by Richard Skelly » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:00 pm
Daffodil Records had an eclectic roster that uniformly put out fabulous records--Crowbar, King Biscuit Boy (the late Richard Newell who also briefly fronted Crowbar), A Foot In Coldwater, Fludd and a pre-Red Rider Tom Cochrane. Oddly, no Daffodil recordings broke Stateside--a real headscratcher given the quality of the songs. Label boss Francis "Frank" Davies went on to a successful career in song publishing. Sorry to hear that Kelly Jay Fordham is ailing. I believe he endured tragedy many years ago when his daughter disappeared while visiting Asia. I always remember Crowbar gigs with fondness as Kelly would unfurl Canadian flags and carry the band's diminuitive guitarist on his broad shoulders.