Some tracks from Moses - A Canadian Band

From the album End of the Line by Moses

Tracks:
1. 53 Chevy - Words and music: Lynn Johnson (0:00)
2. Waistin' My Time - Words and music: Jim Williams (4:49)
3. Promenade - Words and music: Dave Filchak (9:16)
4. Saturday Night Girl - Words and music: Dave Filchak (12:38)
5. Feel Like A Fool - Words and music: Dave Filchak (15:41)

Moses began as an idea, a concept, but it seemed to become a vision. It became a tight professional act. It became banks of light, walls of speakers, glitter, finesse. Word travelled fast. In a few weeks the group played to packed houses every night, while audiences reacted enthusiastically, and the general exuberance that was Moses caught on.

So there they were - on top in Southern Alberta. It had been easy, perhaps too easy. It might have been easier to stay and enjoy it all. But bands die here. They needed bigger cities and more exposure. The only hope for making it for Moses lay on the outside - in the U.S. and the rest of Canada.

And so began an extensive and gruelling series of tours, more than a dozen of them. The band played countless engagements, mainly in the U.S. getting the promotion and exposure necessary to interest a record company in their product. The pressures of the road were telling, however, which resulted in a personnel change for the group. Eric left the band to pursue other interests, and was replaced by drummer Randy McCann, whose hard rock influence changed slightly the band's direction. Many Moses followers missed the subtle funkiness of Eric's drumming, but others were equally satisfied with the band's new heavier feel.

The touring continued until the spring of 1977, with a great deal of commitment from band members who lived on $40 a week or less and sank the rest back into the group. So Moses continued to grow - new equipment, more lights. But the big time was always elusive. Maybe life on the road got the better of them. Maybe the countless string of one-nighters and hamburger joints were too much. But more likely it was the frustration of spending long hours in the studio and on tour only to have record companies expressed a reserved interest as the band searched for that obscure hit single. But the pressure of touring left no time for writing, and if they were to continue to write, there could be little time for live performances. This was the dilemma that the group could never quite resolve, a dilemma which led to the final disbanding in the summer of 1977.

And For all this, Moses still remains something of an enigma. Perhaps this album will answer some of the questions many of us were left with. After all, what was Moses really all about? If the answer is anywhere, it is here in the music.
-Jeremy Etherington

This album was a compilation album that was released after Moses broke up. This contains various studio cuts of songs recorded mostly in studios around the United States.

Dave Filchak: guitars, vocals
Lynn Johnson: guitars, vocals
Jim Williams: bass, acoustic guitar
Eric Geisreiter: drums
Randy “Skid” McCann: drums

Edited and mixed at Southern Sound Studios, Lethbridge, Alberta, 1978
Mastered at the Lacquer Channel, Toronto, Ontario

Cover photo by Ed Klima
Album concept by Dave Filchak
Script by B. Edmundson
Management by Douglas H. Brown
2,000 copies pressed