Former Yahoo seeks solo career latest song receives national airplay By PAUL DORSE Herald staff writer Hillsburgh resident John El lis Isn In town much these days The former member of the somewhat Infamous and once a driving force behind the Jamboree Is a living out of a recording studio in Oakville thai has already pro duced his fin solo effort a single release entitled You Are that Is being aired on some 50 radio stations across Canada Heard locally on CHWO Mississauga CJMR and Guelph CJOY You Are a one of a growing repertoire of tunes written performed and produced by John and his current associates Peter Art hur and Jim Moncel that are attracting interna inter est BUSINESS ASPECTS A discussion wilh John and Peter about the business asp- eels of their prompts some sincere name- dropping that starts lo sound a Who Who of Canadian pop music with occasional forays lo New York and Los Angeles Sound Path Re cords studio off Trafalgar Road is a long way from the makeshift tapedeck system In Johns home on which the original acoustic Jam sessions staged by his friends Wayne Tucker of Orton and Nino Martina formerly of were recorded John Nina and Wayne were nevertheless Impressed enough by ihe final mix of the music they created in John basement that they formed the Yahoos ployed together in bars and halls from Acton to became hometown at annual Jamboree and recorded an album on their own Howdy Records label entitled The Great Tragedy By the time John started hawking the album from re cord stores to radio station to record store however Yahoos had gone their ate ways Wayne is presently somethingof a restaurateur in Fonda while Nino was last mood for listeners In any climate or situation The same is largely true of Moonshine Mountain named after a location that is some thing of a local landmark in the area according lo John Both tunes have on Indisputably relaxing effect thai Is perhaps partially the result of the atmosphere itself at Sound Path Records THE HERALD 14 IT Page OVERSTOCK SALE John right formerly of the based group The Yahoos pauses during the recording sessions for his forthcoming album with his production and sang riling partner Peter Arthur The two musicians ere attracting widespread Interest for their latent from such notable stars as Herald photo reported playing in a local band in New York state Meanwhile back at ranch John was saved from possible discourage men I by the Interest being shown in his fine voice He now considers Canadian Tragedy a marker an achievement he hopes will become the tion to a musical career that is indeed showing every sign of taking off SOL PATH John s alliance with Peter Arthur a veteran musician in his own right began at Sound Palh when the Yahoos showed up there lo record their album He and Peter who is a principle in the company and engineer on Ihe records and tapes produced there started working on songs of their own and the results surprised and delighted everyone I lading themselves You Are written by Peter and John Mancel and Its flip side Don t It Just Wnnna Make You Cry written John and Peter are blatantly melody and Instrumentation The effect is quite deliberate a likely result of John s impatie nce with trying to find a market for the less com era music he penformed the Yahoos But while John maintains an overt fondness for bluegrass music he is not at all Insincere in his admiration for the kinds of music being produced by such established stars as Anne Murray and recently Providing the music back up John s vocal on thelip side in fact are Toronto session players Tom Brian Leonard and Brian Russell who are best known for their ongoing work with both Mur ray and Anne Murray is among the established artists interested in performing and recording some of the songs written by the new El lis Arthur team One of their tunes Two Feet Off The Ground will be turn ing up on the new album by Myles Cohen formerly of the successful folk rncV duo and Lenny John and Peter arc quite however about casing publishing rights to their music Aware of their commitment to Sound Records and guarded about their Integrity as songwriters they wish instead to release their own music on John own album tentatively slated for summer pressing Afler that they are confident offers can be considered in their true perspective Arc You Is cutting a swath for John through the Canadian mainstream pop airwaves he is increasingly more willing to wander beyond the strict boundaries of MOR or easy listening music with his sub sequent single releases AI ready being finalized for re lease this spring arc wo more tunes Captain Couageous and Moonshine Mountain both or which are more country rock oriented and promise to extend John s following as a recording artist to younger listeners Captain Courageous is high reminiscent of recent music American folk rocker Jim my Buffet and in fact rows from that singer love for the leisure or sailing the Carlbean Sea and rum evoke a most relaxing TWO EARS after its establish ment Sound Path is coming into its own Canadian record ing artists from every branch of the music Industry arc being referred by colleagues and contacts to Sound in particular a ad smaller studios outside Toronto In gen era I Chenssc Lawrence star of the series Circus recorded her recent album there while on another occas ion rock singer Ray Materick dropped by wilh a contingent of industry publicists to record a live promotional tape Slowly but surely lite word Is spreading both about the at tractions of