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We saw Jose the following day and he gave us tickets to his next show, which we attended and met him again backstage exciting stuff for young Regina guys. 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. Pickens/J. It was after recording in Chicago because we lipsynched the A side which would have been Todays Fool. It was arranged by Don Edwards. Sadly they were behind the curve on so many levels. Recorded: 1969, CKCK Studio, Regina They had two albums out by 1968: the self-titled debut and Fusion, and several singles that stubbornly refused to chart such as Its a Monday Kind of Tuesday and Paisley Teddy Bear. Blogger Fred Mills describes the music as a mixture of flower-powery folkrock (watch out though flute alert!) Thank you. Grundy/S. On the contrary they were clean and well-groomed, unfailingly polite, well-spoken, and enthusiastic about their music and audiences. He was known for being a fast double-talker, and so it was difficult to know him intimately. The final two Andante performances took place on New Years Eve at the Kings Hotel in Regain, followed in the first week of 1970 by several nights at Saskatoons Sox & Stockings Rock Palace (formerly the Crypt Coffee House) on Broadway Avenue. I still remember the game we got into with the younger, quiet-by-nature Daryl hanging out the window with the other guys in the back holding his legs, trying to nail the road signs going by with empty cans of American beer. It was managed by three single mothers: Annie McIntyre and her two daughters Jackie George and Lollie Goss. The Fourth Dimension leaned on imported talent: it started January with The Mitchells (Chuck & Joni), then several weeks with the Gnu Foke, followed by Torontonian Michael Sherman, and topped off with Marti Shannon a Saskatonain fresh off the Lets Swing Out television program. Formerly the site of the Trianon Ballroom, a popular dance venue for many decades before its closure and demolition. Recorded: 1969, Grainger basement, Regina Popular music venues in the Queen City in the early 1960s seem to have been rare and short-lived. Many of us at Regina College met at Genes on the Way were his hamburgers cost a bit more but it was a hip place. CBC Radio recorded that show, although according to Don Young, the recording didnt make it to the Saskatchewan archives. Welcome to Trianon. Most of the drawings were done in pen and ink with a separate overlay for an additional colour. He had no time to be running around city and country with a bunch of wildly energetic troubadours. Recalls Montague: I do remember a TV appearance in Yorkton, Sask. Personnel: Don Gutheil, Don Young, Bob Deutscher, Daryl Gutheil Montague had stayed home as much as possible to be with her, and the band played only a handful of gigs between January and May. Lewis was known in our world on the radio for playing piano instrumentals or catchy tunes in party background sounds [such as The In Crowd]. Two representative months of gigs for the band would be October and November 1969. Don Gutheil had another musical cohort in boyhood friend Gary Montague. Recalls Statham: I just remember it being a live telecast and that we wore some snazzy jackets that were all made by David Millers mother. The Chevrons then tried to break into the Montreal music scene. Donny, going the opposite direction behind me out the open front doors, trumpet case in hand to the meet the family ride, caught my attention and indicated something like we should get together and do something else. I nodded. There were only eight channels, as I recall. I cant remember the date or where we did it, but it must have been in the local television studio, no doubt CBC. I can honestly say that the Canadians helped put us in the Million Gallon Club with Lucky Lagerbut we also carried Coors, Rainer, and other varieties of beer. By this point their progress was clear to all. Their teen viewers found it highly entertaining, but needless to say, the band was not asked back. 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. Home of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. The original Dynamics line-up was Joe Vargo (bass), Ken Folk (vocalist and later bass as well), Richard Slouch Lautsch (guitar replaced by Jimmy Mann), Andy Goulet (keyboards), and Jim Pauk (drums). Also I tended to be a little more introverted than most of my then colleagues and songwriting fit as an expressive outlet., Graingers lyrical topic range and even styles of music ranged broadly. While attending Balfour Collegiate, he was befriended by fellow-footballer and Beatle-fan Bob Deutscher. In the beginning starting out a kids, Donny made sure I watched this new band from Liverpool on The Ed Sullivan Show. MOBE planned two large but traditional marches for August. They were told that they would have to be on stage for an audition one half hour after telephoning for information. It just so happened that Johnny was really going on holidays and would be out of the area for some time anyway. Because I want you back guitar. I dont think we actually danced, we just watched and listened to the bands. Again Statham: Paddy brought in Jimmy Mann as sort of a musical advisor. 