[mplpost] First indie? The Two Tones

[Richard Flohil]

Ah, trust Coxworth to bring up the Two Tones, for which (and I hate to name
drop) I ghost-wrote Gordon Lightfoot's sleeve note.  Chateau Records, which
released The Two Tones Live at the Village Corner, was owned by the late
Art Snider, who was the music director for the show Country Hoedown, later
the Tommy Hunter Show, and Gordon was, at the time, a member of the Singin'
Swingin' Eight, who did square dances on the show and occasionally sang
backup for featured artists.
	Chateau Records was a small label, but not an artist-owned indie;
the label also released the first Paul Hoffert album, w-a-a-a-y before he
founded Lighthouse and went on to become a media guru. (Come to think of
it, I think I wrote the sleeve note for that, too, but I'd have to dig
around to find the album to be sure).
	Incidentally, I met Gordon on the street in my neighbourhood a few
years back, and he asked whether I had the Two Tones record, and when I
said I did he suggested I bring it round to the house (he lived in Rosedale
then) because he hadn't heard it in years. However, I refused on the
grounds he would break it over his knee, hand me a $50 bill, and be
grateful another copy was outta circulation!  He admitted that he did have
such a plan in mind....
	It IS an awful record, and if you were to hear it, you'd have
suggested that Gordon take up a career in life insurace or gas station
management.  Thank God he didn't!

Cheers,

Richard


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