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The Mynah Birds was a Canadian R&B band formed in Toronto, Ontario, that was active from 1964 to 1967. [1] Although the band never released an album , it is notable as featuring a number of musicians, such as Rick James and Neil Young , who went on to have successful careers in rock , folk rock and funk .
At one point, Nick St. Nicholas, later of Steppenwolf fame, was a member; by the time "Mynah Bird Hop" was recorded bassist Bruce Palmer had replaced him. James and Palmer recruited guitarists Tom Morgan and Xavier Taylor and drummer Rick Mason to form a new Mynah Birds lineup, and soon traveled to Detroit to record with Motown. Before the ...
In 1964, McJohn played with local band Little John & The Friars before moving on later that year to become a member of the Mynah Birds, which also included Rick James, Bruce Palmer and (after McJohn left) Neil Young. [2] In March 1965, he briefly joined The Diplomats before joining The Sparrows in September of that year.
The album was released on Grooveyard Records. [4] In 2016, they started working on an album under the name Merryweather Stark. The album Carved in Rock was released on CD and double vinyl by GMR Music in 2018. [5] In 2020, Merryweather Stark released their second album Rock Solid (GMR Music) on CD and LP.
18 January – Jim Matt, country music singer. 18 January – Patrick Esposito Di Napoli, member of Les Colocs (d.1994). 25 January – Andrew MacNaughtan, photographer and music video director (d.2012). [1] 30 January – Patricia Conroy, country music singer. 1 February – Dwayne Goettel, former member of Skinny Puppy (d.1995).
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In the 1960s, Kerr frequently played guitar in folk clubs in Toronto's Yorkville district working alongside groups such as Steppenwolf, the Mynah Birds, Rick James, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell, and wrote songs for the then unknown Neil Young.