Year: 1981
Time: 34:44
Size: 64,2 MB
Label: Rio
Styles: Rock/Singer-songwriter
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. It Doesn't Matter - 3:41
2. That's Alright - 2:56
3. She's My Girlfriend - 2:54
4. Gimme Your Love - 3:33
5. Rock & Roll Got A Hold Of My Soul - 3:29
6. Here I Come - 3:17
7. You Better Turn Around - 3:01
8. Give It To Me - 3:58
9. It Only Hurts The First Time - 3:03
10. Coming Up Roses - 4:47
Musicians:
Jerry Doucette - Guitar & Vocals;
Brent Shindell - Guitar & Keyboards;
Don Cummings - Bass Guitar;
Robbie King - Keyboards;
Bill Wade - Drums.
Jerry Doucette comes by his talent and success naturally: his family are musicians by trade. When he was a youngster he would sit in on jam sessions with his father and Uncle Jim. The family picked up their Montreal stakes and moved to Hamilton, Ontario when Doucette was 4 years old, and two years later he got his first guitar. Lessons soon followed at age 8 and he joined his first band, the Reefers, at age 11. He remained with the group for five years then moved to Toronto, playing in various bands like Tribe, Brutus, Abernathy Shagnaster, and Homestead. He hooked up with Alexis, who was working on a deal with Mushroom Records out of Vancouver, and when she got signed, she asked him to make the trek out west. Nothing came of the Alexis recording sessions and so he answered the call for a guitarist for the Seeds Of Time, featuring future Prism co-founder Lindsay Mitchell. Six months later he joined the Rocket Norton Band (Norton also going on to be in Prism), but two years later he was tired of the local bar scene and retired to his basement to write songs with friend and soon-to-be manager John Hadfield. After sequestering themselves for three months, Doucette emerged from the basement with three of the 16 demos he'd recorded and approached Shelly Siegel of Mushroom Records. Siegel was so impressed that he asked for three more tunes, and Jerry returned the next day with them. He was advised to put a band together and did so, featuring Duris Maxwell (drums, percussion), Don Cummings (bass), Brent Shindell (rhythm & acoustic guitars), and Robbie King (keyboards); Doucette himself handled all lead guitar and vocals, and rhythm and 12-string duties.
They went into the studio in 1977 and came out three months later, in November, with Doucette's first album, 'Mama Let Him Play', which quickly went platinum in Canada. Adding Jimmy Butler (guitar) and Ira Hirschel (keyboards) to his lineup, he hit the road in the US, opening for the likes of Bob Welch, Bob Weir (of the Grateful Dead), Eddie Money, and Meat Loaf. The reaction was swift and strong, and a female backup singer was added for the Canadian tour in 1978. After the Canadian tour he went back into the studio with a new line-up of musicians and producer John Ryan, and came out in early 1979 with 'The Deuce Is Loose', which spawned the Canadian hit "Nobody" and helped the album to ship gold. Another trip to the US saw him cross the continent twice, including nine days with the Doobie Brothers in April, but continued touring there and in Canada with acts such as the Beach Boys and the Atlanta Rhythm Section failed to boost sales of the second album to the loft heights of the first.
Management and financial troubles plagued Mushroom Records at this time, which Doucette felt hurt the second album, as did continuous band personnel turnovers, and by the time Doucette settled down to write and record his next LP, the only members left in the band from previous lineups were Billy Wade (drums) and Don Cummings (bass). Doucette attempted to gain back some of the momentum with the Rio Records release 'Coming Up Roses', but the industry, having become new wave and keyboard dependent had little time for the guitar great. Fast forward to the 1990's and Doucette is now in control of his own career with the re-issue of 'Mama Let Him Play' on CD (Doucette bought back the rights to the album) and a new album engineered by Colin Nairne (Barney Bentall, Sue Medley) called 'Price of An Education'. His recording act is also touring with him now and features: Darrell Mayes on drums (Colin James, The Falcons), Dennis Marcenko on bass, Bobby Stewart on guitars and vocals, and Rick Hopkins on keyboards.
Coming Up Roses
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