene, Jeanne Seely, Marie Bottrell, Jimmy C. Newman, Penny DeHaven, Ray Pillow, Charlie Walker, Roy Drusky, Ronny Robbins, Tammy Wynette, The Stoney Mountain Cloggers. Canadian Guests included “Roger Quick and the Rainbows”, and “The Myers Brothers and The Jubilaires”.
1979 also marked when the guys became involved with the Belle River Singing and Fiddle Contest held annually. The event consistently draws thousands of people and involves musicians from far and wide.
From 1979 to 1981 they performed under their current band name. They would go on to play the event until 1989 under their future band names “Jubilaires II” and “Front Page News”.
Note: The group released an LP in 1968 and many singles (45rpm’s) the following year.
Band: The Jubilaires Year: 1956 Home: Chatham Ontario Genre: Country Formed: 1956
Members (L-R) Lionel Richie – Drums
Oscar Demers – Rhythm guitar
Roland Lozon – Fiddle
Oscar Benoit – Lead guitar.
Circa: 1956 – 1961
The Jubilaires have a long history that lasted through many decades.
The original line-up was an instrumental group that put on their own dances in order to perform live.
They rented an old hall, which was originally for hay storage on the second floor of a horse stable in Pain Court, next to the Dover Hotel. Posters were made, a bouncer was hired and a refreshment booth was set up. When the “Bunny Hop” was played, the floor would bounce and it was concern for the band that the crowd would go through the floor. Lots of dust would fly up at each hop. There were no chairs and tables, just a board along the side walls.
For the very first dance, the boys cleaned the hall on Wednesday, decorated it on Thursday, played it on Friday night, and cleaned it up on Saturday. They took the profit of $18 and split it 6 ways. These go getters put on a dance every Friday from June 30th to November 30, 1956.
Sam Lozon did join the band as the singer and guitarist circa 1957 and decided to retire from music.
During performances, the band would usually spot two female singers. Doreen Lecuyer and Louella Demers (Oscar’s sister)
In 1960, The Myers Brothers joined the band resulting in a name change to “Myers Brothers and the Jubilaires (The)”. After that long run, they became known as the Jubilaires II, followed by a brief and final line-up called “Front Page News”.
Duo: Ray Francis and Lucy Schaefer Year: 2009 Genre: Country Music
The musically talented duo performs at Churches and nursing homes around Chatham Ontario.
Ray Francis, 78, has been writing and performing music for over 60 years. He has released six records and earned success in the 1960’S and 1970’S as a recording artist, entertainer, and radio star.
Ray is a true world class musician and human being who lives and breathes music with a passion that cannot be denied. He continues to bring smiles to his audiences with his talent, sincerity, humour, and just plain likeability.
To learn more about Ray’s music, please visit previous posts in the Chatham Music Archive.
Ray’s Discography:
Ray Francis and the Whippoorwills – 1963 – Country Jamboree
The Whippoorwills – 1964 – The Whippoorwills
Ray Francis – 1973 – The Country Way
Ray Francis – 1973 – An Olde Tyme Christmas
Ray Francis – 1974 – Two Sides of Country
Ray Francis – 1975 – The Good Old Days
Artist: Ray Francis Release: The Good Old Days Format: LP Album Year: 1975 Home: Chatham Ontario Canada Label: Condor Number: A-977-1450 Genre: Country Music
The record includes four original songs by Ray Francis. Rays son Mike (Pepe) Francis is a noted producer on this record and plays guitar on it. Mike is one of Canada’s most accomplished studio musicians.
Discography:
Ray Francis and the Whippoorwills – 1963 – Country Jamboree
The Whippoorwills – 1964 – The Whippoorwills Ray Francis – 1973 – The Country Way
Ray Francis – 1973 – An Olde Tyme Christmas
Ray Francis – 1974 – Two Sides of Country
Ray Francis – 1975 – The Good Old Days
Cover Photo: Marjon Studios
Tracks
01. Little bit of Heaven (Ray Francis) 02. Movin’ on (Merle Haggard) 03. Never gone to stay (Larry Douglas) 04. Good Old Days (Ray Francis) 05. Hell hath no fury (Shirl Milette) 06. Out of my mind (Ray Francis) 07. Here’s your roses Mary Ann (R. Schiafe/D. Hogan) 08. Only too glad (Ray Francis) 09. Cryin’ every night (Shirl Milette) 10. Before the next teardrop falls (V. Keith/B. Peters)
Artist: Ray Francis Release: Two Sides of Country Format: LP Album Year: Circa 1974 Home: Chatham Ontario Canada
Label: Condor Distribution: Marathon Music INC. Number: 977-1404 Genre: Country Music
Notes: Ray Francis was born Feb 9th 1931 in Chatham.
Back Cover Notes:
Outside the city of Chatham, Ontario, on a small farm, a thirteen year old boy by the name of Ray Francis started strumming chords on his first guitar.
