{{Short description|Australian Pop/Rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bootleg Family Band | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | alias = {{hlist|The Bootleg Band|Avalanche}} | origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | genre = {{hlist|Folk|rock|R&B}} | years_active = {{hlist|{{Start date|1973}}–{{End date|1978}}|2015–2016}} | label = Bootleg | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = * Brian Cadd * Geoff Cox * Tony Naylor * Penny Dyer * Gus Fenwick * Brian Fitzgerald * Angela Labrandi (nee Jones) * Louise Lincoln * Russell Smith * Clive Harrison * Ian Mason * John Grant }}
The '''Bootleg Family Band''' were an Australian folk, R&B and rock band formed in 1973 by Brian Cadd on lead vocals with Geoff Cox on drums, Tony Naylor on lead guitar, Penny Dyer on backing vocals, Gus Fenwick on bass guitar, Brian Fitzgerald on keyboards, Angela Jones on lead and backing vocals, Louise Lincoln on backing vocals and Russell Smith on trumpet. The group became the in-house band for Cadd's label, Bootleg Records. They also released their own material and had chart success with cover versions of "Your Mama Don't Dance" (February 1973) and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (July 1974), which both reached the top 10 on Australian singles charts. The group toured the United States and performed on the TV shows, ''The Midnight Special'' and ''Don Kirshner's Rock Concert'' in 1974. Early in the following year they trimmed back to a five-piece line-up as '''The Bootleg Band'''. Late that year, Cadd left to work in the US and the remaining members renamed themselves as '''Avalanche'''. That group issued a self-titled album in September 1976 and had a further name change to '''Front Page''' disbanded in 1978. Cadd reassembled the Bootleg Family Band in 2015 to release a studio album, ''Bulletproof'' (November 2016), which was supported by a short tour.
== History ==
The Bootleg Family Band were formed in 1973 in Melbourne by Brian Cadd on lead vocals (ex-the Castaways, the Beale Street Band, the Groop, Axiom) with Geoff Cox on drums (ex-Cycle), Penny Dyer on backing vocals, Gus Fenwick on bass guitar (ex-Healing Force<!-- not the US album -->), Brian Fitzgerald on keyboards, Angela Jones on lead and backing vocals, Louise Lincoln on backing vocals, Tony Naylor on lead guitar (ex-Ida May Mack, Band of Talabene) and Russell Smith on trumpet (ex-Ram Jam Big Band, Levi Smith's Clefs).<ref name="McFarlane"/> Fable Records owner and producer, Ron Tudor, and Cadd had established a sub-label, Bootleg Records, in late 1971. Initially the label had used session musicians for recordings, "[who] would back [Cadd] and all the other artists on the label - singer songwriter Stephen Foster, jazz singer Kerrie Biddell, and the harmony group Mississippi."<ref name="Nimmervoll">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319233129/http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/caddbrian/caddbrian.htm | url = http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/caddbrian/caddbrian.htm | title = Brian Cadd | last1 = Nimmervoll | first1 = Ed | author-link1 = Ed Nimmervoll | publisher = Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll) | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 March 2012 | access-date = 29 May 2020 }}</ref>
Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described why Cadd formed the Bootleg Family Band: it was "drawn along similar lines to that employed by American singer/producer Leon Russell" for Shelter Records.<ref name="McFarlane">* 2nd Edn: {{cite book | author1 = McFarlane, Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | others = Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) | title = The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'The Bootleg Family Band' | date = 31 March 2017 | publication-date = 2017 | location = Gisborne, VIC | publisher = Third Stone Press | edition = 2nd | pages = 58–59 | isbn = 978-0-9953856-0-3 }} * 1st Edn: {{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'The Bootleg Family Band' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040419100313/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=127 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=127 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archive-date = 19 April 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = dead | access-date = 31 May 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Holmgren">{{cite web | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/caddbrian.html | title = Brian Cadd | work = Australian Rock Database | publisher = Magnus Holmgren | access-date = 29 May 2020 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040319145906/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/c/caddbrian.html | archive-date = 19 March 2004 | df = dmy }}</ref> Their debut single was a cover version of Loggins and Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance" in February 1973.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nuttall Your">{{cite web | url = http://poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=91 | title = 'Your Mama Don't Dance' - Bootleg Family Band (1973) | last = Nuttall | first = Lyn | publisher = PopArchives – Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s (Lyn Nuttall) | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140214161713/http://poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=91 | archive-date = 14 February 2014 | access-date = 29 May 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It peaked at number 4 on the ''Go-Set'' Top 40 Singles Chart.<ref name="Go-Set Charts May73">{{cite web | url = http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1973/19730526.html | last1 = Nimmervoll | first1 = Ed | work = Go-Set | title = National Top 40 | publisher = Waverley Press | date = 26 May 1973 | access-date = 28 May 2020 | archive-date = 6 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200406032958/http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1973/19730526.