{"id":2315,"date":"2018-10-25T07:45:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T06:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2018-12-13T14:59:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T14:59:34","slug":"its-my-pride-canadian-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2315","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s My Pride: Canadian Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Garage, psych and acid-folk gems from the land of maple leaf&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><strong>On the back of our Guess Who feature in issue #84 CAMILLA AISA picks her faves. Enjoy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: It&amp;apos;s My Pride: Canadian Nuggets\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/7pf8rBJKHNggLUc8ZStlzd?si=K560cDz1R16GjmTuMpqkZw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/f0e10042b7580a742c22d6e78af66a72.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/f0e10042b7580a742c22d6e78af66a72.jpg 564w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/f0e10042b7580a742c22d6e78af66a72-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/f0e10042b7580a742c22d6e78af66a72-100x87.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/f0e10042b7580a742c22d6e78af66a72-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/f0e10042b7580a742c22d6e78af66a72-200x174.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/f0e10042b7580a742c22d6e78af66a72-450x392.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall.jpg 987w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-100x99.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-450x445.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-600x593.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-900x890.jpg 900w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Clock_on_the_Wall-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Guess Who &#8211; Clock On The Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a few heavily Anglophilic efforts, in the Summer of 1966 The Guess Who welcomed their third LP <em>It\u2019s Time <\/em>and finally found their sound\u2026 as well as their iconic voice. Burton Cummings had joined the band a few months before and started sharing vocal duties with singer and founding member Chad Allan. One of the earliest Cummings-fronted gems, \u2018Clock On The Wall\u2019 was written by guitarist Randy Bachman and released in May as a single. \u201cBurton had this wonderful voice where he could sing\u2019Danny Boy\u2019 and make you cry, but he could also sing \u2018House Of The Rising Sun\u2019 and scream like Eric Burdon\u201d, Bachman tells Sean Egan in the latest issue of <em>Shindig!<\/em>\u00a0\u2018Clock On The Wall\u2019 surely belongs to the latter category, permeated by the Animals-like fierceness that would ultimately make the former Chad Allan &amp; The Reflections (often mistaken for another English band) The Guess Who, the Canadian icons the world would soon get to know and love. Canadian garage was finally ready to clang loudly and find its own voice, and this is exactly where our trip starts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault.jpg 480w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack London &amp; The Sparrows &#8211; If You Don\u2019t Want My Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s not forsake the British Invasion-influenced groups yet. The Sparrows were one of the first and most significant ones (complete with fake accents), their frontman Dave Marden having tellingly chosen the stage name Jack London. \u2018If You Don\u2019t Want My Love\u2019 underscores the not-so-missing link between the more effervescent side of contemporary British rock and the roaring North American garage sounds. A year later the group would welcome new singer John Kay, change their name to The Sparrow and then again, after moving to California, to Steppenwolf. The rest, as they say, is history. Wild history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Unknown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Unknown.jpg 259w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Unknown-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Unknown-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Unknown-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ugly Ducklings &#8211; Just in Case You Wonder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ugly Ducklings had also fluttered their eyelashes at the British shores (at The Rolling Stones, in particular). But then came \u2018Nothin\u2019\u2019, a hit in native Canada, and after that \u2018Just in Case You Wonder\u2019, an explosion of fuzz delight that would be featured in one of the <em>Pebbles<\/em> anthologies almost two decades later. Now \u2013 forget about the tragic album cover that you will be seeing (it\u2019s an \u201980s compilation of garage songs from an overlooked band, after all) and tune in. Is this the finest moment in Canadian garage? Well, what\u2019s sure is that it couldn\u2019t get more garage than this; composer\/singer Dave Bynghamtakes us in the most alienated and noisy room of the house: \u201cI\u2019m in the basement yonder, counting all the rats\u201d!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847.jpg 2030w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-768x728.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-1024x971.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-100x95.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-150x142.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-200x190.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-450x427.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-600x569.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-900x853.jpg 900w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4847-24x24.jpg 24w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Passing Fancy &#8211; I\u2019m Losing Tonight<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For the omnivorous ears: Merseybeat influences, garage force, psychedelic flirtations. And even &#8211; why not &#8211; a giant butterfly. The 1968 self-titled <em>A Passing Fancy<\/em> album is something you won\u2019t be able to resist, and it starts off with stompy rocker \u2018I\u2019m Losing Tonight\u2019, a hit single for the Toronto band in \u201967.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-150x151.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-200x202.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-300x303.