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1976 Juno award for Best New Canadian Group.

“The bloody thing’s the size of

a Christmas tree,” laughs Smith. ee Originally formed six years :ago, the BelAirs truly. hit their, ¥ stride when. Whitmer, another -Easterner,’ headed | West and _ formed the Heat::

“> “When they. broke up. we. . ~ grabbed him,” says Smith.

‘Ht was a wise: coup. Whitmer’s- ‘soulful pipes, combined with his

bandmates well-honed chops, ~~

disguise it.”

What Smith can’t understand, however, i is that there isn’t a soli- tary North Shore venue in which to hear: their style of music (which; by the way, can aften be heard at such wateringholes as the Yale, the Fairview, the Arts Club and the Anchor).

“If you look at the demo-

graphics’ of the age group that

would be willing to come out

“and hear R & B and the blues,

you're talking anywhere from

“25- to 55-year-olds,” hé reasons.

J. distinguish them from the usual -

’ crew of club hackers reworking the ‘standard. 12-bar: marathons . : for the eighty zillionth time... “We play hardly any. 12-bar,” he: says, “and when we do, we..

“Once you take into account

the population of this city, you'd ©

have people coming from across the bridge — people still want to

" be able to get out and dance.”

And,.as Smith points out, the

‘live'setting is where. mast blues

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lues can’t be satisfied

acts flog their product.

“We're talking to various labels, but the bottom line is that you have to he prepared to be on the road 99.9% of the time if you want to score. an album deal as an R & B band.”

But most members hold dow day jobs.

The alternative, of course, is scoring radio support —— difficult, if not impossible, without major- label promotion: :

“The response | get from most

radio programmers | is that the blues wave is over,” he says. ~.

“So you get these classic-rock stations that ‘are supposedly geared towards people like me, but! grew up:with it

““t don’ ‘t want to hear that crap

: anymore.”

Artist keeps on rocking

FOR THOSE who enjoy rocks and those who photograph them, North Vancouver's own rock wontin, Heather Fisher is again displaying her work.

Through iate March and early April, Fisher’s fascinating and instantly encearing works will be on display at the Lazy Bay Cafe on Mt. Seymour Pkwy.

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The trip includes a a one-day watercolor workshop with artist

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