Streetheart

[winston]

Sticking with my Canada theme........because we have Canada Day coming up on July 1 and since I will be away from the forum for a few days at that time I thought I would celebrate early.

Here's another great Canadian band called Streetheart with their great version of Under My Thumb. With pictures of the Queen thrown in for good measure. Let me know what you think of these guys.

Kenny Shields on vocals, Paul Dean on lead guitar, Daryl Gutheil on keys, bassist Ken Sinnaev and drummer Matt Frenette.

[captsandwich]

First concert I ever saw was Streetheart and April Wine. My best friends cousins were in town and they wanted to go see them, so his mother made him go (and as a result, I had to go as well) to chaperone them, because they weren't from the 'big city' (St John's, Nfld, circa 1981, population 100,000). We ditched them pretty quickly and spent the rest of the evening hating everything. I have to admit, Streetheart was better than April Wine if only for the fact that they did not have an extended drum solo. Thank god for funny cigarettes and smuggled booze, or we might have gotten ourselves into some trouble.

[winston]

Thanks for your comments Greg. Your input is always appreciated.

Here's a bit of history for those who like this sort of thing.

I first met Paul Dean in a music shop in New Westminster B.C. called Tartini's. They were the local Fender dealer. Eric and Carole ran the place they were a husband and wife team. I was chatting with Carole when Eric brought this fellow over and said Brian have you met Paul. I said "no I have not" and turning to Paul I shook his hand and said "but I think I've seen you play once or twice at the Grooveyard". The Grooveyard was where all the R&B bands played. Rock and Roll was never on their bill.

We became fast friends. Even back then in 1966 Paul had boat loads of talent. In live situations he was a genius on guitar. Looking back I can truthfully say that his recordings before Loverboy never really did capture his sound or his talent. When Loverboy was formed out of the ashes of Streetheart he along with drummer Matt Frenette found their previously missing ingredient and the rest is rock history.