Chilliwack
Chilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. They are perhaps best remembered for their three biggest songs "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)", "I Believe" and "Whatcha Gonna Do." While the members have changed Chilliwack is still out touring Canada from coast to coast.
The band initially formed as the Classics (1964) in Vancouver, British Columbia, but later changed the name to the Collectors (1966). Their psychedelic debut album yielded the minor but long-remembered hit 'Lydia Purple'. Read Full BioChilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. They are perhaps best remembered for their three biggest songs "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)", "I Believe" and "Whatcha Gonna Do." While the members have changed Chilliwack is still out touring Canada from coast to coast.
The band initially formed as the Classics (1964) in Vancouver, British Columbia, but later changed the name to the Collectors (1966). Their psychedelic debut album yielded the minor but long-remembered hit 'Lydia Purple'. A second album was based on the musical score written by the band for a stage play by Canadian playwright George Ryga, 'Grass and Wild Strawberries'.
After lead singer Howie Vickers left the group in 1970, the band changed its name to Chilliwack, a Salish term meaning "going back up". With lead guitarist Bill Henderson now providing most of the vocals and doing most of the composing, the band released several records that were moderately successful in Canada. Major hit singles in Canada included "Lonesome Mary", "Crazy Talk" and "Fly at Night". The album track "Rain-o", an elegant, soaring, blues-based composition that appeared in different versions on the Chilliwack debut album and the later "Dreams, Dreams, Dreams", was a well known concert favourite.
In 1978, Brian MacLeod (guitar, drums, keyboards) and Ab Bryant (bass) joined the band. Chilliwack enjoyed its greatest success with this new lineup. The singles "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" (1981), "I Believe" (1982), and "Whatcha Gonna Do (When I'm Gone)" (1982) were popular both in Canada and in the U.S. The band was extremely popular at the time, and was regarded as the Canadian answer to the Grateful Dead. Rolling Stone Magazine wrote:
"At their best, Chilliwack was the finest Canadian rock band, outrocking BTO and Moxy and outwriting Burton Cummings. But a lack of consistency kept it from international success."
Henderson and MacLeod received a Best Producer Juno Award in 1982 for Opus X. MacLeod left the band soon after, and Chilliwack's last new recording was released in 1984. Henderson and Lawrence continued to tour with other players until December 1988. In 1989 Bill Henderson went on to form the band UHF.
2005 saw Chilliwack play Voyageur Days Festival in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada (near North Bay) with other Canadian classic rockers Moxy, Toronto, Trooper, Goddo, Killer Dwarfs & Ray Lyell for the 30th anniversary for release of the debut album by the band Moxy.
The band initially formed as the Classics (1964) in Vancouver, British Columbia, but later changed the name to the Collectors (1966). Their psychedelic debut album yielded the minor but long-remembered hit 'Lydia Purple'. Read Full BioChilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. They are perhaps best remembered for their three biggest songs "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)", "I Believe" and "Whatcha Gonna Do." While the members have changed Chilliwack is still out touring Canada from coast to coast.
The band initially formed as the Classics (1964) in Vancouver, British Columbia, but later changed the name to the Collectors (1966). Their psychedelic debut album yielded the minor but long-remembered hit 'Lydia Purple'. A second album was based on the musical score written by the band for a stage play by Canadian playwright George Ryga, 'Grass and Wild Strawberries'.
After lead singer Howie Vickers left the group in 1970, the band changed its name to Chilliwack, a Salish term meaning "going back up". With lead guitarist Bill Henderson now providing most of the vocals and doing most of the composing, the band released several records that were moderately successful in Canada. Major hit singles in Canada included "Lonesome Mary", "Crazy Talk" and "Fly at Night". The album track "Rain-o", an elegant, soaring, blues-based composition that appeared in different versions on the Chilliwack debut album and the later "Dreams, Dreams, Dreams", was a well known concert favourite.
