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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 ...
Palmer was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, later moving with his family to Toronto, Ontario, [2] where in the early 1960s he began pursuing a musical career. He started out playing with Robbie Lane and the Disciples, then graduated to a local, otherwise all-black group fronted by Billy Clarkson.
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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.
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The popular Toronto-based, non-union, groups of the era also played an important part in the development of the Toronto sound.Due to their non-union status they performed primarily at high schools, universities, and various dance clubs such as The Tam O'Shanter Golf and Country Club in Agincourt, The Broom and Stone Curling Club in eastern Scarborough, the El Mocambo, The Met, and The Bunny ...