Wow - I had no idea. I had meetings at the Hazelton the last time I was in town. Marc ----- Original Message ---- From: Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:47:31 PM Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Klaatu sighting! Today I attended a ceremony to place a historical plaque at the site of the former Riverboat Coffeehouse in Yorkville Village -- a hippie haven that rivaled Haight-Ashbury and Greenwich Village between 1966 and 1970. The Riverboat is where Phil Ochs wrote "Changes", Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote "Universal Soldier" and Tom Rush 'The Circle Game'. The chairman of the committee that raised funds for the plaque was Klaatu's old promotions girl-Friday Gee Chung. Gee was the receptionist at Toronto Sound -- the recording studio where John Woloschuk first begged Terry Brown for an assistant engineer's job and, instead, was handed a record deal. Gee went on to work for Klaatu and is still legal council for the group's publishing arm Magentalane Music. Anyone who attended the Konvention in 2005 may have seen this petite, but endearing Chinese woman sitting with Frank & Linda Davies. Anyway....in attendance at the ceremony besides Yorkville legends and Canadian icons Gordon Lightfoot, Murray McLaughlin, Brent Titcomb (of Three's A Crowd), David Wilcox (of Ian & Sylvia Tyson & Great Speckled Bird), The Good Brothers, and Shirley Eikhard (the lady who wrote "Something To Talk About for Bonnie Raitt) was none other than John Woloschuk and Frank Davies. Frank was instrumental in the growth of the record industry from the talent that grew out of Yorkville which made his presence a necessity -- but the surprise was that John showed up as a representative of Magentalane Music who donated money to see the plaque erected. A rather noble and classy gesture if I do say so myself. And where was the Riverboat Coffee House? 118 Yorkville Avenue...two doors from where a teenaged Terry Draper and Dee Long were roommates in 1968 -- and long before ever re-teaming in Klaatu. There will be a picture posted soon of Gee, John and Frank together during the ceremony. I'll let you know when and where to go see it. Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records 1-800-JOE-RADI(O) // 1-800-563-7234 CDs: http://www.bullseyecanada.com MP3s: http://www.bullseyesongs.com RADIO: http://www.radiothatdoesntsuck.com SWAG: http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/bullseyecanada MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/bullseyecanada Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ PERSONAL - http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz - http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Jaimie-Vernon BLOG - http://verminator.livejournal.com FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/jaimievernon _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid–60826