Ray’s love of country music was greatly influenced by picking up from his radio the famous ‘Grand Ole Opry’ show from WSM Nashville, Tennessee, every Saturday night.
By the time Ray was in his twenties, he had formed his own band. With his increasing popularity with the fans, Ray was constantly being booked for club and stage appearances. Later the youngster who had only heard the stars of ‘The Grand Ole Opry’ on radio, now found himself appearing onstage with many of these same stars.
Ray’s versatility as a performer, musician, comedian, and writer has brought him recognition on both sides of the border.
As a performer myself, I would hate to follow Ray’s show onstage. His ability to impersonate many of the Nashville artists plus come back and sing his own originals, is the true sign of a great overall performer.
The makings of a great entertainer is like baking a cake. You take a handful of sincerity, a touch of comedy, a warm personality, and a great love for country music and you have my friend, Ray Francis.
Columbia Recording Artist Dallas Harms
Tracks
01. Forbidden lovers (Stanton-Walker) 02. I knew her then (R. Francis – Doug Springsted) 03. Who’s Julie 04. One nite stand (R.ay Francis) 05. Laura 06. Just let me know (Ray Francis) 07. Margie’s at the Lincoln Park Inn 08. Sweet misery (Ray Francis – Mike Francis) 09. Anita you’re dreaming 10. The downward side of lonesome (R. Francis) 11. If Ginny knew (Ray Francis) 12. In a mansion
Discography as of 1973:
Ray Francis and the Whippoorwills – 1963 – Country Jamboree
The Whippoorwills – 1964 – The Whippoorwills
Ray Francis – 1973 – The Countrey Way
Ray Francis – 1973 – An Olde Tyme Christmas
Ray Francis – 1974 – Two Sides of Country
Band: Ray Francis Release: The Country Way Format: LP Album Year: 1973 Label: Marathon Music Genre: Country Music
This is the first solo record from Ray Francis. He had recorded two records previously under the name “Ray Francis and the Whippoorwills”.
Tracks Side one: 01. Grazing in the greener pastures 02. Drinking champagne 03. Deep water 04. I’ll be there 05. Happy tracks 06. Running gun Side two: 07. Restless woman 08. If you leave me 09. Son of hickory holler’s tramp 10. You can take the boy out of the country 11. Four in the morning 12. Black jack
Cover Photo by: John Haslip
This debut solo record charted number one on radio. From coast to coast, the first single “Restless Women” did very well especially on the east coast. This song was an original that Ray had co-wrote and was not sure if it would make it on the album, but the record label liked it and rightfully so.
Ray had told me how he first heard it on the radio while driving home on the 401. He pulled over. He called his record company to see if they knew it was being played. He was informed that it was tracked and being played all over the country. The musician is always the last to know, and this is the perfect example. S. Beaulieu.
Liner Notes:
In a world of music, there is the entertainer and there is the singer, Ray Francis is both.
Ray Francis the entertainer, is a well known name throughout Southern Ontario…where he has been performing since the late 1950’s. He formed his first band, The Whippoorwills which soon gained the reputation of the best country band throughout the area. The group often appeared on “Opry” shows and for awhile the boys toured the U.S.A.
Ray was offered a job playing drums and fronting the Gary Buck band, so he moved his wife and son to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Being constantly on the road and away from his family wasn’t the life for Ray so after a few months he moved back to Southern Ontario taking a job outside the music business. However his love of entertaining soon became strong again, so he formed another band and with his teenaged son, Mike, as lead guitarist. Shortly after Mike was offered a full time job in the music industry, so the band was dissolved. Ray joined another local group, The Rancheros (1973). The band enjoys a great success and is constantly in demand.
As one of the best “Front men” in the business today, Ray is always in demand to M.C. and his impersonations are always a hit of any show. As an entertainer he is superb.
This is Ray’s first album and listening to his beautiful rendition of “If you leave me tonight I’ll cry”, you’ll hear Ray the ballad singer. He’s equally at home with Country as witness, “Running Gun”. Listen to Ray the composer as he does his own “Restless Woman”. In face just buy this album and give yourself a treat.
I’m proud to have had this chance to introduce you to my friend, Ray Francis… all ‘round great person…husband…father…singer…composer and most of all entertainer. Marilynne Caswell, M.C. Talent Agency. London Ontario.
Band: The Whippoorwills Release: The Whippoorwills Format: LP Album Year: 1964 Formed: 1958 Disbanded: late 1964 Home: Chatham Ontario Canada
Label: Canatal Records Genre: Country Music
Members:
Ray Francis – Rythm guitar
Bill Taylor – Drums
John Tangelis – Bass
Ray Dauphin – Tenor guitar
Max Dauphin – Steel guitar and fiddle
Tracks: 01.Honey lovin’ (Bollington) 02.When two worlds collide (Roger Miller and Bill Anderson) 03.Lost in the islands (Reg Dauphin) 04.A wound time can’t erase (B. Johnson) 05.Ridin’ high (Max Dauphin) 06.Little darlin’ (John Tangelis) 07.Drivin’ nails in my coffin (Jerry Irby) 08.Dead end twist ( William S. Taylor) 09.What would you do (Jim Reeves) 10.South of the border ( Carr and Kennedy) 11.Tears broke out on me ( Hank Cochrane) 12.Tears will fall ( Ray Francis)
This is the second of two releases.
