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Bll - Wednesday, May 30, 1984 - North Shore News

Commodore Saturday.

The first surprise was the
rock sound that has lent
depth to their remarkable
voices.

The second surprise was
their talented but not ob-
trusive band. Juggling in-
struments from song to song,
the five band members, in-
cluding sister Jane McGar-
rigle, could have stolen the
show if they had tried. But
they didn’t.

The McGarrigles have
played the folk music circuit
for years, paying their dues
and working with some of the
best in modern folk, rock and

gospel music. They were
noticeable on Maria
Muldaur’s popular first

album. Without the McGar-

rigles, Muldaur’s later
albums sounded painfully
weak.

The McGarrigies’ latest ef-
fort, Love Over and Over, is
a strong album with no filler
songs.

At first the sisters seemed
coldly distant,

Kate in a
severe haircut and black
outift. standing across the
Stage from Anna on_ the

piano. Then slowly the relax-
ed relationship betwen the
band and the McGarrigles
transformed the stage from
darkness into light, the har-
monies of their voices cover-
ing every color of the vocal
spectrum.

The crowd was delighted
when Chaim Tannenbaum
joined Kate and Anna in a
gospel number, adding his
vibrant voice to the singing

He then returned to his in-
struments, playing guitar,
banjo, sax, harmonica and

mandolin among others
Some of the McGarrigies’

best work isan brench Their

NEWS photo Stuart Davis French version of Bob

FOLK SINGER Kate McGarrigle plays guitar and sings during concert Saturday night at Seger’s Someday Baby You'll
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By ERIC EGGERTSON

more depth than
sacharine hit tune.

The pace of the concert
was slowed down by the con-
stant shuffling of musicians
from piano to synthesiser to
guitar and back, but the only
time it left a perciptible gap
was when Kate McGarrigle
discovered her violin bow
had been locked in the dress-
ing room.

Turning disaster into op-
portunity, she asked, ‘‘lIs
there a violin bow in the
house?’’

Seger’s

The opening act for the
show was North Vancouver’s
Silverlode. The pair of folk
musicians, Geoff Gibbons
and Ken Kirschner, gave a
lively set, with several songs
from their album.

Unfortunately their
Original material paled next
to cover pieces of the other

artists’ work. The insipid
lyrics of a few of their songs
took away from their

talented musicianship.

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