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Mashmakhan was a Canadian rock fusion band that was most active in the early 1970s, and is best known for their hit single "As The Years Go By". Rock is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
Members Pierre Senecal, Brian Edwards and Rayburn Blake first met in 1960 in Montreal. Their drummer didn't show up one night for a gig, so Jerry Mercer was brought in and ended up joining the band. Edwards quit the band shortly thereafter but the other three continued to perform on the local scene under names like the Phantoms, Ray Blake's Combo and the Dominoes. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
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By 1965 they were calling themselves The Triangle and backing up local R&B singer Trevor Payne. They backed up Payne for four years until being discovered by producer Bob Hahn, who helped them get signed with Columbia Records in Toronto. Edwards rejoined the band and they changed their name to Mashmakhan. This name was taken from a type of imported hashish that was available at the time in Montreal. Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ...
Confiscated hashish from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. ...
Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area - City 366. ...
Pierre Senecal's hit single "As The Years Go By" was released off the first album in an edited form, and was the group's first hit; it sold 100,000 copies in Canada and 500,000 copies in the United States. The single also sold 399,000 copies in Japan. The two follow-up singles were "Gladwyn" and "Days When We Are Free". The band actually wrote the song as a novelty addition to their album, not expecting it to gain serious recognition.
In 1971, Mashmakhan was one of two contributors to the musical score of the NFB film Epilogue/Fieve, which was directed by William Pettigrew. "Couldn't Find the Sun", written by Rayburn Blake for the movie, was included on Mashmakhan's 1971 album The Family. This album also did well in Japan, but the band realized little domestic success and split up shortly thereafter. Toronto offices for the National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (or NFB) is a Canadian public film-making organization organized to both fund and produce films that educate Canadians and promote Canada around the world. ...
Blake joined the Lisa Hartt Band and also recorded some solo material, and Jerry Mercer joined April Wine. The group was revived twice in the late seventies by Aquarius Records with future April Wine members Brian Greenway and, later, Steve Lang. April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. ...
Aquarius Records is a Canadian independent record label which was established during the summer of 1969. ...
Mashmakhan later experienced significant renewed interest with the release of the film "Festival Express," which featured color film of the band performing two songs (one song appears in the movie, one song appears in the DVD extras) during the Festival Express concerts in Canada in 1970. The film shows Mashmakhan performing one song at a concert; the DVD extras contain footage of the band performing one additional song. Several video cameras provide multiple angle views of the band, the audio recordings of the live performance are synchronized to the performance video. The Festival Express footage was captured using advanced recording devices for the time, and the resultant audio and video quality is relatively high. The band's performances in the film are powerful, creative, and exciting; Mashmakhan is perhaps most accurately termed a jazz fusion band in terms of the character of their performances. Poster from the movie Festival Express The Festival Express was a 1970 tour of Canada by several musical acts, including The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and The Band. ...
Poster from the movie Festival Express The Festival Express was a 1970 tour of Canada by several musical acts, including The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and The Band. ...
Audio can mean: Sounding that can be heard. ...
Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ...
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