DON NORMAN AND OTHER FOUR THE STRANGERS
across the street started teaching me chords.” One day, while banging out his
chords in the garage, a kid came by and asked him if he wanted to be in a band. Clint Hierlihy played bass with the Fairmonts, which would later morph into The Strangers. They played church basements and school dances and started to be noticed in the halls of Rideau High School. After the Strangers packed it in,
Clint and Gary kept jamming, mostly to the records Clint’s dad brought back from his many trips to England. A particular favourite was Cliff
Richards and his backup band, the Shadows. They decided to give the band thing another try, and by the end of 1961, The Esquires were rockin’. (See Bounder, Summer 2012, www.
bounder.ca)
By the end of 1965 the music
scene in Ottawa was changing with the times, and Gary decided to leave the Esquires. After singer Don Norman left the next year, he and Gary decided to start a new project, which would debut late in 66 as Don Norman and Other Four. A year later Gary joined another
former Esquire, Paul Huot, in the vocal-driven Townsmen. It was the perfect forum for Gary, who says: “I
CANADA GOOSE
love vocal harmonies. That’s what drives me.” Then it was off to another
“harmonious” project with former Esquires drummer Ritchie Patterson, Huot, and vocalist Barbara Bullard. The New Esquires was supposed
to be just a fun, part time band, but it turned into a full time stand at the Tabu Room of the Beacon Arms Hotel. With the help of local music legend Harvey Glatt the band did a demo tape which attracted interest from producer/songwriter Jerry Ragavoy in New York City. After a quick name change to Canada Goose, Gary and friends were off to the Big
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