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The second single, "Wake Up Australia", released in June failed to reach the top 40. The band's third single, a cover version of "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)", was released in July 1974,<ref name="Nuttall Shoop">{{cite web | url = http://poparchives.com.au/94/bootleg-family-band/the-shoop-shoop-song-its-in-his-kiss | title = 'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)' - Bootleg Family Band (1974) | last = Nuttall | first = Lyn | publisher = PopArchives – Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s (Lyn Nuttall) | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140204235846/http://poparchives.com.au/94/bootleg-family-band/the-shoop-shoop-song-its-in-his-kiss | archive-date = 4 February 2014 | access-date = 29 May 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> which peaked at number 10 on the Kent Music Report.<ref name="Kent">{{Cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | author-link1 = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = St Ives, NSW | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 }} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref> Also in that year the band provided a cameo in a nightclub scene of the Australian feature film, ''Alvin Rides Again''. The group toured the United States and performed on the TV shows, ''The Midnight Special'' and ''Don Kirshner's Rock Concert'' in 1974.<ref name="McFarlane"/>
In February 1975 the group issued a self-titled extended play (a four-track compilation of their singles' A-sides) via the Bootleg label, which was produced by Cadd.<ref name="Kimball"/> A trimmed line-up in May 1975 with Cadd, Cox and Naylor joined by Clive Harrison on bass guitar (ex-Kush<!-- not the US band and not found at Kush [dab page] -->) and Ian Mason on keyboards (ex-Mason's Cure), was renamed, the Bootleg Band.<ref name="McFarlane"/> After Cadd left the group to return to the US, in November 1975, they were renamed Avalanche<!-- not the Norwegian disco band of same name -->, with Cox, Harrison and Naylor joined by Adrian Campbell on lead vocals (ex-Raw Glory).<ref name="Kimball">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100314214800/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/35967/20100315-0848/www.milesago.com/artists/bootleg-2.html | url = http://www.milesago.com/Artists/bootleg.htm | title = The Bootleg Family Band | last1 = Kimball | first1 = Duncan | publisher = Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions | year = 2002 | archive-date = 14 March 2010 | access-date = 29 May 2020 | url-status = live }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="McFarlane A">* 2nd Edn: {{cite book | author1 = McFarlane, Ian | others = Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) | title = The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Avalanche' | date = 31 March 2017 | publication-date = 2017 | location = Gisborne, VIC | publisher = Third Stone Press | edition = 2nd | page = 28 | isbn = 978-0-9953856-0-3 }} * 1st Edn: {{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Avalanche' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803080622/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=53 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=53 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archive-date = 3 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = dead | access-date = 31 May 2020 }}</ref> That group issued a self-titled album in September 1976.<ref name="McFarlane A"/> Early in the following year Cox and Harrison left and were replaced by John Barnes and Graham Thompson, respectively.<ref name="McFarlane A"/> Barnes was soon replaced by Barry Cram on drums (ex-Pantha), while Gerard McCabe joined on keyboards. Avalanche issued a final single, which was a cover version of the Beatles' "Got to Get You into My Life", in November 1978 before disbanding.<ref name="McFarlane A"/>
Cadd re-assembled the Bootleg Family Band in 2015, with Cox, Fenwick, Jones (as Angela Labrandi), Lincoln and Naylor joined by additional musicians.<ref name="Cashmere"/> The group issued a studio album, ''Bulletproof'' (November 2016).<ref name="Cashmere">{{cite web | url = http://www.noise11.com/news/brian-cadd-gathers-up-a-new-bulletproof-bootleg-family-20161101 | title = Brian Cadd Gathers Up a New ''Bulletproof'' Bootleg Family | last = Cashmere | first = Paul | author-link = Paul Cashmere | work = Noise11 | date = 1 November 2016 | access-date = 2 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Jenkins">{{cite web | url = https://stack.com.au/music/review-brian-cadd-bootleg-family-band-bulletproof/ | title = Review: Brian Cadd & the Bootleg Family Band, ''Bulletproof'' | last = Jenkins | first = Jeff | work = Stack | date = 15 November 2016 | access-date = 29 May 2020 }}</ref> A tour supported its release, including opening for The Beach Boys in 2016.<ref name="Cashmere"/>
==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''Avalanche'' <small>(by Avalanche)</small> (September 1976) Bootleg Records * ''Bulletproof'' <small>(by Brian Cadd and the Bootleg Family Band)</small> (11 November 2016) – Caddmann Enterprises / MGM Distribution <small>(CDMN006)</small><ref name="NLA Bulletproof">{{Citation | author1 = Cadd, Brian | author-link1 = Brian Cadd | author2 = Bootleg Family Band | title = Bulletproof | publication-date = 2016 | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216997174 | access-date = 29 May 2020 }}</ref>
===Extended plays===
* ''The Bootleg Family Band'' (February 1975) Bootleg Records
===Singles===
;The Bootleg Family Band * 1973 "Your Mama Don't Dance" / "Honky Tonk Woman" AUS ''Go-Set'': No. 4 * 1973 "Wake Up Australia" / "Ballad of Billy Clover" * 1974 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" / "Walking Home in the Morning" AUS KMR: No. 10 * 1975 "Green Door" / "Kenny" AUS KMR: No. 98
;The Bootleg Band * 1975 "How Do I Try?" / "Rockin' Hollywood" AUS KMR: No. 60
;Avalanche * 1976 "Wizard of Love" * 1976 "Sweet Baby Brown Eyes" * 1976 "Landslide" * 1977 "Good for Me Good for You" * 1978 "Got to Get You into My Life"
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/bands/the-bootleg-family-band Australian Music Database entry]
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Category:Musical groups from Victoria (state) Category:Australian rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1973 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1978