Painter (band)

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Painter was a Canadian rock band formed in the early 1970s in Calgary.

Band history

Painter experienced a number of personnel changes. Their big hit 'West Coast Woman', from the album Painter, was released in 1973. Other bands that came out of Painter include 'Hammersmith', '451' and 'Prototype'.

Amongst their various alumni are a number of recording engineers. QSound was developed by Dan Lowecite web | title=The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia at canoe.ca | url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/P/Painter.html ] after experimenting in a recording session that involved multiple microphones set up around a studio. The technology was used on recordings in the 80s by Pink Floyd, Sting, Madonna and other noted artists and is currently being used in cellphones.

Band members

Drums and percussion

*Bob 'Herb' Ego
*James Llewelyn

Lead vocals

*Doran 'Dorn' Beattie

Bass

*Royden 'Wayne' Morice

Guitar

*Dan Lowe
*Barry Allen
*Brad Steckel

elected discography

*"Painter" (1973)
*"Hammersmith" (1975)

Track listing for 'Painter'

# West Coast Woman
# Tell Me Why
# Song For Sunshine
# Goin' Home To Rock n' Roll
# Space Truck
# Kites And Gliders
# Oh! You
# Slave Driver
# For You
# Crazy Feeling
# Goin' Down The Road

Track listing for 'Hammersmith'

#Late Night Lovin Man (J. Boyne/D. Beattie/D. Lowe)
#I've Got a Right To Know (D. Beattie/D. Lowe)
#Money Rock (D. Beattie/D. Lowe/R. Morice)
#Breakin Down (D. Beattie - R. Morice)
#Daybreak (R. Derringer)
#Feelin Better (D. Beattie/D. Lowe/R. Morice)
#Nobody Really Knows (D. Beattie/D. Lowe)
#Low Ridin Ladies (D. Beattie - J. Boyne)
#Funky As She Goes (D. Beattie/D. Lowe/R. Morice)
#Open up the Sky (D. Beattie/D. Lowe/R. Morice)

Hammersmith: Doran Beattie, Jeff Boyne, James Llewelyn, Danny Lowe, Wayne Morice, Bob Ego

References

External links

* [http://www.qsound.com/index.htm QSound]
* [http://bobego.com/index2.html Bob Ego's site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/bradsteckel Brad Steckel's site]
* [http://www.nevinpark.com Nevin Park Recording Studio]