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Joey Gregorash (drums)
Alan Schick

Gregorash and Schick formed The Mongrels in 1967. At only age 16 Gregorash would host his own dance TV show called 'Young As You Are' during which time the band became the first white musicians to record at the infamous Stax Volt studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

Guess Who member Randy Bachman became an instant fan who offered them not only songs to record but produced their material as well.

They were successful in Winnipeg but their Franklin Records releases met with little success in the rest of the country. Throat problems forced Gregorash to leave the band in 1969. He would go on to a successful Juno Award winning solo career.

The band carried on with Schick taking up the slack and after switching to RCA in 1970 they had a hit single with "Ivy In Her Eyes" which peaked at #77 on the RPM Top 100 Singles chart.

Following the demise of the band Schick would have his own charting single called "Lucy Lucy Lucy" in 1973.


Singles
1968 Death of a Salesman/Sitting in the Station (Franklin) FR-307
1968 My Woman/Sitting In The Station (Franklin) QC-619
1969 Funny Day/Good, Good Man (Franklin) QC-624
1969 Do You Know Your Mother/Heartaches (Franklin) QC-632
1970 Ivy In Her Eyes/It's The Last Time (RCA/Victor) PB-571036



Albums
1969 The Mongrels (RCA/Victor)


Video


Compilation Tracks
1969 "Heartaches" on 'Winnipeg (Franklin) FR-1000
1997 "Good Good Man" on 'Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych' (Arf! Arf!) AA-062
2008 "Heartaches", "My Woman", "Sitting In The Station", "Funny Day", and "Good Good Man [aka "Death of a Salesman"] on 'The Best of Franklin Records 1967-1972' (Super Oldies)