Motherlode

Motherlode was a Canadian pop rock group formed in 1969 in London, Ontario. The group scored some success in the US with their single, "When I Die", which hit #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969. The act remain as one-hit wonders. William Smith and Steve Kennedy and Smith had been playing together with Eric Mercury and Dianne Brooks in a Toronto band called the Soul Searchers that Mercury and Brooks fronted as lead vocalists. After the Soul Searchers broke up, first Kennedy and then Smith joined a group called Grant Smith and the Power which also featured David Clayton Thomas. They formed Motherlode in 1969 and relocated to London, Ontario, where they struggled and stayed with friends. They finally got a break following...