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The "Tradewinds"
My First Steady Gig (1957)
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at the UAW Social Club
every Saturday night in Toronto
<-- Click to zoom in
Left to right:
- Mickey McCorquodale (Leader - seated at the piano with accordion on floor next to him)
- Russ (saxes & flute) - check the flat-top hair!
- Jack Kelterborn (drums)
- George Nicols (bass)
You could expect a fight to break out at the end of nearly every night...
on one occasion a guy shoved a broken beer bottle into another guys face... what a mess
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... You had to have one of these -->
... Remember??
Playing with The Ramblers (1959-60)
Playing with Majestics (1966-70)
... click:
Discography
to hear Majestics on old vinyl
Playing with White Wail (1970-72):
THEN
~ and in
2005...
Holy smokes!
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Russ Eric Jack Ron John
(This group played at The Brass Rail)
Jack Russ Ron John Eric
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Recording session with Frank Motley (70s)
Russ was commissioned
to arrange some horn parts for the session to record some of Frank's original songs.
... still have tapes from that session. The yellow thing in Frank's arm was his little
cassette recorder/player; black leather trumpet case in his lap.
(Middle of back row was drummer Jerry Summers and on your far right, sax man Moe Preyour.)
Wailing with my son, Dan Strathdee (guitar) at The El Mocambo, Toronto
Ruanne's House Band 1989-91
Russ with John Shand and Jerry Markman...
Club Bluenote - circa 1982
Back Row: Wayne St.John = Domenic Troiano = Roy Kenner = Shawne Jackson = = = Jason King (head down)
Front Row: George Olliver
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Frank
"Two-horn"
Motley
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Jackie Shane
singing
Any
Other
Way
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Fats Domino
at 1st Rock and Roll Concert,
Mutual Street Arena,
1956.
Photo courtesy of Gary Copeland
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Sax Lessons...
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Some of my students
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Soprano (Feb.12, 2007)
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Lucas Greenough (Sep.20,2006)
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Jonathan Bruce, Alto sax
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My cousin, Karen Bentley
(broom sax sounds wispy)
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My cousin, Steve Bentley
(his emboucher needs some work)
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My mom, myself and Rebecca
... her sound was encouraging
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The tenor sax might be
a bit too big for Rebecca
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Moonglow Recording Session (2002)
Slideshow of various gig scenes (Photos courtesy of Billy Roy Murnaghan)
Slideshow: Misc Bands
... experimental, using Javascript
Online photos
... experimental, using Bravenet's server
Old pictures 1950-1960
PowerPoint Slide Show - click to advance each slide
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