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Chilliwack Are A Canadian Rock Band That Had Their Heyday During The 1970s And 1980s. They Are Perhaps Best Remembered For Their Three Biggest Songs "My Girl Gone Gone Gone " "I Believe" And "Whatcha Gonna Do." While The Members Have Changed Chilliwack Is Still Out Touring Canada From Coast To Coast. The Band Initially Formed As The Classics 1964 In Vancouver British Columbia But Later Changed The Name To The Collectors 1966 . Their Psychedelic Debut Album Yielded The Minor But Long-Remembered Hit 'Lydia Purple'. A Second Album Was Based On The Musical Score Written By The Band For A Stage Play By Canadian Playwright George Ryga 'Grass And Wild Strawberries'. After Lead Singer Howie Vickers Left The Group In 1970 The Band Changed Its Name To Chilliwack A Salish Term Meaning "going Back Up". With Lead Guitarist Bill Henderson Now Providing Most Of The Vocals And Doing Most Of The Composing The Band Released Several Records That Were Moderately Successful In Canada. Major Hit Singles In Canada Included "Lonesome Mary" "Crazy Talk" And "Fly At Night". The Album Track "Rain-O" An Elegant Soaring Blues-Based Composition That Appeared In Different Versions On The Chilliwack Debut Album And The Later "Dreams Dreams Dreams" Was A Well Known Concert Favourite. In 1978 Brian MacLeod Guitar Drums Keyboards And Ab Bryant Bass Joined The Band. Chilliwack Enjoyed Its Greatest Success With This New Lineup. The Singles "My Girl Gone Gone Gone " 1981 "I Believe" 1982 And "Whatcha Gonna Do When I'm Gone " 1982 Were Popular Both In Canada And In The U.S. The Band Was Extremely Popular At The Time And Was Regarded As The Canadian Answer To The Grateful Dead. Rolling Stone Magazine Wrote "At Their Best Chilliwack Was The Finest Canadian Rock Band Outrocking BTO And Moxy And Outwriting Burton Cummings. But A Lack Of Consistency Kept It From International Success." Henderson And MacLeod Received A Best Producer Juno Award In 1982 For Opus X. In Early 1983 MacLeod And Bryant Left The Band To Devote More Time To Their Other Project The Headpins With Denise McCann And Then Darby Mills As Lead Vocalists . Chilliwack's Last New Recording Was Released In 1984 And Henderson And Lawrence Continued To Tour With Other Players Until December 1988. In 1989 Bill Henderson Went On To Form The Band UHF. 2005 Saw Chilliwack Play Voyageur Days Festival In Mattawa Ontario Canada Near North Bay With Other Canadian Classic Rockers Moxy Toronto Trooper Goddo Killer Dwarfs & Ray Lyell For The 30th Anniversary For Release Of The Debut Album By The Band Moxy. read less