Thanks for posting this video... enjoyed it a lot. Bassist is Peter Fredette who currently tours as a member of the Kim Mitchell Band and a long-time musical partner of Kim's. Drummer, Gary McCracken, is introduced in the video by Kim at about 45:00 and again at 54:40. Cheers!
Great thing about the Pye Dubouis era [spelling] was the tongue in cheek lyrics that with humour tackled a lot of horse shit and day to day crap of the era and I suppose the universal crap of modern humanity for a younger person... "I keep telling everybody, should have been a doctor." - Shades of the yuppies to come lol Ah well. Brilliant band with the playful keys of Terry to the throaty vocals of the head Jester himself Kim. Those two and their contrasting sounds made for the Max sound really... not to underplay the big ass drum and bass rhythm section driving them along. Saw them live a number of times. They used to play up and down town Toronto for a few years, schools even before anybody started to take some serious notice... should have been a lot more serious. The Europeans would rip up seats in theaters but alas, no records on the shelves of the towns they'd play... screwed by rotten distribution practices of the day. A true underdog story of underdogs pulled under. Nothing pretty about that sadness except when you listen to the records :-) "2000 years we propped up Jesus thinking we'd make ends meet? Christ No!"
And then sometimes you'd get lucky - I found all of the CDs reissued at a CD store (now gone) in Robbinsdale Minnesota and I bought them all at once since I knew if any other Max fan had found them they would be GONE and I'd never see the like again stateside. Still listen to them. This stuff won't date easily.
Such original music, so tightly performed. It's a shame there aren't recordings with decent sound.
Seen Kim a million times but never Max 😢
muy buenos.. fantasticos. max webster.. i love since 80`s
Very good... some them 4 times on that reunion tour so disappointed missed this one. Canadian rock royalty on display here...
That was a great day. Sunday of the Oakville Waterfront Festival. Bronte was well represented that day, back when Bronte was still cool. RIP Bronte!!
Thanks brah! This is as Canadian as the leafs,rush and cocaine coloured computer cards! Thee memories be fond! Really cool! Home town mang!
Thanks for posting this video... enjoyed it a lot.
Bassist is Peter Fredette who currently tours as a member of the Kim Mitchell Band and a long-time musical partner of Kim's.
Drummer, Gary McCracken, is introduced in the video by Kim at about 45:00 and again at 54:40.
Cheers!
That guitar sounds absolutely amazing!! Long live Blue!!
Yeah, the story about the parts sitting in a drawer for years doing nothing then built up is a cool story.
Thanks! I was at this show.
Great thing about the Pye Dubouis era [spelling] was the tongue in cheek lyrics that with humour tackled a lot of horse shit and day to day crap of the era and I suppose the universal crap of modern humanity for a younger person... "I keep telling everybody, should have been a doctor." - Shades of the yuppies to come lol Ah well. Brilliant band with the playful keys of Terry to the throaty vocals of the head Jester himself Kim. Those two and their contrasting sounds made for the Max sound really... not to underplay the big ass drum and bass rhythm section driving them along. Saw them live a number of times. They used to play up and down town Toronto for a few years, schools even before anybody started to take some serious notice... should have been a lot more serious. The Europeans would rip up seats in theaters but alas, no records on the shelves of the towns they'd play... screwed by rotten distribution practices of the day. A true underdog story of underdogs pulled under. Nothing pretty about that sadness except when you listen to the records :-) "2000 years we propped up Jesus thinking we'd make ends meet? Christ No!"
Yeup, they was robbed: "Toronto Tontos" oughta be the national anthem ;)
And then sometimes you'd get lucky - I found all of the CDs reissued at a CD store (now gone) in Robbinsdale Minnesota and I bought them all at once since I knew if any other Max fan had found them they would be GONE and I'd never see the like again stateside. Still listen to them. This stuff won't date easily.
good speller huh !... great versions of some of these songs...
I recognize Kim Mitchell and Terry Watkinson, but wonder about the drummer (McCracken perhaps??) The bass player is especially unclear.
That's the incredibly talented Peter Fredette.
Too bad Mike Tilka couldn't make it. Still cool though :-)
... and the excelent Dave Myles?