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Cowboy Band and a Bus
(Brian Sklar)
Columbus Stockade Blues (Rick Ament)
Too Many Changes (Ron Jeffery)
Hotel Motel Time (Brian Sklar)
Foggy Mountain Disco
"747" (Rick Ament)
Sweet Honky Tonk Wine (Brian Sklar)
Mamma (Rick Ament)
Lilly was a Lady (Brian Sklar)
Hockey Game (Ron Jeffery) |
The Players:
Guitar: Maurice Marshall, Trevor Dunn, Paul Hann, Tim
Jeffery, Dalton Rohn, Ron Jeffery
Steel Guitar: Tim Jeffery, Al Gain
Bass: Ron Jeffery, Jerry Rauw
Drums: Lorne Pavelick. Rick Ament, Tom Doran
Fiddle: Brian Sklar
Piano: Keith Day
Vocals: Lead vocals as specified
Background Vocals: Mary Saxton, Susan Gilmour, Ralph Ament, Bev Ament
Horns: The Sonics
Hockey Announcer: Gordon Marriott |
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About the Album:
Recorded at Damon Studios in Edmonton,
with engineer Garry McDonall, this was a real labour of love. In those
days, we were playing both the Calgary Stampede and Edmonton Klondike
Days. Jim Brady and the Sonics were our rock 'n roll counterparts at the
Golden Garter Saloon in Calgary and the Red Garter Saloon in Edmonton,
both located in Western International Hotels. The Sonics laid some great
horn tracks for us, giving us a bit of a different flavour on a couple of
cuts. Foggy Mountain Disco became somewhat of a radio hit on campus radio.
The cover artwork was done by Patrick Yesh, who had set up in the lobby of
the Westin in Edmonton and was doing sketches of Klondike goers. Twelve
inch albums provided a great canvass for artwork, and Yesh did a helluva
job on this one. Brian, Ron and Rick shared the lead vocal spotlight, and
Rick wrote the song Mamma, dedicated to his mother, Ida, a
great vocalist in the Ament Family Band. Other band originals include
Lilly was a Lady and Hotel Motel Time. The song Cowboy Band and a
Bus was written by Nashville writer Sherrill Millet, a good
friend of Blake Emmons, who we did the CTV Funny Farm series with. The
Hockey Game is a novelty song, geared to Canadians everywhere, sung by the
world's biggest hockey fan, Ron Jeffery. He used to have a portable TV on
top his bass amp during the Stanley Cup finals...loved the Philadelphia
Flyers...was a frustrated hockey player and rodeo rider at heart...broke
his arm at a rodeo just prior to one Stampede in the 70s and had to play
with a cast on his arm all through Stampede and Klondike Days. |