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-450x454.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1090836-1460919380-8327-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Haunted &#8211; 1-2-5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another contender for the title of best Canadian garage gem \u2013 one that can even surpass its nationality and end up in your ever growing personal list of all-time favourite garage songs. \u201cI walked over to her, I said \u2018What&#8217;s your name?\u2019, \u2018My name&#8217;s Mary Jane, I live down the lane\u2019\u201d, sings Bob Burgess while one of the most exhilarating harmonicas of \u201960s rock winks loudly. You\u2019re not still sitting, aren\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768.jpg 599w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-200x202.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-300x303.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-450x455.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4898728-1505097752-2768-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s All Meat &#8211; Feel It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you had to take a look at the history of Canadian rock and choose one forgotten psychedelic album, I would probably recommend the 1970 self-titled release by a Toronto band that featured former members of the band Underworld (a beloved name for the most knowledgeable garage fanatics). My recommendation is worth considering: I\u2019m a vegetarian and I\u2019m still championing a band called It\u2019s All Meat. A questionable choice, right? But opener (better yet: appetiser) \u2018Feel It\u2019 is packed with enough fury to overcome any palate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr.jpg 550w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/large_550_jsr-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jarvis Street Revue &#8211; 20 Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listening to \u201920 Years\u2019 could lead you to believe that someone, after reading the recent IPCC report (that would be: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), just went into a studio and recorded an inspired, topical tune. As a matter of fact, the song is 47 years old by now &#8211; part of a 47 years old album, Jarvis Street Revue\u2019s visionary <em>Mr. Oil Man<\/em>, that stands truthful and relevant now more than ever. The record mixes psychedelic magnetism with an anti-establishment ethic that was denouncing polluting compulsions and corporate brutality before it became acceptable for pop music to do so. It probably felt more convenient for the world to forget about Jarvis Street Revue and pass over \u201920 Years\u2019 and its sister songs altogether. But it\u2019s definitely time to make up for that and finally listen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hqdefault-1-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Collectors &#8211; Looking At A Baby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the mid-60s this Canadian band, formerly known as The Classics, was invited to shiny LA\u00a0for some studio time that resulted in the recording of trippy pop gem \u2018Looking At A Baby\u2019 and also resulted in their label, Valiant Records, announcing they were expected to change their name in The Collectors. Under the new name they would start to dive into more ambitious (if not pompous) albeit unsuccessful adventures, like the 1969 LP <em>Grass And Wild Strawberries<\/em>, the soundtrack of a stage play conjured with playwright George Rygathat run in Vancouver for three weeks (with the band playing live every night). But the freshness of \u2018Looking at a Baby\u2019, which had been a hit back home, could not be beaten.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-1010x1024.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-200x203.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-300x304.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-450x456.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-600x608.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-900x912.jpg 900w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Freedom_North-ST-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Freedom North &#8211; Vancouver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Singer Frankie Hart and lead guitarist Bill Hill meet in 1969; at the beginning of 1970 their new band, Freedom North, was busy recording its self-titled debut album &#8211; lead single \u2018Doctor Tom\u2019 being released in May. A year later the group was already splitting. It was hello and goodbye in the blink of an eye, but Freedom North\u2019s rare LP, as well as this groovy closing track, is definitely worth rediscovering, especially if you\u2019re looking for a Vancouver themed love song that\u2019s explicitly flirting with an inevitable (and always welcome) Californian sound.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5212298-1387632585-2114-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mandala &#8211; Love-Itis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now it\u2019s time for our exploration of Canada in the psychedelic era to have a little soul. Led by Domenic Troiano (who would later play guitar in The Guess Who and the James Gang), the former Rogues decided to jump on the hippie bandwagon and change their name to Mandala following the advice of their manager, a former clown. \u2018Love-itis\u2019 &#8211; the only track on the debut LP <em>Soul Crusade <\/em>not to be produced by Troiano &#8211; was briefly a success in the United States, too. Now sit down, play the song, and picture the Mandala guys playing it live \u2013 as legend says \u2013 in matching suits, under strobe lights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault.jpg 729w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-100x99.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-450x444.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-600x593.