The singer-songwriter known as Huckle was born Kelly Cavanagh in 1954 and grew up in Montreal and Toronto. He moved west to Gabriola Island in 1973 and adopted the name Huckle where he helped organize two western tours by Perth County Conspiracy (DNE), performing the warmup act for some of the shows. In spring 1974 on the first of the tours a live recording was made of eleven original Huckle songs with Gary McKeehan engineering - nine songs were recorded live after soundcheck for Perth County's Vancouver concert at Pender Auditorium March 1974. The band included Huckle (vocals, guitar, mandolin) with Richard Keelan (guitar, vocals), Michael Butler (bass), George Koumantaros (congas), Paul Gellman (vocals, fiddle, guitar), and Wende Sinclair (vocals, bamboo flute). Two more songs were recorded live on stage at Gabriola Hall the next night. These tracks became Huckle's first album release "Upon a Once Time". 500 copies were pressed and mostly sold off the stage at concerts. One of the very first "indie" records, it has now become rare vinyl and sells for a lot more than it did when it was new ($3).
The track below is “Beyonder (The Hymn)” and it’s pure lovely.