In 1978, Brian MacLeod (guitar, drums, keyboards) and Ab Bryant (bass) joined the band. Chilliwack enjoyed its greatest success with this new lineup. The singles "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" (1981), "I Believe" (1982), and "Whatcha Gonna Do (When I'm Gone)" (1982) were popular both in Canada and in the U.S. The band was extremely popular at the time, and was regarded as the Canadian answer to the Grateful Dead. Rolling Stone Magazine wrote:
"At their best, Chilliwack was the finest Canadian rock band, outrocking BTO and Moxy and outwriting Burton Cummings. But a lack of consistency kept it from international success."
Henderson and MacLeod received a Best Producer Juno Award in 1982 for Opus X. MacLeod left the band soon after, and Chilliwack's last new recording was released in 1984. Henderson and Lawrence continued to tour with other players until December 1988. In 1989 Bill Henderson went on to form the band UHF.
2005 saw Chilliwack play Voyageur Days Festival in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada (near North Bay) with other Canadian classic rockers Moxy, Toronto, Trooper, Goddo, Killer Dwarfs & Ray Lyell for the 30th anniversary for release of the debut album by the band Moxy.
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My Girl
Chilliwack Lyrics
Ever since left me
I sure feel all alone
A little misunderstanding
I can't get her on the telephone
Hanging out down on Main Street
Living in a different world
Standing around with the gang on the corner
Talking about my girl
My girl, she was the world to me
She's gone, away across the street
My girl, is just a memory
She's been so long away
She didn't have to leave me
She didn't have to run
She didn't have to go without a word to anyone
I hope she's doing alright
I got no way to know
Unless she gets to hear this song
Hear it on the radio
My girl, she was the world to me
She's gone, and that's a tragedy
My girl, is just a memory
She's been so long away
I hope she gets the message
Got to get back, you know
Gonna track her down, I'll find that girl
Gonna tell her that I love her so
Put the word on the grapevine
Spread it all around the world
Sooner or later I know I'm gonna get her
I'm talking about my girl
My girl
My girl [Repeat x12]
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BRIAN MACLEOD, WILLIAM HENDERSON
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Randy Miller
Oh man...THE 80s...WHAT A DECADE!!! When music was FUN & REAL...WHEN MTV PLAYED MUSIC VIDEOS...IMAGINE THAT!!!
I'm so glad I got to grow up in the 80s. Just a fun decade & era of music to ever come around in my opinion.
Great, Great music...Great, Great 1 HIT WONDERS, & Great times.
I loved this song in 1981. I was in 7th grade. 97 WABB here in Mobile Alabama used to play this song in regular rotation.
I have it on my MP3 PLAYER and still listen to it often.
I say it all the time and I'LL say it until I die....to really understand the 80s you had experience and live in the 80s.
I wish someone would build a time machine and take all the 80s Fanatics back to a fun & special time in all of our lives.
I tell my daughter who is 13 mow about the 80s & she always says I lived back in the stone-age times...no cell phone, no internet, no facebook...
I always say this was a GREAT TIME to live in.
Saturday afternoon at the mall video game arcade with all my friends trying to beat each other's HIGH SCORE on Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Astroids & Pitfall.
Mike KH
Growing up in the 80's, we used to pick up Canadian radio stations across Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This was one of those great Canadian bands that we would hear in the early 80's. We got a steady dose of great artists like Rush, April Wine, Frozen Ghost, Prism, Kim Mitchell and so many others. Canada has some great musicians. I feel so blessed to have grown up hearing these bands.
Modern Milner
You had me at Rush.
Trigger Warning
Yeah, same here. Seems like we heard a lot of Canadian rock in Michigan in those days.
DarkAmxthyst
i just heard this song in the car today and that instantly gave me nastolgia cause i used to hear this in the car when i was a toddler hehe
Michael Shields777
14CFUN out of Vancouver, B.C
Bill Elson
Platinum Blonde.
morosemoose
My 12 year old just heard this song for the first time and started dancing. There may be hope for the youngsters yet.
Jessy Lapointe
There is been listening to this since I'm 2feet tall because of my dad I'm 24 I'll pass it on aha
Mr
Now she's is 17
rat
morosemoose ok boomer