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- ↑ Jaime Vernon, with notes from Shawn Nagy, Gord Baker, Eric Brandt and Norm Bright, Profile of Wes Dakus [usurped] ; Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ↑ Gerry Wand, Montreal to Edmonton Sundown: China Doll and Corona. Retrieved 2012-09-16.