1949 - Fergus Ontario fruit of a musical womb – fourth son of Bert and Hazel. Mouth organ at four – Guitar at seven – rhythm lessons from an old Beatty wringer washer and cases of beer dancing.
1962 – The Big smoke Toronto ,east end rock bands, street gangs, Leadbelly, Brubeck, Mingus, Fred Niel, Handle, Blues, Yorkville clubs, poet dives, honey hives.
1968 – Montreal on the road D18 (Martin guitar) – whole new Scene, Waterloo, Infinite Noodlings Rock bands, farm houses, odd job, songs written on the fly, Mariposa 69, 71, Chester (Howlin Wolf ), Buka White, Poor Charlie – A wake up kiss from Margaret Lawrence, Donald Gordon, Clubs, Pubs and Belly rubs, French girl from New York Greenwich Village, Willy Dunn, Native wanderings, Shkenakowa, the great peace album’s, Nishnawbe Institute, Wilf Peltier, James Bay. NFB, CBC, BBC, Budge Crawly, film, music, northern wanderings.
1978 – Scotland, London, France, Film bumming, Shipped out, deep sea, Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro Carnival, 2000 miles from land, star singing to flying fish, Great Lakes, Cote’ du Nord, steamboat bumming, McKenzie River, Beaufort sea tug boats, Alaska, Yukon, North Slope 82.
1983 – Costa Rica, Swedish TV film the Dream, Schooner Victoria Lade, Elizundo Ruiz con me corasone and bottles of rum, Guatemala war from Chiapas to the Rasta, Reciefe Balize. Back to Elora Pied au terre Deep-Sea Great lakes Baffin Island Mediterranean Middle East Liverpool Portland Main. Ferry boats, Nindawayma, singing Pubs and Boson Bob CD, Bob Robb Raw CD.
97 – Pelee Island Ferry, Winter Key West, New Orleans, Savanna Georgia playing on the street.
2001 – Paisley Wee House cheap, PBS kids, Coolbelly CD Mambo on the moon. Elora Robbie Joe and Father Philthy CD Street burn.
2006 — Ix Chel (Maya Goddess of the moon).