A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 27, 2005

| NICK GILDER Sweeney Todd are the headliners for Concerts in the Park. From left to right: Nick
. Gilder, Joey Wowk, Johnny Booth, Mark Kenney and James Myer.

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~ Some rocking good tunes

°° By KAT LEE .
_THREE DECADES of experience
in classic.rock are making its way

to Terrace in a: free st show for all 7

. Tock lovers.

~ Nick: Gilder: Sweeney Todd;

best. known for. multi-Juno win-
ning hits like Roxy Roller and
Hot Child in the City, are head-
. lining the Riverboat Days music
extravaganza. -

“The original band’ had previ-
ously toured the area before their
breakup in the late 1970s, but
Concerts in the Park will be the

first time in a long while the band |

has played in the region.
*  “There’s a really big push right

now on revival bands, bands that

~ «’ Were popular in the ‘70s and ‘80s,

and Nick Gilder Sweeney Todd

~ is one of the acts that’s getting a

lot of publicity these days,” said
event coordinator Tony deMelo.

- “Lots of groups that were

“around i in the ‘70s have managed

to do it again,” Nick Gilder said,
using Santana and Blondie as ex-
amples. mG

~ Responsible for 10, Top 20 hits
“in ‘North America, Nick Gilder’s

“talent for songwriting has been’

- heard through performers ‘like
Bette. Midler, Patty-Smyth, Pat
Benatar and. Joe Cocker. Gild-
er’s songs have also been played
in movies ‘like Barb Wire and

_ Youngblood; and.-télevision epi-.. -

sodes Sex in the City and That
“70s Show. A-few notable tours

have been with The Cars, Cheap
Trick, Peter Gabriel, Foreigner

and Chuck Berry.”

“It’s hard: to keep track of all
the things you’ve done. over the
years,” Gilder - said ‘of his long
lifetime of music.

_ Ever since the band got back -
together a little over a-year ago,

the group has been busy on tour

playing all over Canada; they’ ve -

played in Thunder Bay with April

‘Wine, in Whitehorse, at the Indy
’ 500 in Edmonton, toured around

western .Canada, and are now
making the drive from their base
in Vancouver to play in Terrace.
“We're all over the map,” said
Johnny Booth, the drummer. from

_the original band in‘the 70s.

And they’re not stopping any-

. time soon... ,

The day after they play in town

they’ re playing at Grizz Fest in’
Tumbler Ridge. After that, it’s.

Summer Fest on Vancouver. Is-

‘Jand,.a trip to Grand Prairie, then

back to play inthe PNE. _:

' “We've already got gigs for
September, October, November,”
Booth said...

-On ,Saturday, July 30 at 5,

p.m., Nick Gilder Sweeney Todd

‘will be playing all the old hits as
_well as new songs from their up-

coming CD that have never been
heard before.

“It’s a really rocking band...
it kicks my butt, gets me moving

- around the stage,” Gilder'said.

But the classic rock of headlin-
ers won’t be the only tunes blar-

‘ing at the music fest at George .
Little Park, There aré numerous -

bands from the northwest: playing

~ during. the two- day free event in

the park.
“We have ‘all different types

of music,” said deMelo. “Every-.
thing from country rock to classic :

and hard rock.”

The 15 bands will play’ July _

30 and 31 from noon to 7 p.m. at
George Little Park, and they rep-

* resent a medley of music ranging

from folk and blues to classic and
alternative rock.

“We showcase some of the
best talent in the Northwest," ” de-
Melo said.

For example, Terrace is rep-

- resented by alternative rock band
The Transients, “80s rock band_ :

‘Accelerators, country-rock band
Borderline, and folk blues guitar-
ist Chris Dale.

Kincolith’s classic rock and
blues band. Rightful Ownerz |
- will also perform, along: with the

Chugalugs, who will be playing
50s and ‘60s classic rock. Kiti-

_mat’s Anything August will rock .

out as well.
Bands will be performing both
cover songs and original music.

will also be performing.
' For more information _about

the Nick Gilder Sweeney Todd
~ band, visit www.nickgilder.com.

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