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. I dont care what you Had that happened today there would have been a half a dozen cop cars show up, we would have been taken away in shackles, detained in the brig maybe missing the whole gig and recording session. miraculous drumming. DE said that he had heard that Todays Fool made it into the Top Ten in some city in New York state; how that would have happened, who knows? But hey, it was a black studio and we were white It was located on the edge of the black ghetto, not far from Chicagos Old Town. Rutledge/N. Off the extended crescendo, I would begin to wind it all the way back down to a single tap. This Leader-Post article was a ray of light in an otherwise dark period. Excellent article and great to have those memories brought light. She had a leg-up: she was well-known (with her own fan club), and was already a recording artist. Partially because we might run into trouble in school. I wanted to let the word out very discreetly we had gigs to honour. We all sang and all played instruments. He was very honest with two songs we might be interested in. Whenever they held a battle of the bands, the Andantes always, always won! The Andantes participated in Reginas first Battle of the Bands in January 1965. Also in the band were Phil Stan on vocals and guitar and Scott Peaker on bass. It was a win-win situation for both the songwriter and the band. Then we drove him back. He seemed like a very smart and personable guy. The Fudge has 4,500 pounds of equipment which did not arrive in Regina.instead a setwas pieced together by renting some pieces from Arcade Music Centre, and borrowing other pieces from The Great Flood.Despite the unfamiliar equipment, the Fudge encountered few problems. Some of it was partially satisfied by driving rock with say Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels and Steppenwolf, R n B or some funk. Neither worked out, so with considerable reluctance he returned to Moose Jaw and resumed work with the Times Herald for a while. Instrumental Jam (Andantes) Firstly the two-trumpet approach placed them outside mainstream rock n roll. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. They were rising in prominence, but were still a ways away from the top. Even though his groups featured the cream of Canadian jazz players, adult audiences started to decline in the early 1960s. It produces an unusual effect that has proven pleasing to the ears and won The Andantes a horde of followers. I believe it was something like a week, as in one band each night at the same location, and peoples votes decided the winner at the end. Denver was just starting his climb to fame he had released one LP Rhymes and Reasons, and one of his tunes Leaving on a Jet Plane had been covered by Peter, Paul and Mary. We sold a few hundred copies, and got some local airplay [CKCK] so I guess it was worth the experience. Gene Dlouhy and the Swinging Canadians band photo live at possibly Temple Gardens (Moose Jaw) or Trianon Ballroom (Regina) Gene Dlouhy and the Swinging Canadians band promo poster late 1950s . By any chance, does anyone have a recording of some of the Ook-piks music, photos, or memorabilia? We provide the entertainment on the CBCs Through the Eyes of Tomorrow this Sundayits sort of a teen-aged W5, said Padwick Their recording, which will be heard on the Sunday TV program, was composed by Fraser and Yuditsky. He formed it three years ago. SAFA 432 (old guide GR 155) consists of a fonds level description and file level descriptions of architectural drawings. At least on the surface, they did not appear to want to dishonor anyones daughter. Don Edwards found them a producer in the person of Dave Purple, guitarist from the Chicago band The Crying Shames who had recently had an American hit with Sugar and Spice. The engineer (and mixer) was a legend although neither the band nor the wider world of music fans would have recognized his name or body of work. In the beginning as a kid I found myself frustrated with using marching drum sticks on the drum set (which were probably about the same width and heft as your standard rock drum stick today, 5A, and changed to 7A Regal Tip, a jazz stick.) There seemed to be musicians everywhere. This band hails from Regina and though they are not a familiar name in these parts yet, lets hope they soon will be as these guys see no limit when it comes to being good. We were rested and anticipating each night, often after which there was a party gathering in our residence, the detached cabin beside the hall. Sams Go Go Club operated with a different philosophy an ongoing string of one-nighters, and mostly local bands. They realized they wanted to keep the Andantes going, which meant recruiting a new drummer. The band promoted the single the best they could, and not surprisingly it reached No.1 on Regina radio. Not an elegant location. Recorded: 1969, Studio 3 Productions, Vancouver Edwards made sure there was a signed contract, which I recollect was for $250 for the two nights. Schlegel on the other