Boland, John

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Origin: Bell Island, Newfoundland
Biography:

A band formed mostly by members who resided on Bell Island Newfoundland, but originating in Cambridge Ontario, where they played many gigs with the likes of Roy Payne, Harry Hibbs, Dick Nolan and More...band features drums and percussion by one of Canada's Underground drum heroes John Rankin.

The country music party band John Boland and Beothuck (named after an extinct Newfoundland native tribe) was formed in Cambridge, Ontario in 1974 when Boland decided to get a few friends together to play dances. The group consisted of Boland (lead guitar), John Babb (rhythm guitar), Mac Babb (singer, bass), Fred O'Quinn (lead guitar) and John Rankin (drums), all of whom save Rankin (who was born in Hamilton) hailed from Bell Island, Newfoundland. Over the course of their career they backed up a wide range of Canadian artists, including Dick Nolan, Roy Payne, Michael T. Wall, Joan Morrissey and Harry Hibbs, and Mac Babb and O'Quinn also played on The Brazda Brothers' album. That's the full extent of my knowledge of John Boland and Beothuck, but I suspect that Boland is a real estate agent in Cambridge these days.