Domenic Troiano Band - Burnin' At The Stake / Spud (vinyl)

All images in this video are taken from scans and photos of my personal vinyl copies of the Domenic Troiano Band's LP's "Burnin' At The Stake"(1977) and "The Jokes On Me"(1978)...along with a few pics from his debut solo LP and "Tricky".
The audio is sourced from one of my vinyl copies using an Oracle Delphi MKIII turntable, an SME45 tone arm, and a Vanden Hull MC-10 MC cartridge. Though I suppose after digital transfer to mp3, compression etc...all this is irrelevant.

Domenic Troiano began playing guitar at 15 and became one of Canada's premier rock guitarists during the late 1960s and the 1970s. He began his career with Robbie Lane and the Disciples but moved on to replace Robbie Robertson as lead guitarist with Ronnie Hawkins. He then became a member of the popular Toronto rhythm and blues band the Five Rogues (1964-9); the band shortened their name to the 'Rogues', which then evolved into 'Mandala' (1966-9).
'Mandala' presented a more soulful style with vocalist George Olliver (replaced in 1966 by Roy Kenner), organist Josef Chirowski (replaced in 1966 by Hugh O'Sullivan), bass guitarist Don Elliott and drummer Whitey (Pentii) Glann. Mandala toured widely in the US, released Soul Crusade (1968, Atlantic) and enjoyed hits such as 'Opportunity' (1967) and 'Love-itis' (1968). In 1970, Troiano and some of the members from 'Mandala', including Kenner, Glann and the bass guitarist Prakash John, established 'Bush', a Canadian blues-influenced rock band, based in Arizona. Although 'Bush' worked together for less than two years, they released an album (Bush, 1970) and toured extensively through the US with 'Steppenwolf' and 'Three Dog Night'. Troiano then replaced Joe Walsh and began playing with the US band the 'James Gang' (1971-3); he appeared on the albums 'Straight Shooter' (1972) and 'Passin Thru' (1972). From there he joined the 'Guess Who' (1974), co-writing and playing on the two albums 'Flavours' (1974) and 'Power in the Music' (1975). In the late 1970s he formed the 'Domenic Troiano Band' 1977-9 in Toronto, once again working with Roy Kenner. In 1980 Trojano formed Black Market with Bob Wilson and Paul DeLong, and released Changing of the Guard (1981, El Mocambo Records) before turning exclusively to studio work as a composer, producer and guitarist with his independent production company Black Market. In 1984 he began writing themes and incidental music for TV, including the CBS series Night Heat, Diamonds, and Hot Shots, CBC's Airwaves, and NBC's True Blue.
His guitar work can also be heard on recordings by Moe Koffman, Joe Cocker, James Cotton and Long John Baldry.
His songs, such as 'Writing on the Wall' and 'I Can Hear You Calling' from the 1970s, have been recorded by Three Dog Night, Skylark, and John Rutledge, among others. He received three Gemini award nominations for his television work, and his song "Just as Bad as You" was honoured by SOCAN. Troiano received a nomination for Producer of the Year at the Juno Awards for Fret Fever (1980) and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1996.

Domenic passed away due to prostate cancer in 2005. His condition was first diagnosed about ten years earlier.

In 2006, the Domenic Troiano Guitar Scholarship was initiated, offering financial aid to the winning entrant. The panel of judges consists of guitarists Bernie LaBarge, Alex Lifeson, Rik Emmett, Kevin Breit, Domenic's brother Frank Troiano, John Harris (head of The Harris Institute), and Jim Norris (editor of Canadian Musician Magazine).

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[trnjan59]

Ab fab! Great transfer job! Sometimes I could kill myself for selling my record collection! Saw this guy and his band at the Body Shop in Vancouver, Canada in about 1979 and became an instant fan. Always remember the wild madman on keyboards but could never remember his name. Canadian legend!

[drprogensteinphp]

@trnjan59

Glad you enjoyed :)

I ripped a few of his LP's a couple years back. I haven't looked in awhile, but as recently as 1 year ago the only Dom release on CD was a 'Best Of' type compilation. Sadly they missed several great songs. I also have "War Zone" uploaded if you're interested :)

Oh...and the keyboard player you saw with Dom's band at that time was more than likely Josef Chirowski of 'Mandala'. He also played with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, along with Penti Glan & Prakash John.

[MrDuaner123]

anybody have Troiano's 1st album from '72??

[drprogensteinphp]

@MrDuaner123

I own all of his albums on vinyl. I'll try to do another Dom upload here in the next while featuring stuff from his debut LP.

Cheers!

[uglyethel]

Used to play Burning At The Stake years ago . Spud has some of of all time fav. guitar lines ! Thanks for posting !!

[drprogensteinphp]

@uglyethel

You're very welcome!...Dom's been a favourite of mine for many years. Please check out my vinyl upload of "War Zone" also, I think you may enjoy that as well :)

[TheBlackycat]

Very nice. I have a copy of The Jokes on Me on vinyl but the turntable has not been hooked up in years. I used to listen to it fairly often. This brings back memories. Thanks for posting it.

[drprogensteinphp]

@dannyman60001

I'm also from Winnipeg, though moved to Toronto when I was young. Bush played my high school.

I've been living out west since the late 70's. I was also involved in the music scene...we may have crossed paths sometime in the distant pass :)

[dannyman60001]

Dom was a leader in Canadian guitar playing back from the 60s with Mandella. Bush,James Gang,Guess Who and solo work. I viewed and listened from the Winnipeg music scene in the 60s,70s and early 80s where I was a local player with various bands--most notably Graham Shaw and the Sincere Serenaders (Capitol 1980,True North 1981). Dom was a great funky player who also sang very well and composed some amazing stuff. He is missed by many. RIP brother.

[drprogensteinphp]

@elephanta2

Happy New Year to you as well buddy :)