Reggie Johnson first appeared on the Canadian Jazz scene when performing with a small trio with drummer and best friend Teddy Mitchell. His talent as double bass player was unappreaciated until he and Teddy teamed up with Farley Daniels, Fred Beltsaddler, and later Gary Burkes to form nationaly renowned "The Mahones" Although Farley was not by any means the most famous Mahone, he was certainly the brains behind the outfit. He was responsible for almost all of their songs as well as many of their promotions with Uppercut Records. Reggie enjoyed a happy life until the late 1960s when he became a heroin addict, after almost dying as a result of an overdose Reggie went into rehab. After two years he came clean and took the Mahones to produce the album "Draggin the Days". He and the MAhones finnaly broke up in 1978 after the tragic death of saxaphonist Gary Burkes. Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Generally speaking, a trio or threesome is a group of three. ... GARY BURKES-GREAT CANADIAN JAZZ SAXAPHONE Gary The Buzz Burkes was born in 1935 in northern Ottawa in a poor section of town where he lived with his parents and six siblings. ... The Mahones were a jazz group of the early 1960s. ... The 1960s, or The Sexy Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is an alkaloid opioid. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... GARY BURKES-GREAT CANADIAN JAZZ SAXAPHONE Gary The Buzz Burkes was born in 1935 in northern Ottawa in a poor section of town where he lived with his parents and six siblings. ...