In 1971 Five Man Electrical band signed with a little label owned by writer Jimmy Webb and producer Dallas Smith called Lion Records. By 1973 they were exhausted and called it quits, though Emmerson continued recording as Five Man Electrical Band until 1975. Following this he returned to Ottawa in 1981, resumed a solo career which had actually been going on during the Five Man Electrical Band and played briefly in The Cooper Brothers. He finally opened his own recording facility in the Ottawa area. In 1986, Five Man Electrical Band reformed for a one-off benefit concert which has lead into a fun Eastern Canada tour every year with no business pressures.
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