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Last month, Webb released its debut indie recording, Mileage. And it this is what the band can do without the benefit of heavy cor- porate backing, there's potential for a promising future. Vocalist/percussionist Deanna Knight and drummer Trevor Teed quickly became fixtures in Webb's entourage, and he com tinued with the album, but as a band, not a solo artist. Bassist Barry Walls and keyboardist Vince Rinaldo (formerly of Ray Lyell 8 the Storm) completed the lineup for the recording. "I started recording a solo (independent) album, and the band just sort of came out of it-. out of the people that were hired to play on the album," Webb says. After working for more than six years with various bands and as a solo performer, Webb last Janu- ary put together a band, aptly named Webb, and his career is right on track. "When I started out, I was a heavier rock guitar player - not really a singer or a writer. But when I started writing, I found I just couldn't write in that style very well, and I couldn't sing in that style very well," says the 23-year-old musician. “So I started getting into more acoustic music, and now it's kind of a combination of the two - there the acoustic thing but with a hard edge. I felt more comfortable with this type of music. I think I've really found my niche - that straight-up-the-rniddle kind of style." Rummy Thh Week m YLDR There's no stoppin' Piiii"ii' Webb softer, more roots-rock oriented genre. And now that he has, there}. no stoppin' him. Local musician Pete Webb has found his niche. The once heavy-metal type guitarist has found a ctytttortatge home tor his musical abilities in a Show Truss: By Deborah Crandall ”mm science without hauling out the old proverbial soap box. For example, Moon Come Up 's tirgt single, Neighborhood, soowls at well- todo North Americans who hire foreign nannies to can for their cttihdren but don'tgivea "'ltttooutttttrmtnniea, and thixxtd'sirtq%katHerGo,talkatoa woman's mod to be no! free from tt !eomthrttttm.yo1tt. am t*Nt_tty Gregory Hoskins Man.- 1891 12:305m 9:3tMi?:3t1 Much of the material on the album is serious, but not over- powering. Down on the Water- front (which is in medium rotation on FM-96 and a few other sta. tions) was written after Webb got stranded one cold winter's night "I probably had written in the neighborhood of 100 songs of varying quality, and of those I picked to that really sort of hit the nail on the head," Webb says. “All of those songs were written in 1990, when I did a lot of travelling. The 'mileage' theme just sort of put it all in perspec- tive." The album reflects a simpler time, musically speaking, when classic rock was flourishing. Yet Webb (the person) brings to it, with all his 23 years, a contem- porary bent. Hence, it's not a nostalgia piece. says. "So what inspires me are stories of people who quietly beat it, and find their way through all the convolution." Hoskins. 28, was born in Chateau. guay. Quebec and moved to Queensviue (north of Toronto) with his family when hewasnineyearsold. Hewesslighuy younger than that when he first picked upagultttr,andFNsfimtaottgat12 (Continued trom E21) "I couldn't get a train back and I had nowhere to stay, so I Just ended up in a cafe where a lot of street people went. Just over- hearing their conversations, and seeing the way they live - they go in with 50 cents and make two cups of coffee last all night - it struck me seeing that kind of street situation first hand, and I had to write about It." The album, recorded at West- wind Studios in Kitchener and Parrot Productions in Brantford, was released last month on CD and cassette, and is being scooped up by fans at live shows. Ironically, a cut from the album (while it was still in production) won the band first place honors in the FM-96 Radio (London) "On Track" talent contest, and $1,500 worth of recording time. in Toronto , . , , Recessmn -.. ‘ Fighter "3. 