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western rock and roll when they play the Karen Magnussen Arena August 10. The band, led

by the vocals of Wendy Bird and the songs of Greg Potter, will open for Vancouver's 54-40.

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A MIDSUMMER'S | night
rock and roll jamboree will
shake the icy confines of
North Vancouver’s Karen
Magnussen arena Saturday
night.

The dance, a combined
production effort of the
Lynn Valley Community
Association (LVCA), the
North Vancouver Recreation
Commission (NVRC), and
promotor Ken Muir, wil
feature Vancouver's 54-40
and local Lynn Valley coun-
try and = wesiern rockers,
Lost Durangos.

Muir, who pioneered the
project, says,‘‘The dance is
just basically a fun event for
the kids in the area,’’ he
says, ‘‘and it'll be for all
ages.’”

Dance headliners 54-40
have been slogging through
the once barren trenches of
Vancouver original music
since their 1980 debut at the
Smilin’ Buddah, east end
Vancouver’s notorious
slam-dance recreation cen-
tre,

The quartet surrounds the
introspective lyrics of foun-
ding member, guitarist and
lead singer Neil Osbourne
with spare, intense music. In
place of all too familiar
guitar blare and howl, 54-46
invigorate their songs with
surprise yelps of jazz-
flavorcd saxophone and
{runipet.

“Our sound is influenced
by every style of music,"
says 54-40 bassist and co-
founder, Brad Merritt,
“both Phil Comparelli
(guitar and trumpet) and
Neil have older brothers who
always had Jots of records
lying around. So they had
access to all the classic music
of the 60s and 70s. They

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were brought up on those
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Merritt says the band,
which also features Darryl
Neudorf on drums and sax-
ophone, has a_ diverse
musical interests that are
united by a common belicf
in its own powers to score
original music and a com-
mon commitment to be true
to its own standards: ‘*We
do not play any covers
because we are an original
band with original music to
offer. We are proud of our
songs. Playing covers would
defeat the whole philasoph-
ical point to 54-40,"'

The band’s first album,
“Set The Fire’’, was released
to largely positive critical
acclaim in January 1984 on
Vancouver's local indepen-
dent Mo-Da-Mu_ record
label. It has since sold 2000
copies.

Merritt says the band is
putting the finishing touches
on a new set Of tapes it
hopes to shop around to
larger American labels:
*‘More doors are opening all
the time. Interest from some
of the bigger record com-
panies in our new tapes has
been very positive.’*

Once a weekend occupa-
tion, 54-40 is now a full-time
commitment driven by the
same aspirations for success
that drive everyone etse,

Merritt says, “put we want it
on our terms with zero sacri-
fice to integrity.”’

Lost Durangos . do not
have much of a past to wave
in the face of future in-
tegritics. Together since late
1984, guitarists Don Halford
and Greg Potter, bassist
Matt Rickson, drummer
Paul deBourcier, and singer
Wendy Bird, have played
only 10 live gigs together.
Their debut, was in March
when they opened for
California’s. True West at
the Commodore Ballroom.

Initial response from both
that gig’s audience and its
headliners launched the band
on.a positive note that has
yet to subside.

Potter, the band’s song-
writer and fountain of en-
thusiasm, says the members
of True West and Lost
Durangos have since become
geod friends, bonded by a
mutual respect and love for
American western music.

“Pye always liked that
Byrds-Buffalo Springfield
sound,” Potter says, ‘‘when
I first heard R.E.M and
Rank and File | knew that
was the sound I was after.’’

Saturday night’s dance
kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Tick-
ets are available at the door
or in advance from the
North or West Vancouver
Recreation centres.

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