Some
other highlights:
1964
- 2 months at the Whitehorse Inn with the great country fiddle player
Danny Romanuk.
1965
- a few months at the Pillar and Post Cabaret in Vancouver with the
great dixieland clarinetist Lance Harrison.
1966
- played in the house band on the “Lets Go” rock and roll
CBC TV series with Bobby Hales.
1968-69
- played in the house band at Isy’s Supper Club in Vancouver with
Bobby Herriot. While I was there some of the featured performers that
came through were: the Cannonball Adderly Quintet, the Woody Herman
Big Band, the Buddy Rich Big Band, Fats Domino, Errol Garner, Little
Richard, Jimmy Smith, Dusty Springfield, Sarah Vaughn and Stevie Wonder.
1968-69
- played concerts, recording sessions and radio shows with the Dave
Robbins Big Band.
1969-70
- played in the house band at Ronnie’s Riverqueen in Vancouver
opening for Cannonball Adderly, Rassan Roland Kirk, Bobby Hutcherson,
Harold Land, Buddy Montgomery, Monk Montgomery, and Odetta.
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