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{{Short description|Canadian jazz-rock/jazz fusion band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin          = Canada
| genre           = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| years_active    = 1969–1971
| label           = [[Revolver Records|Revolver]]
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| current_members =
| past_members    = Pat Little<br />Andy Cree<br />Breen LeBoeuf<br />Jack Mowbray<br />Stewart McCann<br />Tony Collacott<br />Ross Raby<br />Rick King<br />John Johnson
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'''Chimo!''' (Inuit for "Hello") was a Canadian jazz-rock/[[jazz fusion]] band, founded in 1969. The band played with some of the biggest acts of their era, and recorded one album, ''Cross Country Man'' for [[Revolver Records]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pavilis |first1=Aspros |title=Chimo Single |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8DIrwQBKwM  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/Z8DIrwQBKwM |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|website=youtube.com |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2021-08-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==History==
Chimo! evolved from Georgian IV, a band formed in [[Parry Sound]] in 1962 by John Johnson, Ross Raby, Stewart McCann and Rick King.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kosowan |first1=Melissa |title=Performers Return |url=https://www.muskokaregion.com/news-story/3611418-performers-with-humble-beginnings-return-for-now-and-then-concert/ |website=muskokaregion.com |publisher=Huntsville Forester |access-date=2021-08-21}}</ref> After seven years of increasing success the band saw major personnel changes and, in 1969, changed its name to Chimo!, with the original line-up of Jack Mowbray (guitar), Tony Collacott (keyboards), Ross Raby (keyboards, vocals), John Johnson (guitar), Andy Cree (drums), and [[Breen La Boeuf]] (lead vocals).
Also in 1969, the band played alongside [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] at the [[Toronto Rock and Roll Revival]] and, on June 28, 1970, opened the second day of the [[Festival Express]] with [[The Band]] and [[Janis Joplin]] at the [[Canadian National Exhibition]] Stadium. They also appeared at the Midsummer Night Rock Festival at [[Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum]]  with [[Alice Cooper]], [[Poor Souls (band)|The Poor Souls]], Iggy & [[The Stooges]], and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.festivival.com/history/midsummer-night-s-rock-fest-1970|title=Midsummer Night's Rock Fest 1970}}</ref>
Following the release of the band's album ''Cross Country Man'' in November 1970, Andy Cree left to do sessions for [[David Wiffen]] before joining [[Anne Murray]]'s band. He was replaced by Pat Little, who had previously been with [[Luke & The Apostles]], and had been doing session work for [[Van Morrison]] and [[Peter, Paul & Mary]]. The new line-up was responsible for two singles, Little's "In The Sea" and Mowbray's "Cross Country Man".
In 1971, Raby, Johnson and Collacott left the band to start families (save for Collacott, who would have no children). Little joined the band Heaven and Earth, and then founded the band Flag. LeBoeuf joined a re-formed [[Motherlode (band)|Motherlode]] and, in 1977, [[Offenbach (band)|Offenbach]].
== Personnel ==
* [[Breen LeBoeuf]]: vocals
* Ross Raby: organ, vocals
* Jack Mowbray: guitars, vocals
* John Johnson: bass, vocals
* Andy Cree: drums, percussion
* Pat Little: drums, percussion
* Tony Collacott: piano
==Recordings==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Singles
|-
! scope="col" | Act
! scope="col" | Song title
! scope="col" | Catalogue info
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes #
|-
! scope="row" | Chimo!
| "Quicksilver Woman" / "Day After Day"
| Revolver 006
| 1969
|
|-
! scope="row" | Chimo!
| "Silken Silver Melody" / "Lonely Girl"
| Revolver 009
| 1970
|
|-
! scope="row" |Chimo!
|  "In The Sea" / "Cross Country Man"
| Revolver 1070
| 1971
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Albums
|-
! scope="col" | Act
! scope="col" | Song title
! scope="col" | Catalogue info
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes #
|-
! scope="row" | Chimo
| ''Chimo!''
| Revolver 503
|  1970
|
|-
|}
==References==
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==Sources==
* "1,500 rock groups in search of smash records", Toronto Telegram, September 17, 1970, page 33
* Bill Munson's sleeve for Chimo! CD on Pacemaker
* Interview with Breen LeBoeuf, 2004 I love Chimo!
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[[Category:Canadian rock music groups]]
[[Category:Revolver Records (Canada) artists]]