I've got a bud who's been burying me in early Canadian rock these past few months. All good Canadians know "As Years Go By" by Mashmakan or "Oh What A Feeling" by Crowbar, but unless you remember the 60s, how would you know The Beau-Marks, The Ugly Ducklings or Motherlode?
I asked this friend to put together a mix of essential early Canadian rock listening for guys like me who need a crash course on everything before The Guess Who and Rush. He calls this volume one, with volume two to follow, and here are the 29 tunes on Early Canadian Rock: The 60s and 70s.
- Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
- Clap Your Hands - The Beau-Marks
- Ain't Love a Funny Thing - Robbie Lane & The Disciples
- Any Other Way - Jackie Shane
- As Years Go By - Mashmakan
- Better Watch Out - McKenna Mendelson Mainline
- Big Town Boy - Shirley Matthews
- Boom Boom - David Clayton Thomas & The Shays
- Bring it Down Front - Jon-Lee & The Checkmates
- Charlene - Richie Knight & The Mid-Knights
- Daytime Night Time - Keith Hampshire
- Fortune Teller - Bobby Curtola
- Gaslight - The Ugly Ducklings
- Got To Get You Into My Life - The Stitch in Tyme
- Half Past Midnight - The Staccatos
- Heartaches - Jayson King
- Her Own Life - Grant Smith & The Power
- I Would Be The One - Kensington Market
- If I Call You By Some Name - The Paupers
- If - Little Caesar & The Consols
- It Was I - The Big Town Boys
- Oh What A Feeling - Crowbar
- Opportunity - Mandala
- Shakin' All Over - Guess Who
- The Stones That I Throw - Levon & The Hawks
- Turned 21 - Fludd
- Unless You Care - Terry Black
- Walk On By - Bobby Kris & The Imperials
- When I Die - Motherlode
