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Then she stepped forward and said, that even though we got third, we were really, really good Then she made a prediction: that in one years time we would be top band in the city. The Canadian Downbeats topped the bill with the Shandermen, Boleros, Rhodesmen, Andantes, and the Tracers as well as Go-Go girls. Recorded: 1970, Don Edwards basement, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Their recently released double-sided record, entitled Lady, written by Gerry Schlegel, and Todays Fool, written by Fred Taylor, hasnt exactly skyrocketed to the top ten of the charts, although Gary said We cut the record for experience and not for a million seller. He said that although Todays Fool was originally supposed to be the A side, Lady is more our style and seems to be catching on quicker. The record was recorded in the Termar and Chess Studio in Chicago in August and took about five hours to complete. I believe the console was a 1950s era United Audio desk with big, black, Bakelite rotary faders and a military-style patch bay with braided cables and tandem phone-jacks. In addition they composed and performed a respectable amount of original material. Oh well, thats what happened with all that weak American beer we bought. Date Location Venue; February 14, 1975: Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Theatre Auditorium: February 15, 1975: Owen Sound, Ontario: Unknown Venue A very entertaining, if somewhat rambling read. A moment and she said Joe was in his office, we said wed be right over His wife was short and pretty with a black bob cut, no accent, and there was the presence of a baby in the house. They started taking trumpet lessons at ages 8 and 6 respectively. He was on one hand a mainstream businessman and yet he liked to support local artists and musicians. Rush Concert Setlist at Trianon Ballroom, Regina on June 18, 1975 Born (1946) to Helen & Ernie Statham, Ray was a bit of a musical prodigy. Finally, they stood out because of their preppy appearance. Why? Perry had set up a relationship with Edmontons Rayal Talent Agency to supply rock bands, and the first month and a half saw appearances by Us Incorporated, Willie & The Walkers, Tangerine Soul, Skeleton Key, and Sons of Adam. Let me just say that the Trianon in about 1961-62 one could dance to Gene Dloughy and his Canadians was it? I adopted the drum solo off of Sandy Nelsons Let There Be Drums (he has been credited with turning the drums into a solo instrument), and called my solo the same. We didnt draw much of a crowd so the club manager let us go, but paid us in full for the week. [1] Designed by renowned theater architects Rapp & Rapp, it was owned . The Chevrons were running out of steam by the Autumn of 1967 and, just in the nick of time, Deutscher received an offer to join the Dynamics his boyhood heroes when guitarist Jimmy Mann decided to bow out and manage the band Confederation. Phew, we had that taken care of. A tap had been turned on, and it has actually never stopped. They allowed their hair to grow long, and the suits and ties gave way to apache ties, shirts with puffy sleeves, and fur vests. They are a group of five teenagers four of them are high school students and the fifth worksGary Montague, an 18-year old Sheldon Williams Collegiate student is the mastermind behind the group. Terry was a real fan of the group. In June of 1965 with the end of the school year, Bettinson left the band when he moved with his family to Ontario. Promotion started early: Don Niedermayer, Leader Post correspondent for the University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus started his November 1st Campus Roundup column: The Vanilla Fudge will be performing two shows in Regina on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Daryl Gutheil became aware of them at this time. Numbering 1,200 hundred members representing students from every high school in Regina, there were 56 individual clubs in 1966 each with an adult advisor. Their activities usually thought up by themselves were meant to teach them responsibility in a fun way and keep them occupied with positive things to do: visiting senior citizens homes, raising money to put television sets in hospital rooms, assisting service clubs, organizing a weekly teen dance at the Y, and so on. They did not, as remembered, play every night. The 1967 season opened in mid-May. It was shift work and long hours, and crappy wages, so I finally quit. As for most Regina musicians of the 1960s, their first glimpse of musical possibilities came courtesy of the RLJB. While there, they jammed with Jose Feliciano. I had a few more months of high school before graduation, but come summertime we were full time players. So we introduced ourselves by letting them have it; I think we were enthusiastically received and adopted as the hometown band for the summer. Stan and Peaker on the other hand wanted to stay in Quebec, and so the band split. He was not outwardly nervous at all while we were setting up he would be a just kind of still cool under pressure guy, from what I remember. Most of the drawings were done in pen and ink with a separate overlay for an additional colour. Title proper. Owned by the Abdullah Brothers, it was not only a restaurant, but a general entertainment facility. Not only did he not do his homework (we had joined the union), he had signed a legal agreement which he then couldnt lie about, and which could be enforced. One of these unknowns was Bob Dylan, with whom Popovichi played guitar. The Leader-Post mentioned their short, but sweet set (repeated several times over several performances) on Page 1: Singer Bobby Goldsboro, a grandstand entertainer until the end of the week made his first Regina appearance and was a big hit. I payed him an agreed $25 a song on the spot and a handshake. Blues No. The son of a banjo, violin, piano, guitar and harmonica player and sister of a CKCK radio singer, his first public performance was singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on CKCK at the age of five. It is strictly prohibited to republish, reproduce, redistribute, or profit from the content found herein. On the saxophone is 18-year-old Bill Amon and playing the organ is John Griffin, also 18. One of the bands all-time favorite places to play on the tour was The Rathskeller in Coeur dAlene. In 1963 however he heard the siren call of rock and roll and formed The Chevrons already alluded to. He would do a roll on his drums and proceed to fall of his stool. Bryant was usually more visible on stage than at the door. The high school council were determined to stage a Beatles concert and used whatever students could play an instrument and were brave enough to do so in public. We were told we were being given a white engineer, the reason why never occurred to us, initially of course. At one point, in