John Goodman
This Week Editor

THE duo of William: Leggott and Rob
Dewar take very different approaches
to making sounds on the guitar.

Legeort, with over 3G years of experiet

phys a polyphonic \

ght 2opreach.
Dewar’s music comes to us filtered through years
of studying Hendrix and ead guitar based re

The Jarter, a West Vancouver native, mov
Penticton in the carly “90s and has been working
with Leggert for the pas rs. “We call our
music Spankee —. Spanish - n with a Yankee
influence,” jokes Dewar. “Essentially it’s a sym-
phony tor ovo guitars.”

“My mother was always a flamenco dichard.
And she played some of it for me on records,”
Dewar says. “T learned my frst scales trom them
and went on to take high school lessons with Russ
Marsland, former lead guitarist with che Rhythm
and Blues ail-Stars. He’s a great blues-oriented
guitarist. He gave me the seeds.”

; From that point or Dewar was on his own. “I

- calculated a way to utilize my fretboard in whatev-
er key was needed. I really see lead guitar as a
serics of shapes geographicaily on the neck. I think

Muss remains thaimencs-base iy

trom the hearz, [nt

musicians following a dancer. eTIO is A
dance-style and: extremely emotional im nature
There's a great deal of power and proetion in
the dance. It’s a form of communication without
speaking.”

On March 4 of this vear Legeott and Dewar
pertormed a sold-out show in’ Penticton for the
Okanagan Similkameen Conimunity Concert
Sc They were the first local act ever to appear
in the 46-year history of the scrics.

The performance previewed compositions trom
their first CD Ve Road ta Madrid as well as new
material yet to be recorded. “We have these neu.
diverse viewpoints and now we've put them
together and in the structure of what we do we

cating.”
sult is 3 complex harmonic language
has several guitar parts going at any
The pair are continually evolving, as
writers as well as musicians. One of their newer
pieces Angel Fadds yous througsh six distinct
changes during the course of the song.
While the majority of the material on The Road
to Madrid is self-penned they also perform works
by Sagreras, Villa Lobos and Lecuona on the CD.

of the geography to show me where I need to go Leggot and Dewar recorded their debur ar

and then T decide how to interpret that _gcogra- Lakewood Media Studios in Penticton with Ric
phy. You can make anything out of anytaing ¥ you Johnston engineering.

just nave to know where the starting point is.” Tou can contact the group at 121 Westminster

The Hillside grad prides himself on being able = Avenue West, Penticton, B.C. V2A 137 or e-mail °
o play different types of music which comes in at rdewar@vip.net. They can also be reached by GUITARISTS Rob Dewar and Wiliam gott recorded their new "cD The

handy when doing session work. Bur his own telephone at 250-490-0304. Road to Madrid at Lakewood Media Studios in Penticton.

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