Handsome Ned

Handsome Ned
Handsome Ned was from Europe, born in an Canadian forces base on June, 4 1957. He was named after Batman's sidekick by his brother, Jim Masyk. His name at birth was Robin David Masyk. He died at the age of 29. He grew up listening to The Beatles. He listened to alot of 60's and 70's rock and roll. Later, he heard of Country Rock and also Texas-Outlaw country. He listened to early to mid 70's music and also 50's and 60's country. His dad liked country music and he got an extensive music education. His mom was a big Elvis Presley fan. His brother was into Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, and people like that. He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1976, moved into an apartment and attended art school. He went to Willie Nelson's 4th annual picnic and they played there music and they enjoyed it.He brought his girlfriend Karen along with them. He and Karen were talking about forming a band and Handsome Ned started playing guitar alone and he liked meeting new people and he wrote a song called "Sun Rockin" and he started a Rockabilly Band in Toronto with Mike Blinky(Jim said that he didn't remember his real last name but he blinked alot) on drums, and Larry Larmound on bass. He didn't go for leather jackets or anything like that, he started wearing the cowboy hat in 1978. He preferred more western style stuff. He changed the hat every year and he bought it at the Texas Hatters shop. People would say he was wearing his hat on backwards because he was highly personal because he wanted “a combination of range cowboy droop top rim and a singing cowboy slope to the crown." His old band name was The Velours. Steve Hocura was the piano player but, he wasnt the first piano player in the band. Here's some song and some stuff about them-
Disc 2
1) Wake Me Up I’m Dreamin’ (3:39)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The New Neds are: Handsome Ned - Vocals, acoustic guitar, Tony Kenny -
Guitar, Ronny Azzopardi - Bass guitar, Billy Rogers - Drums. Recorded in late
1986 at Manta Sound, Toronto. Additional vocals by Tony Kenny and Donny
Cartwright Donohue and piano by Mean Steve Hocura, recorded by Corby Luke
at Comfort Sound, Toronto, May, 1988.
2) Steel Rail Blue (2:09)
Disc 1
1) Put the Blame On Me (3:05)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Sidewinders are : Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar, Jim
Masyk - Lead and rhythm guitar, Ronny Azzopardi - Bass guitar, J.D.
Weatherstone - Drums, percussion. The Sidewinders recorded by Rich Dobson
at Marigold Sound Toronto, April 1983 Backup vocals on ”Put the Blame on
Me” by Ronny Azzopardi, recorded by Rich Dobson. Answer guitar by Steve
Koch, recorded by Corby Luke, Comfort Sound, Toronto, May 1988.
2) I’ve Come To Get My Baby Out Of Jail (2:28)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1), additional vocals
by Ronny Azzopardi and Jim Masyk, recorded by Rich Dobson; Piano by Mean
Steve Hocura, recorded by Corby Luke at Comfort Sound, Toronto, May, 1988.
3) Wrong Side Of The Tracks (3:38)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1); Piano by Mean
Steve Hocura, recorded by Corby Luke at Comfort Sound, Toronto, May, 1988.
4) In Spite Of The Danger (4:08)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Handsome Neds are: Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar,
Steve Koch - Lead guitar, vocals, Rene Fratura - Bass guitar, JD Weatherstone
- Drums. The Handsome Neds recorded by Rich Dobson at Marigold Sound
Toronto, April 1985.
5) Ain’t No Room For Cheatin’ (2:47)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Handsome Neds, April 1985.
(see credits on Song 4, Disc 1)
6) Rockabilly Girls (2:32)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1)
Additional guitar by Peppy Martin, recorded by Mike Jones at
Eastern Sound, Toronto, March 1989.
7) Never Had It So Good (2:57)
(Ronny Azzopardi) Linkhorn Music-
SOCAN
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1)
Background vocals and acoustic guitar by Ronny Azzopardi, recorded by
Rich Dobson; Additional vocals by Johnny MacLeod and Jim Masyk,
recorded by Mike Jones at Eastern Sound, Toronto, March 1989.
