Clinch, Paul - Living Like a Rich Man (with Choya)

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Living Like a Rich Man	04:16
	2	Linda Write Me a Letter	02:38
	3	Don't Give Me Your Lies	04:39
	4	Lovely Lady	03:45
	5	Living Here Without You	04:03

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Thanx a Lot	02:55
	2	We Can Make it if We Try	03:40
	3	Don't Shoot	03:30
	4	All in My Life	04:21
	5	You Can Count On Me	02:53
	6	Southbound Road	03:20

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Information/Write-up

Paul Craig was a guitarist and singer who got his first break as frontman for Toronto's The Magic Cycle in 1966 with Stan Theriault, Pete Young, Joey Rome and Kevin Barry. They released their first single in 1967, "Let's Run Away", for Red Leaf Records. Several years passed of struggling on the circuit, releasing sporadic singles and finally decided to augment their sound with keyboards and brought in Peter Goodale.

By this time, the musical climate was changing - bands were simplifying their names and so, in 1970, The Magic Cycle became The Cycle and hooked up with Tamarac Records. Clinch released a solo single as Paul Craig called "Welcome To My Daydream" while the band released their first album 'Saturday Afternoon Rummage Sale'.

More struggling occurred over 3 years and Clinch recorded another solo single, "Don't Take The Sun Out Of My Life" as Paul Clinch in 1972 while The Cycle followed up with a series of singles and another album, 'Magic Music', but by 1974, the band had folded.

Clinch then formed Choya with Joe Dinardo and Dave Paveling (bass), Gary Gies (drums), Bruce Ley (keyboards), Debbie Schall (viola) and Rickie Yorke (congas). The band got its feet wet as backing musicians for Gary & Dave. They tested the waters with their first independent singles like "Let The Children Boogie" in 1973 and "Linda Write Me A Letter" in 1975, before taking the leap with a major album release 'Living Like A Rich Man' on Buddah Records.

In 1977 Clinch folded the act and returned to being a solo artist and occasionally playing around Toronto with Derek Pilgrim in a group called Mistee Morning. He also attempted to get Australian band Wickkety Wak some attention in North America

He was signed to Attic Records and released several singles including the old Tundra hit "Band Bandit" in 1979.

Clinch died in November 8, 1988 while undergoing dialysis treatment.
-Lorna Bryan and David Smith

Paul Clinch: lead vocals, bass, guitar. keyboards
John Shand: lead guitar, vocals, saxophone
Bruce Ley: organ, celesta, vocals, clavinet, mellotron, piano, synthesizer
Ricky Yorke: vocals, congas, percussion
Gary Gies: drums, percussion
Debbie Schaal: vocals, viola, percussion

Produced by Willi Morrison & Ian Guenther

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