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MICHAEL PALMER is gambling $2,500 that he
can make it out of the pubs and back into the
larger clubs.

| By MARK HAMILTON |

released earlier this year ina
Simited pressing of 500
copies, most of which have
been mailed (o radio stations

The $2,500 was the price
tag for the 45 RPM record

Chantelle McConnachie, singing, has one of the lead roles.

across Canada.

From the radio airplay,
says Palmer, will grow a fit-
tle acceptance of the niusic
he and the Cuerve Brothers
perform, Next step will be a
second independent release
— aimed at the AM rock

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Stations —— all helping to
create demand for an album,

“You have to show that
you have a track record,’
says Palmer of the require-
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“You either go for itor vou
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Paliner has seen a few
pubs in his 15 years ‘ton and
off in music. The Novih
Shore residents played
lounges before the advent of
pubs and then wound up on
the pub circuit. Four times
in the past he's sumk money
— a total of $10,000 —- in
independently released
singles,

Palmer has also sppeared
occasionally in larger venues
throughout his career, open-
ing for foik-rock wets, and
on radio and television.

The difference this time
outis that Palmer is serious.

“Hf there is going to be a
time to do it (break into the
larger markets), it's this
year,’’ Palmer says.

The first step is the 45
RPM with Hugs and Kisses,
Shirley backed by Pushing
30.

Hugs and Kissesis straight
country music behind a
tongue-in-cheek look back at
high school romance. During
a break mid-song, Palmer’s
spoken bridge is almost
straight Ray Stevens.
Pushing 30, written cight
years ago (Palmer is now
36), is a Valdy-ish folk
ballad. Neither song, says
Palmer, defines what he and
Cuervo Brothers do but they
show part of the range.

“T grew up in the Ottawa
area and was strongly in-
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there” saves Palmer. ‘ise
ys been attracted to the
and fotk-rock songs
iat tcl stories. People like
Jimmy Buffett and Jerry
Jeff Valker.**

Less seriously, Palmer
portrays the band’s style as
“Jimmy Bulfert meet
evo.”

With the 450 copies of the
disc, Palmer mailed response
ecards. About 60 have come
back so far, indicating that
“35 or 40" radio stations —
including two in the Pacific
Northwestern States -- have
mlaylisted the single.

“It’s going phenomenally
well,"’ Palmer says.

The next Stage, says
Palmer, is waiting for the
full response to the single
and preparing to go back in-
to the studio in April io re-
cord the second single —
titled Wid in the Streets —
and fay down eight more
tracks fora full album.

“The album is the = spr-
ingboard,’? says Palmer.
“Through it, we create the
demand. We could keep
playing pubs, but after doing
that for I5 years, you get
burned out. H’s a tough
grind.

“We want to take this to
the next plateau where peo-
ple are paying five or six
bucks a seat to see you play
your songs for an hour anda
half.’*

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