Liner Notes:
Most country music lovers in Canada and the U.S. have heard of Ray Francis and his western group – “The Whippoorwills”.
Ray and “The Whippoorwills” have appeared on the best loved country shows, including “Grand Old Opry”, with such well known artists as Brenda Lee, Ferlin Husky, Minnie Pearl, Tex Ritter and others of equal fame.
This versatile country and western group are constantly touring and making personal appearances, in both counties.
The vocal and instrumental selections recorded were carefully chosen and they feature the melodic sound of the steel guitar, which adds greatly to the rounded blend of this album. The groups first love is the type of music they recorded on this album.
Standing in the studio in their stocking feet, Ray Francis and his men played one of the finest western and country sessions we have ever heard. Why not share it with us?
Art Snider – Canatal Records.
Note:After this second album, Ray chose a solo career, recording four more albums and appeared on many TV shows.
Recorded at: Newberry Sound Studio LTD. Engineer: Dave Newberry and Art Snider Produced by: Art Snider Cover Photo: Robert Ragsdale, assisted by Margaret Epp
About Ray:
Ray bought his first guitar at the age of 13 and taught himself how to play by watching others in his area, including men living in railroad cars. Ray lived on Edgar Street which was behind the rail road station in Chatham. These train carts were home to men who worked for the rail road but travelled from city to city with their work. Ray would watch them play guitar then ask them to show him how to play that new chord he never saw before. He would then rush home and practice it until he got it down.
After a long run of it, the road took its toll on him and he decided to walk away from it all to be home with family and take on a job in his home town. Ray’s son Michael is one of Canada’s most accomplished studio musicians and carries the legacy on. S. Beaulieu
Artist: Bradley J. Preston Release: 45 RPM Single Year: 1983
Home: Chatham Ontario Genre: Country vocalist Born: 1951
Note: This is Bradley’s first professional recording.
Tracks Side A: In The Spring The Roses Always Turn Red (Dorsey Burnette) Side B: You Gave Me A Mountain (Marty Robbins)
Bradley J. Preston is currently a singer with the popular local country band “The Melody Ramblers”.
He has taken an extra step by recording a single and producing 1000 copies at his own expense of $5,000. This effort to branch out has taken Mr. Bradley to a career touring the U.S.A., Canada, and over seas.
In the 1970’s, Chatham was a hot spot for musicians with around 400 people in the local Union. There were more venues (Clubs, bars, legions etc) to play in Chatham than most surrounding cities offered. Bands would play six nights a week at a venue than move on to the next. They would have the calendar year booked solid before the year started.
Then, the drinking laws changed and venues were only able to offer bands two to three nights in a row to play. If you wanted to make a living playing music, you now had to travel to find the work. Bradley chose to pursue music and this took him on a journey into places he had never been before. It was a risk, a chance, and an adventure. Bradley went for it. S. Beaulieu
Band: Melody Ramblers Home: Chatham Ontario Circa: 1978 Style: Country Covers Band History: Ran from 1953-1994 with various line ups.
Members:
(Back Row)
Bruno Pinsonault – Bass
Mark Buckwheat – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Larry St.Pierre – Drums
Dan St.Pierre – Guitar
(Front Row)
Dennis Smith
Notes: Mark Buckwheat would later join the band Home Grown.
Band: Melody Ramblers Home: Chatham Ontario Year: 1953 Band: 1953-1994 Style: Country and Western Covers
Original Members:
(From left to Right in above photo.)
Joe Barnier – Guitar
Marie Barnier – Vocals
Louella Barnier – Vocals
Francis Barnier – Drums
Ralph St. Pierre – Fiddle
Joe Demers – Pedal Steel
Rita Demers – Vocals
Theresa St. Pierre – Vocals
Sherley St. Pierre – Guitar
Who would have thought when Sherley St. Pierre and his wife Theresa formed a small country music band “The Melody Ramblers” that they started a country music tradition. Even though country music styles have changed over the years, the name “Melody Ramblers” had lasted 41 years.
Sherley St. Pierre performed in the band from 1953 to 1975, but the band carried on and has always involved several relatives.
In these early years, they did not have a bass player in the band, so the bass was simulated with the pedal steel guitar when needed. You would never know the difference by listening to it.
The very first live shows the band did were for $35 a night in the 1950’s. It was not unusual for them to perform two shows a day on the weekend, often doing something like a wedding in the day time and a night show at an establishment. Some of the places they played in these early years were Big Point, Stoney Point Club, Port Lambton, Chatham Polish Hall, Blenheim, and Tilbury. The group also performed at the Pyranon Ballroom in Chatham.
