Manchild

Websites:  https://citizenfreak.com/artists/100520-oberon, 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. The group would also back Bob Bonnell under the name Oberon (also on Yorkville Records).

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

as OBERON
1973 Bye Bye Love Now You`re On Your Own/[same] (Yorkville) YVM-45082

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