- Steel River (band)
Infobox musical artist
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Name=Steel River
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Years_active= 1969 – 1974, 1980
Origin = Toronto, Canada
Genre = Rock
Label = Tuesday
Past_members = John Dudgeon (vocals)
Bob Forrester (keyboards)
Rob Cockell (bass)
Tony Dunning (guitar)
Ray Angrove (drums)
Dennis Watson (drums)
URL =Steel River was a Canadian rock group based in
Toronto which performed primarily during the 1970s. They are best known for a Canadian Top 10 single "Ten Pound Note" released in 1970.Fact|date=August 2007History
Starting in 1965 as a part-time Toronto
R&B club band called The Toronto Shotgun, Steel River decided to become 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. [ [http://musicdirectorycanada.com/pdf/canadian.pdf Canadian Chart Toppers] Music Directory Canada. AccessedAugust 20 2007 ]In 1971 the band released a follow-up LP. They continued touring internationally until they disbanded in 1974.
Four out of five of the original members reunited briefly in 1980.
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 numerous other stations in Canada and U.S. In 2004, he joined Mojo Grande, a funk/blues band from
Markham, Ontario .Discography
ingles
* 1970 Ten Pound Note/Momma Pie Blues (Tuesday) GH-101
* 1971 Walk By The River/If You Let Her Know (Tuesday) GH-105
* 1971 Southbound Train (Stand Up)/A Lie (Tuesday) GH-110
* 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-61Albums
* 1970 "Weighin' Heavy" (Tuesday) GHL-1000
* 1971 "A Better Road" (Tuesday) GHL-1003Compilation Tracks
* 1990 "Ten Pound Note" on "Made In Canada: Volume One - The Early Years" (BMG) KCD1-7156
References
External links and sources
*allmusicguide | id=11:jpfrxq95ldde~T0
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