hand, seemed to be testing his limits. Grainger joined a high school band called The Danes for three months, then in 1965 jumped into the Club 62 Rhodesmen (so called from the call numbers of CKCK) which consisted of Bill Rothecker, Terry Malloy, Rick Dubord and Gene Haas. Even for a guy with a personality like Joe Vargo, that was a really stupid move to attempt. Scope and content. Deutscher remembers they would do anything to bring in patrons including the novelty song Its A Gas by Alfred E. Newman (of MAD Magazine) complete with burps and odd noises. Thats what we were looking for at such short notice. My father was out of town. Others would occur. He recalls: I seem to remember Roy singing a lot of Hank Williams songs like Im so Lonesome I Could Cry, Hey, Good Lookin, and Jambalaya. Don Gutheil has a unique voice, pleasantly gravely at lower notes, and clear and strong when he starts belting out the words. Rush at Trianon Ballroom on Regina, Canada on tour Caress of Steel . Title proper. This solid introduction to vocal and instrumental performance, as well as continuing lessons in theory and reading music, marked the two siblings for a career in some field of music. Montague recalls: Sometime after the first little guys band, I have this fleeting memory of following an A Band afternoon practice; I was walking back into the church to pickup my sticks before going home. He wrote/sang it with a swing feel (which we later changed to a straight 4/4 mid-tempo rock beat), but we were impressed with it, especially his poetic lyrics. That autumn saw a number of impressive touring acts stop in Regina. There were two groups in particular that wanted to disrupt the gathering, and use the national media to get their messages disseminated. She was known for downing half a bottle of Southern Comfort before going on stage. The Grapevine opened for business on November 22, 1968 and featured The Thin Red Line, a band from Cranbrook BC, to get the juices flowing. Recorded: 1969, University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus, Regina Don Gutheil left a strong impression on him: I thought he was really good. Windows were smashed, stores looted, and buildings set afire. And they were every girls dream. The largest attendance ever recorded in the Trianon (1,700 fans) was for the Six Fat Dutchmen. I was stunned . Why we all went. Our profs could also be found there. 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. He took out two sheets of paper with the lyrics written on them. Trianon Ballroom's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. contains 28 tracks: Cinnamon Girl (N. Young) With these new members The Confederations clean image quickly dissipated, and the big band music was dropped like a hot potato. Remembers Don Young, now president emeritus of the Regina Musicians Association Vargo had the hottest band in the province. In short order he had consumed the instrument, singing songs with it,or picking notes with his left hand while blowing the trumpet in his right hand. They issued three of their own singles in 1963 and 1964. But with the sunshine comes darkness. I guess that was the birth of The Andantes. The recording session on August 16th passed quickly no more than four hours, even though there were numerous overdubs. They had hit a wall, were tired of their own repertoire, tired of each other, and simply stopped wanting to perform together. In Stathams words: The Gardens had a long history in Moose Jaw with many prominent bands playing there. It had a nude woman in an art nouveau style, kind of like Aubrey Beardsley which was very popular at the time. He was on one hand a mainstream businessman and yet he liked to support local artists and musicians. The Yippies master plan was to put on a Festival of Life in Chicago, concurrently with the Democratic convention. Get the Rush Setlist of the concert at Trianon Ballroom, Regina, SK, Canada on June 19, 1975 from the Fly by Night Tour and other Rush Setlists for free on setlist.fm! For several months near Easter of 1970, the group made Eau Claire their base of operations (boarding with the Edwards) as they penetrated as far afield as Emporia, Kansas. Recorded: 1969, B. Deutschers basement, Regina He knew they were talented, but that there was a distinct difference in attitude and presentation between himself and the rest of the band. Why? I could get pretty bored with playing, but putting tunes together was always a buzz for me! They were also in demand for dances at the downtown Y.M.C.A. We crashed in the basement overnight of Rons family home. Occupation. He recalls: I first heard the Chevrons around 1967 and was very impressed, especially with Bobs guitar playing. Rush at Trianon Ballroom on Regina, Canada on tour Fly by Night . Deutscher had been watching the Andantes for several years, jamming with them, and as previously mentioned had subbed a number of times for Gerry Schlegel. Donny was down in the basement with an electric bass guitar and amp his father Floyd had bought secondhand only the day before. He replied in is funny cherubic way, I just wanted to make top band We all had a