Over The Ed eee a ee ne

October 30, 1996

BIG GUITAR BIG BLUES BIG SUGAR

by cjo '

Legend has it the Devil
met with blues apprentice
Robert Johnson on a
lonesome stretch of back
road along the Mississippi
Delta and there they
formed a pact that would
guarantee a soul for one
and fame for another.

Well, the Devil rolled

into Prince George and
stole any chance of
salvation from the sweat
drenched masses who
squirmed and writhed in a
smoke filled Generator
Wednesday night.

The temperature began

rising steadily when
openers Wide Mouth
Mason took the stage,
leading us through a set of
slippery jazz/funk/blues/
rock.

But it was hotter than
Hell when Garry Lowe laid
down a thick slab of bass
for his Big Sugar mates.
Launching into their
current Heavy. Rotation
single, ‘Diggin’ a Hole,’
the band stylishly slithered

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and wound through an
impressive performance
that had fans wiggling in
orgiastic bliss.

Mid-way into the show,
there was a problem with
alarms and bells and
smoke and possibly even
fire, but no one cared.
Guitarist Gordie Johnson
seemed to be grinning
demonically from his place
on stage. Harp bleeder
Kelly Hoppe squeezed his
melon and drummer Paul
Brennan was tougher than
nails. Lurching from acid
blues to reggae, with big
guitar washing through the
crowd in waves, the set
was stylishly paced and
took the crowd from one
ecstatic peak to the next.

Three hours later, they
wrung things out, closing
with a version of ‘When
the Levee Breaks’ that
would have given Mr.
Page pause.

If you missed the show,
don’t moan...Big Sugar
tours relentlessly and will
no doubt return.

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