PAPA BEAR

PAPA BEAR Harold Frizell (lead vocals, guitars) / Gary Edwards (drums) / Denis Staples (lead guitar) / Jim Knapp (bass) / Greg Brooke (organ) / Rick Frizell (drums; replaced Edwards) / Claire Porter (bass; replaced Knapp) Smith Falls, Ontario band The Purple Haze formed in late 1967 out of the remnants of Cobwebs And Strange and The Continentals. They managed to gain a certain amount of popularity as the house band at The Rideau Ferry Inn. Sir John A. Records’ John Pozer signed the act and they…