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  <artist-id type="integer">10210</artist-id>
  <bio>Formed in the late '60s in Ontario by saxophonist Steve Kennedy, guitarist Ken Marco, keyboard player William "Smitty" Smith, and drummer Wayne Stone, Motherlode scored with a Top 40 hit in 1969 -- the smooth "When I Die." Two years after the release of the album of the same title, though, the group had broken up. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide</bio>
  <id type="integer">8331</id>
  <origin>London, Ontario, Canada</origin>
  <year>1960's and 1970's</year>
</artist-bio>
