Wally CameronNewton GarwoodMike LevineKieran OversWayne St. John Motherlode was a Canadian pop rock group formed in 1969 in London, Ontario.
They played on the group's debut album, Keep On Running which was released on Boo BST 6802 around October - November 1968.
[citation needed] They finally got a break following their debut at the Image Club when Mort Ross signed them to Revolver Records that same year.
According to Ritchie Yorke's book, Axes, Chops & Hot Licks: The Canadian Rock Music Scene, they got about 25 songs together and cut some of them in the studio.
[13][11] Dianne Brooks contributed a song "Memories of a Broken Promise" as well as some background vocals to Motherlode's When I Die album.
Motherlode also contributed a song and instrumental backing on Brooks album, Another Kind Of Soul that was released on Revolver Records.
A 72-hour event that ran on the Labor Day period from August 29 to September 1, held at Rock Hill, 16 miles north of Orangeville.
Steve Kennedy, Ken Marco and Wayne Stone went on to be members of Dr. Music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[11] The album contained the song "Black Cat", which was sampled by Gang Starr's "Daily Operation" (intro).
This line-up consisted of Doug Richardson (saxophone), Anthony Shinault (guitar) and Philip Wilson (drums).
[19] Mort Ross, Revolver Record's president had brought in Gord Waszek, of the rock group Leigh Ashford, to begin writing for the third version of Motherlode.
They recorded "All That's Necessary", with Breen LeBoeuf on vocals, Mike Levine on bass plus Gord Waszek and several other members of Leigh Ashford.
[29] It was reported by RPM Weekly in their December 5, 1970, issue that Motherlode had reformed for recording with the previous line up having failed to capitalize on the success of "When I Die".
[30] The line up consisted of Mike Levine (bass), Wayne St. John (vocals), Kieran Overs (guitar) and two former members of Leigh Ashford, Wally Cameron (drums) and Newton Garwood (keyboards).
[29] Also in 1990, RPM Weekly mentioned William Smith and Motherlode as artists to appear in CBC Television's Supathon '90 13 hour long show, scheduled to begin on 24 February.
He later recorded three solo albums and did a two-year stint with Celine Dion as bassist/background vocalist, before joining Canadian rockers April Wine in January 2007, replacing Jim Clench on bass.
He also released a solo album Smitty,[37] which included a song "Sweetie Pie" that he co-wrote with Eric Mercury.