* Sherley St. Pierre was honoured and inducted into the Grande Point Hall Of Fame.
* Photo of Sherley with his Dobro Above: Taken Oct. 2nd 1949. He was only 17 in this picture (Born in 1932), just four years before forming the band.
* Gear photo: (Sherley St.Pierre) 1952 Gibson ES-5, his 1964 Gibson Titan III amp and even his old microphone. This is the gear he used way back in the day with the Melody Ramblers.
Photos donated to the Chatham Music Archive by the St. Pierre’s.
Les Hoffman – Lead guitar
Mark Wolfe – Drums
Waide Holland – Keyboards, Vocals
Randy Young – Bass, Vocals
Eddy Larsen (Ole) – Guitar, Vocals (Front)
Notes:
The band ran from 1980 to 1985 and was a road band. During this time, a new kind of country was emerging with bands like Alabama and the popularity of southern rock with the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Texas was a popular cover band to see during this period of time. It was common for a band to play the same venue for six nights a week then move to the next.
Eddie Larsen and Waide Holland played together in their high school aged band “Zeke and the Moonshiners”. Zeke and the Moonshiners would later change their name to “The Missing Links”, the most popular rock and roll band to record a vinyl LP from this area in the sixties. Their old buddy drummer (from The Missing Links 1966) Bill McGrath became a booking agent in Toronto for high end acts and took on Texas as a client. This favour helped give Texas the ability to develop quickly and professionally into a solid band with greater opportunities.
Texas toured Ontario from Quebec to Michigan playing night clubs and shows which included a concert in The Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Texas also wrote and recorded several original songs slated for their first album.
Artist: Jay Allan Release: Please Don’t Change Year: 1998 Genre: Country Home: Bothwell (Chatham-Kent)
Notes: Ontario singer/songwriter Jay Allan has been writing songs since the age of 14.
Tracks
1. Please Don’t Change….3:50 2. Home Sweet Home…3:09 3. The Way That I Do…3:37 4. High School Dance…4:43 5. Silver Clay Road…3:50 6. Square One…3:26 7. I’m Gettng By (Lonely All the Time)…3:16 8. Sam (Reflections of a Man)…3:20 9. Until It Was Gone…2:14 10. Sure, I Could Say…3:20 11. (Not Just Another) Face in the Crowd…3:30
All songs written by Jay Allan Schnekenburger
Visit Jay online here and here.
Artist: Wendy Jenkins Release: Self Titled Format: Vinyl LP Genre: Country and Western Year: 1983
Notes: The CD contains a mix of original music and covers.
At age 21, Wendy is lucky to live two good lives as one. By day, she works as a quality control technician after graduating with honors from Ridgetown College. By night, she is a country singer with her single “Look out Love” that is in the top 50 of the country and western Charts.
Wendy has also been performing in ‘The Melody Ramblers’ for the past two years. They are a popular local country band that originally formed in 1953. The new album was recorded in Nashville and Toronto.
Tracks: 01. He’s Cheatin’ On Me 02. One Big Happy Family 03. Walk Softly When You Go 04. (Just) Two Lonely People 05. Look Out Love 06. Turn The Light On 07. Rivers Of My Mind 08. I Did My Best (not to love him) 09. Blame It On The Rain 10. It’s Not Me
Musician: Rene Brosseau Year: 2009 Home: Chatham-Kent Ontario Instrument: Pedal steel and slide guitar Style: Country Music
pictures from Sept. 11th. 2009
Rene Brosseau performs with 2008 New Male Vocalist in Canada Gord Bamford. His hit songs include “POSTCARD FROM PASADENA”, “BLAME IT ON THAT RED DRESS”,” LITTLE GUY,” “DRINKIN’ BUDDY” & “WENT FOR 1 BUT STAYED ‘TILL 2”.
Rene is a world class pedal steel and slide guitar player who chooses to keep Chatham as his home. He has played with many international acts and continues to be called upon by high profile groups that come through Canada.
Band: The Jubilaires Year: 2007 Home: Chatham Kent Area
Members:
Oscar Demers – Pedal Steel, Guitar
Ray Trahan – Drums
Ray Myers – Rhythm guitar, Vocal
Roland Myers – Bass, Vocal
Roland Lozon – Lead guitar, Fiddle
The group has a long and rich history in this community. The Jubilaires disbanded years ago with a new formation coming as the Jubilaires II. These pictures are from the induction of Oscar Demers into the Grande Pointe “Hall Of Fame” in 2007.
NASHVILLE STORM & FORTY BELOW Type: Cover band Home: Chatham Kent Year: 2009
Nashville Storm & Forty Below, performing a mix of new and old country, 50′s & 60′s music and classic rock.
