Bill and Sue-On Hillman: A 50-Year Musical Odyssey
www.hillmanweb.com/book :: www.hillmanweb.com/book/gigs
Presents
Part I: Rock 'n' Roll Bands
www.hillmanweb.com/rock/brandon.html
See Part II: Brandon Hootenanny
|
since number of local guys played the gig. During the 50th anniversary of the Velvet Dip, the owners falsely claimed that the singer featured in the photo was Burton Cummings and along with the Deverons in 1965 shortly before Cummings joined the Guess Who. This has been disputed by all the musicians of that era -- including myself -- and by anyone else who ever saw and knew the band -- but the Dip got a lot of Web and press publicity out of it :) FINALLY THE MYSTERY BAND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. Norm Gamble of Brandon has contacted me to ID the guys: "It was locals called The Cavaliers. L-R: John Menzies (bass) ~ Ken Smith (lead) ~ Russ Shellard (vocals) ~ Wayne Robins (I think)(rhythm) ~ Norm Gamble (me)(keyboard) ~ Drummer would have been either Scott MacDonald or Peter Milliken. We didn't stay together for long but that was definitely us on that roof. We were so famous that no one recognized us in this picture" ~ Norm Gamble Among the other photos are Bobby Curtola and the Martells. I toured with Bobby as lead guitar player in the mid-'60s but had never crossed paths with the band personnel in these pics. There are many more Bobby photos at: www.hillmanweb.com/curtola Before we add captions to these historic photos
|
See more of the
Hillman Musical Odyssey at:
www.hillmanweb.com/book
and in our
HILLMAN
GIG NOTES SERIES
Bill
and Sue-On Hillman Eclectic Studio
www.hillmanweb.com
Copyright 2009/2017 ~ Bill Hillman
e-Mail: hillmans@wcgwave.ca