Ragged Edges

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Origin: Burlington, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Biography:

In the early 1960's, in the Canadian small town of Burlington, Ontario, a group of 5 teenagers followed their dream and started a rock and roll band. Almost forty years later, the principals have decided to try and contact the friends of that band and collect whatever memorabilia they may have so that all may share and enjoy these great times. The manager and inspiration for the band, Grant Patterson, has continued to reach out to whom he could find. Although Grant was manager only from 1965 to December 1967, he was perhaps its strongest advocate and believer.

In the early years, the band had a dedicated fan club president Peggy Drew, now Peggy Large. The pictures on this site are from her collection and we are grateful for her scanning them in. They can be viewed(until I get the thumbnails up) at

Other notable friends of the band were: Ron Metcalfe, Danny O’Connell, Eric Allen, Stu Renfrew.

Grant Patterson, who seems to have the best memory of us all, will try to provide brief bio’s of each member and a history of the band until his despotic demise.

The band lived through a lot of incredible adventures, from music competition, to member rivalry, to car wrecks. Quite a ride.

A garage-punk outfit whose sole excursion onto vinyl was this one 45. They were based in Hamilton, Ontario
-Dreams Fantasies, Nightmares

Band Members:

Danny Foster: lead vocals
Gary Webb: rhythm guitar
Sandy Bryant: drums
Wayne MacNeil: bass
Tony Ronza: lead guitar

Gary Sherbanow (The Lyme) also played with the Ragged Edges at one time.

The Ragged Edges went through lead guitarists like Spinal Tap went through drummers but to my knowledge, none of us ever exploded. I know I didn't, but maybe that's because I was the last one.
-Norman Wintrip

Hi Robert. I just received a copy of your last email from Sandy Bryant (I followed Gary Sherbanow as lead guitaist in the Ragged Edges and I was part of the recent "email reunion" Sandy mentioned.). In case you want to add a bit more info re. the record, Sandy Bryant played drums, Danny Foster was on lead vocals, Wayne MacNeil played bass, Gary Webb played rhythm guitar and Tony Ronza played lead guitar. The Ragged Edges went through lead guitarists like Spinal Tap went through drummers but to my knowledge, none of us ever exploded. I know I didn't, but maybe that's because I was the last one. In case you'd like to add it to your site, here is a publicity photo of the band who recorded Good Times/Why don't you. Left to right - Wayne MacNeil (bass), Gary Webb (rhythm), Sandy Bryant (drums), Danny Foster (lead vocals - he's the one in front), and Tony Ronza (lead guitar).

Formative Years: Leo Nieberg (rhythm guitar), Ron Szabo (drums), Skip Stinson (lead vocals), Tony Ronza (lead guitar), Jim Ainslie (executive)
First Band: Gary Webb (rhythm guitar), Sandy Bryant (drums), Danny Foster (lead vocals), Wayne MacNeil (bass), Tony Ronza (lead guitar), Grant Patterson (executive)
After Grant Years: Randy Chisholm (lead vocals), John Sharpe (lead guitar), Len Walker (keyboards), Ken Brown (Harpo) (executive)

Others: Brian ?????? (lead guitar), Gary Sherbanow (lead guitar), Pete Dowan (keyboards), Kelly Toyota (executive)