 When Gethsemane split up in December, Tomlinson returned to Toronto with McKelvey in January 1969 to put together Milkwood.Adding ex-Five Bells bass player Ron Blackwell (born on July 27, 1948, in Montreal), the band played at the Penny Farthing in Toronto in early May.According to "Cashbox", Jimi Hendrix popped in one night and caught the group.