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There's gold in them thar hills. And to dig
it, all you have to do is pick up Kootenay
singer-songwriter Denis Gunn's new album,
Kettle River

Gunn is no stranger to Kootenay music afi-
cionados, and with the release of Kettle River
he should be picking up fans outside the area
he musically represents.

As a musical ambassador for the Koote-
nays, Gunn takes his responsibilities serious-
ly. There’s some history and some
geography, but most of all there are some
very strong feelings and emotions about the
area and tis people. Whai jimmy butieu
does for the Florida Keys and the Caribbean,
Gunn does for this beautiful area of British
Columbia.

As a stylist, Gunn evokes an early Neil
Young, with the ever-present harmonica open-
ing several tunes. Gunn incorporates a steel
guitar and mandolin on some tracks, and the
overall feel is country, but not the slick video
variety we're being forced to contend with
courtesy of the video channels. This is coun-
try-folk more reminiscent of John Prine and
Steve Goodman.

Gunn wrote all the songs on Kerile River.
two in collaboration with Cameron Molloy.
and word is that if you were ever to be lucky
enough to have Gunn visit your campfire, he
would still be playing his original runes come
syn-up.

On “Kettle River,” the title track, Guna
takes you smack dab into the middle of coun-
try serenity, as he does with “Haag Cove.”
where you can “Find me on that big sandbar
in the midday sun / Sipping on an ice-cold
beer and the children having fun / Bright
windsurfers in the bay / See them sailin’ by
There's a warm wind blowing / On the
mighty Columbia / It's just another day / at
sleepy Haag Cove.”

“The Ballad of Jackie Connolly” outlines
the life and times of a local prospector who
was wanted for murder, and who eventually
showed up as his alter ego. Lawrence Bain. a

awyer. and successfully defended himself

against the charge — only to die S00R TR AREOcia) histonan
samme iver City”

@ mibe accident.
~Kitty O'Kelly”
i¢ dancer who travels the country, and
Bad Reputation” documents the lack of
Pect musicians get from mainstream
ety. One suspects this tune is autobio-

graphical

Gunn. who was born in Trail. sings a tribute
» his hometown, “Silver City.” that one Trail

ne theme
isa tribute t to an exot-

Kootenay singer-songwriter Denis
Gunn has released his new album
Kettle River.

native said, “brings a tear to my eye.~ Bruce
Springsteen has made a career out of singing
about his hometown and state — New Jersey
— by focusing on the people and their mals.
tnbulations and victo-

Kootenay living

the time / We were living up on Oak Street on
the steep mountainside / And the houses were
Crowded but the people were kind / And we
lived in the shadow of the “The Hill” and the
mines.”

Gunn sings about the ore and the mines,
and the social events enjoyed by the workers
im an idyllic manner, only to bring affairs up
to date with the verse “Now the years have
gone by and a few things have changed /
There's strikes and there's shutdowns and
there's sometimes a raise / Just an honest
day's pay / Can you say what you do? Can
you do what you say?”

On “Local Yokel,” Gunn asserts his pride in
being “from a small hick town,” and criticizes
the anti-iogguny iolyy, singing: “i saw you
standing there at Clayoquot Sound / I picked
up your garbage when you left town...”

Affairs of the heart are well taken care of
with the songs “Sweetheart of the Rodeo,”
“Lookin' For a Lover” and “Pardon My
Heart.”

Gunn is accompanied on Kettle River by an

| accomplished group of musicians. Ray Morri-
son is on stee! guitar. Jeff “Bones” Bonny on
bass and drummer Bob Garnett compris a
solid rhythm section: and there are cameos by
Tom Thompson on piano and bass, Clifford
Ward on fiddle and mandolin, and Jimmy and
Jessica Murphy on harmony vocals.

Last year Gunn, along with former Idle
Eyes lead singer and Rossland resident Tad
Campbell, operating under the name Leg
Hold Trap, released a hilarious album titled
Beaver Fever.

Brisk sales of this album have made the
album more than a cult classic, as Kootenay
residents get to hear Gunn and Campbell sings
songs such as “Beer's Right Here,” “Mountain

mn.” “Beaver Fever.” “South To Northport,”
“Yahk "N Back.” “Love Shop In Thrums,”
and “Sinkin’ O' The 454.” a funny little ballad
about how some show-off's boat was sunk in
Christina Lake after a tad too much gin. The

See GUNN

rics. Gunn is every bit [;
as capable as a musical

Boc u-
Ments Gunn's memo-
mes of Trail from
childhood to the pre-
sent. The second verse
sees Trail through the
eyes of a child: “Now
thinking back as a
young boy I remember

Wednesday, July 19, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

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Since 1992, Dena Ashbaugh
has retired from her overseas
modelling career and is continu-
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sciences.

Apparent Reasons a colorful display at Exhibition Centre

At the National Exhibition
Cenise July 14 to Aug. 27, there

: is an exhibition of work by Bar-

as the artistic side of pottery.
‘There 1s a play on words conce:n-
ing the Pieces and he sometimes

enlarged many times over. There
auc orchids, freesias, iris, japonica
to name just a few. Her roses are
indeed ifi . One rose in

bara Spohr: A
This shows 40 color prints. The
second show is Dual Natures, a
pottery show by Graeme Alle-
meersch, an artist from Princeton.

Barbara's work of photos have
been collected by private individ-
uals and various galleries. This is
the first gathering of work by the
Banff artist who influenced so
many phot

One of Barbara’ 's original
ideas was to produce a variety of
patterned borders onto pho-
tographs, which presents an inter-
esting image.

_ This show has originated in
the Whyte Museum of Banff and
is completing a national tour. In
Barbara's final years of her life
she studied and taught at the
Kootenay School of Art in Nel-
son.

Pottery

Graeme Allemeersch maijolica-
glazed pottery is vibrant and
deals with the as well

= Gunn

is ry and

MARGARET
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opposes nature’s form and
design.

Summer hours of admission to
the NEC are Mon. to Fri. 10:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Crossley paintings

Some years ago, the artist
Maria Crossley gave an exhibi-
tion in Castlegar of her airbrush
paintings. Since that time her
technique has continually
improved. I visited a gracious
home in Castlegar where her
paintings are on display. Her air-
brush paintings are of flowers

Continued from 48
tribute to the radio show “Trad-
ing Post” is worth the price of
admission, and features an intro
by the real live “Cookstove
Guy.”

A second Leg Hold Trap
album by Gunn and Campbell
has already been written, and ini-
tial plans are to record it in the
fall. Gunn says the new album
will be more global in perspec-
tive, and not just about the
Kootenays.

Denis Gunn has proven him-
self to be a versatile and talented
singer/songwriter, who is as

much a part of the Kootenays
landscape as the rivers, lakes and
mountains that make this a spe-
cial place.

Kettle River CDs and cas-
settes are available locally at
Pete’s TV in Castlegar, as well
as at Big K Music, the Music
Stop and the Rex Hotel in Trail;
Irie Entertainment, Max Hard-
ware and the Sunshine Cafe in
Rossland; Local Motion and
Big K in Nelson; and at all
A&B Sound locations in B.C.
Denis Gunn can be reached
through Fick Records, Box 896,
Rossland, B.C. VOG 1Y0.

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