8) Restless (3:53)
(Kidd/Wadmore) Mills Music-SOCAN
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1) Additional guitar
by Steve Koch, recorded by Corby Luke at Comfort Sound, Toronto, May, 1988.
9) Sun Rockin’ (3:16)
(Jim Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1)
Additional vocals by Jim Masyk, recorded by Rich Dobson; Piano by Mean
Steve Hocura, additional guitar by Peppy Martin, recorded by Mike Jones
at Eastern Sound, Toronto, March 1989.
10) Great Shakin’ Fever (2:40)
(Fred Burch/Gerald Nelson) Coach and Four Music
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1)
Back-up vocal by JD Weatherstone, recorded by Rich Dobson.
11) Cryin’ Heartache Misery (3:10)
(Jim Masyk/Ronny Azzopardi) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Sidewinders, April 1983 (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1)
Special guest, Rich Dobson, on electric guitar, background vocals by Ronny
Azzopardi, recorded by Rich Dobson. Additional vocals by John MacLeod and
acoustic guitar by Peppy Martin, recorded by Mike Jones at Eastern Sound,
Toronto, March 1989.
12) Sea Of Heartbreak (2:45)
(Hal David/Paul Hampton, Casa David) Shapiro Bernstein & Co.
Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar; Donny Cartwright Donohue-
Acoustic guitar, background vocals; Recorded live off a CKLN 88.1 FM radio
broadcast, Toronto, 1985. Introduction To Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor Show
by Lydia Lunch.
13) Put The Blame On Me (3:10)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar; Donny Cartwright Donohue-
Acoustic guitar, background vocals; Recorded live off a CKLN radio broadcast,
Toronto, 1985.
14) Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) (2:43)
(Max Fidler/Joe Mafis/Rosalee Maphis) Comet Music Company
Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar; Donny Cartwright Donohue-
Acoustic guitar, background vocals; Recorded live off a CKLN radio broadcast,
Toronto, 1985.
15) I Still Miss Someone (2:46)
(John R. Cash) Southwind Music-BMI
Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar; Murray McLauchlan - Vocals,
acoustic guitar, harmonica; Recorded live off a CKLN broadcast, Toronto,
June 19, 1985.
16) Bad Bad Boy (3:22)
(Bobby Cotham) All Rock Music
The Sidewinders (see credits on Song 1, Disc 1); Back-up vocals by Jim Masyk
and Ronny Azzodardi; Recorded by Bee Masyk live off a barroom table at The
Grimsby Tavern, Grimbsy, Ontario, September 17, 1982.
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
Handsome Ned - Vocals, acoustic guitar; taken from a video recorded live on
QTV by Keith Holding and Richard Minichiello, Father’s Day, 1986.
Disc 2 (Continued from up There)
3) That’ll Be The Love (3:17)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
The Handsome Neds are: Handsome Ned - Vocals, acoustic guitar, Rene
Fratura - Bass guitar, JD Weatherstone - Drums, Special guest, John MacLeod
- Guitar. Recorded at Lee’s Palace, Toronto, in 1985; Additional vocals by John
Borra, recorded by Peter J. Moore, the E Room, November 1999.
4) You’ll Never See Midnight (3:11)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
Handsome Ned - Vocals, acoustic guitar; Donny Cartwright Donahue - Guitar,
background vocals; Recorded live off a CKLN radio broadcast, Toronto, 1985.
Bass guitar by Rene Fratura, recorded by Corby Luke, Comfort Sound, Toronto,
May 1988. Percussion by Sam Ferrara, recorded by Peter J. Moore, E Room,
Toronto, November, 1999.
5) Stranger (2:38)
(Howard/Barney) Cedarwood Publishing-BMI
Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar. Recorded by Echo Dave
Richards during Saturday matinee, Feb. 16, 1985, at the Cameron House.
6) Johnny Too Bad (4:05)
(Winston Bailey/Roy Beckford/Derrick Crooks/Delroy Wilson) Kenneth Khouri publisher
The Handsome Neds are: Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar,
Steve Koch - Lead and rhythm guitar, Rene Fratura - Bass guitar, JD
Weatherstone - Drums. Recorded by Echo Dave Richards at the Cameron
Public House, Feb. 16, 1985.
