The Just Us
| The Tripp | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 1966–1977 |
| Associated acts | The Just Us, Livingston’s Journey |
| Past members | |
The Tripp, known earlier as The Just Us and later Livingston's Journey, was a Canadian rock band, based in Toronto, Ontario from the mid-1960s, featuring Neil Merryweather and Stan Endersby.
Keyboard player Ed Roth, drummer Bob Ablack, lead guitarist Bill Ross and Brian Hughes started out playing rock instrumentals in a suburban Toronto band the XLs, which became Gary & The Reflections with the addition of singer Gary Muir in 1964.
In early 1965, singer Bobby Neilson replaced Muir and the group changed its name to The Ookpiks, after a native-designed stuffed toy owl called Ookpik that was being promoted by the Canadian government. As another Ookpiks group already existed, they briefly became The Sikusis after another stuffed toy, but were unable to get permission from the Canadian government to use the name without compensation and settled on The Just Us. Through all of this they recorded a lone single on the Quality record label, which failed to sell - possibly due in part to confusion caused by name changes.
Hughes, Ross and new drummer Al Morrison soon left to join David Clayton-Thomas's backup band, The Bossmen. Roth and Neilson, (later Neil Merryweather), brought in bassist Wayne Davis and guitarist Stan Endersby (born 17 July 1947, Lachine Quebec), formerly of C.J. Feeny and the Spellbinders. and convinced Bob Ablack to return on drums. They also recruited a new singer, former Mynah Birds singer Jimmy Livingstone. Richard Bell was subsequently hired away from Richie Knight and the Midknights as second keyboardist.
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