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TORONTO group The Philosopher Kings are bringing their brand of sexy, soulful music to the Vogue Theatre this weekend for two shows on Saturday and Sunday.

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Deana Lancaster
News Reporter deana@nsnews.com

COMEDIAN Mike Bullard had it right at the Juno
Awards last Sunday night when he called Gerald
Eaton “one sexy guy.”

“Pthoughi bE picked my tork mothe road atong time age,”
said: Bullard, while tatking about the dead singer or Phe
Philosopher Kings. Phen he added, “Bar. he can mop my
brow at dawn any dav of the week.”

The only problons is that Bullard didivt pro far enough. sexy
has come tebe senonvmous tor all che menivers of the Torento
sextet, and for the music they make. Reviewers have also called
their sound scductive, sumptuous, satoath, shiek and soulful {1's
all there in their sceond album, Haaons, Rich and Beautifid, slid
ing trom the blues, cippling through the jazz and rolling with the
tunk and hip hop in what The Philosopher Kings thensclves
have called “an international sound.”

The album was released more than a vear ago, bar the fifth
Single, You Stepped On My Life, is currently getting heavy airplay
on Top 40 radio stations and sales of the album keep grow
ing. Despite that, pling plaver Jon Levine corrects predicted the
course of The PR's fone night when he called tram Poronto bast
weeks “We're omy to dooa crazy pertormunye and then lose on
three differeat categortes.” En fact, their pertormance af the hit
single dt Pris Te Love You was a highheht of the avards show,
and the fumes they were nominated tor Best Single, Best
Group and Best Pop Album) went hame with Cehne Dion
and the Barenaked Ladies, who won the hatter hvo

“You know, funos are one of those things vou really want
towirone, but once vou have itis not that important” Phe
funo the group won in “96 tor Best New Group is sull siting on
his mantel. “Come te think of it, Vs one of the only things in
the listing room thar’s the pertcer size and weight to hit someone
with if they tried to rob me.”

Wheat are impertant to the group's members, are their lains.
That's why they kicked off P9 stop Canadian tour on

out on tour

Wednesday which will inchide two shows mn Vancouver at the
Vogue Pheaire tomorrow atght and Sunday. “We dove to plas
hve” said Levine. “The novelty fant near worn offvet” And
tournag, he added, sa forsed vacagen. “When we're an heme
Wsompossible to relay We're dom non stop work.”

Loving Coo writes songs tor the group with Paton Pte saad
though dev arcet offically working on ther nest albu vet
afhere’s talk ata live album. thes are “alwass writing 7 Pes abo
bes n the stadia liteh: producmay the work Gt other niigians,

“Tears are the least stresstul time, We past go ai stage, play
and elas 7 And rake in hordes of newly devoted fans mest of
them women. On stage or aff, the PR's legendary appeal ts pret
Whar to resist oven tor the most business like report.

“You sure do have a sweet voice ore vou musical” asked
Pevine

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