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| Sadly, Bob Lanois – brother of Daniel Lanois and key player in the Simply Saucer saga – has passed away. He'll be greatly missed. |
Bob Lanois remembered by longtime pal Bruce "Mole" Mowat...
RIP Bob Lanois. Bob was responsible for engineering the July 1974 Simply Saucer sessions that would become Side One of "Cyborgs Revisited" on Mole Sound Recordings.
He was there in 1988 at the LAB in Hamilton when we did the original digitization of said sessions and worked some magic with the 2-track Tandberg reels that had the July 75 Jackson Square show.
When Forced Exposure backed off on releasing the Cyborgs LP, Bob bravely co-signed the $3,200 loan – at 20% interest – in 1989, and it became the shot heard around the world: write-ups in SPIN, the Sunday London Times, Creem. We especially liked the one that said "Best Canadian album ever".
Someone once referred to me as the "Dr. Frankenstein" of CanRock for resurrecting Saucer. And there is some truth to this scenario: it was done at the LAB and there was electricity involved. I defer that title to Bob, though: I merely played the part of Igor, bringing the parts to him to reassemble. (I have better posture, though).
Bob's association with Saucer continued when he toured his "Snake Road" lp with Edgar Breau in 2006, playing dates in Ottawa (well, the Black Sheep) Kitchener, Hamilton & Toronto.
There was a very memorable ride back from Ottawa, when it was decided we should drive back to Hamilton due to a lack of room at the Inn.
By 5:30 am, sleep deprivation had one of our drivers believing he was seeing fairies on the empty stretches of the 407. (Not sure if Wallis or Twink were among them)
Bob was very upset when I moved out west in '09. I tried keeping in touch, and he even contemplated a bike ride out west when I moved to Edmonton. "Grande Prairie was too far", he said, and he was right.
Rest Easy, Bob. Here's hoping you're riding in our skies tonight. – Bruce "Mole" Mowat
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