HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-10-12, Page 7`Yesterday's Wine' releases
Christmas album this week
Debbie Davidson
PAISLEY --Imagine singing
Christmas carols on the hottest day •
of the summer.
Members of mid -western
Ontario's well-known country mu-
sic group Yesterday's Wine didn't
have to imagine it, they did it.
"It's been tyto years since our
last album. It was time," said band
member P. J. Mack.
The band's sixth CD album is
called "A Christmas Gift". It is a
collection of favourite traditional
Christmas songs as well as some
brand new pieces written by band
members Mack and Jim Beech.
The album features the band's
trademark of strong vocal harmo-
nies and distinctive instrumental
sounds. It was produced, arranged
and recorded by the band.
"Everyone was at the beach and
here we were singing Silent Night,"
said bass player Pete Myles.
Mackadded that it was tough at
first, but "we got into it. What
you're actually playing doesn't
matter, it's, the .fact that we're
working together."
Yesterday's Wine is also .cele-
brating its 10th anniversary this 1
year. Over the years the band has
seen members come and go, but,
this hasn't lessened their determina-
tion to keep going. •
Today's group consists of sing-
er/guitarists Mack and Beech,
Myles; drummer Don McAngus,
and steel guitarist/instrumentalist
Gord • Cottrill.
McAngus, of Paisley, joined the
band in October 1989. Whew, the
band was originally thrown together
.10 years ago, he played at one of
the first dances they performed. He
has also sat in with the band a few
times over the years.
When Mack left the band in 1989
to go to Ireland, the band needed
someone to play lead guitar. It was,
then that Cottrill, also of Paisley,
joined the band.
It was a "mutual agreement" to
keep the band together at that time,
said Cottrill.
Around the same time Mack
returned to the band in 1990,
Myles, of Wiarton, answered the
band's newspaper ad for a bass
player.
Beech said everyone knew each
other as they had run into each
other at various shows throughout
the years.
"It's almost like we couldn't
have picked it any better. We've
never had to look for a band mem-
ber. It always fell into place for us.
We've been fortunate that way,"
added Beech.
Although they all appreciate.
different styles of music, "we all
prefer to play country,' he said.
The band has wanted to do a
Christmas album for some time.
"A country Christmas album is
not your typical Christmas album,"
said Beech. '
Country music has gained popu-
larity over the last several years and
Christmas music has always been
.popular.
' "It just madesense to mix the
two," said Cottrill.
The band rented recording equip-
ment for one month to complete the
album at their Paisley studio.
"What we probably lacked in
equipment was made up for in the
fact we were laid back and relaxed
in familiar surroundings. We didn't
have to worry about time ticking
away," said Mack. '
The original Songs were written
after the band decided to do the
album.
The company producing the
album . will be giving the band a
radio marketing kit for all the coun-
try stations in Canada.
Every year, RDR Production puts
out a Christmas album compiled of
different artists. The company,
which handles a lot of Canadian •
artists, will be 'including
Yesterday's Wine's original "Light
in the Stable" from the album. This
album will be going to all radio
stations across Canada and Europe.
In order to share anniversary
celebrations with their friends and
fans, the band will be holding a
10th anniversary concert in Paisley
on November 19.
Tickets for .the concert will be
sold in advance and depending on
how sales go there is a possibility a
second concert could be held.
Don Maxwell, a previous band
-member from Paisley, will be video
taping and handling the sound for
the concert.
Future plans for. the . band may
include releasing a video of the
concert.
"A Christmas Gift", released •
October 11, will be available at
various . locations throughout the
area.
They're ,saying `thanks for riving'
Thanksgiving - it's a . time of
turkey dinners, fall leaves, bountiful
harvests and a time to reflect on the
thingsthat make our lives happy
and complete.
At this time of year, The Lung
Association asks its previous
Christmas Seal Campaign donors to
donate generously to this year's
campaign. •
These donors know The Lung
Association has made great strides
in research and treatment of lung
disease.
Just ask Marg Townsend who has
benefitted from The Breath Easy
Group 'in Owen Sound. "I'm in
control of my lung disease it
doesn't.control me any longer," she
says. The ' Lung Association
instructed and encouraged me, right
here in my neighborhood. That's
what I call an effective, grass-roots
program," she says.
"If I could thank every person
Happy 45th Wedding
Anniversary
Nora & Gordon Robb
October 8th
who has generously donated to The
Lung Association, I world," says
Lore Noack, Holstein; Trevor
Smith, Meaford and Mary Growden
of Wiarton, all lung transplant
recipients. "Without those
donations, I know the research
. couldn't be done that was needed
for our treatment," they said. "I
simply would not have lived
without a lung transplant."
Helen McKay, "The Lung Lady"
presents the Lungs Are For Life
School Program to many schools in
the area which help students decide
not to start smoking. They learn a
lot about how important their lungs
are to their health.
The Lung Association is Canada's
oldest health J charity, fotinded in
1904 to stop the spread of tuber-
culosis. With that disease under •
control, the Lung 'Association now
works to prevent and treat all forms
of lung disease, including asthma,
emphysema and lung cancer.
Learn about Habitat for
Humanity at info night
Habitat for Humanity Huron
County will host a meet the
president and information night at
the Clinton Town Hall, on Oct. 12,
7 to 9 p.m.
The president of the national
Happy 25`h Anniversary
Milton & Arlene Turner'
Love from
Your Family
Tanya & Derek would like to invite
friends, neighbours& relative~ to the
1.ueknow Community ('entre on
Friday October I3 m honour of the
parents 25th Wedding Ann IN erstuA
Dancing') - 1
Every( ne welcome.
Rest Wisaes only please.
organization,. WiIrner Martin, will
be the keynote speaker.
The evening is an opportunity for
interested persons to view videos
and displays, learn more about the
organization and ways to help in
Huron County. '
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