The Tripp
The Tripp | |
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Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Rock |
Years active | 1966 | –1977
Past members |
The Tripp, known earlier as The Just Us and later Livingston's Journey, was a Canadian rock band, based in Toronto from the mid-1960s, featuring Neil Merryweather and Stan Endersby.
History
Keyboard player Ed Roth, drummer Bob Ablack, lead guitarist Bill Ross and Brian Hughes started out playing rock
In early 1965, singer Bob Neilson replaced Muir and the group changed its name to The Ookpiks, after a native-designed stuffed toy owl called Ookpik that was being promoted by the Canadian government. As another Ookpiks group already existed, they briefly became The Sikusis after another stuffed toy, but were unable to get permission from the Canadian government to use the name without compensation and settled on The Just Us. Through all of this they recorded a lone single on the Quality record label, which failed to sell – possibly due in part to confusion caused by name changes.
Hughes, Ross and new drummer Al Morrison soon left to join
The Just Us recorded an album's worth of material at Arc Sound in early 1966, but this was never released. Throughout this period, they played at various local clubs, including the Gogue Inn and the Hawk's Nest as well as in the city's high schools.
The Just Us becomes The Tripp
In June 1966, Davis left to play with
One of the band's first shows was at the Gogue Inn in Toronto on 16 September with Luke & The Apostles and others. The group released no recordings as The Tripp, but did appear on the first episode of CBC Television’s Sunday Show[3] and performed regularly on the Toronto club scene, at the Flick, the El Patio and Boris’ in Toronto's Yorkville district. Bell left soon after to join Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks.
In 1966 The Tripp performed at Maple Leaf Gardens with other local bands, and took part in the Toronto Sound-a-gogo show.[4]
Lillie left in May 1967 to play with
Members
- Ed Roth (born 16 February 1947, Toronto)
- Bob Ablack
- Bill Ross (born in Bel Air, California)
- Brian Hughes
- Bob Neilson (born Robert Neilson Lillie, 27 December 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
- Al Morrison
- Wayne Davis (born 28 April 1946, Toronto)
- Jimmy Livingston (born 28 February 1938)
- Stan Endersby
- Richard Bell
- Dennis Pendrith
Recordings
The Just Us
"I Don't Love You" / "I Can Tell" (Quality 1738) 1965 – single
References
- ^ "Stan Endersby – 40 Years of Music". Heritage Toronto, on 4 January 2013 Kaitlin Wainwright
- ^ "Vintage Toronto Ads: Byrds and Falcons". Torontoist, Jamie Bradburn 12 February 2013
- ^ "Merryweather, Neil – ST". Citizen Freak, By Nick Warburton
- ISSN 0006-2510.