The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #39634 Message #564912
Posted By: balladeer
04-Oct-01 - 09:31 AM
Thread Name: Balladeer's new CD!
Subject: RE: Balladeer's new CD!
Speaking of Kingston-Trio-type groups, once upon a time in the sixties, there was a charming trio, made up of Bob Cunningham, Dave MacMillan, and Ted Parrot (alas, Ted is now deceased) working out of Orillia, called the Fernwood Trio. Have you heard of them? They recorded the first song I ever wrote - The Prairie Song. We hung out. I played many gigs in the room where they were the house band. We lost touch when I went off to play in England in 1964 and 5. I never saw them again. Turns out, Paul Mills knows Bob Cunningham very well. So working with Paul brought me back in touch with Bob, and Dave, his mate from Fernwood days. On my new album, Bob does background vocals on two songs and Paul and I sing a duet on Dave's song, You Do the Drivin'. This was all very thrilling.