ɐn ˈɜːli mˈɛnʃən ʌvðə ɡɹˈuːp ɐpˈɪɹz ɪnðə spˈoʊkən ˌɪntɹədˈʌkʃən tuː "ɡlˈeɪs bˈeɪ blˈuːz" baɪ dˈɑːni mək dˈuːɡəl ʌvðə ɡˈɛs hˌuː ˌɔn ðɛɹ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː ˈælbəm, lˈaɪv æt ðə pˈæɹəmˌaʊnt, ɪnwˌɪtʃ hiː ɛksplˈeɪnz ðə sˈɔŋ wʌz kˈoʊɹˈɪʔn̩ wɪð "mˈæk lˈiːn mˈæk lˈiːn" ðeɪ hæd nˌɑːt ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd ðə wˈɜːd "ænd" ɪnðə nˈeɪm ʌv ðɛɹ ˈækt ɪn ðɛɹ ˈɜːli dˈeɪz.
An early mention of the group appears in the spoken introduction to "Glace Bay Blues" by Donnie McDougall of The Guess Who on their 1972 album, Live at the Paramount, in which he explains the song was co-written with "MacLean MacLean" (they had not included the word "and" in the name of their act in their early days).