Sound Path its consciously tranquil sur roundings and about John Fills and Peter Arthur a thoroughly convincing single release underlining their right tocntcrtheoftcn exalted world of the more established sing and songwriters the new Lennon and McCartney of Canadian music are at work planning their assault on a market is all too rarely to new talent As ihe tunes are written they ore recorded as demo tapes then reworked lo be come single releases and ibuted among the less reside I ive radio stations There their on regular play lists and in such trade publications as RPM magazine catches the not only bigger radio but the promoters who hold the keys to success Most of the steps are With an album on the way John Ellis and Arthur are simply waiting In the wings for their spotlight to Husband belonged to air force Captain Smith travelled Canada from Page nine male officers Lieut Peter Puchyr Lieut Carl Officer Cadet Bill and Officer Cadel Don Causens and civilian rue tors Harry Clarke and Don Lancaster Tom Masscna teaches first aid and Colin Is range safety officer while Matlobon and Peter walk with the band It like having my own she chuckles I vc never run Into any problems in Ihe line of command I vc stepped on a few toes but be expected and if It done properly there arc no grudges Copt Smilh has no military background She grew up in London and jokes how she made MOO a week as a model a the age of Thais than my dad was making and yei 1 paying a week board she says I never seemed lo have it I always spent It It was a very glamorous life style she adds and ralher phoney She modelled for an agency in London and says models were all protected d go and do the big shows in Detroit Then when the shows were over and part began we packed up and left We were paid for a job and when il was over we DID TELEVISION She also did television com and modelled in fash ion shows three afternoons a week for Simpsons She was when she married Gerry Smilh an A pilot at Winnipeg Their tides son Handy was born there The next posting was Summersidc E I and Mrs back lo modelling She used lo do the back page of ihe local newspaper every week for Ha man the of Eaton only on a local scale and also did some com for CNR When warned fly her Halifax do more commercials her band put his fool down and reminded her she had a young son who needed her at home rrorc than she would be if she wenl io Halifax We used to go out to ihe beach al Cavendish and I be exhausted by ihe lime we gol back she says Recent meeting welcomes new members WeihmkihcCrcdii River is ihe beautiful in southern Ontario and work very hard lokecpil lhai way chairman A Grant said in welcoming Ihe members and guests to inaugural meet of the Credil Vjlley Conse rvalion Authority Clark stn has been reappointed as chairman fur 1979 hive new members were appointed lo the authority by member municipalities in These include of Hills Regional MuniLipahty of Hal ton ind of and Ken Dear honey and Peter of of Peel I Howard Stewart was rcclecied Vicechairman Henry Wheel Erin Township was ted chairman of the Historical Records Advisory Board Eve lyn O Sullivan Village of Erin is Vicechairman Gail Acton was elected Chairman of Parks and Re Advisory Board Clark Glass ford Caledonislhe Icechairman Robert Ham son Mississauga was rcelecl Chairman of Informal Ian and Education Advisory Board James is vlcechoirmon Ha rold was reelected Chairman of the Reforestation Land Use and Wildlife Advisory Board Charles Bryan Amaranth Township is viccchalr man KenWhillans Bramplon chairman of advisory hi ird irnld Kennedy Miss is iht vicechairman rny chairman and plus the five advisnr chairmen will nsniuic the executive cum 1979 In ihe absence if respective chairmen chairman has full rights executive Other numbers to r arch ire til Board Wetlands purchase The Credit Vjiicj Conscrval ton recently he acquisition or IIS acres f land on ihe River of Highway for This land known properly on the mad allowance on Sec Line Wesl in was pure ha with ihe assistance of the Richard Ivcy lion through Nature Cons Canada This group the purchase price The area contains marsh and fores uplands along ihe river These re charge areas and forests keeping water quality high Lhu ic Manned and Km McMillan Honorary I ifc Inlormatu n and ry Board Man Peter No var Parks Murray Bryan flanfra xa and Hoy Land anil Wildlife Advisory Shirley Mono and Hal Hills Water Hills ind Ken Dear I d be sunburned and blistered and worn out by Ihe lime back at six after I d had change into about 15 outfits II was tough but good she says 11 was real discipline and you dldn complain bee you had been selected from a lot of people to do his particular job so you Jusl hustled your little fanny out here and did EFTfORCE Her husband lefl the air force while he was at Camp Nova Scotia and moved to Toronto where he became an Air Canada pilot Capi Smith began mod for an agency In Toronto because she was less than impressed the the jobs were run Their second son while Ihey were in Toronto and Angela was born after family moved lo Georgetown Smith was a director on Georgetown when was beginning and remembers running a slim and charm course with Mary Simp son in order lo funds for She also set up operated the Y ski club for seven or eight years back when no one in Georgetown was skiing They taught the kids on the Golf and Country Club at first then moved to he hilts behind school still models for organizations around town and 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