Members:
Lead vocals / acoustic: Paul Larocque/Nashville Storm.
Lead Guitar/vocals: Chris Bird Drums/vocals: Adam Danielski Bass/vocals: Tammy Jones
Notes: Tammy has played with many different talents, such as Mark Lindsey, Rene’ Comeau, Tim Dee, Ken Ramsden, Frank Yankovitch, Greg Mankiss,Dale Revard,Chris Bird and Chuck Fitzgerald to name a few along with many known great drummers.
Some of the bands she played with were Shenendoah,at the age of 18 which was her Mothers band, Kanyon, The Continentals, Marquis, Crooked River Band, Tempist, No Conditions,JRB TRIO,Slip n Out, 40 Below, and XSTATIC!!! Catch them here: http://www.myspace.com/nashvillestorm , http://www.nashvillestormnet.com/ ,
Artists: The Laws Releases: Ride It Out Year: 2007 Connection: John Law was born in Chatham Ontario.
John Law – vocals, guitar, mandolin
Michele Law – vocals, bass
Note: Recorded in Nashville with producer Regie Hamm. The Laws trademark “tight-as-a-glove” harmony singing is highlighted throughout the 11 songs.
…..Cut to 2007, and John and Michele are not only husband and wife but are also partners in music, performing as The Laws and getting ready to make a strong move for greater recognition in the Americana ranks in this country behind a typically ambitious touring schedule (200-plus nights a year on the road) and a stirring new album for their own label, JML Music, titled Ride It Out. The duo’s fifth long player, Ride It Out is noticeably lacking any false notes in its compelling original songs, empathetic musicianship and emotionally charged vocal performances.
Recorded in Nashville with producer/writer Regie Hamm, and co-written with some of Music City’s top tunesmiths, Ride It Out showcases all the Laws’ strengths. Stylistically its songs range far and wide within a roots framework. Smooth country folk powers the album opening “Am I Still the One”; “Put Some Love Into It” is a jazz -tinged frolic keyed by Michele’s saucy vocal; the guitar-mandolin instrumental “Texacadia” is a Nickel Creek-style display of assured, hot pickin’; the classic country-tinged “Too Lonesome to Cry” features lyrics as simple, direct and devastating as the Steve Earle of “Valentine’s Day” and “Hometown Blues”; and, to close things out, “Getting Over You” is a bopping little folk-flavored ditty that evinces an ironic, Steve Goodman-like sense of the absurd in its account of someone doing everything but getting over a lost love. Vocally, Michele ranges from a soothing, plaintive, Emmylou Harris-like harmony (“Am I Still the One”) to assertive, Martina McBride-style belting (“Getting Over You”), whereas John’s rich, nasally tenor bears some semblance to that of the estimable Texas craftsman and New Traditionalist pioneer Radney Foster. And despite the presence of a few other players on the album, Ride It Out has the intimate feel of a Laws stage show, where the only sounds come from the duo’s voices and instruments.
John and Michele, who have become accustomed to living in their van (in fact, their personal possessions are in storage in Canada; they are, in essence, homeless), have made a commitment of sorts by putting down roots in Nashville, where they have rented an apartment and have signed a publishing deal with SWITR, Inc.
Not least of the Laws’ selling points is their acumen in the kitchen. They published a cookbook and have appeared on numerous cooking shows through the years, generating almost as much press for their culinary skills as for their music. They also offer shows that are part cooking workshop, part musical performance. This sprang from their determination to eat healthy while touring constantly.
Cooking or music? Music or cooking? At one point that might have been a tossup. Now, however, with the assured, resonant performances on exhibit on Ride It Out, it appears the Laws are really ready to start cooking. But not in the kitchen
Artist: Cassandra Vasik Also known as Cassandra Leigh Release: 1993 – Feels Like Home Genre: Country / Pop Home : Blenheim Ontario Canada
Cassandra Vasik is a Canadian country singer/songwriter from Blenheim, Ontario. Signed to Epic Records between 1990 and 2000, she released three studio albums for the label. In that same time span, she charted eleven singles on the Canadian country charts.
Winner of two Juno Awards.
Her second album fuses a traditional sound — like the Patsy Cline-ish opener “Sadly Mistaken” — with a modern and somewhat mysterious edge and look. The best songs feature an organic blend of acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, pedal steel and harmonica. Unfortunately, several others, including the lush, monster ballad “Almost Like You Cared,” resort to that dreaded synth-strings crutch. Still, every nuance of Vasik’s delivery suggests “contemporary woman,” sensitive and introspective but also self-assured and firmly in control of her own destiny. ~ Roch Parisien, All Music Guide.
All fourteen songs were written by Tim Thorney and Erica Ehm (with an assist by Ms. Vasik on several) who also produced the album. Erica Ehm was making a name for herself as MuchMusic’s (and Canada’s) first female VJ.
