Ken Kalmusky
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Ken Kalmusky
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| Background information | |
| Born |
18 November 1945 Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 19 October 2005 (aged 59) Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock music |
| Instruments | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1957–2005 |
| Associated acts | The Revols, The Fab Four, Ronnie Hawkins, Great Speckled Bird, The Pencils, Plum Loco |
Ken Kalmusky (18 November 1945 – 19 October 2005) was a Canadian bassist born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He has worked with some of the top names in the music industry, including Ronnie Hawkins's, Ian and Sylvia, Jerry Reed, Amos Garrett, and Todd Rundgren to name a few. Kalmusky was a brilliant session musician and toured the world, playing stages from Massey Hall, to The Grand Ole Opry.
Ken Kalmusky was born in Stratford Ontario to saxophonist Walter "JoJo" Kalmusky, and Mary Kalmusky. His first band The Revols played in the southern Ontario area in the late 50's and very early 60's. The members of The Revols were Kalmusky on bass, John Till (Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band) on guitar, and Richard Manuel (The Band, Bob Dylan) on piano and lead vocal.
At age 16 Kalmusky left The Revols to join Ronnie Hawkins's band, The Hawks to tour and travel North America leaving behind his bandmates for the brief time being as they had decided to complete school. One story when they hooked back up in the USA is chronicled on page 65 of Barney Hoskyns' novel Across The Great Divide The Band and America; Kalmusky, Richard, John, and the Hawks had taken Ronnie's Cadillac for a joy ride in Memphis, TN and were pulled over by police. Kalmusky(who was under age at the time) was sent to juvenile lockup as they were suspected of stealing the car. When they called Ronnie with their one and only phone call, he said, "Check the dipstick". The dipstick of the Cadillac had Hawkins's name engraved on it and the youngster was then soon released thereafter. By the end of 1961, the remaining Revols returned to Stratford. Manuel remained with Hawkins, until joining Levon And The Hawks in 1964, while Kalmusky re-united with Till to form The Fab Four, the "Original" Fab Four, at the top of 1962.
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