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I remember the first interview I did with Hugh Dillon. He was so wasted he could barely string two words together. He called back later and practically begged me not to rat on him to the record company.
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I've had my fill of Matthew Good, 54-40 and even the lovely and talented Chantal Kreviazuk, but, ho-hum, here they come again. Nothing against these gifted entertainers, but they're here too much. How many times can you hear Superman's Dead and keep up your enthusiasm for the "aieeeaiieeeai" bit?

And yet, curiously, the semi-annual blitz of a little band called the Headstones is welcome. They could be Red's house band and I don't think anyone here would mind. The Headstones play tomorrow night at Alberta's Own Rock Weekend 2, a rock festival with dozens of independent hard-rock bands being held near the hamlet of Donalda, 155 km southeast of Edmonton, and promising to be 13 times more interesting than Stage 13. Then the Headstones rock for our men and women in uniform at the CFB's Lamplighter Club on Monday. Then it's off to play the Joint next Thursday.
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