MUSIC

Prophet driven

High-energy band links up with Starfish

PARALLEL existence
theories aside, there was
a provable moment

when the universe acrual-
ly supported awo pop
bands that shared the

name of Wallflowers.

Jakob Dylan's incarnation
ran with the name. Graham
Greer’s version went on to
become Barstool Prophets.

Cornwall, Ontario's beat-happy export headlines a
triple bill this Sacurday night at the Starfish.

The evidence as heard on Barstool Prophet's latest —
Last of the Big Game Hunters — promises a sweaty good
time for anyone with 2 soft spot for punchy power: chord
pop.

In hindsight, Graham Greer, who contributes vocals,
guitar, harmonica, sitar and percussion on the latest CD,
says the shared Wallflowers name worked to the

Canadians” benetit for a while.
Said Greer: “Qakob Dylan's
Wallflowers band) was gaining, a
lot of notoriety. People were starz
ing to come to our shows think-
ing we were him. | think we made
ator of fans that way. People
would show up, figure out we
weren't him and stay for the
show.”

Greer first linked with Barstool
Prophets bassist Glenn Forrester
and drummer Bobby Tamas in

Michael Becker

The break was good
tor hima. “if anything it
hardened my work
etic. It made ene want
to trva dite harder to
gee things done.”

Last of the Big Game
Franters was produced,
engineered and mixed
by Joe Hardy.

Hardy has previously
worked with ZZ ‘Fop,
‘Tom Cochrane and
Colin James.

The band worked
with Hardy in his
Memphis studio.

Said Greer: “The
thing we came away
with the most is thar we
really enjoyed ourselves
down there.

“There was not even
an inkling of pressure,
which could have very
well been, working with
an American producer
and some money riding
on the tine. He was just
so hospitable and cor-
dial to us, ‘OK Iet’s play
today It was no big
deal. T think that, more
than anything, worked

1989. its way into the mix Photo Steve Carty
He started playing the guitar and writing songs when = somehow.” BARSTOOL Frophets (ieft to right) Graham Greer, Glenn Forrester, Al Morier and
he was 16, not too long before the band started. Barstool Prophets Bobby Tamas play the Starfish on Saturday.
“L kind of knew it was in my destiny. When I was a kid have a reputation for
I used to sing in all the school pageants, Simon and high-energy live shows. Greer admits te having Jearned
Garfunkel. I was in the choir, did the Kinsmen music testi: much of the delivery from Vancouver's Odds, who the
val circuit around here. Barstool Prophets toured with during their first cross-
“You can only hope at doing something like this. You Canada tour a couple of years ago. “i know we tailor the
can only hope that it’s going to come true,” Greer said. way we treat people and carry ourselves with our fans and
The band is just emerging from a nine- -month hiatus. stutt from what we saw of the Odds when we opened for
Greer took some time out to help bring his son Liam into them (1993-94). They're all gentlemen, ‘Thar was a great
the world. first glimpse of how it should be done.”

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