Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck was a Canadian folk-rock and

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band, formed in

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in 1967.

History

Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck was originally a group of stage performers in Vancouver who adopted different characters, including Kathy Kay ("Mother Tucker"), Patrick Caldwell ("Yellow Duck"), Bob O'Connor ("Dogan Pinkfoot") and Michael Goldman ("Garnet Crystalman"). Guitarist O'Connor then formed a real band, Medusa, with bassist Charlie Faulkner and drummer Hugh Lochhead, but when O'Connor left, Caldwell joined with Faulkner, Lochhead, and guitarist Roger Law, taking the name Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck for the band. Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck, ''The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia''
Retrieved 6 July 2020
Retrieved 6 July 2020 After adding guitarist, singer and songwriter Don McDougall, described as "a wandering folk singer from

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", they played in the Vancouver area and as far south as California. In 1968 the band won a contract with

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where they released the single "I". After moving to

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they released the singles "One Ring Jane" and "Times Are Changing" (both 1969), and then set up their own label, Duck, with distribution through Capitol, to release their first album, ''Home Grown Stuff''. The album, recorded in Vancouver, included a re-recorded version of "One Ring Jane", and was described by

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as being "extremely influenced by the San Francisco sound, with fluid guitars, harmonies, and an occasional country-folk bounce..", with the song "Someone Think" "alternat ngbetween beautifully wistful psychedelia and mind-melting distorted guitar solos." Richie Unterberger, Band biography, ''Allmusic.com''
Retrieved 6 July 2020 Most of their songs were co-written by McDougall, Law and Caldwell.
Retrieved 6 July 2020 The band toured alongside

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and

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, and opened a show by

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at the

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, before lead guitarist Roger Law left to be replaced by his younger brother Leslie Law. They recorded and released a second album, ''Starting a New Day'', in 1970, more in a

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style, but their limited success led them to disband in 1971. Review, ''Home Grown Stuff'', ''TheRisingStorm.net''
Retrieved 6 July 2020 Don McDougall joined

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, appearing on several albums by the band and touring in various lineups until the 2000s. Faulkner was later in the bands Wild Root Orchestra and Dogskin Suit. Roger Law died in an auto accident in the 1990s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck Canadian psychedelic rock music groups Musical groups established in 1967 Musical groups disestablished in 1971 1967 establishments in British Columbia 1971 disestablishments in British Columbia