Highlights include Fortune Smiled On Me, a duet with Russell De Carle who was the lead singer of Canadian Country band, Prairie Oyster, Stand Your Ground, a fiddle-drenched two stepper and Lavender Hill, a beautiful waltz.
Tracks 1. Sadly Mistaken
2. Fortune Smiled On Me
3. The Man I Never Knew
4. Stand Your Ground
5. Almost Like You Cared
6. Lavender Hill
7. Afraid To Drive
8. She Talks
9. Roll Like A Wheel
10. As Far As The Story Goes
11. Sometimes A Harbour
12. The Parade
13. I Can Forgive But I Can’t Forget
14. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Note: This year (1993) Cassandra returned from a tour that entertained U.S. troops in Germany, France, Israel, Egypt and more.
Cassandra Vasik – 1993 – Feels Like Home – CD Preview.
Artist:Jesse Verleye Home: Chatham Year: 2009 Previous Bands: The Janet Theory, Dead Girls Union, Foster Child, C.O.I.,
In 2009, Jesse formed a top 40 cover band calledFace For Radio. Along side his strong local rock roots as a singer & bassist, he has been dabbling with Country music and a love for other genres. This year he recorded a few home demos that were very much country songs. He also was involved in writing and performing on many songs for all the Demo Kid Home Demo Volume CD’s released from 2007-2011.
In 2011, Jesse began to focus on writing again with a new found passion for music brought on by the likes of “The Band of Horses” & the indie acoustic/ revived modern folk scene. This led to forming a tribute band to them (B.O.H.) which performed many shows through 2011. The group is called ‘Infinite Arms‘.
You can view a few of his home demos & collabs below.
Song: Drink (The Summer Song)
Home demo recording. Written by Jesse Verleye Arranged by Jesse V & Shawn B.
Performed by Jesse Verleye – Vocals
Rene Brosseau – Pedal Steel (He was a member of the Melody Ramblers from 1979 to 1995)
Dan Beaulieu – Lead electric guitar licks
Shawn Beaulieu – Acoustic & Electric guitar, drums, bass, percussion, keyboards. harmonica. Engineered and mixedby Shawn B
Jesse’s Discography: 2009 – Demo Kid – (Purple)
2007 – Demo Kid – (Blue)
2005 – Dead Girls Union – E.P.
2004 – Compilation – From The Underground (USA Release)
2004 – Compilation – Winter Rose (Canada Release)
2003 – Janet Theory – Sacriluscious
2001 – Janet Theory – Elastic Friend
1999 – Janet Theory – Shoot Me Down
1997 – Janet Theory – Studio Out Takes
1995 – Foster Child – Self Titled CD
1991 – Foster Child – Demo Cass.
1991 – C.O.I. ( Conflict Of Interest ) – Dead Wrong
Artist: Sylvia Tyson Release: The Very Best of Sylvia Tyson Date: 2001 Label: Varese Sarabande Sylvia is from Chatham. Born Sylvia Fricker.
1. You Were on My Mind 2. I Walk These Rails 3. River Road 4. Pepere’s Mill – (with Lucille Star) 5. Driftwood 6. Gypsy Cadillac 7. Sound of One Heart Breaking, The 8. Denim Blue Eyes 9. Walking on the Moon 10. Night the Chinese Restaurant Burned Down, The
11. Diamond Love 12. Spring of ’45 – (with Quartette) 13. Bitter Pride 14. So Quiet Now 15. Sleep on My Shoulder 16. Blind Fiddler’s Waltz, The 17. Last Call 18. Sentinel Crow – (with Quartette)
Album notes
Personnel includes: Sylvia Tyson (vocals, autoharp, tambourine); Albert Lee (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin); Andrew Hardin (acoustic & electric guitars, percussion); Rick Whitlaw (acoustic & electric guitars); Danny Greenspan (acoustic guitar, dobro); Nathan Tinkham (acoustic guitar); Fats Kaplan (pedal steel guitar, dobro, fiddle, accordion); Mike Holder (pedal steel guitar); Don Rooke (dobro); Dan Whiteley (mandolin); Oliver Schroer (fiddle); Chris Whiteley (harmonica); Gary Breit (piano, keyboards); John Sheard (piano, synthesizer); Victor Bateman (acoustic & electric basses); Denis Pendrith (bass); Bucky Berger (drums, percussion, tambourine); Randall Coryell (percussion); Colleen Peterson (background vocals).
Producers include: Sylvia Tyson, Tom Russell, Danny Greenspoon.
Compilation producers: Cary E. Marshall, Saul Davis, Sylvia Tyson.
Includes liner notes by Bill DeYoung.
Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch (DigiPrep, Hollywood, California).
Listen or buy here.
Artist: Ian And Sylvia Release: Full Circle Date: 1969 Sylvia is from Chatham. Born Sylvia Fricker.
