FAMOUS PLAYERS 6 [CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES FOR SHOWTIMES PRINCE GEORGE SAVINGS CREDIT UNION "EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE" Phone Link 612-3456 to all branches Town Centre 5th & Abhau Parkwood Place 1532-Sixth Ave. 513 Abhau St. #103, 1600-15th Ave. Fax:612-3451 Fax:612-3555 Fax:612-3505 JFAMOUS PLAYERS FAMOUS PLAYERS 6 Tel 612-3993 #172 - 1600 15" Avenue THE FREE PRESS ENTERTAINMENT AUGUST 27, 2000 B3 Sum SEYMOUR RICHARD DAN REYNOLDS CASSEL OREYFUSS HEOAYA SCHEDULE IS FROM FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH TO THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 ST Daily Matinee's. Passes accepted for all shows. Special Midnight Showing of Army of Darkness Friday, Aug.26th - Tickets $5.00 1 r hi/'kon Pirn ft 5 00 no warning. 4 Space Cowboy# 4 Pokeman 2000 5 The Replacements 6 The Crew coarse viotence suggestive scenes nuffl) Meehan ready for opening The most coveted opening slot of the fall concert line-up has been filled. When Edwin plays his first Prince George solo show on August 28 at The Munk Bar the crowd will already be warmed up courtesy of the Shawn Meehan Band, one of B.C.’s fastest-rising rock acts and a favourite in Prince George based on previous concert appearances here. “Edwin. Pretty cool, eh? We’re pretty excited about it,” Shawn says on a crackly cell phone from Northern Ontario, where the band is touring this week. “We’ve played the Munk a few times and Adriano (Spoletini, proprietor) likes the band and he deserves the credit for pushing for us on the bill. He fought hard for us.” Prince George was one of the founding cities of his momentum, so coming back here for a big gig like Edwin’s opening slot is especially sweet for him. “To play to that many people in Prince George I’d drive three days to get there," he says, and almost has to. 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Just because you were once in a hot band does not mean you get to keep the heat when you strike out on your own. That’s the reality that faced Edwin when he and I Mother Earth parted ways a couple years ago. Edwin did not slam that door with an I’ll-just-do-it-myself humph. In fact he wasn’t sure he would be able to get any interest at all from a major label all by himself. Even looking back now, with Another Spin Around The Sun soaring through the popularity stratosphere, he doesn’t betray any smugness. Conversely, he bows in gratitude to Sony Music for taking him on at all. “I thought at the first meeting that they weren’t too enthusiastic, because they were cool and calm and kind of reserved. My manager said ‘What? Are you crazy? They loved it,’ but I didn’t think so. He was right. I was wrong,” he tells The Free Press from his home in Toronto. “It’s been great ever since; I have respect for them. Which is so bizarre, for an artist to have respect for a record company” They kept a tight rein on Edwin as he developed the songs for what would become a massive debut solo album. He admits it was a protracted process, but his motivation was bolstered by progress. Suggestions from those around him on the project were usually correct ones. “After toying with it in the studio, and almost rewriting the songs, they came out pretty cool where we were like ‘hey, this is great, you actually can polish a turd.’” Edwin plays Monday at the Munk. Some press reports had some strong opinions about Edwin over the last couple years, suggesting he might be the turd in the equation. Ego problems have been suggested. Arrogance. There’s no sign of it now, if it were ever true. Going solo was not a flight of vanity, “I just didn’t want to deal with inner-band bullshit anymore... In fact, going solo scared the hell out of me and I figured if it scares me that much, it’s gotta be the right thing to do. I mean scared as in challenging.” He does not converse like someone with an ego problem. He laughs at jokes, indulges tangents, asks questions of his own, fearlessly self-examines. He’s casual and he’s forthright. Even when asked about an ostensibly humourous topic, like the mock lounge lizardy hidden track at the end of the album, he comes out with disclosure. “Oh that. It’s called ‘Have Another Drink’,” he says, then remarks he didn’t even want it on the album at first, for personal reasons. “At the time the producer and myself were both going through relationship problems with alcoholism. Not us, but our partners’ alcoholism. So the song really fit the moment. We’d each take turns being on the phone arguing with our significant other. But it was a fun little song and I like it on the record if only because we laughed so hard during the recording of it. The vibe on this has to be positive and good just because we had so much fun. So it’s there.” And speaking of dysfunctional relationships, do you ever talk to the Tanna brothers (I Mother Earth founders)? “Never. How pathetic is that? We travelled the world together, we made music together for over 10 years, and we don’t even speak a word. I think that’s sad. It didn’t have to be this way It’s hard enough to make it in this business without putting down the people around you all the time.” Instead, he promises a totally uplifting experience at The Munk Bar on Monday night. Get tickets if you can.