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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 14/08/2003 (8271 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THE GIG: Tonight at the Pyramid Cabaret.
THE OCCASION: John Ford, a straight-up rock quartet from Vancouver, is bouncing around western Canada to drum up support for its second album Bullets For Dreamers.
THERE’S NO JOHN FORD IN THE BAND, RIGHT? “There is no John Ford. He was a film director in the 1940s and ’50s. He made The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance and Fort Apache,” explains singer-guitarist Rich Hope, speaking over the phone from somewhere along B.C.’s scary/beautiful Coquihalla Highway.
WHY NAME THE GROUP AFTER THE GUY? “He was John Wayne’s mentor. He was the only one who could direct him and the only person he’d listen to. He was a maverick, especially at the time.”
THE NEW ALBUM’S BEEN OUT FOR MONTHS. WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON? “We’re organizing an outdoor show in Vancouver with some of our favourite bands. We’re doing it on Aug. 17, right when we get back home.
“We’re calling it The Hot August Night, after the Neil Diamond album. We wanted to call it Hot Child In The City but there were some PC issues with the name.”
WHAT’S POLITICALLY INCORRECT ABOUT A NICK GILDER SONG. WAS IT THE “HOT CHILD” ASPECT?
“Who knows.”
THE DAMAGE: $5.
— Bartley Kives