Charles Prevost Linton

The original core of the band came together in 1965 and consisted of François Guy (rhythm guitar, vocals), Charles Prevost Linton (keyboards, vocals), and Louis Parizeau (drums and percussion).  The bandmembers came from a Montreal neighborhood known as Notre-Dame-de-Grâce that had a mixed French/English population, so it was natural that they should record in both languages.  For about two months the band went by the name of the Silver Spiders and then changed their name to Les Sinners.  There were changes in the second guitarists over the next several months – Georges Marchand and Jay Boivin – before the line-up stabilized with the addition of Ricky Johnson on lead guitar. 

(April 2013)