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ner 25, 1987 — North Shore News

A WEST Vancouver-based group is blending acoustic mel-
ody with modern technology to produce a new sound that is
receiving accolades for its fresh approach.

“Its a whole new concept,”
Total Outrage member Peter Alan,
44. explains of the group's
““nower-acoustic’’ music. ‘The
response has really been great
wherever we've played."

Taking acoustic instruments —
the guitar, mandolin and bass —
and amplifying the sound, the
group is making inroads into a
clean, fresh new style of music.

Prior to putting together the
band that is now Total Outrage
about a year avo, Alan was
formerly ino ‘ta psychadelic rock
hand’? called Blues

Alan plays finger-pick guitar,
contributing to the band's folksy
sound. “f play a finger style that
incorporates rhythm, lead and buss
lines all at the same time,’’ he ex-
plains. There's not all thar many
people in North America who can
do that.”

A fixture on the music circuit
for the past 20 years, Alan has
toured all over the United States
and Canada, playin. in) venues
ranging from pubs to folk festi-
vals,

Oa the mandolin is Barbara Lee
Fraser, 35, playing the uncommon
instrument) for an uncommon
sound.

“Tr just
mandolin
‘Wow.’

picked
one
recalls

up a friend’s
day and said
Fraser, who is

Mother Bear.

Reporter

trained in classical piano. ‘‘It can
gel pretty complex when you get
into harmonies. I’m still trying to
get a handle on it.”

“We've taken the mandolin and
adapted it.’’ explains the bearded
Alan. ‘it’s normally played in ac-
companiment with a flat-pick
guitar. We use it with a finger-
played guitar.’*

Taking other artists’ material
and doing new arrangements,
Total Outrage performs a range of
musical styles, from 1920s and 30s
tunes to country and popular 19605
classics. “But we try to) freshen
them up it bit."*

Total Outrage is hoping to vo
into the studio this fall to record
its first album. Still working on the
material, the group will soon be
shopping around for a record
label.

With the recent addition of
acoustic bass player Tammy
Fassaert, the group is presently
making the rounds at local
nightclubs, restaurants and private
parties around the Lower
Mainland,

On Sept. 27, Total Outrage can
be heard at the Savoy on Powell
Street in Gastown.

1025 Marine Dr.
985-4181