40 - Wednesday, March 29, 1989 ~ North Shore News

Blues dynamo
worth a listen

°° The jeff Healey Band — See The Light, Arista Records 1988

HEALEY’S PLATINUM-selling debut release continues to
hold firm on the charts, a bastion of churning blues in a

placid sea of pop.

The musical press has lavishly praised the 22-year-old
blind guitar player, calling him the new B.B. King to, yes,

the next Hendrix.

A spin through the grooves of
See The Light vindicaies all of the
fuss the Torontonian is creating
across the country. There is not a
tentative note to be found in the
collection. Whether he’s on the
attack with aggressive blistering
runs ar stretching out with the
sobbing notes, the delivery is im-
peccably down and dirty.

MICHAEL
BECKER

record reviewer

Listening to a great blues player,
regardless of the instrument of
choice, should be like eavesdrop-
ping on a manic-depressive work-
ing through the emotional roller
coaster. Healey makes good on

around town Fun

the promise of vicarious catharsis.

I've seen the light. Its color is
bluc.

** Eric Ambel — Roscoe’s Gang,
Enigma Records 1988

The perspective is nicely askew
on this one. Intentionally o¢ not,
the release reels and teeters
through many manners of musical
mode.

There’s a bit of grotty garage
band posturing, a touch of un-
adulterated country sprinkled here
and there and a goodly portion of
“let's punch our fists through the
walls, spill some beer and call it a
good time’ raunch ‘n‘ roll,

Roscoe (Ambel) is the lead
guitarist for the Del-Lords. Includ-
ed among the 12 cuts on the
release is a grey-matter-melting
cover version of the Swamp Dogg
tune Total Destruction To Your
Mind; a hard-driving version of
Dylan’s If You Gotta Go, Go Now;

AROUND TOWN, the North Shore News‘ entertainment listing, is the
place to look for live theatre, concerts, galleries, dance events, and pub

Shore
Delta Mountain Inn, Whistler: Sex
Tips For Modern Girls. Arts Club tour.
Dinner theatre. March 29-April 1. Info:
932-7307, 9-5 p.m.
Hendry Hall: The Club. A satirical look
at a Victorian men’s club. March 31,
pail 1, 6-8, 12-15 at 8 p.m. $7. Res:

32-2633.

Dance Company with Melinda Coffey,
piano. $10, $8. April 1 at 7 p.m. Res:
937-PLAY of 260-4444,

MARTIN
MILLERCHIP

listings coordinator

N.S. Museum: Birks Room: Things To
Put Things In. A nostalgic look at the
containers of a bygone era. 209 W. 4th
St. 987-5618. Weds. to Sun. from 1 to 4

banquets & private

parties.

BLUES GENIUS Jeff Healey and his band give the goods on their latest release.

and a dead-ringer cover of Neil
Young’ 3, Vampire Blues. Syd Straw,
of the ‘Solden Palominos, drops by
for a beautifully Hicksville boy-pal
vacal duet with Ambel on Loose
Talk,

It all feels quite loose. In the
correct frame of mind, it would
provide fitting background for that
Friday aight wing-ding you might
be planning.

*** The Feelies — Only Life,
A&M Records 1988

It’s strange how the music of this
New Jersey band affects people.
The surface blandness of the music
simply irritates those in a hurry to
latch on to an easy musical hook
or snappy turn of phrase.

North Shore

Centennial Theatre: Natural Elements.
Folk songs from the Canadian, Ameri-
can and Celtic repertoire. $7 and $5.
March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Res: 987-PLAY
or 280-4444,

: Leonid Kuzmin. Young, award-winn-
ing pianist presented by N.S. Com- °
munity Concerts. Admission by
membership. Info: 988-4636 or 988-

W. Van. Rec. Centre: The Barber of
Seville. Vancouver Opera on stage for
children aged 6-12. March 29, 1:30 to
2:30 p.m. $3 in advance only. tnfo:
926-3266.

W.V. United Church: Artists of
Tomorrow. Student musicians in a
benefit concert. March 31 at 8 p.m.
Capilano College: Shannon Gunn
Quintet. A jazz lunch. April 3. Room
Hi13 at 12:30 p.m. $5. Info: 984-4951.

Centennial Theatre Centre
‘and Ramcof! Concerts present.

with Melinda Coffey accompanist
Sat., April 1, 1989
at 7:00 pm.

Tickets are $10.00 Adults,
$8.00 for Seniors and Students,
available at recC entre Lonsdale,
23rd & Lonsdaie in North Vancouver,
by phoning 987-PLAY.
VIC 280-4444, or at the door one hour
belore showtime.

Centennial Theatre Centre
2300 Lonsdale Ave.,North Vancouver
984-4384

‘60s-vintage guitarists, and emo-
tionally deadpan vocal accom-
paniment.

While some musicians aim to
please, the Feelies aim to en-
trance, Only Life does just that.

But those who allow themselves
to settle into the peculiarly Feelie
way of being, may, in the process,
teap the benefit of a sustained
state of feel-good consciousness.

The secret lies in the repetitive
and limited chord changes dic-
tated by the rhythm guitars, the
liberal use of a free-spirited lead
guitar style of the sort favored by

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