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plastic Cloud &#8211; Shadows of Your Mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Started as a folk-rock band, The Plastic Cloud would follow the example of guiding stars The Byrds on their beautiful 1968 debut LP. There\u2019s unquestionable inspiration from virtually every West Coast band throughout the record, spread over a most pleasant heterogeneity of tracks, but on \u2018Shadows of Your Mind\u2019 composer\/singer Don Brewer keeps things charmingly fuzzy &#8211; finding a slightly darker tone for the Ontario quartet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-3432289-1330179902-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bent Wind &#8211; Riverside<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of darker tones reverberating from Ontario\u2026 Please enjoy this six minutes long pensive trip completed with spiralling bird sounds. \u2018Riverside\u2019 is the second track on Bent Wind\u2019s sought-after <em>Sussex <\/em>LP, named after the street where the band would practice at the time. It\u2019s an interesting picture of its time, 1969: still full of psychedelic persuasion,\u00a0 resolutely reaching for its hard rock landing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-6404802-1511554896-6866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-6404802-1511554896-6866.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-6404802-1511554896-6866-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-6404802-1511554896-6866-100x94.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-6404802-1511554896-6866-150x141.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-6404802-1511554896-6866-200x187.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-6404802-1511554896-6866-450x422.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The British North-American Act &#8211; The World Would Understand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dressed like the Canadian answer to Paul Revere &amp; the Raiders, The British North-American act formed in Montr\u00e9al in the second half of the 1960s and proved to be true to its name \u2013 an homage to the act of 1867 that had created a federal dominion and established the core of Canada\u2019s constitution \u2013 by featuring two Brits in its lineup. \u2018The World Would Understand\u2019 was released as a single in 1969 and also as part of the lovely LP of the same year <em>In the Beginning&#8230;<\/em>Unfortunately, that collection of folk-rock tunes tinged with tasteful psychedelia would also prove to be the end of the road for the group. Perhaps their songs were too gentle, too innocent even, for restless \u201969; nevertheless, \u2018The World Would Understand\u2019, with its \u2018We Can Be Together\u2019-like initial riff and tales of a fantastic past, finds its charm unchanged almost 50 years later.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349.jpg 567w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-4200543-1358359031-5349-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stone Circus &#8211; Mr. Grey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Funky Farm, a Canadian quintet that had relocated to New York at the end of the 60s, only lasted for about a year; when their only LP was released, the group members found out that Mainstream Records had decided to give them a new name, Stone Circus, much to their surprise. Goes without saying &#8211; the label didn\u2019t commit to promoting the album or the band: quite a pity, considering the record\u2019s ambitious potential, epitomised by cult single \u2018Mr. Grey\u2019. Leader\u2019s Jonathan Caine(nee Larry Cohen) experimental take on trippy rock is at its best on this track that almost feels proggy at times (but delicately enough for us prog detractors to still sing along).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-200x202.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-300x304.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-450x455.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-1405581-1489690569-6337-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Poppy Family &#8211; There\u2019s No Blood in Bone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In which a pop group takes a bad trip. The Poppy Family, a band comprised of then married couple Susan Pesklevitsand Terry Jacks, took its name from the dictionary, in the best tradition of pop and rock. The combination of words was mysterious enough, familiar enough and, above all, flower-power-friendly enough to encapsulate their amalgam of Carpenters-like gentleness and unexpected weirdness. \u2018There\u2019s No Blood In Bone\u2019 \u2013 last track on the first side of their 1969 LP <em>Which Way You Goin&#8217; Billy? \u2013<\/em>\u00a0sees the Jacks delve into the darker and most eerily beguiling side of psychedelia. A gloomy gem that wouldn\u2019t be out of place in a cult early \u201870s soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-300x299.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-200x199.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-450x449.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155056-1403727304-4332-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Crazy People &#8211; Parade At the Funny Farm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And then it\u2019s time for the pristine freakout. Masters of weirdness The Crazy People are shrouded in mystery \u2013 and mystery can\u2019t help but make their 1968 album <em>Bedlam<\/em>more and more fascinating. As for album opener and quintessence \u2018Parade at the Funny Farm\u2019\u2026think Zappa, without the self-consciousness and the hippie disdain, via The Bonzo Dog Band. Then stop thinking and get crazy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010.jpg 379w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010-100x106.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010-150x158.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010-200x211.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010-300x317.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2616745-1293461010-24x24.jpg 24w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rabble &#8211; Rising Of The Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The story is that of many other North American teenage bands: first the garage, looking at nearby instrumental heroes, then the British Invasion infatuation, then the Dylan one. In the mid 1960s The Rabble wrote a pop hit, \u2018Golden Girl\u2019; but, after playing the Queen\u2019s Park Love-In in Toronto, in 1968 <em>The Rabble Album <\/em>looked a little further and finally embraced the psychedelic call. \u2018Rising of the Sun\u2019, in particular, wears its post-Summer of Love heart on its sleeve &#8211; an atmospheric buildup that starts off as a mellow, Eastern-influenced revelation and ends with a haunting burst.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-150x149.