3mm G t ‘ if”: lu t " J., AUG. 6 & 7 with this ad m-ttnina-ri-tet. scum , 1rt.qPtr,t W- yePtyty1rt th The album is doing well, the band's two singles and respective videos are getting lots of airplay, and journalists haettttotptdttshing"GrrsttoryiMtoartd tttttWhatNopW'. thttHoakitttt,who IMtettutaehrNtttrtxtrrougtttdtttNstvifts wmmmmmmame "tttohhh-mt-tally. "mttiigmythettthetmmlclrtttue try,etxxtmtr,iMttrtottaramatttttto" otttattdiianstttattit,mnrrr Haydn is okay h m at the t-itt-tttotitt-atta,"Ntmtiirtts 'i."TNttAt"us.qttomtytttrlisttot tIteRitt.lhtraeetrtattttt, 1trt.te_t!t...thhe1hetttrmt interest of Bernie Finkelstein of True North Records, who is responsible for signing such artists as Bruce Cockburn and Murray McLauchian, Finkelstein had not signed anybody in six years wilen he signed Hoskins to his label. munimfm‘n aorta 5n out“ JSltf2l'l2', Webb (the persian) decnded at a young age that he wanted a career In musrc It that meant he had to make sacnhces to realize his dream, so be It, He was sure of one thing from the beginning He would devote himself entlrely to muslc, never ct3mprommn9, never second-guessmg After high school, he worked (at a regular job) for a while, lust long enough to save some money And then he went to music school to obtain a diploma In recordmg engineering, But Mileage was just about ready to be Cellophaned and private funds had already been spent when the prize was awarded. so the studio ttme couldnt be used for that protect But, there ll surely be more recording pro- jects. I was still learning about the RecessemSpeal. FmPooH-Spm. titotmMIpat. FREE Melton-Iain In...Aug3/l1 - toiiturnni.- t. Km" 2. 50mm Club. 3. Tuuruc Stamngathm And even if thogs stay that way (which they likely won't), even It Gregory Hoskins and the Stick People never sees superstardom and all the financial bene. fits that go with it, Hoskins will keep writing and playtng. When you do some- thing so well, why stop? "ltentforawaletvithrttyttaughter ymtetdtty-itwasatoout10:30inthe morNnq-andliusttrotthisoeer. *Nrtmingtettlingthatthere'snowwayl tmutdtmtotoNattay'tots,"Hoseins "rB."it-Attttrttitaifltxudtrtaen Bom. mum (at 3 mm. and anybody else in the band feels the an. my. Nobody wants to become tttIhr/ut-tttttring-rs-t might be In egotistical son at a bitch. ttmttttr-imanttttteSteANoot. ”that at the Alien Hot! In Guelph. Am. 9 and at the PM of Friends h WM. 10. _ collectors are out there And that part of it kind of stinks. FF Waterloo’s NETWORK Open Daily Noon- 1 un 597 King St. N., Waterbo The newsletter, or Wetjtyet. ter' , he sends out to tans mend: and media each month .5 as wacky. witty and oft-meme“ as they come Last month s asked the burnmg musrcal question How do peo ple lrke George Michael and Janet Jackson manage to sell a number ot records roughly equal to the population ol Asra when NC) ONE you know or have ever met has admitted to wishing anything short of bemg burned at the stake on erther of them? Dunno Webb (the band) performs at Poor Folks Dell In Brantford Aug 1-3, and Aug 14 at Eddre s ' Stratford, and Pete and Deanna perform at the Olde Englrsh Par lor, Aug 8.10 " y0u re thinking by now that this Webb guy IS one pretty serious character, thunk again Het serious about ms career sure But he never takes h-mseu too senousw I dont want to have to sell out, Webb says ldontwant tc have to go through the horror story scenano where so-andso Signed on the wrong dotted lune and now has notmng a healthy following (not that doesn't have a good local follow. mg now). tughtenmg up the band business, but I determined that that's what I wanted to do Webb sad "And I deoded that I had to devote 100 per cent 01 my time to it. It youve working a day job you te not In the nght frame of mind to really create I knew there was 90mg to be tough times and that it mnght be Manually rough but I wanted to set down that standard of bong a protessonal musicial and nothing else Webb says he hopes to attract a record deal soon, but doesnt want to Jump the gun He wants to lay sold groundwork hrst gemng more airplay for Mdeage Duuldmg 746-5209 PAGE E23