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James Patrick Clench (May 1, 1949 – November 3, 2010) was a Canadian bassist, vocalist and songwriter known for his roles in the rock bands April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Nov 5, 2010 · Jim Clench, a Montreal bass player and vocalist who played with April Wine and Bachman Turner Overdrive, has died. He was 61. Clench died Tuesday in a Montreal hospital after a...
Nov 5, 2010 · MONTREAL - Jim Clench, a bassist and vocalist who played with Canadian rock bands April Wine and Bachman Turner Overdrive, has died at 61. April Wine bandmate Brian Greenway says Clench died...
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Nov 5, 2010 · MONTREAL—Jim Clench, a bassist and vocalist who played with Canadian rock bands April Wine and Bachman Turner Overdrive, has died at 61. April Wine bandmate Brian Greenway says Clench...
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It all began in Nova Scotia late in 1969. The Henman brothers, David and Ritchie, got together with their cousin Jim Henman and fellow musician Myles Goodwyn to form a band called April Wine, a name chosen simply because they were two words that sounded good together. Fifteen studio albums, three live releases, numerous compilations, a boxed set an...
By the spring of 1970 April Wine had relocated from Halifax to Montreal and were making a self-titled album for Aquarius Records. This first album established Myles Goodwyn as a composer with Fast Train receiving much airplay throughout Canada and becoming the main reason April Wine was able to record a second album. In the fall of 1971 Jim Henman ...
Early in 1973 the two remaining members, Myles Goodwyn and Jim Clench, faced the dilemma of taking the band to the next level. After a few auditions Jerry Mercer and Gary Moffet joined the band and April Wine became a tighter, flashier band. The two new members helped to complete album number three; Electric Jewels. This album remains a fan favorit...
Forever For Now, the band’s sixth album, included a Canadian music milestone for the band; the best selling Canadian single the band ever released. Both the single, You Won’t Dance With Me, as well as the album reached critical acclaim with the single reaching Gold and the album reaching Gold then Platinum in Canada. Many people consider Stand Back...
The year was 1977 and when The Rolling Stones decided to record Love You Live at the El Mocambo Club in Toronto April Wine was the “smoke screen”. April Wine was selected to pose as the headliner for a charity event with a group called The Cockroaches as the opening act. Of course the Cockroaches, to everyone’s delight, turned out to be The Rolling...
Following the release of Live At The El Mocambo a fifth member was added to the band. Brian Greenway joined the lineup for the summer 1977 tour and gave the group some added flexibility. Brian could sing, write and play harmonica but his greatest contribution to April Wine was on guitar. Since Myles was a surprisingly skilled keyboard player it was...
The band’s seventh studio album would prove to be the group’s turning point. It was the third single from First Glance that made April Wine an international success. Radio listeners in Flint Michigan made Roller a top request number. This single was eventually a Top 30 hit in the U.S.A. and First Glance became the band’s first Gold record outside o...
The group’s ninth studio album, The Nature Of The Beast, became April Wine’s greatest success. Released in January of 1981, the first single Just Between You and Me broke Billboard’s Top 20 and remained on the their Hot 100 Singles chart for 16 weeks. The same song hit position number 11 on Billboard’s Album Rock Track chart and charted for an incr...
Myles Goodwyn subsequently released a self-titled solo album on Aquarius Records in Canada and Atlantic Records in the States while living in the Bahamas. Brian Greenway released Serious Business on Atlantic Records in the States as a solo project in 1988. Jerry Mercer helped form the Buzz Band with Breen LeBoeuf and did various studio projects.
In late 1988 Myles moved back to Montreal and started to receive phone calls from the United States about the possibility of a new April Wine album. The demand was there and Myles had already been talking to the other band members about a possible reunion. In July of 1992 April Wine played its first concert in 8 years to a sold out audience in the ...
Feb 8, 2017 · Lang was brought into the band to replace Jim Clench in 1975 and played on seven April Wine albums: 1976’s The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazy, 1977’s Forever For Now, 1978’s First Glance, 1979’s Harder… Faster, 1981’s The Nature Of The Beast, 1982’s Power Play and 1984’s Animal Grace.
Dec 17, 2016 · Jim Clench worked on Bryan Adams’ first album in 1980, then after a decade as a session man returned to April Wine. Meanwhile, there was plenty of ferment in the Bachman family. Having failed to cut it as a solo artist, Randy formed Ironhorse.
