The Deverons

Winnipeg band from the mid-1960s. Founded in 1962 by St. John's High School students Burton Cummings, Derek Blyck (a.k.a. Derek Blake), Boris Pawluk, Edd Smith and John Gach. Other members included Ron Savoie, Wayne Arnold, Bruce Decker (2), Don Gunter, Ken Birdini and Craig Hamblin. They recorded in Winnipeg and in Minneapolis. Cummings left for The Guess Who at the end of 1965 and the band fizzled out soon after.