Grassroots, and very Irish.
Paddy Casey is symbolic of
everything which mainstream
music seems to be branching
away from today.

Purely an acoustic feat,
Whatever Gets You on the
_ Radio features only Casey
and his guitar. The shocking
intensity and emotion which
Sees apparent in his music is

ewgincredible.
» At 24 years of age, Paddy is
a native of Dublin, Ireland.
For 12 years (since he first
ypicked up a guitar) he has
been playing and shocking

Paddy Casey
Whatever Gets You on

the Radio
Columbia/Sony

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Bryan Came Back To Us

millions from the beginning.
His debut album Amen (So
Be It) was recorded in eight
days and reached the top 20
of the Irish charts. This was
followed by a whole slew of
UK awards including Best
Album at the Irish World
Awards.

Casey could be found
around the world in the fol-
lowing years, touring with the
likes of REM and
AniDiFranco while supporting
his own headlining gigs on
the side. You can’t say this
guy doesn’t work hard at

On December 2nd

Bryan Adams may never be
accused of pushing the enve-
lope, but that’s ok. His boy-
next-door, straight-up brand of
old fashioned rock and roll will
never go out of style. He
opened his December 2nd
Multiplex show with “Back to
You,” which seemed an appro-
priate choice. Bryan has got-
ten through that whole eye
make-up, shaggy-haircut, fake
British accent phase and has
come back to us as the T-shirt
and jeans guy that we all grew
up listening to.

Being around the Canadian
music scene as long as he
has, you’d imagine the last
thing he’d really feel like doing
is getting up on stage and
singing “Summer of ‘69” yet
again. However, it was a
refreshing surprise not only to

have Bryan sing all of his old
standards, but sing them with
a genuine enthusiasm that
indicated he’d rather be no
where else. And the crowd
loved it - from “Can’t Stop This
Thing We Started” to “Have
You Ever Loved a Woman?”
you could hear the audience
singing along to every word.
Bryan took the time to dedi-
cate what is probably his most
famous song - “Everything |
Do | Do It For You” - to some
devout fans in the front row; a
newly wedded couple who
have been to 45 of his shows.
For “Baby When You're Gone,”
a song normally sung with Mel
C. of Spice Girls fame, Bryan
pulled onstage a Burns Lake
girl, gave her the lyrics, and let
her sing the duet with him.
Considering she had just been

thrown onstage in front of
5000 people with Canada’s®@
best known rock star, she did
a pretty good jc, and will
understandably have bragging

rights for the next year...

The thing about a Bryan
Adams concert is that it’s fun.
| mean come on, who doesn’t
remember dancing in a high
school gym to “Heaven,” or
know the lyrics to “Summer of
‘69?” Even if you’re not a fan,
the ticket price is worth it if for
nothing more than the nostal-

gia factor. Now let's go rent
“Robin Hood: Prince of
Thieves...”

-Michelle Dubuc
Staff Reporter

what he does.

Casey contributes his great-
est influences to “anything
that wasn’t on the charts.” He
goes on to name the early
greats such as Bob Marley,
Otis Redding, Prince, Tracy
Chapman, Nina Simone,
Duke Ellington, and Billie
Holliday. —

Casey’s first hand experi-
ence in performance came
from playing on the streets of
Dublin. “1 kinda got a thrill out
of them getting a thrill” he
says. Future goals? As
someone who just sort of

drifts around and falls into
whatever finds him on his
way, Casey states that
“Basically, | want everyone in
the world to hear this record,
that’s why | made it” After
further thought he adds,
“Actually, | want to get sued
by my manager on ‘Judge
Judy’ and appear on ‘The
Simpsons’.”. Hey, you never
know.

-Kevin Milos

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