Ian and Sylvia originally traveled to Nashville in 1968 with the intention of recording with some of the best session musicians that could be found in one place. Whether acoustic or electrified, Music City has always been notable for the quantity of talented musicians that make Greater Nashville their home. Not surprisingly considering their own rural roots, Ian and Sylvia quickly became caught up in the new sounds coming out of north-central Tennessee. The “Nashville Sound” itself—characterized by a heavy use of “strings” as backup—permeated commercial country music during the 1960s, one of its chief promoters being RCA-producer Chet Atkins. While finishing up their recording commitment to Vanguard with 1968′s country-jazz fusion entitled Nashville, Ian and Sylvia incorporated some of these country influences into a new stage show, put together a country band dubbed the Great Speckled Bird, and began touring in 1969. The two albums they would later record for Capitol—Full Circle and Ian and Sylvia—each showcased the duo’s avant garde country western repertoire.
Artist: Ian And Sylvia Release: Nashville Date: 1968 Sylvia is from Chatham. Born Sylvia Fricker.
Recorded in Nashville in 1968, and released the same year on Vanguard, this album from the Canadian folk duo Ian & Sylvia Tyson includes a cover of the Danko/Dylan classic “This Wheel’s on Fire”. Their version is also available on CD, e.g. on the 2002 compilation IAn & Sylvia: The Complete Vanguard Recordings (Vanguard 4VCD 196).
Sylvia Fricker was born on September 19, 1940, in Chatham, Ontario. Her mother was a music teacher and the organist and choir leader in their church; her father was employed in the appliance section of a large department shore. after graduating from high school, she worked for a jeweler in her hometown but, unhappy with the direction her life was taking, began venturing up to Toronto on weekends. She had always enjoyed music, particularly the folk idiom, so she decided to pursue a career as a professional singer. After a year of traveling back and forth to Toronto, she quit her job and moved. She first met Ian while both were performing at a local spot called the Village Corner Club. They formed their music partnership early in 1959 and, in 1964, their personal lives were joined by marriage.
Despite their production of five more albums in the next few year, Ian & Sylvia were uncertain in which direction to take their music. After deciding to utilize Nashville’s top-notch musicians by recording in Music City, they realized their commitment to country music — which came as no great surprise, for their musical roots were in country. Although some “people really got uptight,” explains Tyson, “when we made the transition to country music,” they have never regretted their choice. Out of the Nashville venture came another album for Vanguard, a subsequent LP on the MGM label, and the formation of a country band called the Great Speckled Bird.
(musicamericana.com) Tracks: 1. Mighty Quinn 2. Wheels On Fire 3. Farewell To The North 4. Taking Care Of Business 5. Southern Comfort 6. Ballad Of The Ugly Man 7. Ninety Degrees X Ninety Degrees 8. She’Ll Be Gone 9. London Life 10. Renegade 11. House Of Cards
Artist: Ian And Sylvia Release: Early Mornin’ Rain Date: 1965 Label: Vanguard Records Sylvia is from Chatham. Born Sylvia Fricker.
Their fourth album, Early Morning Rain, consisted in large part of contemporary compositions. They introduced the work of fellow Canadian songwriter and performer Gordon Lightfoot through the title song as well a cover version of “For Loving Me”. They also covered “Darcy Farrow” by Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell, being the first artists to cover these three songs. Additionally, they recorded a number of their own compositions.
Tracks:
1. Come In Stranger
2. Early Morning Rain
3. Nancy Whiskey
4. Awake Ye Drousy Sleepers
5. Marlborough Street Blues
6. Darcy Farrow
7. Travelling Drummer
8. Maude’s Bluese
9. Red Velvet
10. I’Ll Bid My Heart Be Stil
11. For Lovin’ Mee
12. Song For Canada
Artist: MICHELLE WRIGHT Style: Country Home: Tennessee Raised: Chatham Kent Year: 2009
Catch Michelle live this summer Saturday, August 8th Comber Fair [Full Band] Comber, ON
From her official online bio.
