1970-73
Norman Allard - tenor, soprano saxophones, flute
Daryl Gutheil - keyboards, vocals, trumpet
Don Gutheil - bass guitar, vocals, trumpet, percussion
Drew Lawrence - drums, flute, vocals
George Martin - trumpet, valve trombone, percussion
Bob Deutscher - guitar, vocals, electric piano

George  Don
Bob Drew  Daryl  Norm

    This group had started out as a hobby band with Drew, Norman, George, Brian Davis, Gerry Klein and my old friend Mick Grainger. That fizzled and the brothers Gutheil and I joined up with Drew, Norman and George to form Wascana. Thanks for the name, Mick! Don, Daryl and I basically folded up Andante to put this band together. Having a horn section was a major catalyst in my 'on the job' musical training. I started transcribing horn charts for cover songs, and wrote original charts for my own compositions as well as other cover songs. This was perhaps the most creative period of my career.  It was a very stimulated time!
    There were many highlights during this band's tenure. Here are a few:

• A live recording for The Great Canadian Goldrush on CBC radio, produced by Claire
  Lawrence and hosted by Terry David Mulligan
• A National Rockworks Company CBC radio recording produced by Ian Thomas.
• Several CBC  Regina recording sessions.
• A recording of a pair of Mick Grainger compostions at CHED Radio, Edmonton
  produced by Tommy Banks. While in session we met the inimitable Lenny Breau.
• Several local and regional TV broadcasts.
• Two stints at the Chicago nightclub The Rush-Up where we met several members of
  the group Chicago and swapped sets with a group called Shanti which included
  Ashish Khan, Zakir Hussein and their guitarist who was formerly with Gary Lewis
  and The Playboys. They were great, kind of an East Indian version of Santana.
• A warm-up gig with the Seigel/Schwall Blues Band.
• A gig with The Flying Colors and A Group Called Mudd at the Trianon Ballroom
  in Regina. At the end we all got together and played the Edgar Winter's White Trash  
  song, Fly Away. Magic moments.
• Many jingle sessions at Century 21 Studios, Winnipeg.
• Opened the Vancouver Nightclub The Body Shop.
• Met Chief Dan George and William O.S. Ballard (1973 vice-president Toronto Maple
  Leafs) at another Vancouver club Oil Can Harry's.

    During the last year of  this version of the band Drew, Norman and Don immersed themselves into the Krishna Consciousness Movement. In the fall of 1973 Drew and Norman left the band to devote their lives to Krishna. The rest of  us wished them well.

         
        Deke'               'Broom'                  Drew                    'Speed'               Norman                   Daryl

   
Wascana promo pack

   

• In The Need Of Company
• It All Depends On You
• Release
• Time For Now (Instrumental)
• Give Yourself A Chance To Learn  (Wascana)
• Nature Nature  (Wascana)