Oberon

Websites:  https://citizenfreak.com/artists/98927-manchild, https://citizenfreak.com/artists/95113-five-shy
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Biography:

When the band The Five Shy was dropped from Columbia Records, the remaining members formed Manchild. The band was signed to Yorkville Records – with Amesbury leaving for his own solo deal. Manchild was pushed in the initial CanCon radio blitz after legislation had changed and released “Sitting In a Pool of Music” backed with a remake of The Mandala’s “Love-itis” on Yorkville Records. The group would also back Bob Bonnell under the name Oberon (also on Yorkville Records); Pinhorn would later join Brutus and Downchild Blues Band; Carty now performs with the Toronto Soul Revival; Kimmel left the music business and opened a Toronto flower shop called Triffids.

On April 3, 2025, John Kimmel shared with us the following various incarnations of the band as they morphed into Manchild and Oberon.

1966-67 Five Shy
John Kimmel: vocals
Dave Gardon: bass
Jack Flynn: drums
Ken Carty: guitar
Danny Shea: guitar
Alan Tudhope: bass (1967)

1968 Five Shy:
Bill Amesbury: guitar
Mel O'Brien: bass
Kimmel: keyboards
Ken Carty: guitar
Jack Flynn: drums

Dennis Pinhorn on bass as name change to Manchild

1969-1970 Manchild:
Bob Bonnell: vocals, harp
Ken Carty: guitar
Dennis Pinhorn: bass
Jack Flynn: drums
Lorne Whitby: keyboards

1970-71
Bob Bonnell: vocals
John Shand: guitar
Dennis Pinhorn: bass
Jack Flynn: drums

Carty and Whitby leave band

1971 - Oberon
Bob Bonnell: vocals
John Shand: guitar
Dennis Pinhorn: bass
Jack Flynn: drums
John Slorack: bass (joined band late)

Bill Amesbury: guitar
Dennis Pinhorn: bass
John Kimmel: organ
Jack Flynn: drums
Ken Carty: vocals

Compilation Tracks
1972 “Sitting In A Pool Of Music” on ‘Concept’ (Concept 376) PRP-171