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FOURTEEN YEARS ago, 12-year-old Ed Baarda desper-

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“My parents wouldn’t let me play the violin,” laments a 26- year-old Baarda, now the drummer for the band The Toasters. ‘*They Said they wouldn’t have me screeching that thing around the house. I decided to play the drums instead.”’

Running from contemporary and traditional rhythm and blues to jazz and Motown classics, The Toasters put out a skillful blend of vocals and play with a dedicated, fiery intensity that is seldom seen on the local music circuit.

Together for about 18 months, The Toasters were born from Vic- toria’s The Uncle Wizgley Band when Baarda and singer Hank Leonhardt moved over to the mainland.

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For about the next year, Baarda spent his time on an assortment of local music projects before looking around for other players to work on the new Toasters.

It is a continued source of amusement for the band that no one can recall how the group’s name came to be. But Baarda does remember ‘tit was Hank’s idea.”’

Not to miss the opportunity for hilarity, Baarda recites what must be a-series of old standing jokes.

“ft just sort of popped up,’’ he says of the name. ‘‘And if we ever get female back-up singers we’re going to call them The Pop Tarts.

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Often seen performing their own versions of other songs, the band is Starting to do original material hashed out in wi.ting sessions with the five members.

‘*Everybody in the band writes their own stuff plus we all write together,’’ says Baarda. ‘*Everybody has input on everybody else’s material and ideas.’’ °

And the amount of original ma- terial The Toasters performs is steadily growing. ‘‘We’re usually adding one every gig. Right now we're in a writing phase.”

Similar to the gritty blues sound of Stevie Ray Vaughn and Los Lobos, The Toasters sometinies complements its music with a two-member horn section.

A recent concert at the 86 Street Music Hall saw the so-called But- terhorns — top horn players Mark’ Hasselbach and Wayne Kozak — join the band on stage.

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