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Marley movie
on hold, says
film’s advisor
John Goodman

This Week Editor

A Bob Marley movie
in pre-production for
the past year is on
“indefinite hold,”
Roger Steffens told
the News this week
from Los Angeles.

“The script is done — we
were casting for a couple of
nionths, bur we got caught
in asqueeze with exceutive
changes at Warners,” says
the reggae archivist, a noted
authority on Marley.

Stelfens was working on
the film as a script advisor and
mubic consulranc. Ron
Shelton (previous credits
include Bull Darhaui wrote
the sereenplay and was sched-
uled to dirvet.

Neville Garrick, former
head of the Boly Marley
Foundation, was co-produc-
ing. The film team was work-
ing closely with him and the
family. “Litde Cedelia Marley
called (Sheltan) and told him
‘You've really captured my
daddy.”

Steffens dismisses a news:
paper piece about the movie
published last week in Britain.
“That was a slanted article
that | was rather disgusted
with, frankly. They were trv:
ing to paint Bob as a philin
derer and a bully and all this
kind of BS. “Phe guy never
read the scrips and he was
commenting on things he
knew nothing about.”

Steffens said: Volume 3 of
the Campiete Wirlers will be
out seon on Koch Canada He
will be bringing his Marley
video show to Whistler some -
dime next month as part ofa
western Canadian tour,

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NEWS photo Terry Peters

THREE of the tracks on Shari Uirich’s latest album are dulcimer based, a first for the Bowen Island singer-songwriter. See review page 21.

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Shari Ulrich debuts new CD with performances at the Cultch

The vie

@ Shari Utrich in concert, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Jan. 22 and 23

Layne Christensen

News Reporter layne@usnews.com

THE vista is breathtaking. On a clear day you can see far up
Howe Sound.

IVs the view trom singer-songwrter Sharr Cirich’s Bowen Ishind hitleop
home. And she‘ll show it te vou if vou ask,

“Do T have asiew?." she says in rephy teat reporter's quested, as she
tishes in her purse tor a clutch of photographs with well worn edges. °F i
show vou,” she says, butting the edues of wo images to create a panoramic
vision of the view from her doorstep. “And of course it changes every dav.
It's just spectacular to warein.”

Ulrich has lived on Bowen for 3%
teed the creative muse.

“vs such a wealth of talent there,” says the singer who first came to che
notice of Vancouver music disteners in the 770s, first.as amember of che
Pied Pumpkin String Ensemble and then in Valdy's backup group, the
Hometown Band. “There are a number of writers and artists and com-

vears. She considers tla prime place te

posers. It’s the perfect place for anvone who loves a rural lifestyle but likes
to be close te the city and doesn’t need to commute.”

When it came time te recerd: fhe View From Here, her sixth solo album,
atter aaime-vear bresk tram her solo recording career. she looked no further

old friends anct aeighbours to assemble her musical team.

Ulich contributed lead vocals, violin, duleimer, mandolin and back-
ground vocals. Fellow istander BiH Runge played flute, soprano and tenor
saxophones and organ. Sak Spring Isand resident Bill (Chifliwack }
Henderson -- her partaer, with Roy Forbes, in CHE —- was called in to
pliv the guitar, pennywhisde and accordion, The album was recorded at
Ulnch’s home studio and mised at Bakerstreet Studios in Lower Lonsdale.

Piasist Michael Crever, a part-time Bowen resident, also worked on the
Ubun He and Runge. with Linda Kidder on bass, will join Ulrich in can-
cert thas evening at Vancouver East Cuttaral Centre.

Creber save Tie View Frou Here is perhaps Clrich’s finest work,

“irs strong and rich, Her singing is just beautifal, She's such a great
writer and Twas lucky Pawas able to augment some of that beauty with ny
own phino sive.”

Ulrich cat argue with that. “In the big picture, T teel like Pve jase
begun,” she says. “1 feel like Pye just scratched the surface of my creative
potential.” :

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