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Serving over 25,000 homes in ListowelWingham Mount Forest, •Milverton. Elmira, Palmerston, Harriston, Brussels, Atwood: Monkton, Millbank, Newton, Clifford, Wallenstein, Drayton, Moorefield and Arthur. Wednesday, February 16, 1983
"The sun was hot as they stroked that wood
To get to that Paisley
It was not unusual otowa.
this annual event
p
To see a couple c
Some fished for supper, go down.
And the
Aper, with not much luck
'Good Day! t. used word they said was —
•.;.;.;. At the l
al inn, a few
.tea got back in the more they did swing
sing water and again they did
The lyrics in this humorous county
western tune refer to trip andb
canoe down the an annual by
Walkerton to Saugeen River from
Southampton, a weekend of,
hopefully, sun, and most definitel!
It is, says coin Y, fun.
the idea that poser Randy Hafermehl
t came
decided to realize a dream.along when he
"To me, it's always been a .
write and cut a record." fantasy to
�`�d�easuon:•�><Erid 3f explalm•,�lhis v'
aboutdeciaithe canoe trip."
m+� truck
me to write
That idea p. „
Sep-
tember idea
t came one afternoon in Se
Hanover toa when he was driving
Mount Forest. After from
his mind to go ahead with a recording,
e
had the tune, three verses ecordch he
done m a matter of hours, and the chorus
On Nov. 14, Randy, now a
resident, and a few are
m Mount Forest
walked other area musicians ns
into the Ernie King studio studio in
Wingham. After about 10o
time they had comep
hours of studio
Song" as well as the flip with "Tee Canoe
"My Friend" side of the 45 disc,
Position in ' a warm and sensitive com-
which Randy expresses his ad-
miration for and appreciation of his father.
Randy played 12 -strip
musical works g guitar in both
musical
' with Ed Blackwell of
Canoe Song". Barry Vaine on six -string .guitar in
resident ong The
a Var
Forest, des cabinet work inney
handled bass guitar Mount
wdand background
vocals. Grant Hey
Wi
�'•; helped out with theof ngham also
while Dave vocals and played dr
banjo. Ice L ng °f Hanoverpicked�P
studio n Cowan was importedb
for violin and piano. by the
"Previous
lY, I didn't know
volved "all that.is_jn-
-_ ,_-says Randy -,of -lis firs£-Cecording
session. He adds
a lot of fun." 'nevertheless, that
"It was
it It hasn't been easy for.Ra+nd
to pursue music, which he describesY t° find time
first love, since he and ecoasu his
jewellery Ince his father conduct a
Mount Forest and
at locations in
both quite occupied, Hanover Yet which keepsy
kept a finger on Randy has always
music as a youngsters string since learning
During his teen
played his
years in Wingham hie had {
pcalled contemporary rock and roll with a
bandhigh called
"Caldanclous Blue", performing at
the area. It was a time, social functions in
the ae, he remarks, when he
actually thinking about writing
mask.
He stopped performing
1971, after which he with the band in played
enjoyment only. For a nor personal
period in
taught guitar but 1981-82, he
when things got a little was unable to continue
After his recording too busy.
managed to session, however, he
Januar arrange for a week off in
Y from his working schedule in
to promote his songs around the order
pry
The record had first hit the aeince.
i
CKNX-Wingham and CKGL in l Kit hes on
itchener,
and is still available at Arny's St
Mount Forest, Hafermehl's ind'O 146 in
Ernie King's Music Store. Hanover and
been positive. Reaction has
Yet with
500 recon
plained, eau even, Randy ex
air time „`The main thing was to get a lot of
The week of promotion a
proved worthwhile. On Jan. 19, major stations
Brock Nottington conducted 'disc minute
interview with Randy on OWL. a 10 -minute
interview followed on CKB Another
be
Both songs also couldheard o in Ottawa.dal
in Kingston and Londonon the dials
Just moments after
radio station in North Ba ,,heing the he AT
ePo
live, discussing his hwas on the air
after, record. Immediately
People were phoning
„A guy there said he in for records,
"Ant e, instead fished everybody Y did
much bet Randy recalls. "He told megit in a
Whilewas
stations leaningtoward
contemporary music were tli rh adult
about "The Canoe a little hesitant
Ca Son
country and western
'tae otspOnsefim-
pressiv, says Randy, stations was im-
pressive,
,.I gotsome good constructive
nothing reallygsa criticism,
;• •r that re ne ative,',' he says noting
getting was a split between both songs
eeffort nobCoadcast. With the promotional
ffort I w Complete, he offers with a
can just sit back and hopegrin,
best_•_He estimates that there arfor. the
r Theremaining from the SOO made out 150
obvious- appeal an "The Canoe Song" would b
North, to y in this,thee
Nor as one versionGreat White
identity would have iof the Canadian
chorus
ssrelates in the song: As the campfire
LL's drink to t the rocks and the riverbed
Let's drink he clouds overhead
nk to trees, so t
Cause we won't be on the nex landingng
„
"I think anybody who'
trip or any outdoor activity been on a fishing
ng," says Randy On the can relate, this
Friend" is a other hand �,M
delivers a more universal in theme and
me personal
, even message.
almostcented µ, special Father's Dpoignant
"I had the tune in my
mood and melody, y
month, d remembers
head for about
father of re tubers Randy, himself a
sshould write about and he said, It what l
11 come
he As had happened with
was driving so me"The Canoe Song",
fathe when the ids
"I'm so totit his father, a
came to write abo
As pals proud call you my friend
Without wecan talk, and never offend
you in my l
My world would bechanged I
fear. ' ..
"Once 1 knew what I was writing
about,
had it done in about an hour and half." hf,"h I
says of that composition, he
He doesn't know if he'll cut
record, right now valuin anothnr
h
and experience of that first one.
At this
t
point, 1 don't have the time to sit downthe
do more writing," he admits. and
anyway. I'd like to learn more about And,
before doing any more writin music
But should he g ��
somewhere • one day be driving