Whatever Happenned to...Black Pool?

Black Pool were a Halifax band in the early 1990's consisting of John Wesley Chisholm, Phil Sedore, Chris Murphy and Chip Sutherland. 

I remember visiting Halifax in the early 1990's, and going to Sam the Record Man on Barrington Street.  On a recommendation, I purchased two cassettes.  One by Brett Ryan and the other "We The Living" by Black Pool.  I loved the cassette so much that I still have it. 

The songs on We The Living are
1. Days and Days
2. Between The Tracks
3. Photographs
4. Graveyard Stones
5. A Man on Pier 21
6. Queen Street
7. We the Living
8. Was Lazarus Content
9. Down to the River
10. Rave On


"Days and Days", "We The Living", "A Man on Pier 21" and "Rave On" can be heard at Swamp Spruce Boys .  I think the site is created by John Wesley Chisholm.


When I moved to Halifax in 1996, I found "The Seahorse" by Black Pool.  Unfortunately, I no longer have that one. 

Another CD of the bands music "Scraps From The Table" was also released.

 


It's unfortunate that Black Pool never became more successful as a band.  As a collection of individuals, however, they have done pretty well.  Chris Murphy has been with Sloan for over 20 years.  Chip Sutherland was Sloan's manager and is a successful Halifax lawyer.  John Wesley Chisholm formed The Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra.  He is still part of the Halifax music scene, doing solo projects and now with the Jubilee Swing Orchestra.  He is also with Arcadia Entertainment, a Halifax based television production company.  From what I can find, Phil Sedore is also still involved in the Halifax music scene, producing, playing and composing scores for Arcadia Entertainment.

If you have something to share about Black Pool, I'd love to hear it.