Summer of '73
Peter Bjerring, Bruce Fairbairn, Richard Christie, Bill Buckingham
Ralph Eppel, Steve The Juggler, Tom Keenlyside
Jim Vallance
Sunshyne
Vancouver, British Columbia
1970 - 1976

Members
 

Ross Barrett ~ Saxophone
Peter "The Kaptin" Bjerring ~ Keyboards, Guitar
Bill Buckingham ~ Tuba, Guitar
Dave Calder ~ Drums
Richard "Dexter" Christie ~ Bass
Ralph Eppel ~ Trombone
Bruce Fairbairn ~ Trumpet, Vocals
Craig Holden ~ Vocals
Tom Keenlyside ~ Saxophone, Flute, Trombone, Vocals
 Mike Logie  ~ Vocals
Lindsay Mitchell ~ Guitar
David Pickell ~ Keyboards
Jim Powell ~ Drums
Don "The Reverend" Ramsay ~ Organ
David Sinclair ~ Guitar, Vocals
Steve Sullivan ~ Juggler
Jim Vallance ~ Drums
Ronn Zinko ~ Drums
 

Sunshyne (1970-1976) was the offshoot of an Vancouver R&B band called the "Spectres". Sunshyne was notable for numerous reasons: it made forays into various fusions of music (jazz ,rock, R&B ,even liturgical); it got a ton of press (including Time Magazine.); and it kick started the playing and writing careers of some pretty heavy hitters (Jim Vallance , Bruce Fairbairn to name two ). Most of the guys that went through this band are still full-time musicians . Sunshyne was also the precursor to the band "Prism", in which I played for a year, and which ultimately led to Vallance writing a gazillion hits for Bryan Adams , and Fairbairn producing huge albums for Aerosmith and the like . Anyhow ,I digress...
Tom Keenlyside, Vancouver, January 2004

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Last Update:  5 November 2006
Credits:  Tom Keenlyside, Roger Stomperud, Ananymous Contributor