Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free june rockers old Biggie relive musical past by Brad Oswald it was the Abc of Early Winni Peg Rock n Roll Bachman and standing in a Row onstage play ing the song that epitomizes an Era and Lent its name to a Chad Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings pounded out the chords of Shakin All Over in front of a frenzied crowd of nearly Winni Eggers and Erwinn speggers who had come for a glimpse of this cites musical the Cement floor of the Cavern Ous convention Centre was literally As eager baby their children and even some grandchildren pressed toward the stage for a closer look at the Star studded including Neil that took part in the Fina in Here to see the but i like to see the other old said North end resident Len in getting to be an old Guy you the Hugh John Macdonald school alumnus said the appear Ance of the the quid and the pallbearers took him Back to his teenage Days the West end me Morial Community it brings Back a lot of me Ive seen a few familiar faces around Here from the Community club i Haven seen them since i was in a Little thicker around the Middle and thinner on the members of such bands As the the the club 63 galaxies and Carmen Larosa and the thunderstorms took their turn to play a mixture of a few original tunes and a lot of 60s radio the Hall was two thirds full by the time master of ceremonies Pat Riordan and radio personal Ity Doc Steen introduced the first act at the ranging from smartly dressed yup pies to teenagers in ripped jeans and Harley Davidson shirts to tiny tots along because the folks Kurt Winter Randy Bachman and Neil Young galvanize audience at the Shakin reunion get a Sitter on a sunday applauded politely As Wayne Walker and the strollers opened with Earth first one couple then another took to the dance spinning and twisting through 1960s Steps As Well As their 1980s bodies would Many preferred just to watch and the Community club dances were the social fabric for us when we were said 36year old Dianne who met Hus band Phil during the Days of Sha Kin All from the time we were 12 or the social week revolved around that to night is just Vaqueros Singer Ron said the band members had their doubts when they started practising for the Date last it was said the former Sisler High school student who now works for a garment manufacture we didst think that we would do Well at but As we got into our we got when we started play ing the drum beat to pretty woman and we heard the crowd cheering for us out we got All fired got the adrenalin flowing and we were right Back 23 years George Lead Singer for the said getting the original band together and practising was difficult because All the Guys had sold their some of us Haven played for 20 i Haven Sung with a band since said the 39yearold whose band played the Winnipeg circuit from 1964 to for a i Felt like just saying lets forget but after about a week the Guys got it turned out variety club spokesman Joan Black estimated that More than was raised for the local superstars Shine brightest in Rock bands reunion by Randal Millroy it took Neil Burton cum mings and Randy Bachman to turn an evening of nostalgia into some thing truly that was the strength of Shakin All Over but also its ambitious is an understatement for John Einarson corralling of 10 Winnipeg Rock bands from the its hard to imagine any but the most devoted local musicologist enduring the preceding five hours of genial but Anonymous covers of hits from the 50s and 60s without the dangling of those three on the positive the Money review Shakin All Winnipeg convention june from the tickets sold and by sales of Einarson impressive Book of the same name go variety clubs work with disabled All the musicians seemed to have a even though More than a few sounded not merely Rusty but although the crowd was split almost evenly be tween fans and stoics for the bulk of the those Star turns galvanized the crowd in the magic came six songs into a unpleasant set by Chad when he paused to Welcome a few with Bachman on Lead guitar and Cummings on key boards joining an extra strength band that included two the guess who alumni played a grinding Shakin All turning Johnny kidds quivering classic into a stirring theme song if Ever there was with the crowd in feverish Cummings introduced the living Neil who added rhythm guitar to a ragged and terrifically fun garage band workout on american Young followed the trend for covers by taking his first Lead vocal on Bob Dylan just like Tom thumbs with a guess who Man Kurt Winter adding yet an other but at press Young was playing one from his own Down by the the first five hours compared favourably to hearing a giant sized transistor with diabolically sound to the sound system swallowed basses whole and made most of the speeches unintelligible beyond the front for one with no emotional investment in hearing such Community club heroes it was hard to hear the Appeal in an unbroken run of cover most played a few after a mercifully Short opener of Wayne walkers tuneless bellowing with the there came a series of 25minute sets of varying Quality and minimal Impact by Carmine Larosa and the the club 63 a the the pall the the the mongrels and the quid before Allan came there were hot from the relative but bracing grit of the pallbearers to Ron Renes muscular singing with the but a disc jockey with records by buddy the beatles it would have served nostalgia cultural link emphasized Regina up municipal governments need to realize the positive economic Impact of their contributions to symphonies and Art a Toronto based arts researcher Tom organizer of a study group called arts in the is visiting 25 Canadian including this his aim is to make municipal governments More aware of the influence a cites Cul Tural development has on its eco nomic cultural development in a City is directly proportionate to How much people enjoy living Hendry said in an if a cites arts Community is Well established and provides some Relief from the hectic work people will want to live he and if people want to live in a then industries and corporations will find it an attractive place to the Money cities put into the arts is not a Hendry it is an the arts have de Pended on Money from provincial and Federal municipal governments have been shy about kicking in Hendry people in municipal govern ments dont see artists As they have the idea that work should be and because people in the arts enjoy what they they Arent taken but cities have the biggest part to play because a cites cultural Community builds up an image of who people Are and How they Are differ he with there is a tremendous pressure to but the arts provide some for the same play can be per formed totally different in two the arts and the cities study began after a Federal committee on financing of the arts identified the City As the next Frontier in cultural in Hendry and a number of others Are compiling 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