laugh. They wore sweaters, several had horn-rimmed glasses, and all were clean-cut. While there, they jammed with Jose Feliciano. The personnel at this time included Ken Folk on bass and vocals, Norm Burgess on saxophone, Ken Brabant on drums, Deutscher on lead guitar, and Chan Romero on rhythm guitar and vocals. As Gutheil describes: My dad had worked with the guy who owned the hall there, Paul Perry, in the 1940s and 50s. Another ground-breaking and popular teen show, it was hosted by disc jockey Spence Bozak and featured dancing go-go girls in cages. as a drummer I wasnt much taken with playing the Beatles, Stones, or Beach Boys. They received several of these pictures. My grandmother who was the head of the family ran the business and never advertised. He was certainly an attention-getter! contains two tracks: Hello Stranger (M. Grainger) and one other, 6. rehearsal The Spokane engagement the following week was not as satisfying. There was little other traffic, and alongside appeared a small sedan with two comely chicks inside. The Rats, now famous all over the Northwest started out as a malt shop, which it still is, if you count malt beverages. Twenty Nine One Nighters(B. Deutscher) They stressed their ties to their hometown: The Confederation do not plan to vacate Regina if their record sells well. It was later spread evenly over the band members faces and clothes. I worked at Studio 3 on-and-off in the early 1970s as an assistant to engineer Tapio Suo-Antilla, known as Tap. He took up the guitar himself and starting working out the instrumental tunes he had heard in concert and on record. A man who talked so fast literally I could barely understand a word he said, except that he came from Chicago and his first name may be Don. Recalls Montague: Bobby Deutscher was another natural The last guitar player I played with before leaving for B.C. Deutscher recalls: We had been doing some schmaltzy, middle of the road stuffbut we wanted to get more adventurous, progressive. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. So it came as a surprise to almost everyone involved when this edition of The Andantes fizzled out in April of 1969. Donnie got wind that he (TDM) was coming to emcee one. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. No bands were hired, and the entertainment consisted of Ken Jefferson on piano and Ray Hunker on accordion. They returned home to play one night at Reginas Mousetrap, a short-lived club owned by none other than Vargo. While they gave a good show, their hearts were not in it. I remember the quote: Ill send my boys over. To which Edwards immediately went ballistic, called him out, and slammed down the receiver! In the spring of 1968, Edwards used his connections in Chicago to book two days at Chess Studios in mid-August. The Rapper (D. Iris) It is strictly prohibited to republish, reproduce, redistribute, or profit from the content found herein. In some weeks we received the cheque via the union. Their major influence was the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Another fun spot was at Katepwa Beach. We learned songs by Paul Butterfield, Dave Brubecks Take Five, Beatle tunes such as Penny Lane, guitar songs by the Ventures, and a speedy song called Chicken Pickin [the Lonnie Mack version] I remember playing at the 4D, a local night club/coffee house, with Terry David Mulligan. The Grand Trianon, the Petit Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet are open every day except Mondays from 12 pm to 6.30 pm (April to October) or from 12 pm to 5.30 pm (November to March). The band were keen to hear how they would sound on a car radio so as Daryl Gutheil recalls when the songs were finished one of the engineers wired the master tape machine into a small radio and played the tunes for us; we were thrilled!. Gene & Reg Dlouhy and the Canadians ad 1971. Not unexpectedly, they won the contest: We played the gig, and won the vote. He fitted in immediately: We had just one rehearsal on a Thursday night, and then we were off to play the very next night in AlbertaI think Sylvan Lake. Before we left Regina, some of the guys said we need to get some keyboards happening anybody play keyboard? I said Well, we have a piano at home, but I dont really know how to play. They said, Do you want to try it? Sure, but I cant take it with us. Well, well rent this little organ from Arcade Music for the summer and see if you can learn it. So I said, Okay, Im willing to give it a try. I knew music, I knew chords on the guitar it was just a matter of translating the notes. While that sounds impressive, it is doubtful it could ever be proven. When Statham and Wilkie decided to leave the band in the spring of 1969, Don Gutheil reverted to the bass, and a new guitarist was called for. segment was shot), the Kin Rock Festival in North Battleford on June 28, and Woodtick in Saskatoon on August 16th. Who in Regina hasnt heard of the Andantes? It was during this period that Statham got to know Bob Deutscher. That year the Chess brothers lured Chisholm away from Universal to become their chief engineer. They said they thought the Vanilla Fudge put on the best rock show that has ever been brought to ReginaDon has been playing the trumpet for 12 years and bass for four, Gary has been playing drums for eight years and Daryl has had 10 years experience on the trumpet. He asked if I wanted him to show me something? It became the Cheetah Discotheque in 1966, but reverted to its original name in June 1968. