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TERRY
CLEMENTS
Born:
Detroit, raised in LA, now lives in the Toronto area.
Musical
Background: Musical director for Johnny Tillotson.
House
writer with Buck Owens. Movie scores. Worked with producer
Lou Adler during the Mamas And Papas era.
How
Recruited:
Terry and Gord met while Terry was working on Burt Reynolds' first
flick.
Gord asked him to join the band. He and Red Shea then shared the
picking for a year until Red quit. First album was Don Quixote.
Gear:
Martin D18, McGlincy 00 and Gretch Country Gentleman.
Outside
Projects: Working on a posthumous album.
Favorite
Music: Early rockers, Motown, Monites de Plata, Fernando
Sor,
Duane Eddy, Dick Dale, Lonnie Mack, Grady Martin, James Burton and on
and
on.
Outside
Interests: Cooking, jamming in bars, hotel plumbing and
hanging
out with the band.
Highlights
With Gord: Hollywood Bowl, Montreal Olympics.
MIKE
HEFFERNAN
Born:
Kitchener, Ontario, raised in Montreal and the Toronto area.
Lives
in Mississauga, Ontario.
Musical
Background: Played guitar in bands until age 18.
Father
was a professional piano player so learned to play by osmosis.
Played
and recorded with a slew of Canadian acts and artists frequently as
musical
director. A common thread through most of that period was a 5 and
a half year association with singer-songwriter, Shirley Eikhard.
How
Recruited:
Called in for a session in early November 1980 at Eastern Sound to
record
the theme song for a movie Gord had just filmed with Bruce Dern, "Harry
Tracy Desperado." The session evolved into an audition.
Officially
hired Dec. 23. First gig was the Mill Run Theatre in Chicago in
January
'81. First album was Shadows.
Gear:
On stage a Roland JD 800 midi'd to a Yamaha DX7 and a Kawai K3.
In
the studio, whatever is available. In home Midi studio: Kurzweil
PC88, Korg M1, Roland JV80, Yamaha TX 802, Korg M3R, all connected with
computer program LOGIC.
Outside
Projects: Currently producing a singer songwriter and a
country
rock band. Writing and producing jingles. Playing in a rock
band.
Favorite
Music: Bruce Hornsby, Yes, Don Henley, Oscar Peterson,
Keith
Jarret, The Rankin Family and tons of other stuff. Can't forget
Bach.
Outside
Interests: Transcendental Medication. Favorite
Mantra:
Om, Om (on the range).
Highlights
With Gord: Royal Albert Hall in London, Carnegie Hall in
New
York and falling off the stage in Toledo!
 
RICK
HAYNES
Born:
Born and raised in Toronto. Still lives in Toronto area.
Musical
Background: Classical piano (RCOM) and guitar. Self
taught as a bass player. Played in Canadian R&B bands in the
early to mid sixties.
How
Recruited:
Managed to hunt up an audition in fall of '68. First gig was Royce Hall
UCLA in January of '69. First album was "Sunday Concert." First
Studio
album was "Sit Down Young Stranger," later renamed "If You Could
Read My Mind."
Gear:
Uses a Kramer bass, has used Fender Precision and Musicman on stage.
Favorite
Music: Duane Eddy, Ray Charles, Chet Atkins, Eagles, old
Blues.
Outside
Interests: Just an old hot-rodder. And grandchildren.
Highlights
With Gord: Skydome Toronto and MGM Grand Las Vegas
BARRY
KEANE
Born:
Philadelphia. Lives in Unionville, Ontario (Toronto area).
Background:
A few early drum lessons. Mostly self taught.
How
Recruited:
Hired as a studio musician to play on "Old Dans Records" in '72.
Hired again to play on "Summertime Dream" in 75 and was then asked to
be
the bands first touring drummer. First gig was a week at the
Sahara
Lake Tahoe, followed closely by an appearence on NBC's "Midnight
Special."
Gear:
In concert, Premier drums (vintage '75) with a Pearl snare and Sabian
cymbals.
In the studio, several different sets. The most used is a set of
Premiers (vintage '68), with many varied snare drums and Zildjian and
Sabian
cymbals.
Outside
Projects: Working on an album by New Country artist Rob
Corley.
Recently completed album project as percussionist with MCA artist Ken
Munshaw
as well as a few jingle and TV projects including Sesame Street and a
movie
based on Madonna's unauthorized biography for Fox. Have played on
over 300 albums with such artists as Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray,
Roger
Whittaker, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Rita McNeil, Dan Hill, The Nylons
etc.
Favorite
Music: Prefer rock, pop and R&B. Favorite
artists
include Aerosmith, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Little Feat, Staple
Singers,
Don Henley and Tom Petty.
Outside
Interests: Playing baseball, softball, touch
football.
Coaching baseball, softball and hockey. Played in several
Canadian
National championships in softball, touch football, and was forced out
of Canadian National squash championships due to injury.
Highlights
With Gord: Royal Albert Hall in London, Carnegie Hall in
New
York, Skydome in Toronto and an appearance on "Saturday Night
Live."
Best gig was probably a jam packed Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI
around
'77.
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