Some Canadian Artists

Mel Shaw ~ 82 ~ 1950's Regina Rock & Roll singer and later manager & producer for the Stampeders

MEL SHAW ~ "MEAN LOVER";


R Dean Taylor ~ 82 ~ Canadian singer/songwriter/producer from the 1960's & 70's solo ("At The Highschool Dance", "There's A Ghost In My House", "Indiana Want's Me") and as part of Motown's The Clan studio team

R DEAN TAYLOR ~ "THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE";


R DEAN TAYLOR ~ "INDIANA WANTS ME";



Susan Jacks - 73 - Canadian singer-songwriter (The Poppy Family) and record producer

THE POPPY FAMILY;


THE POPPY FAMILY ~ "HAPPY TOGETHER";


THE POPPY FAMILY ~ "WHICH WAY YOU GOING BILLY";


Walter Rossi - 74 - Italian-Canadian guitarist w/1960's Toronto band Luke & The Apostles

LUKE & THE APSOTLES ~ "GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL" & "I AIN'T GOT YOU";


LUKE & THE APOSTLES ~ "OH YEAH";



Mike Harrison ~ 60's ~ Toronto bassist w/1970's Blues/Rock bands Grant Smith & The Power and McKenna-Mendelson Mainline

McKENNA-MENDELSON MAINLINE ~ "OUR HOME & NATIVE LAND";


GRANT SMITH & THE POWER ~ "KEEP ON RUNNING";



John McGale - 66 - Musician and singer with Canadian 1970's Prog Rock band Offenbach

OFFENBACH ~ "AYOYE";


OFFENBACH ~ "CALINE DE BLUES";


Jerry Doucette - 70 - Canadian 1970's singer/guitarist w/The Seeds Of Time, Brutus, The Reefers, Rocket Norton and Doucette ("Mama Let Him Play")

THE SEEDS OF TIME ~ "KALEIDESCOPE";


THE SEEDS OF TIME ~ "MY HOMETOWN";


THE SEEDS OF TIME ~ "CRYIING THE BLUES";


DOUCETTE ~ "RUN BUDDY RUN";


DOUCETTE ~ "MAMA LET HIM PLAY";


DOUCETTE ~ "DANGER ZONE";



Jake Heibert (AKA Big Rude Jake) ~ 58 ~ Toronto Jazz/Swing/Rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitarist

BIG RUDE JAKE ~ "QUEER FOR CAT";


BIG RUDE JAKE ~ "SWING BABY";


BIG RUDE JAKE & TENNESSEE VOODOO COUP ~ "ONE HAND LOOSE";


Harpdog Brown ~ 70's ~ B.C. Blues singer & harpist

HARPDOG BROWN ~ "ONE STEP FORWARD";


HARPDOG BROWN ~ "REEFER LOVIN BABY";



JOHN T DAVIS ~ "SUMMERTIME":


Shirley Eikhard - 67 - Award winning New Brunswick singer/songwriter ("Something To Talk About", covered by Bonnie Rait)

SHIRLEY EIKHARD - "SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT";


Kody Chiason ~ 37 ~ Singer/Guitarist/Banjoist w/PEI Folk band the East Pointers

THE EAST POINTERS ~ "ELMIRA";


THE EAST POINTERS ~ "WINTERGREEN";


Bill Bourne ~ 68 ~ Alberta Folk singer with Tri-Continetal and solo

TRI-CONTINENTAL ~ "WALKIN BLUES";


BILL BOURNE ~ "WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN";


Harry Bryan - 60's - Toronto singer guitarist with 1970's Folk Rock band Cherri and solo

CHERRI ~ "OF THE COUNTRY";


HARRY BRYAN ~ "RIDE THE WIND";



Bob Yeomans ~ 72 ~ Sualt St Marie singer/songwriter w/1970's band Jackson Hawke ("You Can't Dance")

JACKSON HAWKE ~ "YOU CAN DANCE";


