Blue northern billy cowsill cause

Blue Northern was a country-rock band formed in Vancouver in 1977 around four members: Lee Roy Stephens, Garry Comeau, Jimmy Wilson, and Brady Gustafson. Next Ray O'Toole joined in 1978. Billy became a fan and started sitting in with the group. Eventually he became a full-fledged member.

Blue Northern recorded and released on Quintessence Records a four song EP on 12" blue vinyl in 1979, along with a blue-tinted cover. Both Ray O'Toole and Billy wrote two songs each for this EP. Ray's "Can't Make No Sense" was chosen as the single and Polydor Records signed the band. They recorded a second single. This time it was Ray O�Toole�s "Too Late To Turn Back." The group toured, and played concerts in halls like the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver and other similar halls across Canada. Blue Northern also did some TV shows. In early 1981, a full album was released on Polydor and a couple of more O�Toole written singles followed.

The band disbanded in 1982 and Billy went on to form The Billy Cowsill Band and later The Blue Shadows.

Peter North (journalist for the Edmonton Journal) said : �He (Billy) was an incredible gift to Western Canadian music scene and you listen to those early Blue Northern tracks and he pro

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Rock legend Cowsill dies in Calgary home

Heath McCoy
Calgary Herald

Monday, February 20, 2006

Billy Cowsill was a veteran rock 'n' roller; a man who had been through the wringer after 40 years in the harsh music business.

He had weathered it all: fame on an international level and the fall from glory; drugs and booze; stunning musical highs and soul crushing lows when it all fell apart. His music was his great love and that had pulled him up from the darkest depths so many times. He was determined that this time was not going to be any different, even as he laid in a nursing home bed with a broken hip, breathing with the aid of an oxygen tank because of his emphysema.

But as grizzled and ailing as he was, Cowsill's manager Neil MacGonigill said the old rocker looked like a little boy last September, his excitement infectious as he sat up in bed listening to the tapes that were brought for his approval.

The music was from a live recording that was made in June 2001 of Cowsill's popular local band, The Co-Dependents.

MacGonigill was having the tapes remixed for the album, Live At The Mecca Cafe: Volume 2, which was released in December.

"It was as cute as can be, because I've known Billy for a long time and he was a bad boy, a real gun fighter, and here he is in his pyjam

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Bill Cowsill

American singer

Billy Cowsill
Birth name	William Carpenter Cowsill Jr.
Born	(1948-01-09)January 9, 1948 Middletown, Rhode Isle, U.S.
Died	February 18, 2006(2006-02-18) (aged 58) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Pop, alt-country
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1964–2006
Labels	MGM, Polydor, University Records, Nonerasable Music
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