tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69340291333064701822024-03-13T13:58:34.346-04:00Windsor-Detroit Oral History Music ProjectA Post-War Oral History of the Bands, Bookies, Agents, Performers, Producers, Club Owners, Fans, Hangers-On, Promoters, Nomads, Burn-Outs, Born-Agains, Techies & assorted Characters who knew the Windsor-Detroit and area music scene first-hand... Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10790981557037780551noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934029133306470182.post-73731267360720982692021-09-18T16:31:00.020-04:002023-11-28T13:51:39.899-05:00And today the Jackson Park Band Shell sits tattered, falling into ruin.... THE SHOW MUST GO ON!<h1 style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">_________________________________________________________________________________</span></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #999999; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The Jackson Park Band Shell</span></b></h1><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span>A story by Madeline Mazak</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XxIXFDUCWco/YUZI-cIi6cI/AAAAAAAAAXk/dpgRn7iAkiUOQ3CW1nIThQHwSTZ5FXNxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/BANDSHELL%2B08%253A21_5484.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1280" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XxIXFDUCWco/YUZI-cIi6cI/AAAAAAAAAXk/dpgRn7iAkiUOQ3CW1nIThQHwSTZ5FXNxgCLcBGAsYHQ/w667-h450/BANDSHELL%2B08%253A21_5484.jpg" width="667" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It’s impossible to talk about Windsor music history and disregard the significance of Jackson Park—specifically the band shell tucked away in the southeast corner of the grounds. </span></h3><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Overshadowed by the reaching spires of Kennedy High School and the sprawling fields of Windsor Stadium, the worn-down, mid-century structure, haphazardly covered in debris left by the City of Windsor’s parks department, appears to be nothing special. A quick google search is all it takes to recognize the band shell is anything but ordinary. The stage was host to the likes of <b><i>Diana Ross and the Supremes</i></b> (at the time known as <i>The Primettes</i>), <b><i>The Temptations</i></b>, <b><i>Stevie Wonder</i></b> and many other recognized names. The <b><i>Beach Boys</i></b> also performed in Windsor Stadium—the heritage site adjacent to the band shell with a capacity of 3,000—more than half the capacity of the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor casino.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Myself—and I’m certain a handful of other Windsorites—grew up here unaware this historical gem still stands today. If you’re lucky enough to find yourself in pockets of the city’s vibrant music scene, it is likely you’ll overhear someone recalling a time they saw a show at the band shell, or the time their band won the <b><i>Battle of the Bands</i></b>—an annual competition that ended every labour day weekend with a bang and drew thousands to Jackson Park. For many amateur bands in Windsor, this was the event of the year.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I remember when I first learned about the band shell. Over a few drinks, Scott <i>“Scotty”</i> Hughes nonchalantly recollected the time he almost electrocuted himself on the stage right before his band <b>Galleon</b> performed in front of a crowd of 2,500 at the <b><i>Battle of the Bands</i></b> in 1972. He learned a hard lesson that night: his electric guitar and rain did not mix well. Something about having some <i>“sense knocked into him.”</i> The headline in the Windsor Star the following day aptly read: “<i>Before the light rains, came the thunder…of the bands.”</i> </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Naturally, it begs the question: why is the band shell not in use today?</b></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Was it becoming difficult to navigate an increasingly complex web of noise bylaws? Did the City of Windsor decide the stage was better used as a storage space for the parks department? Did the construction of the Riverfront Festival Plaza eliminate the need to maintain an outdoor venue in Jackson Park? Information is not available to definitively say why it stopped being used, but it's fair to say the band shell has been out of commission for roughly 20 years. If this can be boiled down to a deficit in public interest, it is a far cry from the response received after a massive fire burnt the original band shell down in 1957. <i><b>The band shell was so signifiant to Windsor culture that within three days of the fire, a committee was formed by Windsor Mayor Michael J. Patrick to rebuild the band shell.</b> </i>Construction was completed two years later in 1959. <b><i>The show must go on.</i></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Today the band shell is fenced off from the public; property of the City of Windsor. It is listed on the <i>Municipal Heritage Register</i> but does not have <i>“designated”</i> status which would protect it from disrepair or from being torn down. Considering the space provided by Windsor Stadium and the band shell, it is no wonder Jackson Park was once the hub for massive events in the city. With a little planning, the park could be home to large-scale events once again. