Round & round it goes�where it stopped? Nobody knows!
�and - who got that brass ring, anyways? Or, is it still out there???
1972 - 1978
�Hadji� was the answer (TV trivia), and that got us all rolling about. Of course, in the middle of the night, riding in an old converted school bus named �Irene� back from somewhere in New York state (the equipment in the back half and us crammed in the front), there was a pretty good chance we�d laugh at just about anything!
Irene took us near and far around 5 or 6 states - five, six, and seven night a week - for a couple of years until she was ready to retire. Then it became �Rosie�s job�she was a plain vanilla box truck with a red cab, and she hauled the equipment � the musicians had to fend for themselves.
Being a cover band on the �Dial Tone� circuit was getting pretty old after a year or so, and since Ann Marie had some nice stuff written � we began to create some �originals� based on these. �Old Man of the Sea� came first, and we recorded it when we did a cover song demo.
Soon, we had another 3 tunes (�Carousel�, Dance for the Blind� � both Ann Marie�s, and �Order�, a Gary Fulton composition) � and we went into a recording studio and did all 4 originals.
�Brandy�, �Lay It On The Line�, and �Thoughts� each took shape over the next several years; you hear them here recorded �live�.
<Except for bass players, we remained the same four (Ann Marie, Gary, Tom, and myshelf) after I came on board in '73, until '78. At some point, Nick threw in with us, doubling on lead vocals and keyboards - so we were six-piece.
We were signed by two different recording companies during this period: "ArmTrak Records", and "Terry Phillips, Inc.", both of N.Y.C. - and both exercises in frustration... they wanted some "commercial" product, and we wanted to stretch our creative limbs, interested in creating music that was challenging to us and any listener, instead.>
1978, 1979
The changing winds of time had done their thing, and Canyon was now a four-piece band : Tom & Gary Fulton (the founders), Nick Stargu, and Joe Zampano. �Come�, �Please Believe Me�, �Take Your Time�, and �Life In A Heap� were recorded during this period.
1979 � 1982
Back to a five-piece lineup, and back in the Studio to record a single: �Busy� b/w �Baby, It�s You� (the ol� cover nugget). The single didn�t materialize �cause Poughkeepsie, N.Y.�s WPDH used �Busy� on it�s local compilation album.
1983
A Hartford songwriter/magician (!) named Barton Alexander enlisted Canyon to help compose and realize a made-for-video production of his �Illusions In The Wind�, an �Entertainment Phenomenon� combining magic and music. �Illusion In The Wind (Pt.s 1 & 2)�, �Tell Me Why�, and �You Don�t Love Me� come from this excursion.
So it was on our Carousel�the horses came and went, but the music NEVER stopped...so, neither has the Carousel.
Who got the brass ring?
�Is it still out there?�
The answer is still �Hadji�!
have a link
attached!!
Gary Fulton Al Roy Mr. & Mrs. Francis Mulhearn
Wayne Drescher Rich Mueller Mr. Robert Collins
Anne Marie Mulhearn Joe Mendyk Sue Fulton
Butch Fillipetti John Ogren Barton Alexander
Dan Platt Bob Brown
Tony Biello Rich Owens
Dave Chapman Jay Taylor Part Crew/Part Player!
Scott Whittlesey Ron Pronovost Dave Biro
Butch Bourque Steve Smith (�Wheels�)
John Barron Andrew ____ (�Landrew�)
Joe Zampano Dan Bassett (�Rat�) Photographers
Nick Stargu Steve Werhle Mark McKenna
Sal Saladino Bob Neumann Dave Pavano
Kevin Dayton Forrest Nelson Kurt Jones
Mary DuBiel Duane Lester
Nick Demet Eric Espinosa
Karl Savejs Steve Emory (�McSteve�)
Skip LeClair Roy Ryzak
Paul Tucciarone Ron Jennings (�Boo�)
Ken Vayda Stanley Anderson
Mark Franco John DellaCamera
Tony Bussolini
