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  One of the most infamous 'names' in Canadian rock is Bob Segarini. The native of Stockton, California began his musical journey amidst the 50's crowd, growing up while caught in Beatlemania. After moving to LA, his first formal band was a local group called The Ratz, with Gary Duncan, who'd later go on to form Quick Silver Messenger Service. Soon after he formed Family Tree with guitarist/keyboardist Jimmy De Cocq, singer Michael Dure, Van Slater on drums and bassist Bill (Kootch) Trochim. They soon gained an almost cult-like following on the West Coast music scene. They released their only lp in the summer of '68 on RCA Records - MISS BUTTERS - an album that Elton John credits in his top 20 and very influential to his own solo career. Despite the moderate success of the lead off track "Birthday/Dirgeday", "Melancholy Vaudeville Man" and "Miss Butters Lament" co-written by Harry Nilsson, they soon disbanded. Segarini and DeCocq formed Roxy with bassist/singer Randy Bishop soon after, releasing one album in the spring of 1969 on Elektra. But again, one record was all she wrote for that band as well, despite the success of "Love Love Love", the eerie and moody "Yesterday's Song" and "Rock and Roll Circus". Jim De Cocq split from Roxy soon after its release, reportedly due to an argument that ensued over the LAST cigarette during a late night recording session. He would go on to a moderately successful solo career as Lee Michaels. Segarini and Bishop meanwhile collaberated on their next project almost immediately after Roxy's demise, and were joined by 'Earnie' Earnshaw (drums), Mike Stull (guitar), and former Family Tree member 'Kootch' Trochim to form The Wackers. With Bishop and Segarini still under contract to Elektra, they released WACKERING HEIGHTS in late 1970. The same year saw Segarini and Bishop team up for the soundtrack to VANISHING POINT, composing and doing 2 songs for the film, "Dear Jesus God" and ''Over Me". Their eagerly-awaited follow-up came in '72 with HOT WACKS but still failed to gain the attention of the overall masses. Feeling a change of scenery would be in order, the band moved to Montreal in the spring of '73, hiring new guitarist JP Lauzon to replace Stull. The third album, SHREDDER was released in the summer of '73. But despite a respectable draw in the major Canadian centers, they couldn't seem to crack the American market and disbanded in '74 while a new project had already been recorded.
Segarini's next project was The Dudes, which he co-founded in '75 with April Wine's co-founders Ritchie and David Henman, After relocating to Toronto and cutting a 4 song EP called STARLIGHT on A&M in '77, which featured BB Gabor on guitar, Keir Bronstein on bass and Mark Bronson on drums, he landed a deal with local Bomb Records and released GOTTA HAVE POP in '77. Featured were many of the area's most solid core of performers, including David Clayton Thomas of Blood Sweat & Tears, Doug Inglis of Goddo, Greg Godovitz of Fludd and Goddo, and former fellow-Dude David Henman. A good beer always attracts a musician, and many of the area's locals hung out at Toronto's Phase One, Eastern Sound and Thunder Sound studios, including Mike St.Denis, Phil Angers, Mark Bronson and Drew Winters from Henman's Debutantes. The record scored rave reviews from the critics, spawned in part by the success of the title track, a re-make from The Dudes' unreleased second record. The majority of everyone involved in the lp, and the addition of Pete Kashur on guitar, formed the Segarini Touring Entourage. While doing a live radio performance in Toronto in the spring of 1978, label brass liked it so much that it spawned, appropriately enough ON THE RADIO that summer. Along with a remake of The Wackers' "All I Wanna Do Is Love You", and the Doors' "People Are Strange", it also had the first version of Duck Deluxe's "Please, Please, Please". Writing the majority of the next project while on a cross-Canada tour, the band returned to the studios and released GOODBYE LA on CBS in '79. The record was again well-received, and spawned the title track as the first single. The record included re-makes of "Day and Night", "I Hardly Know Her Name", and "Teenage Love", gleaned from the heyday of The Wackers, as well as "Please Please Please" from ON THE RADIO being re-vamped. Other noteable cuts from a noticeably 'more mature' veteran included "I Like The Beatles", "Who's Loving You", and the whimsical "My Baby Is An Airhead", and included singer/guitarist Garwood Wallace on the sessions. In addition to the production of his own sessions, he also kept busy producing other acts, such as the B-Girls, Twitch (w/ Garwood Wallace) and the Detroit band, The Romantics.
He's stayed active since the mid 80's doing a regular shift on Toronto's airwaves, writing jingles for television and radio and hits the road on regular jaunts year-round. His longtime association with Greg Godovitz carried on in the early 90's, when they formed The Anger Brothers, performing their hits as well as well as covers of blues and The Beatles, influential in both their careers. 1995 saw Pacemaker Records remaster GOTTA HAVE POP on CD, including "Groucho Marx" and "Laurel Ann" - 2 tracks which were to be included in the original release but weren't. This was followed shortly the next year by MaGaDa Records recutting VOX POPULI. In '97 Pacemaker would also release a compilation of The Dudes entitled ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - ALL THE OLD DEMOS. The string of re-releases of his material saw Segarini record for the first time in over 15 years that same year when he teamed up with longtime friends Terry Draper of Klaatu fame and David Henman, who'd played with Segarini, if you'd been paying attention, in The Dudes. Their club act mutated into Cats & Dogs, independantly releasing a self-titled disc. His relationship with Bullseye Records - Canada's leading independant label began in 2001, when he appeared on the Bullseye album TAKIN CARE OF CHRISTMAS - originally recorded in 1979 by the Segarini band and released on Epic Records. A deal should be finalized soon which will see the release of a Bob Segarini box set, capturing some of the country's most influential songwriter/musicians in re-releases of his ground breaking solo career, as well as highlights from his other collaberations and a few rarities.
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But Bomb Records was ticking away and the label folded due to financial problems. Segarini never made it to the Unemployment Office, as he was picked up by Anthem shortly after. Being the home to such major artists as