Also known as: Sparrow, The
Origin: Toronto, ON, Canada
This Ontario band can be traced back to Jack London & The Sparrows, a blues-rock outfit that saw members Nick St. Nicholas (bass) and brothers Jerry (drums) and Dennis Edmonton (guitar, vocals) play together for the first time in 1964. In 1965, the three split from London and brought in John Kay (guitar, vocals) and Goldy McJohn (keyboards) to become the Sparrows, issuing their first 45 ('Hard Times With The Law' b/w 'Meet Me After Four') together on the Capitol label that June. Unfortunately, their debut record didn't sell that well prompting Capitol to drop them. The start of 1966 saw the gr…