Dug Bond and the Maple Street Show Band

Jack Lewis, Wayne Heimbecker, Craig Sumsion, and Terry Sumsion, pose with 

George Hamilton IV during a taping on his show. This might be one of the few pictures that shows Terry clean shaven. From here on out he always sported a beard. 

The original country music group Maple Street named themselves after Maple Avenue in Burford; the main intersection was Maple & King. The group consisted of singer/guitarist Terry Sumsion, his brother, drummer Craig Sumsion, bassist Jack Lewis, and lead guitarist Wayne Heimbecker. The Sumsion’s were from Harley, while Jack and Wayne were from Paris. The country band started out in 1972 penning some songs themselves and filling out the majority of their sets with popular covers, while Jack Lewis injected his unique humour throughout the shows. They were managed by Bill 'OJ' Oja of the Hamilton Entertainment Agency, and grew from strength to strength. In April of 1973 Terry Sumsion quit over a disagreement with OJ, and decided to get a trucking job to support his wife Jeannie, and his two children. 

Later in April 1973 when Dug Bond (Doug Baughan) replaced Terry Sumsion the band seemed a little more relaxed, but stuck with the formula of great country music and comedy mixed together. OJ got them signed to Marathon records and they released their debut album in August 1974. The record consisted of eight cover songs and four originals; two by Ted Brown, one by Wayne Heimbecker, and one by Jack Lewis. 

By the Autumn of '74 both Wayne and Craig quit the band because they weren't on the TV show with Doug and Jack, they didn't play on the record, and they were tired of the touring. The band remained on Marathon Records when Wayne was replaced by Bob MacEachern, a very talented and experienced guitarist, and Craig was replaced by Doug's brother George, a much better drummer.

 Bob, Doug, Jack and George - Sept 1974

In November of 1974 Jack Lewis quit the band because he just couldn't warm up to Bob's abrupt personality. Marilynne Caswell got Jack the job of bassist/vocalist with the Julie Lynn show. Jack was replaced with Brian Holliwell, and at this point no original members of Maple Street were left. The band was rechristened as 'Dug Bond & The Maple Street Show Band,' with Bob MacEachern as the band leader and main song-writer for original material. They were signed to Thunderbird Records in late Nov 1974 as the second act and were managed by Jim Allison of Burford. In early 1975 Bob MacEachern brought his friend Bob Robbins on as a rhythm guitarist, and the band were now a five piece.  The two Bob's had been members of 'Seven Dollar Gin,' which had also included Art MacKenzie on drums and Neil McIntyre on bass.

This is the official Thunderbird Records Glossy band photo from July 1975.

Left to Right, Bob MacEachren, Bob Robbins, Dug Bond, George Baughan, Brian Holliwell.

Within a month of the above photo, George Baughan quit and was replaced by Art MacKenzie, and then Brian Holliwell quit and was replaced by Lester Martin. Three fourths of 'Seven Dollar Gin' were now part of 'The Maple Street Show Band.'  

The debut album on Thunderbird Records, October 1975. The album's title track had been issued a month before as the radio single. Jim Allison took this picture out at the Hamilton Airport. The album didn't perform as well as everyone had hoped, and Doug left active playing on New Year's Eve 1975 to work with Hamilton Transit, driving a bus, and later becoming a supervisor. He never stopped performing whenever time would allow though. Of the album's ten tracks, only two were covers. Bob Robbins wrote a song, George Baughan wrote a song, and Bob MacEachern wrote five. Doug Baughan thought that was why the album failed, too many originals.

Doug Baughan ended quitting his own band after playing a New Year's Dance in Brampton, ON, on December 31st 1975.