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you ever find yourself out for a walk in Jackson Park, I recommend making your way to the southeast corner to find the band shell. If you use a little imagination, you may just hear </span><b style="font-family: Arial;"><i>the thunder…of the bands.<br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Please see the </span></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: Arial;"><i><span style="color: red;">documentary,</span></i></b><b style="font-family: Arial;"><i><span style="color: red;"> THE JACKSON PARK BANDSHELL by film maker Madeline Mazak here: </span></i></b><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.madelinemazak.com/blank-page?fbclid=IwAR0D33ujRYqipol9Jn92Us0aHMDBw15rYxhhMH6HkZk8VdC0TONuY1ocH-0" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none; background-color: #3a3b3c; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.madelinemazak.com/blank-page</span></a></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Many thanks for this story Madeline Mazak.... photo by Scotty Hughes shot on Aug. 24, 2021</span></i></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p>Scotty Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803807048989067700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934029133306470182.post-61723187802940184032016-12-28T04:49:00.000-05:002017-01-30T02:39:33.662-05:00Where Were You in '72 … Tecumseh, Canada, or … “Beer Drinking Around the World” <br />
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We were honoured with a major music festival that was set up on a makeshift stage with a huge sound system, all surrounded by a big grassy hillside full of appreciative fans. That hill was located right out the back door of St. Clair College in South Windsor, Canada. </span></span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">Featured were world renowned performers…. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"><b><i>James Brown, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Junior Walker & The Allstars, Sun Ra & His Arkestra </i></b>and many more, all for the low price of $8.00 per day.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">The high-voltage festival, then in it's 3rd year, was banned by officials in Ann Arbor, Michigan as an abrupt reactionary gesture to keep </span><i style="font-family: "Lucida Grande";">"undesirables"</i><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"> out of their City. ….I'll admit, the early 1970's were crazy times, but I don't recall seeing any </span><i style="font-family: "Lucida Grande";">"undesirables"</i><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"> at the festival that weekend, (I did hear that some folks were turned away at the border by Customs that weekend due to the possibility of importing small amounts of illegal substances… Well, they were warned in BIG LETTERS on the event poster </span><i style="font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>"WATCH THE BORDER"</b></i><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"> …but hey, there's much more to the story, and that will definitely follow.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">Many artists graced the stage throughout the short life of Griffin Hollow….<i><b> </b></i></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">Chuck Berry, Wolfman Jack, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">The Bob Seger System, The Guess Who with Domenic Troiano, Harry Chapin, Mahogany Rush, </span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">Bachman Turner Overdrive, Max Webster,</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"> just to name a few. </span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">Fans would come from miles around - Toronto, Hamilton, London, many also crossing the Windsor-Detroit border in from the US to catch the shows. The events were often sponsored by</span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"><b>CKLW "The Big 8" Radio</b></span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">, and the <b>St. Clair College Alumni Association</b>, and </span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">I do recall one concert event being sponsored by a major candy bar maker. They gave out free concert passes at the gate to anyone that presented the paper wrapper from one of their chocolate bars. That was a bonus, and you know, a lot of us took advantage of that delicious offer!</span><br /><span style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><i>Story by Scotty Hughes</i></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Scotty Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803807048989067700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934029133306470182.post-76348725271151464162013-07-03T00:43:00.002-04:002022-07-05T21:46:29.545-04:00Collecting & Hoarding.... keep it all coming folks!<br />
