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John Martin (lead vocals)
David Liberty (lead guitars, vocals)
Hans Schleuter (bass)
John Doddridge (drums)
Gordon "Junior" Dix (guitar)
Dave Lugsden (lead vocals; replaced Martin)
Donnie "Oofie" Price (lead guitar; replaced Liberty)
Marc Corbin (guitar; replaced Dix)
Peter Jermyn (organ)
Jamie Avis (guitar)
Jack Arseneault (organ; replaced Jermyn)

The band Thee Deuces was originally formed in 1964 in Almonte south-west of Ottawa as an instrumental group who performed for nearly a full year at Inter-Provincial Hotel in Hull, Quebec as the house band.

In 1965 rival club owner Donald Billows from The Oak Door managed them and attracted the attention of a Hollywood teen exploitation film producer who wanted the band to appear in a new film he was shooting, but after finding out they had to pay their own way to California, refused the deal. Meanwhile, they were introduced to Sir John A. Records owner John Pozer who grabbed the act as his second signing to the label in 1966 after Don Norman And The Other Four. Their first single, "You Gotta Try",  was released in November that year. The record received favourable airtime on Ottawa's CFRA, CKOY and CJET where Pozer was still an on-air personality. By January 1967 the single had reached #9 on CFRA's 'Swing Set' chart.

By the summer of 1967, the band decided to update their name - The Heart - and their sound by adding former Luke & The Apostles keyboardist Peter Jermyn. Another single followed in July 1967 called "Treat Me Bad".

But Jermyn would leave again in 1968 to form The Modern Rock Quartet with former Esquires members Doug Orr and Robert Coulthart. The Heart then recruited Corbin and Arseneault from The Five D for one more single called "Yesterday Was a Dream" on RCA at Christmas that year. The act lasted only until the Spring of 1969.

with notes from Marc Coulavin, Alexander J. Taylor and Peter Jermyn.




Singles
as THEE DEUCES
1966 You Gotta Try/Hung Up On You (Sir John A.) RG-1016

as THE HEART
1967 Treat Me Bad/Help Me Down (Sir John A./RCA) SJA-2
1968 Yesterday Was A Dream/Don't Go Chasing Rainbows (RCA Victor) 75-1023

Albums


Video


Compilation Tracks
as THEE DEUCES
1995 "You Gotta Try" and "Hung Up On You" on 'Ottawa Rocks: The Sir John A. Years (1966 - 1968)' (Sound Investment Enterprises) D-11101

as THE HEART
1995 "Treat Me Bad" and "Help Me Down" on 'Ottawa Rocks: The Sir John A. Years (1966 - 1968)' (Sound Investment Enterprises) D-11101