Artist / Band

Sweet Blindness

Origin Toronto, Ontario

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Biography

The Canadian soul/disco band Sweet Blindness had its roots in a local Toronto bar band named The Statlers (not to be confused with the US soul group) founded by Bobbi Dupont and Phil Smith in 1967. In 1969 a few members of The Statlers jammed with another local bar band named The Jax and out of this session emerged a new unit named Toronto's Sweet Blindness. They dropped the Toronto part of the name after American guitarist Curtis Lee joined them in 1974. Between '74 and '77 they released a number of singles and 2 LPs: "Sweet Blindness" ("Music You Can Ride On" in USA) and "Energize". They broke up soon after their second album.

Bobbi Dupont: lead vocals, percussion
Curtis Lee: guitar, lead vocals
Al Marnie: bass, backing vocals
Sonny Milne: drums
Gabor Szepesi: keyboards
Phil Smith: keyboards, backing vocals; replaced Szepesi
Bruce Barrow: bass; replaced Marnie 1977
Don Lowe: drums; replaced Milne 1977