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Photo by Denny Scott
Chris Thorsteinson, Murray Pulver and Dave Wasyliw, also known as Doc Walker,
took to the stage at the Blyth Festival last Thursday.
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COMA winners Doc Walker
play Blyth Festival Theatre
Denny Scott
signal -star staff
Fresh from sweeping the Canadian Country
Music Awards in Winnipeg last September,
acclaimed Canadian country band Doc Walk-
er visited Blyth to perform a make-up show
last Thursday.
The group, who hails from Portage La Prai-
rie, Alberta, took the stage at the Blyth Fes-
tival Theatre in front of a packed, captivated
audience to perform hits from all six of their
albums; 1997's Good Day to Ride, 2001's
Curve, 2003's Everyone Aboard, 2006's Doc
Walker, 2008's Beautiful Life, and Go, which
was released in September of this year.
Front man Chris Thorsteinson explained
that the group loves performing in small cen-
ters like Blyth, and it has a lot to do with where
they come from.
"We're all from small towns, and we like
playing in them," he said. "It's a big deal when
someone, when anyone comes to a small
town. It's a big event, but when you're in a big
city, there's always other things going on."
Band mate Murray Pulver added that audi-
ences are also a lot more captivated in smaller
venues.
"People definitely pay more attention when
their is really just the one show in front of
them," he said
The group also enjoyed the drive to Blyth,
stating that there are a lot of unique things on
the road that they don't get to see in thew home
province.
"Things are built differently out here," Dave
Wasyliw said. "There's a lot of brick houses,
and we don't have many of those out on the
plains,"
Thorsteinson said that he is a 'freak' for old
houses, and loves them.
"I love seeing old houses, and old areas."
The Byth Theatre is also a unique part of
the geography, according to the band.
"It's a pretty nice place to play," Pulver
said.
"We don't have a lot of small, older theaters
like this," Wasyliw said, adding that Alberta,
as a younger province, lacks some of the his-
torical qualities that older provinces have.
The group said that every show is a memo-
rable one, adding that in the years they've
been touring, they've noticed a growth in the
country audience.
"We're lucky that we have the audience that
we do, it lets us continue to make the music
we want," Thorsteinson remarked.
Go, their recently released album, was
their third release in four years, and the group
agreed that they're going to put some time be-
tween it and their next album.
Were going to build this record up a bit
more than our last ones," Thorsteinson said.
"We've put out three records in almost three
years, and we're all getting involved with our
families, so we want to give this some time.
We also want to get some more of the songs
on the record to become singles, we really
haven't done that with previous albums."
The group attributes their success to the
fact that they've all stayed together throughout
their adventures.
"We're all at pretty much the same maturity
level, and we"ve all grown at the same pace,"
Thorsteinson said. "We write about our lives,
and its really connected us with each other."
The group played at the Royal Agricultural
Show in Toronto on Friday, and will be play-
ing for the Olympic Torch Run, and at the
Winter Olympics in 2010, and then will be
heading to Australia in March to tour there.