PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS SONG PRODUCER FULL
WEA did not exercise its option to sign the band to a full deal, so in 1988 the band put out another 12″ single called “Killed By Love” which was also a regional hit in the Toronto area. Such was the band’s independent success that they received Juno nominations in 1987 for Most Promising Group and Best Video. Sensing the burgeoning interest in the band, WEA Canada picked up the single, repressed and repackaged it, and distributed it across the country. A song that Berg had written in the summer of 1985, “I’m An Adult Now”, was a constant audience favourite, so Berg’s director friend Nelu Ghiran made a low-budget video of the song, which was promptly picked up by MuchMusic and “Toronto Rocks” (on CITY-TV), and suddenly the independent 12″ single the band had pressed was totally sold out. By 1986 they had added Winnipeg-born sisters Tam and Tasha Amabile for backing vocals, and the band began playing the Toronto area. It was while he was doing this that he met Saskatoon native Johnny Sinclair and the idea of TPOH began to take shape. It was in Troc ’59 that he hooked up with drummer Dave Gilby and in 1985, they agreed that the only way to keep going musically was to move to Toronto and try things out there.īerg arrived first and promptly began a solo acoustic act that he took to any bar that would have him. In his teens and early 20’s he pursued his musical ambitions with area bands like the Modern Minds, Troc ’59 and Facecrime. Edmonton native Moe Berg watched his father play in country bands while he grew up, and spent his time admiring guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Beck and Johnny Winter.
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