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BREADLINE SHOES/LBD BAND
"This band plays so hard, people take their teeth out to dance..." (Riel Langlois - Captain Canuck writer and one-time movie actor).
Pictured above is The LBD Blues Band, which developed from Breadline Shoes. From l-r: Brenda Bournon, Doug Sullivan, Lyndon Bournon. This band has also featured Gord Vail on keyboards.
BREADLINE SHOES was a Canadian 3-piece Rock 'n Roll/Blues/Country band based in Brandon, Manitoba. The band played some material exclusive to them:
My love's run out of love for me (Gerry Slattery)
Every time I see you (Gerry Slattery)
Journey's End (Ray Puxley)
In My Dreams (Ray Puxley)
Rock Bottom (Lyndon Bournon)
Give it to me straight (Lyndon Bournon)
Personnel were:
Lyndon Bournon (vocals/guitar) b. Reading, England 1952 Bramshill, Hampshire
Brenda Bournon (bass) b. Brandon, MB 1961
Joe Ksiazek (drums) b. Poland 1957
Ron Erickson (drums)b. Sheridan, MB 1950
Additional Members for special occasions:
Derek Bournon (guitar/bass) b. Brandon 1983
Desmond Bournon (guitar) b. Brandon 1985
Barry Day (vocals/guitar/harp/bass) b. Brandon 1953
Ron Gould (vocals/sax/guitar) Melita
Lyndon began playing guitar at age 11. Early favourites included Cliff and the Shadows, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan; later, Jimi Hendrix, Duster Bennett....
The first band he played with publicly was at St. Peter's College, Birmingham, in 1973. The band included Malcolm Smart (bass), Phil 'Jazz Lips' Jackson (harp) and Steve Grabowski (Roadie).
When Lyndon first immigrated from England he joined up with Rose and Al Deric and their son, Greg (from Parker, Ontario). As The Blue Chips, they toured Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC, recording an album ("I'll Drink To That") in 1981.
After Lyndon and Brenda were married in 1982, they lived for a while in Brandon, Manitoba, where Lyndon met Rob Mancuso, who was forming a band. The drummer was Joe Ksiazek and the band became known as Sudden Thunder. When Rob and his family moved down to San Diego , Richie Hardinge took over on bass. In 1985, Sudden Thunder won the Battle of the Bands at the Keystone Corral. When Richie left to attend music college in Edmonton, Bodo Kruger joined.
At the end of 1985, The Bournons moved to Kitchener, Ontario. Lyndon started up a duo called Breadline Shoes (with Dave McQuarrie on bass) and then he and Greg (from The Blue Chips) played as The Watermallan Brothers until Lyndon and Brenda began playing as a duo in 1989, continuing in England from 1993 to 1998, while living in Romford, Essex. From 1989 until 1998 the band was known as 'The Clamps'. (In fact, they played their first gig as 'The Penile Clamps' in August 1989, featuring Gerry Slattery, who was visiting at the time from England).
In their time in southern Ontario, they had come to know two up-and-coming guitarists - Pete Rozell and Jerry Oliver (and bassist Kevin Oliver).
In England they were sometimes joined by friends Jeff and Spencer Cullum(members of 10 BARE FEET - a young 7-piece rock band for whom Lyndon acted as music coach:
www.webspawner.com/users/10barefeet)
and Mike Applewhite, Lyndon's friend and colleague from Marshalls Park School in Romford.
In 1998, the Bournons returned to western Manitoba. For over two years, Joe Ksiazek (from the Sudden Thunder days) played drums with Breadline Shoes. Ron Erickson ('Rockin' Ron') was the drummer from 2001 until 2005.
BREADLINE SHOES played bars, dances and other functions. The band played quite a bit of 60s British pop/rock (Billy Fury, The Troggs, The Beatles....)
Venues Breadline Shoes appeared at between 1998 and 2005 included:
The Crystal Hotel, Brandon
The Portage Hotel, Portage la Prairie
Roper's, Wawanesa
The Carman Motor Inn, Carman
The Gladstone Hotel, Gladstone
The Killarney Motor Hotel, Killarney
The Moosomin Motor Hotel, Moosomin, Sask
The Nordic Inn, Erickson
The Queen's Hotel, Rapid City
The Central Hotel, Virden
The Bowsman Hotel, Bowsman
The Hamiota Inn, Hamiota
City Limits, Yorkton, Sask
The Lions' Telethon CKX TV, Brandon
Jamboree, Polonia
The Rural Forum, Brandon
Canada Day Celebrations, Rapid City
Carroll Community Centre
Melita Band-Blast 2001
Melita Band-Blast 2002
Streetbeat, Brandon 2002
Brenda and Lyndon also played as part of the Shadow Blues Band at the Double Decker, Brandon:
Brenda - bass
Lyndon - guitar, vocals, harp
Doug Sullivan - drums
Murray Evans - guitar, slide guitar, harp and vocals
and later with Doug (and sometimes Gord Vail) as the LBD Blues Band. A later variation featured George Norton on bass and Gord Vail on keyboards (The LD Double G Band).
Venues played included:
Westman Centennial Auditorium
The Crystal
Brandon Blues Society Social
Lyndon also plays with The UKadians (see link)
For LBD Blues Band Bookings (and for The UKadians), please phone (204) 571 9502
e-mail lyndonbournon@hotmail.com
The UKadians
lyndon bournon
derek bournon
gerry slattery/burns bros
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