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. He served for 20 years as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Washington and an additional eight years as the tenth Secretary of State of Washington. They dressed in matching gold jackets, and covered songs by the Butterfield Blues Band, various Stax artists, Marvin Gaye (Dock of the Bay), Jimi Hendrix, and Cream (by then Clapton was my hero). But, we dont know how many, if anybody, actually noticed it. I couldnt even guess at the song we did, but the lip-synching did make us a little nervous. Opened 1922, closed 1958. Rothecker also recalls that Deutscher stood out: We were all pretty young then, so Bobs reputation hadnt been established yet, but any time we played he was the focal point of the group, and it was obvious to anyone who watched us play that he was going to be well known in this city and province. While they appeared to go from success to success, the article pointed out that: The road which leads in the proverbial pot of gold isnt always an easy one to tread upon for aspiring groups. Schlegel headed for Edmonton, and shortly after joined up with a band called Sundown. A total of five songs were completed four covers (The Letter by the Boxtops, Vehicle by the Ides of March, I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know by the first incarnation of Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Two of Us by the Beatles) and one original (the first recorded appearance of Twenty Nine One Nighters by Deutscher). They also covered material by Three Dog Night (One, Elis Coming and I Just Want To Be a One Man Band), Chick Corea (Spain), and Blood, Sweat and Tears (Spinning Wheel). The band played Top 40 material Beatles, Hollies, Beach Boys, Yardbirds and Rolling Stones. Originally from New York, they started the school of thunderous, ponderous, dramatic and sometimes overwrought rock. I Need A Rest From The Music (M. Grainger) By 1965 R.P.M. But mainly because you dont need it to be a success, explained Gary, Were what you might call the Joe College types.. He didnt want to play guitar, he played bass. Needless to say, we always looked forward to seeing the happy faces of our neighbors from BC and Alberta!!! They would include The Place, The Other Place, The Village Coffee House (14th & Broad Street), along with the University of Saskatchewan/Regina Campus Darke Hall, Campion College, and later the Student Service Centre. Montague agrees his drum solos were a selling point for the band. 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. He was born in 1949, the son of Nolan Edward Monty Montague and his wife Lavona. The next day was spent mixing in the studio. We were still little known in the city. I made sure Fred was credited on the label as the writer (who knows, what if something actually came of all of this?) Twenty Nine One Nighters (B. Deutscher) Their timing left much to be desired though. Debbie Medland, a senior at Central Collegiate, wrote in the column Dateline Regina beside individual head shots: Rated tops among some thirty rock-n-roll bands, The Andantes have never lost a band battle [perhaps she was not aware of their placings in the 1965 and 1966 Regina band battles], toot two trumpets for a Tijuana flavor, try not to let the band interfere with homework (four are in high school, one works). Montague in particular had been looking for his type of music throughout the 1960s never quite finding it: To be honest (oh horrors/scandal!) The next month saw a visit from the Turtles, and then in November the Vanilla Fudge. He said both he and the board of directors of the centre were looking forward to the event, rather than fearing it. The band received another note of national recognition in the Fall 1967 issue of Miss Chatelaine. Certain groups kept coming back to entertain Reginans: the Buddy Knox Group, Gene Dlouhy (from Esterhazy, SK. In June of that year he appeared on the CKCK-TV program Knowledge College and won a trip to the Seattle Worlds Fair. We left the meeting with the name and number of a man, Ron Sakamoto, in Medicine Hat. . The Confederation all have short hair. At a Musicians Union party in March, Bob and Don approached Don and me about hooking up: it seemed like a natural fit. We used to refer to it as a 20-minute drum solo, but looking back on it now I cant imagine it was that long even for a young drumming-fit guy like me. She was just about to release her third Put Down. Church had been mentioned in Billboard, and even the Ottawa Journal had shone a light on her the previous year as a pretty 16-year-old from Regina who should go places. But we kept hearing about this other group and how wonderful they were especially their singing.

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