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Gabe Lee just keeps on writing songs and his audience keeps on loving them. Lee and his band will be bringing some of these songs back home, Dec. 31, when the group plays the Olde Hespeler to release its first tape and celebrate the New Year with deweted Cambridge fans. As its title implies, Gabe Lee Live at The Diamond was indeed recorded at a concert perâ€" ing was part of a special Q107 radio station Monday night live broadcast, aired Sept. 12. Lee‘s career, which spans over 21 years, has seen him play with a lot of bands at a lot of venues, especially in the Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge areas. At the age of 11 he began playing with his brother Art for King Arthur‘s Knights, a band that apâ€" peared on Kitchener‘s Elaine Cole former Cambridge artist was forced to sing out of necessity. It was then that his audiences convinced him to conâ€" tinue singing because he had a good voice. He stuck to playing at private parties, school events and local bars. Later, he branched out and experâ€" ienced the northern Ontario touring circuit. After moving to Toronto, Lee began working as a recording engineer to Show. By the time he was 16 he was playing illegally in bars. Because bands kept dissolving, Lee then teâ€" cided to go it alone and form his own give him exposure to a studio environâ€" ment Wwhich would ultimately place him in a position to record one day. It was his time at Comfort Sound that allowed him to keep company with some famous people which lead to his instant friendship with the quiet Dan Hill. Hill listened to some of Lee‘s music and struck up a deal which saw them coâ€"writing some of Hill‘s songs. Gabe right away," remembered Meighan O‘Brien, bass guitarist with the band. "Right away he said ‘what‘re you doing tonight". They started writing together right away." Singers were unobtainable, so the "Dan listened to the tape and called WATERLOO CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 200 Bearinger Rd., Waterioo "The Church In The Woods" kitchen open 12 p.m. to 12 a m. Specializing in rolled ribs, wiemer schnitzrel, pigtails, freah fish. Visit us also for SUNDAY SMORGASBORD Gabe Lee keeps writing the songs his fans love Enter : 10 a.m. and Dec. 30 7471313 , WEVPOTTL and 7 p.m This collaboration gave Hill his hit _ The band consists of O‘Brien, drumâ€" Everybody‘s Fantasy recorded for mer Ben Cleveland, a soundman, and CBS in New York. O‘Brian said a recent addition, guitarist Javier another single Human Heat, could Pena. O‘Brien also assists on vocals. also make its way onto a Hill album. _ Lee‘s music has been described as a O‘Brien, who has been with the cross between Tom Petty and Elvis band since 1985, admitted Lee‘s musâ€" Costello with a little bit of Crowded ic is changing, but she said change is House thrown in for good measure. inevitable. "He‘s just going through Despite the similarities, his music is the natural evolution of things which still memorable. are affected by daily influences," she _ "He keeps on writing songs and said. "Gabe is constantly evolving, they‘re all good," said O‘Brien. especially now that he has more input ‘"What he writes seems to come from from people (from the band)." whatever he is." Gabe Lee will celebrate the New Year with fans at The Oide Hespeler. The band consists of O‘Brien, drumâ€" mer Ben Cleveland, a soundman, and a recent addition, guitarist Javier Pena. O‘Brien also assists on vocals. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY ‘DECEMBER 28, 1988 â€" PAC 81 Alexandra Ave., Waterioo 745â€"4261 FEEL & LOOK Urene HilE KING CENTRE MALL mon. â€"rri. 9:30 â€": Buy Any Of Our Selected Fashions At Tag Price And Receive Another Item Of Equal Value Or Lesser Value ABSOLUTELY FREE! 255 KING ST. W. SAT. KITCHENER 742â€"0222 w CLEARANCE CENTRES S ALE CONTINUES On Our h Inventory |FOR WEDNESDAY to SATURDAY 4 days only or your money back 9:30 â€" 9:00 p.m. 9:30 â€" 9:00 p.m.