The mid-70s were a lot of fun. I was enjoying all kinds of gigs, both as a solo act and with my first band Foxfire*.
My favourites were the annual Easter Be-In (a very zany gathering in Stanley Park), Gulf Island dances in community halls where
hippies and bikers peacefully co-existed, and the arts and craft "faires" out in the country.
Many is the night I wound up serenading campers by lamplight with the Hank Williams chestnut "Honkytonk Angels"
before heading home after a long, blissed-out day on the festival site.

One of the biggest crowds I played for was at the Pacific Coliseum, where a group of local performers got together to fill in for Ravi Shankar when he cancelled a show. I also got invited to perform with my band at the first Greenpeace "Save the Whales" sendoff for a crowd of 25,000 people at the old airplane hangars at Jericho Beach on April 27, 1974, a major event that included Country Joe MacDonald and several stellar local bands. The Greenpeace connection continued with a solo gig at Vancouver's gorgeous Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Although I can't recall what year that was (1975 perhaps?) I do remember being incredibly nervous at being in such esteemed company... (Thanks to Pete Mitchell for jogging my memory about this. If anyone out there has any photos, please email me!)

Foxfire was Dennis Henderson: bass  Edwin Lamarr: guitar  Ross Barrett: horns  Greg "Honeybear" Fors: percussion  Jeff Delgarn: drums