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Sunday, November 8, 2009

New documentary explores Niagara music scene, 1964-74

UPDATE - 11/9@4:17PM: Andrew Olson spoke with director Paul Miil via email and he confirmed that Neil was indeed the drummer on the soundtrack version of the J.R. Flood song. He also added that while it's not the entire song, it is enough to get an idea of what their sound was like.

A new documentary from filmmaker Paul Miilm explores the Niagara music scene of the late 60's and early 70's of which Neil Peart played a major part. It's titled The Big Story of Small Potatoes and will be released sometime this month according to the film's website. Neil Peart was not interviewed for the documentary but Jimmy Johnson, who later became a guitar tech for Alex Lifeson, is interviewed. The film makes reference to several bands that Neil played in including JR Flood - which has their song Giant Killer (not known if Neil played on this) included on the soundtrack. The film's website also includes a list of several bands that Neil purportedly played with:

* Mumblin Sumpthin circa 1967 (St. Catharines micro-band)
* Strength circa 1967-68 (micro-band) (Neil possibly sat in)
* Wayne and the Younger Generation circa 1966-67 (falls band) was called The Devil's Diciples (sic) early 1966
* The Younger Generation circa 1967
* The Majority circa 1967- Dec 69 (falls/St. Catharines band) From The Younger Generation Rick Jones creation. There was a line-up of The Majority previous to this one, but no one remembers who.
* David circa 1970 (after Skinner's version of The Majority for a couple gigs -- micro-band)
* JR Flood circa 1968 - July 1971; Aug 1971 - Dec 1971 (different lineup) (St. Catharines/Falls band)
* Hush circa 1971-74

Thanks to RushFanForever and Andrew Olson for the info.