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzO_ZwhyEAntWbSlQS6O-vsD62S9EAV5kwJq0HlRB_wTYu3okpP-KAKy0hPSqxFimD8T0oOBgaUbF8LsrjAhuONyraKT4M0klsF2kfq7A-Ukz6LLYjZDPfs6_ULrgT5lFLoWHquEoKXdojrS6uPaSJDo4ue7OAES-IWUxFI5-19m4PEcBxBKBGYuktbw=s1549" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1549" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzO_ZwhyEAntWbSlQS6O-vsD62S9EAV5kwJq0HlRB_wTYu3okpP-KAKy0hPSqxFimD8T0oOBgaUbF8LsrjAhuONyraKT4M0klsF2kfq7A-Ukz6LLYjZDPfs6_ULrgT5lFLoWHquEoKXdojrS6uPaSJDo4ue7OAES-IWUxFI5-19m4PEcBxBKBGYuktbw=w640-h306" width="640" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"><b><i>NIRVANA</i></b> - Grande Ballroom poster, promo photograph, concept drawing</span></h3></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">You got it folks... Windsor, Ontario-based "<b><i>NIRVANA"</i></b> opened for <b><i>PROCAL HARUM</i></b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">at the <b>Grande Ballroom</b> in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday, May 17, 1968 -- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;">The band made up of members (left to right in the middle photo) Ted Bettany, Wayne Boismere, Phill Trudell, and Kerry Shapiro, was well known on the local circuit many years before the popular U.S. west coast band was formed.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande";">Thanks go to the guys for the photographs, clippings, & associated stories (to follow)… the poster pencil drawing was done by Windsor, Ontario artist, Robert Fox. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>post by Scotty Hughes </i></span></span><span style="text-align: center;">windsordetroitmusic.blogspot.com</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div>
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Scotty Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803807048989067700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934029133306470182.post-26757609331383308492013-05-18T02:27:00.001-04:002013-06-18T19:54:33.325-04:00Collecting & Hoarding.... keep 'em coming folks!BOOK PROGRESS -- The authors are continuing to collect many interesting interviews and seamy stories (some are suitable for printing), and plan to keep you updated here with those clips and photographs as we progress. Whether you are a musician, a fan, or just a fly on the wall, we want to hear and see what you have from the distant and/or not-so-distant past.... please keep 'em coming folks! Feel free to "CONTACT US" via the email link on the left.... many thanks for visiting!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;">L to R... Scotty Hughes (guitar); Gordie Johnson (bass); Les Nagy (tenor sax); Jamie Perkins (trombone); </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;">Kurt Ellenberger (trumpet); Doug Tann (band leader, drums); Bob Fazecash (trumpet); </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;">Tom Hogarth (vocals); Ray Manzerolle (alto sax); Tom Borshuk (keyboards)</span><br />
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Scotty Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803807048989067700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934029133306470182.post-76605437268931143492013-05-08T11:47:00.000-04:002013-05-10T01:00:38.943-04:00CBC RADIO ONE INTERVIEW<span style="font-size: large;">The authors were interviewed about the book project </span><span style="font-size: large;">by </span><span style="font-size: large;">CBC Windsor Radio One </span><span style="font-size: large;">host <b>Sara Elliot</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">-- </span><span style="font-size: large;">have a listen to that interview here....</span><br />
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<br />Scotty Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803807048989067700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934029133306470182.post-5088634902334343172013-04-22T23:46:00.000-04:002014-10-08T15:06:31.371-04:00A Day in the Life of a DMA Booking Agent, circa 1969<h3 style="text-align: left;">
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The problem with my friend </i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(name withheld)</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is that he did heroin...and I am strictly against any hard drugs, having dealt with it with Iggy...you know, Iggy Pop? That was bad enough...I mean, I one time found Iggy in a friggin' donut shop at 6am in the morning, passed out on a table with girls' gloves on up to the elbow, and girls' sunglasses on, and completely passed out. I was on my way to work, you know, I was trying to beat the traffic when I worked for DMA. So i went over to him, I says, <b>"Iggy...um...look, if I go back to the office and tell them what I've seen here, they're not gonna be very impressed, you're not gonna be getting any work for a while...I mean, you're gonna have to chill this out..."</b> so I gave him a ride home and dropped him off on the way to work...funny but that's kinda how things went in those days."</i></div>
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<b>THE BOOK...</b> tentatively titled <b><i>"ON THE BORDER – A POST-WAR HISTORY OF OUR MUSIC"</i></b>, is in the research stage and with the assistance of publishing house Biblioasis Inc. and the Ontario Arts Council is set for release sometime in the near future. Our goal is to produce a high quality book intended to be part of the region's official history and musical legacy. We are currently compiling interviews and visual materials that will focus on the border city music scene during the years from the early 1950's to the present.<br />
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<b>THE AUTHORS</b> are eager to get your input in the form of stories, anecdotes, photographs, concert posters, newspaper clippings, all manner of memorabilia. The book is intended to be a visual history as well as a written one – so please start digging into those memorabilia collections – we'd love to see what you have from days gone.</div>
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