Biography
1949 -- Fergus Ont. fruit
of a musical womb - fourth son of Bert and Hazel. Mouth organ
at four - Guitar at seven - rhythm lessons from an old Beatty
wringer washer and cases of beer dancing.
1962-- The Big smoke Toronto
,east end rock bands, street gangs, Leadbelly, Brubeck, Mingus,
Fred Niel, Handle, Blues, Yorkville clubs, poet dives, honey
hives.
1968--Montreal on the road
D18 (Martin guitar) - whole new Scene, Waterloo, Infinite Noodlings
Rock bands, farm houses, odd job, songs written on the fly,
Mariposa 69, 71, Chester (Howlin Wolf ), Buka White, Poor Charlie
- A wake up kiss from Margaret Lawrence, Donald Gordon, Clubs,
Pubs and Belly rubs, French girl from New York Greenwich Village,
Willy Dunn, Native wanderings, Shkenakowa, the great peace album's,
Nishnawbe Institute, Wilf Peltier, James Bay.
NFB, CBC, BBC, Budge Crawly, film, music, northern wanderings
1978—Scotland, London,
France, Film bumming, Shipped out, deep sea, Philadelphia, Rio
de Janeiro Carnival, 2000 miles from land, star singing to flying
fish, Great Lakes, Cote' du Nord, steamboat bumming, McKenzie
River, Beaufort sea tug boats, Alaska, Yukon, North Slope 82.
1983 -- Costa Rica, Swedish TV film the
Dream, Schooner Victoria Lade, Elizundo Ruiz con me corasone
and bottles of rum, Guatemala war from Chiapas to the Rasta,
Reciefe Balize. Back to Elora Pied au terre Deep-Sea Great lakes
Baffin Island Mediterranean Middle East Liverpool Portland Main.
Ferry boats Nindawayma singing Pubs and Boson Bob CD Bob Robb
Raw CD 97 - Pelee Island Ferry, Winter Key West, New Orleans,
Savanna Georgia playing on the street.
2001 Paisley Wee House cheap, PBS kids,
Coolbelly CD Mambo on the moon.
Elora Robbie Joe and Father Philthy CD Street burn 2006.
Ix Chel (Maya Goddess of the moon).