An Image of The Mynah Bird
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Title
An Image of The Mynah Bird
Subject
Cafe; Toronto Music; Toronto History
Description
The Mynah Bird was a popular music venue in Yorkville, Toronto, and was known for being a coffeehouse venue in the morning and hosting R&B performers at night. Many famous Canadian folk singers got their start here, such as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, with Neil Young forming a band named after the venue. The band “The Mynah Birds” featured Neil Young, and a very young Rick James, on the run from being enlisted in America. Yorkville was known as the place for musicians, and is credited as being the place where Toronto got its Sound. Artists spanning many genres performed here, and was and incredibly important part to the formation of many music scenes in Toronto.
Creator
Lloyd Walton
Source
Thrasher. “Rare Photo: The Mynah Bird, Yorkville, Toronto ~1965.” RARE PHOTO: The Mynah Bird, Yorkville, Toronto ~1965, March 5, 2016. Lloyd Walton https://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2016/03/rare-photo-mynah-bird-yorkville-toronto.html?m=1.
Publisher
Thrasher's Wheat
Date
1968
Contributor
Lloyd Walton
Rights
Lloyd Walton
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Files
Citation
Lloyd Walton, “An Image of The Mynah Bird,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/121.