Tag Archives: Diamonds

The group comprised Dave Somerville (lead), Ted Kowalski (tenor), Costs Reed (bass) and Phil Leavitt (baritone), all born in Toronto, Canada. A white vocal that specialised in cover variations of dark R&B strikes, the Gemstones were shaped in 1953, and, through the next 2 yrs, attracted a great deal of …

Toronto’s Potential Webster blended steel, prog, and rock and roll elements right into a genre-defying mix that won the group a cult following within the mid- to past due ’70s. Produced in 1973, the band’s audio centered on the comparison between vocalist/guitarist Kim Mitchell’s intense strike and vocalist/keyboardist Terry Watkinson’s …