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-100x99.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-450x446.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-9632830-1483935283-5267-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Folklords &#8211; Forty Second River<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Psychedelia meets folk with the blessing of West Coast harmonies. The Folklords were Martha Johnson, Tom Martin and Paul Seip, and that\u2019s pretty much all there is to know about them. They recorded one delightful LP in 1968, aptly named <em>Release the Sunshine<\/em>, and one of its tracks, the bewitching \u2018Forty Second River\u2019, was unsuccessfully released as a single in the same year. If you\u2019re keeping a list of sweet obscure records to rediscover, you should definitely include the Folklords.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-200x202.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-300x304.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-450x455.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5155832-1441551139-3562-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Perth County Conspiracy &#8211; So Many Things<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded by Cedric Smith and former Spike Driver Richard Keelan, Perth County Conspiracy recorded its self-titled sophomore album in just two days in the Summer of 1970. A vibey folk delight, the record was pressed in low quantities and released for radio play only. Fortunately, the long-awaited reissue has finally come in 2018. \u2018So Many Things\u2019, one of the highlights of the LP, seems to predate the Shawn Phillips-Jimmie Spheeris axis of bewitching singer-songwriter folk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-150x151.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-200x201.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-300x302.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-450x452.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-5899935-1441578259-4660-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moonstone &#8211; Black Blind Light<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spacey folk gone obscure, as obscure as it gets. Moonstone were an enigmatic psych folk band that released a self-titled unnoticed treasure in 1973. Some people claim they came from Qu\u00e9bec, others state they were from the Manitoba province. There are even people who say they were actually Americans, hailing from Alaska, who just ended up signing to a Canadian label (Kot\u2019ai). Whatever the true origin, all uncertainties just add to the mystique. And <em>Moonstone<\/em>truly is an album made of bewitching mystique, as \u2018Black Blind Light\u2019, one of its very best moments, proves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-100x102.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-200x203.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-300x305.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-450x457.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2912591-1306958108-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fraser &amp; DeBolt &#8211; Waltz of the Tennis Players<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legend says Allan Fraser heard Daisy DeBolt at a folk festival in 1968 &#8211; he didn\u2019t even introduce himself, he just went up to her and simply said \u201cI like your voice\u201d. Now: customary biographical tropes would want me to add that, you know, \u201cthe rest is history\u201d. But history tends to forget about the Fraser &amp; Debolts of this world, and so I might have to rephrase the whole thing. The rest is a folk fanatic\u2019s paradise. The 1971 LP <em>Fraser &amp; DeBolt with Ian Guenther<\/em>is now a cult favourite, an unmissable gem, and \u2018Waltz of the Tennis Players\u2019 keeps sounding like one of those intimate, heartwarming understated classics that any self-respecting indie movie would try to include in its soundtrack, preferably over end credits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-2734320-1298628980-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elyse &#8211; Houses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Late \u201860s: Canada was about to conquer the world via the greatest music poets the world would ever see. Two of them, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, had met fellow songwriter Elyse Weinberg while performing in Toronto clubs. Young would even contribute to Elyse\u2019s 1968 self-titled lost classic \u2013 \u00a0he played guitar on the superb \u2018Houses\u2019. Again, it\u2019s one of those songs you probably didn\u2019t hear because, you know, life keeps being unfair; but when you do hear it, even for the first time, you feel like you\u2019ve always known it, always spent hours singing along to it. \u201cLost classic\u201d, I just said for the album &#8211; even more so for the song: it never was a classic, yet it still managed to become one, to sound like one. Just take a look at some of its covers: the Vetiver one, chosen as album opener for the band\u2019s <em>Thing Of The Past<\/em>; the B-side to Dinosaur Jr.\u2019s 2009 single \u2018Pieces\u2019; or the charming Courtney Barnett homage that has come out just a few months ago. As it happens with classics, the story of \u2018Houses\u2019 has just begun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2339\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-200x203.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-300x304.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-450x456.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/R-11571172-1518709227-8919-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Guess Who &#8211; It\u2019s My Pride<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final song in our rediscovery of Canadian gems needs no further introduction but that of his composer, Randy Bachman, who tells Sean Egan in the new issue of <em>Shindig!<\/em>: \u201cThat\u2019s one of my best songs\u201d &#8211; adding that \u2018It\u2019s My Pride\u2019 makes use of one of the first\u00a0 ever fuzz tones. As simple as that. It is, after all, a rousing 1966 garage rocker. And if there is one thing that garage rock has taught us, that\u2019s a certain passionate simplicity: don\u2019t overthink, get up and start <em>shakin\u2019 all over<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Read our Guess Who feature in issue #84. 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