Bootleg (Downchild Blues Band album)
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Bootleg is the 1971, first lp release from the Canadian blues group the Downchild Blues Band
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Having been rehearsing and playing live shows since 1969, the band proceeded to create one of Canada’s earliest independent records. Recorded over two nights in 1971 in a makeshift studio at Toronto's Rochdale College
, Donnie Walsh and others distributed the album by hand. It was also welcomed by major Toronto music retailer Sam Sniderman
of Sam the Record Man
renown, who was very much disposed to promoting Canadian music. The record was soon acquired by RCA Records
Canada for more general distribution.
Downchild Blues Band
The Downchild Blues Band is a Canadian blues band, described by one reviewer as "the premier blues band in Canada". The band is still commonly known as the Downchild Blues Band, though the actual band name was shortened to "Downchild" as of the early 1980s....
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Having been rehearsing and playing live shows since 1969, the band proceeded to create one of Canada’s earliest independent records. Recorded over two nights in 1971 in a makeshift studio at Toronto's Rochdale College
Rochdale College
Opened in 1968, Rochdale College was an experiment in student-run alternative education and co-operative living in Toronto, Canada. It provided space for 840 residents in a co-operative living space. It was also a free university where students and teachers would live together and share knowledge...
, Donnie Walsh and others distributed the album by hand. It was also welcomed by major Toronto music retailer Sam Sniderman
Sam Sniderman
Sam Sniderman, is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as the founder of Sam the Record Man, the Canadian record store chain...
of Sam the Record Man
Sam the Record Man
Sam the Record Man was a Canadian record store chain that, at one time, was Canada's largest music recording retailer. In 1982, their ads proclaimed they had "140 locations, coast to coast"....
renown, who was very much disposed to promoting Canadian music. The record was soon acquired by RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
Canada for more general distribution.
Reissues
Bootleg was reissued on cd on 09/11/2007, without any extra tracks and can also be streamed and purchased at the band’s official website.Track listing
- "Rock It" – 3:57
- "Just A Little Bit" – 3:02
- "Down In Virginia" – 3:30
- "That’s All Right" – 4:50
- "Messin’ With The Kid" – 3:18
- "Don’t You Bother My Baby" – 4:01
- "Change My Way Of Livin’" – 5:04
- "You Don’t Have To Go" – 3:04
- "Next Time You See Me" – 2:20
- "I’m Sinkin’" – 2:45
Personnel
- Don Walsh: Guitar
- Rick (The Hock) Walsh: Vocals
- Jim Milne: Bass
- Cash Wall: Drums
- Dave Woodward: Tenor saxophone
- Ron Jacobs: Tenor and baritone saxophones
Production
- Executive producer: Bleakney - McConnell
- Direction: Dick Flohil
- Recording studio: Sound Horn (Toronto)
- Recording engineer: Bill Bryans
- Sound & Mix: Alan Duffy
- Art Direction: Bleakney - McConnell
- Cover photo: Larry Nicol
- Special thanks: To all the people who… you know what we mean?