The Rogues
Vancouver, British Columbia
1963 - 1964
Members
Ross
Barrett ~ Saxophone
John
Gedak ~ Drums
Hugh
Reilly ~ Guitar
Rick
Enns ~ Bass
Don
Wieley ~ Guitar
Ross
Barrett ~ Saxophone
John
Gedak ~ Drums
Hugh
Reilly ~ Guitar
Rick
Enns ~ Bass
Don
Wieley ~ Guitar
The Rogues eventually became the Centaurs. Hugh Reilly from Cranbrook took classical organ lessons for a while. This degree of training and concentration enabled him to master rock guitar in a way which would not be seen till Ten Years After played Woodstock.I first saw him at the Renfrew community centre he was playing faster than anybody I had ever seen or heard on record. He had a white Fender Jazzmaster at the time, a guitar for bozos in my opinion. The next time I saw him he had a Gibson stereo 337 and you could hear what he was doing, fantastic out of this world lead guitar like Eric Clapton.
The Centaurs moved in across the street from me and I found the music irresistible. I left university to join the band. Louis Petrie was just leaving the band and Ron Williams from Saskatoon had arrived as lead singer and harmonica. Al West, the magical four fingered bassist, had been pulled out of a reading jazz gig at the Smilin Buddha and John Gedak was laying down a rock dance beat. We rehearsed 12 hours a day from 11 am till 11 pm with two 15 minute coffee breaks and one hour for lunch. After that, we jammed till 3 in the morning.
Robert Brown, The Centaurs
