Under The Influence ...

Garnett Ford was a Toronto artist that released his debut album, Under The Influence, with Warner Records in 1978. He was in a band called Pinball previous to this album, in the early seventies, with guitarist Dave Cooper. Dave has a long history in Canadian music playing with the likes of Tom Cochrane, Edward Bear and Klaatu just to name a few. Dave also contributed guitar to this release as well. Garnett's album was produced by Ian Thomas and you can really hear his influence on this particular release. I really enjoy the song, Hustler, off this album. It's a deep album track, buried on the B-side and was likely never a single. It's got a great groove to it. If you are a fan of Ian Thomas' work in the seventies, you should really enjoy this track. Garnett would release one more album in 1982. That release featured everyone from Kim Mitchell to the late B.B. Gabor. It was also re-issued by a label out of Germany called Long Island Records. His debut however, hasn't received the same treatment.

He started a company with fellow musician, Bob Kellermann, called 2ndFloorView, composing music for movies and television.

“Hustler” is a pop-rock monster with a solid drum groove (courtesy of CanRock standby Bucky Berger, who has played with everyone from Rough Trade to Raffi) and particularly nice work on keyboards.

Garnett Ford: vocals
Ian Thomas: guitar, backing vocals
Dave Sawyer: bass, backing vocals
Steve Hogg: bass
Don Harriss: keyboards
Don Paulton: keyboards, backing vocals
Hugh Syme: keyboards, backing vocals
Bucky Berger: drums
Doug Templeton: backing vocals

Engineered by Ian Thomas and Dave Cooper
Produced by Ian Thomas