7) Silver Wings (4:31)
(Merle Haggard) Blue Book Music-BMI
The Handsome Neds, Feb. 16, 1985.
(see credits on Song 6, Disc 2)
8) Little Ole Wine Drinker Me (3:21)
(Mills/Jennings) Moss Rose Publishing
The Handsome Neds, Feb. 16, 1985.
(see credits on Song 6, Disc 2)
9) Long Black Veil (3:45)
(Danny Dill/Marijohn Wilkin) Universal Cedarwood Publishing
The Handsome Neds, Feb. 16, 1985.
(see credits on Song 6, Disc 2)
10) (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (4:15)
(Stan Jones) E.H. Morris
The Handsome Neds, Feb. 16, 1985.
(see credits on Song 6, Disc 2)
11) I’ve Been Everywhere (3:11)
(Geoff Mack) Rightsong Music Inc.-BMI
The Handsome Neds (see credits on song 6, Disc 2); Recorded by Echo Dave
Richards at Ontario Place Forum, Toronto, for CFGM Opry North broadcast,
July 1, 1985.
12) One Hundred Miles Of Open Road (2:26)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
Handsome Ned Masyk - Vocals, acoustic guitar, Recorded at the Cameron
House, July 4, 1984.
13) A Fool Such As I (3:51)
(William Trader) Universal MCA Music Publishing
Handsome Ned and the Hayseed Hellions are: Handsome Ned Masyk -
Vocals, acoustic guitar, Trish Cullen - Accordion, Al Keats - Pedal Steel,
Steve Koch - Guitar, Jim Masyk - Guitar, Brad Fordham - Bass guitar, Cleave
Anderson - Drums, Casey Irwin - Tenor saxophone, Recorded by Echo Dave
Richards at the Cameron House, Feb 11, 1984.
14) Missing You (3:51)
(Dale Noe/Red Sovine) Unichappell Music Inc.
Handsome Ned and the Hayseed Hellions, Feb 11, 1984.
(see credits on Song 13, Disc 2)
15) Ain’t No Room For Cheatin’ (2:55)
(Ned R. Masyk) Linkhorn Music-SOCAN
Handsome Ned and the Hayseed Hellions, Feb 11, 1984.
(see credits on Song 13, Disc 2)
16) The Grand Finale (2:28)
17) Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (8:56)
(Merle Haggard) Shade Tree Music
Blue Rodeo, Handsome Ned & other Guests for the Blue Rodeo Guitar Benefit:
Cleave Anderson - Drums, Jim Cuddy - Guitar, vocals, Bazil Donavan - Bass,
Greg Keelor - Guitar, vocals, Bobby Wiseman - Keyboards, Handsome Ned
Masyk - Vocals, Steve Koch - Vocals, guitar, Chris Houston - Vocals, Keith
Whittaker - Vocals, Ian Culvin - Alto saxophone, Produced by Peter J. Moore
and Jim Masyk. Recorded by Peter J. Moore at the Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto,
March 27, 1996.
So, they then changed there band name to the sidewinders because of there new pianist, Steve Hocura who was joined into the band. Mike and Larry had left the band so Ronny Azzopardi on bass, and JD Weatherstone on drums. Later Steve left the band to form his own, and the Sidewinders continued on as a quartet. Alot of people called him his name at birth but he grimaced and said "The name is Ned". He went from Rockabilly to country over time. :ater, jam sessions and stuff like that became regular to Ned (AKA Robin David Masyk). Ned played with Murray Mchlauchlan, "I Still Miss Someone" and they stumbled, because it was unrehearsed, "I don't think Johnny Cash Would Mind". If you'd like to here some of these songs, you can buy them on Wiki in items, look Handsome Ned up on iTunes, Or find some songs on Youtube. This took a while to write. Thank you Jim Masyk for this info.
The reason i wrote this was because I'm related to Handsome Ned (Robin David Masyk, and my middle name is David)
--Musicgeek4 (talk) 09:29, 28 February 2010 (UTC)Dylan

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