Trevor Veitch (born May 19, 1946 in

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) is a Canadian

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who has worked behind the scenes on many pop trends from the 1960s to present. He is mostly known for his involvement in the popular 1960s folk rock group 3's a Crowd. He resides in

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with his wife, Evan, and their son.

Career

1960s

In the 1960s, Veitch gained fame as a part of popular folk and rock group, 3's a Crowd. Veitch, who was singer Donna Warner's guitarist and accompanist, joined with

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to become the Bill Schwartz Quartet (a promotional name for only three musicians). Later, the Bill Schwartz Quartet recruited more members, including Ken Koblun,

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, and Richard Patterson, and changed its name to 3's a Crowd. 3's a Crowd is credited for helping expand the role of jazz and eastern music in the folk rock genre. The band broke up in 1968; Veitch's reasons were to pursue other projects.

1970s

Veitch befriended

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in the 1970s and contributed his talent to several of Rush's albums. *In Rush's self-titled album, released in 1970, Veitch played the

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, and

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. *In '' Wrong End of the Rainbow'' (1970), Veitch played both the acoustic and electric guitar,

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, and contributed background vocals to the album. Veitch also shares songwriting credits on the tracks "Merrimack County," "Rotunda," and the title song, "Wrong End of the Rainbow" with Tom Rush *In the album '' Merrimack County'', Veitch once again contributed his skills on the guitar, mandolin, and background vocals. He again shares songwriting credits on the tracks "Kids These Days" and "Merrimack County II" with Rush.

1980s

In 1981, Veitch and fellow producer Greg Mathieson produced singer

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's giant hit, "Mickey" and her LP, ''

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''. He also produced

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's "Red Light" in 1986. In 1987, Veitch took his talents overseas by working both production and music for the Japanese television series '' a·ki·re·ta–DEKA''. He produced 4 songs for the soundtrack.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Veitch, Trevor 1946 births Living people Musicians from Vancouver Canadian folk rock musicians Canadian record producers