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SPIRIT OF the West is returning to the Commodore BSailroom this weekend with a retrospective of

their earty works

Keeping the spirit alive

TALKING ON the phone to Spirit of the West founding
member Geoff Kelly, | was expecting to hear insights into
the group’s Celtic roots or what exciting new numbers band

members were working on.

Instead, the conversation was
interrupted before it even got
started by the sound of a large
crash followed by the piercing wail
of a distraught infant.

“We haven't been‘dcing much
of anything other than having
babies,’ Kelly says, apologizing for
the outburst.

Other than a quick 10-day
Hollow Bodies tour te Winnipeg
and back, the Vancouver folk-rock
band has kept pretty much a low
‘profile this year.

Kelly and guitarist John Mann,

| Spirit of the West's other founding
member, have spent half of ’92

_. changing diapers and learning
how to cope with the rigors of fa-

’ therhood. (This is the second child
for both.) ..

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Kelly admits it’s a balancing act
keeping his career on track, but
it’s clear the struggle is worth it.
The band is solid, he says, and the
members — including drummer
Vince Ditrich, bassist Hugh
McMillan and accordian player
Linda McRae — are all still very
commited.

This Friday and Saturday
(Dec. 11 and 12 )Spirit of the West
will perform three shows at the
Commedore Ballroom in what is
being billed as a pre-Christmas
concert.

Kelly says it will be a retrospec-

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with an emphasis on the acoustic.

That should please fans who
were tumed off by the band’s
move towards a heavier sound, he
says.

“Save This House was the last
of our acoustic sound. A lot of fans
thought that move was in the
wrong direction, but for us, we
needed a change. It’ 's given us a
wider path to fotlow.”

Doors to the Dec. 11 and’ 12
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