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follow dads’ path

Bob Mackin News Reporter

TAL Bachman, Adam Cohen and Eagle-Eye Cherry have plenty of reasons to thank their mothers on Sunday.

But cach owes an equal, if Not greater, amount of grati- tude to their fathers, all musi- cal giants from the 1960s.

Bachman, son of Randy Bachman of Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive

fame, originally resisted his dad’s attempts to steer him into a rock and roll carer. He aored to study philosophy at a ‘iversity instead. - stubborn, I guess, - idl, Who released his self- titled debut album in April. "It was clear that he didn’t get it, but I’m not going to let that influence my decision to go to college. As it turned out, I’m really glad that I did go to school. “After a few years down there it was like I got what I - came for and I’ve gotta move on. Now it’s time to rock!” Bachman, a Winnipeg native who graduated from Semiahmoo secondary. i

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White Rock, got his first big taste of rock and roll on the road in 1986 when BO toured with Van Halen. It was the first tour for new singer Sammy Hagar, but guitarist Eddie Van Halen was ailin’.

“My dad was never a drinker or into drugs,” he said. “All (Van Halen) did was drink. Edward Van Halen said fo Me, perso amy an alcoholi before he sobs j and played rock and roll.”

The next year, Bachman’s father used some of his music industry connections to get

age pusses to U2's Joshua Tree tour concert at B.C. Place Stadium.

“Next thing I know. eating a sandwich Larry Mullen and : Bono. The conversation udn’t Jast very long, but it was nice. I’ve had the opportunity to meet a number of prominent musicians over the years, because of dad.”

The younger Bachman is now on the cusp of becoming a prominent musician himself. His album was recorded a year ago on the Hawaiian island of Maui at producer Bob Rock’s Plantation studio.

Though his father has an extensive collection of Gretsch guitars, Tal didn’t use any for the sessions.

“He's smart enough not to lend me any of the guitars he cares anything about, because 1 always cad up dropping them and kicking them over by accident. For me to borrow a guitar is (lik ing, ‘can P break one of your guitars’ To would never ask that.”

AM Cohen, unlike Tal

achman, has had his way with some of father Leonard's guitars, one of which he found hidden at his cabin on the Greek island Hydra.

“ve already completely sabotaged and played the one in Hydra, it’s on its iast legs,” says the younger it has as much charisma as a guitar can be filled with after so many years of being beaten up and baking in a little room.”

Montreal-born Cohen released his first album, Adam Cohen, last summer. He says his father doesn’t mind the use (and abuse) of some of his instruments. Though Leonard Cohen’s music is anything but upbeat, his father is a terminal joker, Adam says.

“He’s hilarious. There was an incident where I went to a shopping mall with him to get something, he was searching for his keys and they were in his mouth. That was just try-

NEWS photo Bob Mackin

EAGLE-EYE Cherry (left) ended his debut album with a cover of dad Don’s Desirciess. Adam Cohen in a pose reminiscent of his father Leonard.

‘Web sites

Go to fathers and sons on the web:

Adam Cohen www.adamcohen.com

Leonard Cohen www.liconardcohen.com

Eagle-Eye Cherry " www.eagle-eyecherry.com

Don Cherry www.wnuv.org/jazz/artists /cherry.don

Tal Bachman www.talbachman.com

Randy Bachman www.wemr.com/bach- man.html

Winners

Gabriela Shmidt and Josce Martel each win copies of Tal Bachman’s new critical- ly-acclaimed debut CD courtesy of Sony Music. Bachman produced the CD with Bob Rock.

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TAL Bachman resisted father Randy’s efforts to steer him into a music career. After studying philosophy at a Utah university, the younger Bachman capituiated.

ing to get to the mall. When we finally got there, he pulled up to a parking spot and got out of the car before it stopped moving.

“He’s got the timing of an impeccable comedian, the ele- phant-like memory of a prophet, the anecdotal strength of somcone like Oscar Wilde or H.L. Mencken, and the poetry that we all know him for.”

Like Tal Bachman, Adam Cohen prefers not to rely on his father. But he doesn’t dis- count the possibility of a future collaboration.

“Certainly not perform: (together), there is the o chance that [ actually can con- sult lyrically with him or that I get help with a few chords here and there. But it scems unlikely and remote, just given how busy we both are and how self-sufficient I'd like to be.”

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AGLE-Eye Cherry's first

album, Desireless, is rife with rhythmic folk-rock, unti! the title-track. The album’s closer is a one-zake cover of a tune by his father, the late, great jazzman Don Cherry.

“Irs hard to do justice to”

one of my dad’s songs, but I think it definitely worked out,” he said. “One of the great things for me having a father who was a musician is that I can play his records and it feels like he’s around, especially when we play the song live, it really feels as if he comes down for a minute and hangs out. It’s magical.”

Cherry played on stage with his father for the first time as a nine-year-old drummer.

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“He was a hard guy to play for. The joke musicians make about him is if he gives you a set list, you might as well throw it out, because he’ll never fol- low it. So you basically have to know his entire body of weix.*

Cherry and sister Neneh are at work on a fim project celebrating their sther’s musi- cal legacy. It’s ta sruradic pro- duction, theugh Cherry hopes it'll be in theatres in a couple of years,

“Getting jazz cats to turn up in certain places at certain times is not easy, so it’s a film that’s going to make itself. We definitely want to get it done as quickly as possible. We’re not, going to give it a deadline or

anything.”

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