Since her 1990 Arista/Nashville self-titled debut CD, Michelle Wright has been drawing rave reviews for her powerful voice and her distinctive style. Over the subsequent 15 years, she has sold nearly 2 million albums in the United States and Canada and enjoyed an international career, one that has seen her grace concert stages across North America and appear in Europe, Africa, South America, Australia and Asia. Michelle has amassed a total of twenty-five Top Ten hits in her homeland of Canada and walked to podiums in music centers like Los Angeles and Toronto to accept more than 30 major awards. She is the first Canadian-born artist in the modern era of country music to have a Top Ten hit in America (Take It Like A Man, 1992) and a Number One video on CMT-USA (Take It Like A Man, 1992), and to win a major U.S. music industry award (Academy of Country Music Top New Female Artist, 1993
From her professional beginnings as a teenager to the present day, Michelle has steadily grown into an entertainer of the highest rank and has collected a trophy room full of awards to prove it. Her career is such that opportunity continually blesses her. Highlights of her recent touring calendar include her first Australian concerts in 2004, a trip to Afghanistan in 2006 to perform for the Canadian and NATO troops serving there, and an annual Christmas tour (I’m Dreaming of a Wright Christmas, now in its fifth year) that is fast becoming a North American seasonal tradition. Michelle’s songwriting activity continues to grow: she signed her first writer’s deal with BMG Music Publishing in Los Angeles in 2001; that same year she received her first songwriting award (presented by SOCAN to mark the multi-format Canadian success of her single, I Surrender); and since then she has co-written many of her recent hits. The new decade has seen three new CDs from Michelle generating more sales and more hits: SHUT UP AND KISS ME, released by Sony/BMG in June, 2002; her first Christmas album, A WRIGHT CHRISTMAS, released in Canada on Icon Records in October, 2005 and around the rest of the world on Savannah Music in November, 2008; and her first full album of country material in ten years, EVERYTHING AND MORE, released in Canada on Icon Records in July, 2006 and around the rest of the world on Savannah Music in early 2008. Michelle has also begun to establish herself as a radio personality, launching her first syndicated radio show, The Women of Country with Michelle Wright, in April, 2005, and as an author, releasing her first book, A Year In The Life: The Journals of Michelle Wright, in May, 2005.
These days, Michelle is happy, enjoying her career and her home in Tennessee. Since marrying Marco Convertino in April, 2002 (the first marriage for both), her personal life is as satisfying as her professional career, and the future continues to look unquestionably “Wright.”
Artists: Ghost Town Minstrels Home: Chatham Ontario/ Vancouver BC Style: Folk/Country/Western Band: Po Kadot – Guitar, vocals, banjo, drums etc….
D Trevlon – Guitar, Vocals, Banjo, Bass stc…. Year: 2006 era
Biography
Lock up your daughters and grease up your goats, because a couple o’ ol’ timey gypsy bandits are staggering yr way! Wanted posters and dime-store novellas tell of two handsome fellers by the names o’ D. Trevlon and Po Kadot (he, of Square Root of Margaret infamy). But, when these peach eatin’, spaghetti western watchin’, dustbowl architects get together, they’re called the Ghost-Town Minstrels.
You might may be ‘xpectin’ just another night at the local waterin’ hole, but then these fellers stroll in, acoustic guitars in hand. For a dollar and a drink, these glorious b_stards will sing you harmonies so purty, and play ditties so haunting…this music has been known to charm the long-johns off a mountain man whose been standing all day long, knee deep in gopher guts!
Once the music starts, well…that’s when the magic and mayhem begins. Men-folk are so taken by the tunes, they start to drinkin’ faster, and buyin’ shots for their neighbors! They don’t right off notice how the ladies have gotten to loosening their garments. Even so, loose garments won’t put a stop to the female sweatin’ that takes place at a Ghost-Town Minstrels show! The men-folk get drunker, and the wimmin-folk get looser. Blind beggars’ dogs start to humpin’ on barstools. Next thing ya know, their’s drinkin’, dancin’ fightin’, fussin, – all sorts of goin’s on! And if you find yourself wakin’ up at the crack o’ noon, next to some gap-toothed stranger (that you might not otherwise touch with a ten foot pole)…well then, that sweet melody dancin’ in the fog of your liqour-dented skull has been brought to you courtesy o’ the Ghost-Town Minstrels. Ask for them by name.
Po is best known for his work fronting Square Root Of Margaret
Artist: CHRIS HART Release: Lonesome Blood Date: 2000 Home: From Chatham, moved to London
Musicians: Chris Hart – acoustic guitar and vocals
Dan Brodbeck – electric guitar and backing vocals
Joel Parkins – electric guitar
Shaun Sanders – electric guitar and acoustic
Jerry Fletcher – pedal steel
Mike Bonnell – hammond b3, wurlitzer and piano
Casey Peavoy – harmonica
Jeff Fountain – bass
Ted Peacock – drums
Tracks Shoot Me To Sleep, Lonesome Blood, Dirt Beneath Your Feet, Drifting Away, Dead Savannah, The Simple Truth, The Perfect Ending, Wish I Could Turn Around, Eternally Blue
Digitally recorded At DB Studios in London, Ontario, Canada
Engineered and mixed By Dan Brodbeck at DB Studios
Artist: Steve Shearer Home: London Release: A Pocket Of Songs Date: 1998
All songs written and performed by Steve C. Shearer.
1. A Pocket Of Songs And A Beat Up Guitar
2. Spaceships And Aliens
3. Destiny
4. Not All That Long Ago
5. Cradle To The Grave
6. A Dream Come True
7. Learning How To Fly
8. The Ballad Of Gord And Irene
9. The Last Invitation
10. The Old Folks Memorial Hall
11. Here’s Mud In Your Eye
12. Recklessly Romantic And Hopelessly In Love
13. I Never Thought I’d Be Caught Dead Falling In Love Again
14. Going Down The Road
15. Until We Meet Again
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