1971-73
Norman Allard - tenor, soprano saxophones, flute
Daryl Gutheil - keyboards, vocals, trumpet
Don Gutheil - bass guitar, vocals, trumpet, percussion
Drew Lawrence - drums, flute, vocals
George Martin - trumpet, valve trombone, percussion
Bob Deutscher - guitar, vocals, electric piano

George  Don
Bob Drew  Daryl  Norm

    This group had started out as a hobby band with Drew, Norman, George, Brian Davis, Gerry Klein and my old friend Mick Grainger. That fizzled and the brothers Gutheil and I joined up with Drew, Norman and George to form Wascana. Thanks for the name, Mick! Don, Daryl and I basically folded up Andante to put this band together. Having a horn section was a major catalyst in my 'on the job' musical training. I started transcribing horn charts for cover songs, and wrote original charts for my own compositions as well as other cover songs. This was perhaps the most creative period of my career.  It was a very stimulated time!
    There were many highlights during this band's tenure. Here are a few:

• A live recording for The Great Canadian Goldrush on CBC radio, produced by Claire Lawrence.
• A National Rockworks Company CBC radio recording produced by Ian Thomas.
• Several CBC  Regina recording sessions.
• A recording of a pair of Mick Grainger compositions at CHED Radio, Edmonton produced by Tommy Banks. While in session we met the inimitable Lenny Breau.
• Several local and regional TV broadcasts.
• Two stints at the Chicago nightclub The Rush-Up. Once, with a band called Rastus who were in the midst of a tour with 3 Dog Night, and another when we met several members of the group Chicago and swapped sets with a group called Shanti which included Aashish Khan, Zakir Hussein and their guitarist, Neil Seidel, who was formerly with Gary Lewis and The Playboys. They were great, kind of an East Indian version of Santana.
• A warm-up gig with the Seigel/Schwall Blues Band.
• A gig with The Flying Colors and A Group Called Mudd at the Trianon Ballroom in Regina. At the end we all got together and played the Edgar Winter's White Trash  song, Fly Away Magic moments.
• Many jingle sessions at Century 21 Studios, Winnipeg.
• Opened the Vancouver Nightclub The Body Shop.
• Met Chief Dan George and William O.S. Ballard (1973 vice-president Toronto Maple Leafs) at another Vancouver club Oil Can Harry's.

    During the last year of  this version of the band Drew, Norman and Don immersed themselves into the Krishna Consciousness Movement. In the fall of 1973 Drew and Norman left the band to devote their lives to Krishna. The rest of  us wished them well.
    It was in this period that we hired a roadie/sound tech, another Regina resident, Vern Sotropa.

Here's the last gig with this lineup:
The Marigold Restaurant, Regina, Saskatchewan. October 6, 1973

01 Walk Tall (Cannonball Adderley)
02 Time and a Word (Yes)
03 Across The Great Divide (The Band)
04 Do It Again (Steely Dan)
05 State of the Union (Chicago)
06 Don't Cry My Lady (Dreams)
07 Maggie (Redbone)
08 Also Sprach Zarathustra (Deodato)
09 Redemption (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
10 Slippin' Into Darkness (War)
11 Don't Do It (The Band)
12 On The Road Again (LaCroix)
13 It's Just Got To Be That Way (The Crusaders)
14 You Got To Funkifize (Tower Of Power)
15 Chest Fever (The Band)
16 No Amount Of Loving (Butterfield Blues Band)
17 I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
18 WS Walcott Medicine Show (The Band)
19 The Boxer (Butterfield Blues Band)
20 Will It Go Round In Circles (Billy Preston)
21 Stage Fright (The Band)
22 Rooftop-1982A (Sons Of Champlin)
23 Roundabout (Yes)
24 Keep The Customer Satisfied (The Band)
25 Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
26 Right On
27 Cool Fool (Edgar Winter's White Trash)
28 Who Can They Be (Wascana)
29 I Can't Turn You Loose/Directions (Otis Redding; Josef Zawinul)

                                                    
       'Deke'                     'Broom'                 Drew                           'Speed'                    Norman            Daryl                       Vern