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really don‘t like to transiate it. It really feels stupid â€" like I‘m doing something bad.‘‘ To get around this little conflict | _ of interest, LaFleur says that a lot | the band‘s new and original [ éss have been written in Enâ€" What‘s more, Mamou has t finished some 40 songs in ! _ freparation for their second alâ€" _ bum (their first selfâ€"titled effort _ Was released in 1988). ’l PAGE EZ10 â€" ENTERTAINMENT ZONE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1991 Mamou ‘That‘s his (Tortelvis‘) story,‘‘ Buttâ€"Mon says. We met up with him years later (1989) by accident. The rest of us were in a reggae band at the time â€" but he gave us meudeaandwethwgntitsoundadpfmy good. Anyway, that (the entourage story) is what Torteivis says happened. 1 know it sounds a little weird .‘ eclectic mix came to be, he says it was divine intervention, indeed. â€"As his story goes, he was shopping in Hollywood in 1977, when he met up an entourage from which a ‘"big, kinda heavyâ€"set, sweaty guy *‘ emerged and said, (imagine an Elvis impersonation here) ‘Play Led Zeppelin music reggaeâ€"staaaal, the way it was suppozabee dun.‘ Buttâ€"Mon, the band‘s bass player/ dancer, says it very well may have hapâ€" pened that way. But whether it did or not, all felt the idea was a pretty good one â€" the ‘Zeppelin inna reggae style‘‘ idea, that is. feeu ces Cmm _ Bring in a roll of film for developing and receive another set of prints FREE! Offer applies to C41 Colour Print Film sizes: 110, 126, 35mm Full Frame & Disc (excluding Stretch 35). Offer good until June 1/91, 65 University Ave. E.. 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E., (in Vaidi‘s Plaza), Waterioo 5853050 (Continued from EZ4) The downâ€"south sounds of Caâ€" jun rock band Mamou come to Pop the Gator Friday, May 24 and Saturday May 25. rocker. ‘‘We used to be like a bunch of hippies or rock n‘ rollers in a place like Mamou. It‘s such a square and hick place, | felt like | should have been born in New York. Now | realise that‘s not true. _ "‘Now | can let my hair down,"‘ he notes. ‘‘I‘m a Cajun rocker and I‘ve been accepted in my town and from the people." and more of their spicy Cajun tunes, LaFleur is becoming more conflmaue abom_being a Cajun real place in popular music. ‘‘The waltz is a really cool dance,"‘ says LaFleur. ‘‘I‘d like to see it get back into popular music.‘‘ As the band cranks out more adorned, white, bellâ€"bottomed, funnyâ€"col lared jumpsuits, and holds it all together recently released album 5,000,000¢*, which is off to a flying start, Dread Zeppelin is gathering quite a following. A couple of years ago, the band was doing the Southern California small club circuit. But in April of last year, Dread Zeppelin started touring big time and hasn‘t come off the road yet. The band has got videos on music stations across North America and has done live performances in countries around the world, including Japan, where they are a huge success â€" maybe, Buttâ€"Mon says, because there they think Tortelvis is really Elvis. That‘s understandable â€" sort of. The Tortmeister is a big, kinda heavyâ€" set, sweaty guy, who wears sequinâ€" adorned, white, bellâ€"bottomed, funnyâ€"colâ€" § DEvELOPING from Kodak: P _Tlorteivis swears that it was Elvis Presiey. He was just driving around â€" he was a milkman up until that time â€" and he swears it‘s true, so we have to go with that." Torteivis was a milkman? ‘‘Yeah, and he‘s looking forward to the chance of getting back into his route after he‘s done touring. Who knows â€" that could be real soon." Not likety . After last year‘s debut album, Unâ€"Ledâ€" Ed, which sold somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000 copies, and the So let‘s get this straight, Buttâ€"Mon. You‘re saying the King â€" the Hunkaâ€"Hunâ€" kaâ€"Burning Love, the Man himself â€" told you guys to do this? 1 HOUR BALDWIN is the official piano of: * The Canadian (.)rerl Company * The National Ballet of Canada * Okeefe Centre * Boston Pops Orchestra * Chicago Symphony * And Over 200 Others wl . _ MUSIC STUDIO @2 576â€"383080 1253 King St. E., : Baldwiin . * spri u@ 9 is Pflnga[e!% Buttâ€"Mon says he and the other memâ€" bers of Dread Zeppelin are in this just to have fun, make each other laugh, and offer audiences some pure entertainment. No offence is meant to Led Zeppelin. in fact, most Dreads are true Zeppelin fans. And Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, from whom Dread Zeppelin had to get permission to record Led Zeppelin songs, find the whole true â€" Dread Zeppelin was born to evoke a few guffaws. After all, no Godâ€"fearing Elvis far_1 likes Led_ZeppeIin and vice versa, and One would naturally assume th;t these guys can 4 possibly be serious. And that‘s tain Hop, When the Levee Breaks, and Stairway to Heaven. (Guess it‘s got to be witnessed to be believed.) The rest of the band, meanwhile, is collectively and individually contributing their special talents to the live perforâ€" mance. For example, Buttâ€"Mon is the band‘s bass player, but all of his bass lines are preâ€"recorded for live shows. That way he gets to dance around the stage. ‘‘The reason I‘m telling you this now is because if we ever win a Grammy,"‘ Buttâ€" Mon says, "‘they can‘t take it away."‘ UNTIL MAY 318T BALDWIN OFFERS HUGE SAVINGS ON ALL INâ€"STOCK & SPECIAL ORDER PIANOS, ORGANS & DIGITAL PIANOS AS WELL As INTRODUCTORY PRICES ON BALDWIN GRANDFATHER CLOCKS. i« _ p. SAVE %}} UP TO NOW so to speak, with a big gold belt. He gyrates, and quivers, and lifts his soâ€"70s sugg!aams to wipe away the perspiration. , undoubtedly, cares much for NTA Prmopntedrahlshatindt .A 2i 320 thd ____ KORG + FLOOR MODELS » _ RECONDITIONED PIANOS AND F ORGANS. j Choose from a wide variety of fine instruments including: BALDWIN ty rend on mt on ie ‘‘We‘re having too much fun,"‘ Buttâ€" says. However, that doesn‘t necessarily mean that Dread Zeppelin band members are going to be lured away to play ‘"serious‘‘ music. Like it‘s predecessor, 5,000,000° is mostly compiled of humorous Zeppelin remakes â€" avec Elvis, avec reggae â€" but there‘s ‘‘some good playing‘‘ on the album too, Buttâ€"Mon says. Carl Jah can really play. Buttâ€"Mon claims, to make Ed Zeppelin feel better, they built Graceland West in Southern California (an exact replica of the Memphis Graceland), where they all live now and ‘"of course, sing gospel songs until dawn‘‘. Gee, Buttâ€"Mon. We think you might be pulling our extremities. But it sure is fun. Though most Dread Zeppeliners â€" Jah Paul Jo on rhythm guitar, Ed Zeppelin on percussion, Fresh Cheese on drums, Carl Jah on lead guitar, Tortelvis on vocals and Buttâ€"Mon on bass and his toes â€" are originally from Memphis, they moved to California for a ‘"more conducive environâ€" ment â€" all the sun and everything‘‘. Dread thing hilariously funny and gave their consent willingly. (Of course, there‘s no way of knowing how Elvis would feel about this). ‘‘We‘re serious about having fun â€" | guess that‘s the best way to put it," Buttâ€" Mon says. 50% ing: BALDWIN « * ntnien a bicn â€" Kitchener (Continued on EZ11) musical