People Get Ready, the Fudge changed mood. Montague: Todays Fool, which had the better melody and title, went A side. While they gave a good show, their hearts were not in it. Nice chapswe snapped pictures. He explains they were already quite professional for their ages: Actually, being Regina Junior Band A Band alumni, Donnie, Daryl, Kenny and I were experienced contestants in both concert and marching band competitions. I liked his voice. (Kenny you silly bugger.) The guys were quiet about it, but the general feeling was made known. Get the Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Setlist of the concert at Trianon Ballroom, Regina, SK, Canada on June 29, 1954 and other Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Setlists for free on setlist.fm! Lurking in the back of my mind was the fancy to march in a parade, and a drum may have been part of that because drums are the most visual of instruments. Most of the bands were doing a lot of the same tunes Top 40 hits of the day it was just a question of who did a more convincing rendition. But the name had a different presence to it.So Andantes it was. The Fudge will perform one hour in each of their two stints, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 pm. This CD has some of the music from three nights of the orchestra's stand during July of 1954, culled from . The station capitalized on this seemingly kooky stunt and followed it up with promos and a recording by the Chevrons, local group, called The Kidnapped Johnny Onn. The show started rather inauspiciously. And they were all sophisticated players. But it was a piece. What drummer have you heard play a solo act? [actually CKOS the CBC affiliate] It was probably on the way to some booked gig somewhere in the general vicinity on the planet. He had no time to be running around city and country with a bunch of wildly energetic troubadours. The recording session on August 16th passed quickly no more than four hours, even though there were numerous overdubs. Into this healthy atmosphere, The Andantes saga begins with two Regina-based brothers, Don (born 1949) and Daryl (born 1951) Gutheil. At Lucianos Bar in Lodi, N.J. they traded sets with the Ink Spots, and at the Inferno in Buffalo, N.Y. they backed up Bobby Hebb. The citys size, mix of people, history, class system, and especially its energy was unlike anything any of them had experienced before. The largest attendance ever recorded in the Trianon (1,700 fans) was for the Six Fat Dutchmen. Unless You Care featured a prominent 12 string guitar and Deutscher did not have one. Jun, 1975 1975 19 Jun. Gary, the leader, plays the drums while Don strums the bass guitar. That autumn saw a number of impressive touring acts stop in Regina. However, cymbals move particularly when theyre crashed. The kidnappers, all girls, threw a bag over Johnnys head and dragged him off in a waiting car. Spinning Wheel (D.C. Thomas) They asked meand Confederation I think was just ending. It got a lot of airplay because they created a contest to name the song. Don, Daryl and Ken Leonard wrote two songs on the spot Oh Baby and Ive Got a Secret and recorded them as live 2-track demos in the radio studio. He was very honest with two songs we might be interested in. Both his looks and charisma were assets. Victor Aloysius Meyers - Wikipedia I was stunned . I thought his guitar playing was brilliant. However it was converted in a very few years to a fabulous meeting place for the young and the young at heart by its operators.predominantly patronized by area college students and skiers during the winter, it maintains its popularity through the summer with sportsmen of every kind. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Recalls Young: They [Andantes] were a great group what you might call blue-eyed soul mixed in with bubblegum (not meant in a derogatory sense). Local music fans were buzzed in September both Gordon Lightfoot, and then Eric Burdon and the Animals appeared. Cmon, get Daryl in the band, he can cut it No, hes too young I think Don wanted me in, he knew I could cut it musically, but it was majority rule.. Under the direction of Sister Mary Bertrand, the group performed songs like The Happy Wanderer and If I Had a Hammer. They even issued an LP as The Melody Lad Graduates in 1966, recorded in Earl Browns studio and released on his Soundaround label. miraculous drumming. Copyright 2023 It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Click here and subscibe to our newsletter! On his own, Grainger started a prolific writing period, originally influenced by the British Invasion bands notably the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Procol Harum and the Zombies. Twenty Nine One Nighters (B. Deutscher) It is an uptempo pop song about a slightly defensive young man who, after considerable turmoil in his relationship with an independent girl, feels once again secure in her loyalty. It opened for business in December 1967 in the River Heights Shopping Centre. We prided ourselves on doing pretty good harmonies, but when we finally did see the Andantes, they were doing four-part harmonies, and it was real obvious why all the fuss. They realized they wanted to keep the Andantes going, which meant recruiting a new drummer. It was good for both musicians and audiences not so good for the Andantes. He liked it and proceeded to publish it with his Warrior Tunes, thus my becoming a writer affiliate with the performing rights agency BMI.. The earliest remembered demo session from 1968 was for two songs Tables Turning and the dramatically-titled Night of a Thousand Drums. As Grainger recalls a local guy named Wayne Allen moved his studio equipment into my basement to get [them] on tape. Intrepid we were. The band played Top 40 material Beatles, Hollies, Beach Boys, Yardbirds and Rolling Stones. Twenty Nine One Nighters version 2 (B. Deutscher) With their business affairs now being handled by someone they trusted, the band concentrated on growing and improving musically. Trained as a child violinist, he took up guitar in Grade 8. THE RUSH CHRONOLOGY is available at:. An indication that the youth market was considered of growing importance was their recruitment of disc jockey J. Robert Wood. They were all great guys. . The Andantes would never reconvene. If it isnt one the teeney-boppers like, then survival in the dog-eat-dog world of wax can be a treacherous experiencetake The Confederation for instance. The trip would be a waste of time and money, and their reputation would undoubtedly take a hit. The repertoire was varied. I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know (A. Kooper) We noticed a parked limo. One agent came out to hear us in Regina and there we struck up a friendship with Shelly Seigel who would later found Mushroom Records. From 1932 on, it was run by the Sneath family, first Isaac and then his son Ross.