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
Bruce
Ball ~ Drums, Photographer
In
Memory of
Bruce
Fairbairn 1949-1999
Ronn
Zinko d: 2015
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
I am Ralph Eppel and I was the
trombone
on demos with Under Construction, the name before Prism,
and was on the N.A. tour in 77 opening for Meatloaf and other Canadian
tours. With Bruce Faibairn and Tom Keenlyside, we were the horn section
of Sunshyne.
Ralph Eppel, Feb 2014
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Last
Update: 9 April 2015
Credits:
Tom Keenlyside,
Roger Stomperud, Ananymous
Contributor, Bruce F. Ball, Ralph Eppel, Rick Hill
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