One Horse Blue
One Horse Blue was a Canadian country rock music group that existed from 1975 to 1981 and, as reconstituted, from 1988 to 1995, releasing five albums.
One Horse Blue | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada |
| Years active | 1975–1981, 1988–1995 |
| Labels | Vera Cruz Savannah |
| Associated acts | Mavis McCauley Wes Dakus Fosterchild |
| Past members | Winston Quelch Bob Burghardt Randy Lloyd Michael Shellard Ian Oscar Ron (Rocko) Vaugeois Steve Pugsley Brent MacNab James Wright Gord Maxwell Larry Pink Jim Foster Greg Dunstan Andreas Schuld [1] |
History
The band first formed as Pickens in 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta, with members Winston Quelch (guitar), Bob Burghardt (guitar), bassist Randy Lloyd and drummer Ron (Rocko) Vaugeois. In 1977, the band asked Ian Oscar of Stash to join on vocals. When Oscar joined, the band changed their name to One Horse Blue after the 1974 Poco song from the album Cantamos. Guitarist Michael Shellard came on board shortly after, and the band began touring across Canada. In 1978 they linked up again with producer Wes Dakus who had assisted on an earlier Pickens single; Dakus took the band into Sundown Recorders to cut their first album, One Horse Blue on Vera Cruz Records, with the lead single "Deliver Me".[1] They charted several singles on the RPM Top Country Tracks charts and recorded four albums before disbanding in 1981.[2]
By 1988, Shellard and Vaugeois had reformed the band, with new members Gordon Maxwell and Larry Pink, as well as Andreas Schuld taking over on guitar. This line-up recorded the band's fifth, self-titled album, released in 1993. The album produced six Top 10 singles, including two Number One hits in "Hopeless Love" and "Bringing Back Your Love". In 1993 Schuld left the band and was replaced by Jim Foster, co-founder of Fosterchild. [3]
In terms of later, occasional performances, the band was recently composed of Gord Maxwell (lead vocals, bass guitar), Larry Pink (keyboards), Michael Shellard (background vocals, and Ron (Rocko) Vaugeois (drums, background vocals).
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country | CAN | ||
| One Horse Blue |
|
— | 77 |
| Bite the Bullet |
|
— | — |
| Livin' on the Edge |
|
— | — |
| On the Street |
|
— | — |
| One Horse Blue |
|
4 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1978 | "Deliver Me" | — | — | One Horse Blue (1978) |
| "Cry Out for the Sun" | — | 68 | ||
| "You and I" | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "Bring My Love Around" | — | — | Bite the Bullet |
| 1980 | "Some Women" | — | — | |
| "Crazy Fool" | — | 83 | ||
| "Lost and Found" | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "Some Night" | — | — | Livin' on the Edge |
| "Livin' on the Edge" | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "The Man Walks Alone" | 31 | — | One Horse Blue (1993) |
| "Colours of Love" | 67 | — | ||
| 1993 | "Starting All Over Again" | 7 | — | |
| "Love's Looking for Me" | 10 | — | ||
| 1994 | "Baby Don't Cry" | 6 | — | |
| "Everything Money Can Buy" | 14 | — | ||
| "Hopeless Love" | 1 | — | ||
| 1995 | "Bringing Back Your Love" | 1 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Music videos
| Year | Single |
|---|---|
| 1995 | "Hopeless Love" |
References
- Dan Brisebois, with notes from Mavis McCauley, Ian Oscar, Alexis Schuld and Stan Twist, Biography of One Horse Blue; www.canadianbands.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- Bush, John. "One Horse Blue biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- "One Horse Blue". Canoe - JAM! Music. Retrieved 2008-10-14.