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Steel River (band)

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Genres
  
Active until
  
1980

Origin
  
Toronto, Canada (1969)

Albums
  
Doug Dunn, Arianna Rain

Labels
  
Tuesday, Axe Records

Genre
  
Rock music

Record label
  
Axe Records


Years active
  
1969 (1969)–1974 (1974)1980

Past members
  
John Dudgeon (vocals)Bob Forrester (keyboards)Rob Cockell (bass)Tony Dunning (guitar)Ray Angrove (drums)Dennis Watson (drums)

Similar
  
A Passing Fancy, Starchild, Gary and Dave, Major Hoople's Boarding, Thundermug

Steel River was a Canadian rock group formed in Toronto which performed primarily during the 1970s. They are best known for a Canadian Top 10 single "Ten Pound Note" released in 1970.

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History

Starting in 1965 as a part-time Toronto R&B club band called The Toronto Shotgun, Steel River became full-time musicians in 1969. Greg Hambleton signed them to the Tuesday Record label, where their first single release was the Jay Telfer (A Passing Fancy) song "Ten Pound Note". The single hit Top-10 in Canada. It finished in Canada at #79 for the year. The band members were singer John Dudgeon, keyboardist Bob Forrester, bassist Rob Cockell, guitarist Tony Dunning and drummers Ray Angrove and Dennis Watson.

In 1971 the band released a follow-up LP on Evolution Records. A single, "Southbound Train", through Quality Records by including a toy train in the promotional package.

They continued touring internationally until they disbanded in 1974. That year they went on a 14 state tour in the United States.

Four out of five of the original members reunited briefly in 1980, and released a single, "Armoured Car".

Vocalist John Dudgeon went on to release a solo single record in 1983 called "Put My Arms Around You" which received extensive airplay on CKFM (99.9) and other stations in Canada and U.S. In 2004, he joined Mojo Grande, a funk/blues band from Markham, Ontario.

In 2013 and 2014, two of Steel River's albums, "A Better Road" [A534] and a re-mixed "Weighin' Heavy" [A536], were re-issued on producer Greg Hambleton's revived Axe Records label.

Singles

  • 1970 - "Ten Pound Note" / "Momma Pie Blues" (Tuesday) GH-101 [#5 CAN]
  • 1971 - "Walk by the River" / "If You Let Her Know" (Tuesday) GH-105
  • 1971 - "Southbound Train (Stand Up)" / "A Lie" (Tuesday) GH-110 [#28 CAN]
  • 1971 - "Mexican Lady" / "Joyful Judy" (Tuesday) GH-113
  • 1973 - "Just Remember" / "Lazin' Children" (Axe) AXE-14
  • 1974 - "Armoured Car" / "Hold Me Close" (Axe) AXE-60
  • 1974 - "We Want You to Love Us" / "Keep Movin' On" (Axe) AXE-61
  • Albums

  • 1970 - Weighin' Heavy (Tuesday) GHL-1000
  • 1971 - A Better Road (Tuesday) GHL-1003
  • 2014 - A Better Road [Re-issue] (Axe Records) A534
  • 2015 - Weighin' Heavy [Re-issue] (Axe Records) A536
  • 2015 - Armoured Car [Re-issue] (Axe Records digital download) DL-A540
  • Compilation tracks

  • 1990 - "Ten Pound Note" on Made in Canada: Volume One - The Early Years (BMG) KCD1-7156
  • Songs

    Ten Pound Note2011
    Arianna RaineArianna Rain · 2002
    Love Turns to WarArianna Rain · 2002

    References

    Steel River (band) Wikipedia


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