Karl Tremblay - 47 - French Canadian Folk singer (Les Cowboys Fringants)

LES COWBOYS FRINGANTS ~ "L'AMERIQUE PLEUR";


Vince Fontaine ~ 60 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1990's Canadian Aborigninal Rock bands Eagle & Hawk, Indian City

EAGLE & HAWK ~ "RUNNING WITH THE HAWK";


Ella Medakovic ~ 21 ~ Hamilton, Ontario singer

ELLA MEDAKOVIC ~ "JACK & BLOW";


Mike "Scooter" Unger ~ 50's ~ Toronto guitarist, bassist, singer & sound tech

MIKE UNGER;


Diana McIntosh ~ 83 ~ Manitoba Avant Garde pianist, composer and sound artist

DIANA McINTOSH ~ "USER FRIENDLY";

Some 1970's & 80's R&B and Jazz Figures

Jerry Lawson ~ 75 ~ American singer with Doo-Wop group the Persuasions from the late sixties onward

THE PERSUASIONS ~ "UP ON THE ROOF";


THE PERSUASIONS ~ "DOO WOP MEDLEY";


Art Neville - 81 - New Orleans singer-songwriter and keyboardist w/The Meters & The Neville Brothers

THE NEVILLE BROS ~ "FLY LIKE AN EAGLE";


THE NEVILLE BROS ~ "EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL";


Frankie Smith ~ 66 ~ American 1980's funk and R&B musician "Double Dutch Bus"

FRANKIE SMITH ~ "DOUBLE DUTCH BUS";



Lonnie Simmons ~ 70s ~ American record producer, founder of Total Experience Records (The Gap Band)

THE GAP BAND ~ "YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME"



Chuck Barksale ~ Singer with vocal group the Dells;

THE DELLS ~ "WICHITA LINEMAN";


THE DELLS ~ "OH WHAT A NIGHT";


Willie Ford ~ Singer with the Dramatics;

THE DRAMATICS ~ "IN THE RAIN";


THE DRAMATICS ~ "WHATCHA SEE IS WHAT YOUNG GET";


John Gary Williams ~ Singer with the Mad Lads;

THE MAD LADS ~ "COME CLOSER TO ME";



James Ingram ~ 66 ~ American 1980's Grammy winning R&B singer-songwriter ("Baby, Come to Me", "I Don't Have the Heart", "Yah Mo B There")


JAMES INGRAM & LINDA RONSTADT ~ "SOMEWHERE OUT THERE";



Harold Mabern ~ 83 ~ American jazz pianist and composer solo and with Roland Kirk, the Jazztet, George Coleman, Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Jackie McLean, Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine, George Benson, Tiny Grimes

GEORGE COLEMAN OCTET w/ HAROLD MABERN ~ "WALTZING WESTWARD"


Edwin Birdsong ~ 77 ~ American 1970's & 80's funk keyboardist

EDWIN BIRDSONG ~ "NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON";



Joseph Jarman ~ 81 ~ American Jazz sax and clarinetist with the Art Ensemble of Chicago;

THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO & CECIL TAYLOR;



Jack Sheldon; Jazz trumpeter w/Stan Kenton, Art Pepper and Gerry Mulligan and the voice of the "Schoolhouse Rocks" toons "I'm Just A Bill" and "Conjunction Junction"

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "I'M JUST A BILL";


SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "CONJUNCTION FUNCTION";


Davey Williams - 66 - American avant-garde Jazz guitarist (Curlew) and music critic

CURLEW ~ "ST CROIX";



Irv Williams ~ 100 ~ American Big Band Jazz sax and clarinet player w/Ella Fitzgerald, Fletcher Henderson, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges and as band leader from the 1940's onward

IRV WILLIAMS;


Vic Vogel ~ 84 ~ Hungarian born Montreal Jazz pianist, composer and conductor from the 1960's onward also recorded with Prog-Fusion band Offenbach

OFFENBACH & VIC VOGEL ~ "GEORGIA ON MY MIND";