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36 - Wednesday, December 13, 1989 - Nocth Shore News

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GRACES FANS will have a perfect view when (left to right) Gia Ciambotti, Charlotte Caffey and Meredith
Brooks glide onto the Town Pump stage Friday night.

More than 3

HE GRACES are

pneumatically packag-

ed and marketed like a
girl group. But don’t brand
them a girl group. It doesn’t
sit well.

But it is safe enough to say the
Go-Go’s were a girl group. And
while post Go-Go's gal Belinda
Carlisle serves up her infectious
confections solo, Charlotte Caffey,
the Go-Go’s-gone-Graces, is at-
tempting her second run for the
pop top in the company of women
— specifically L.A. club band
veterans Meredith Brooks and Gia
Ciamboiti.

The trio’s cover-girl looks make
for pretty visuals and set the tone
for a harmonically —simpatico
rocker chick stance. But absorb

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the fine print accompanying this
year’s debut release, Perfect View,
and you'll find the group goes
beyond three. The Graces sound is
really tne collaborative product of
a gender- -mixed many.

The three most graceful of the
Graces are touring (they play the
Town Pump Friday) as a band
fleshed out by men — a point of
interest essentially demolishing the

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Charlotte Caffey connected with
Brooks and Ciambotti early 1988.
Caffey had an A&M recording
contract in her pocket, a failed
man-band stint behind her and
was on the prowl for a new group.
Brooks was rotating through L.A.’s
sleazeball pay-to-play clubs.
Ciambotti, the daughter of John
Ciambotti (A Stiff Records session
musician whe played on some
essential Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello,
Wreckless Eric and jan Orury
tracks) was fronting the shadowy
Jammin’ Salmons at the time....

Graces singer Ciambotti picks up

the thread, “ | was playing
serious low-life dives. 1 like those
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The annual Christmas Benetit Hockey game between the West Van
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SUNDAY DEC. 17th 4:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY DEC. 27th 9:00 p.m.
THURSDAY DEC. 28th 8:00 p.m.

PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS OF FIGURE SKATING

Hosted by Ted Barton and Jean Sentft of the Canadian Figure Skating
Association. Our coverage from the North Shore Winter Club
concentrates on the finalists skating Saturday, December 9th.

WEDNESDAY DEC. 13th 9:00 p.m.
THURSDAY DEC. 14th 8:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY JAN. 3rd 9:00 p.m.

CHOIRS !N THE MALL

Shaw Cable presents twelve North Shore school choirs in
performance at Park Royal, North Mall. For five nights before
Christmas you can enjoy these children singing traditional and
contemporary carols.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 17th and ...
TUESDAY DECEMBER 198th through FRIDAY DECEMBER 22nd
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