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Steve ii . ;,:"' .2: . f v ’l'hey one thing Elliott knows is form. lunior Malleck and leffWag- Ti . V . if. that they'll sink or swim together. tier. the blues quartet formed in " , " ‘ 5‘? The band doesn’t perform unless 3001 With ii mutual love of the , ’ .. all the members are on board. And music. lilliot had just come off 1 a... ,.'x.' that commitment has produced a winning Ottawa's sixthrannual a. "‘ in, § g 1 common purpose. Blues (iuitar Riff-Off and hooked T ism» . 3 i“: . ‘ 1.1. is, . ,_:;._ g I»): ‘ _ “We always wondered if people up Wllll old bandmate and drum- ,. ‘ ' " " 3:}“ ' a 3;» ' ‘ " 1" were waiting for us to play Stormy nier Wagner to rekindle some of Q ' ‘f Monday or other standards â€" it theirold music magic. 5 just never happened." said Elliott. The guitarist and drummer “And the audiences don't seem to heard the powerhouse harmonica ""1 care that were not playing Key to skills of Malleck before finally ' ' .. the Highway or Mustang Sally. completing the lineup with bassist ‘ t that's not our thing. Steve Toms. formerly of alternative it “While it might have given us a rock band the Miniatures. é slower start, the tipping point “I‘d say it was a slow start," said ' came a couple years ago when Elliot with a wry laugh as the band & . _ people were requesting our songs has toiled for almost nine years . i when we played." perfecting Daddy Long Legs' t. t It reminded Elliott of what unique sound. . 3 ‘ . t . 7f ' another artist once told him. You Anyone who knows anything ‘1: ‘1‘ ‘ know what the crowd wants to ‘ about the blues knows it comes , : hear butyou don‘t necessarily have with a pedigree. And no one's pediâ€" to give it to them. gree was richer that the one The members of Daddy Long Legs, from left. Jeff Wagner, Junior Malleck, Steve Toms and Mike Elliott. “No we've come up with our enjoyed by local blues legend Mel . . , . “km" ”'0 own songs and sound," said Elliott. Brown, who passed away last year, would want to listen to.” to go the blues mecca from the because oftheir ongmality, “Hopefully when we get down to Bands often play homage to the And people are starting to Grand River Blues Soc1ety, follow “There's a lot of flavours to the the people in Memphis will masters and the music that came notice. The band recently won a ing in the footsteps of another Blues.” said Cloutier. “We want to notice." before them. Maple Blues Award for Best New notable local blues players â€" Steve send performers that have a And the,»ye settled on a gritty “There's a legacy and also a C6,. Artist and an lndependent Music Strongman. chance. and Daddy Long Legs are garage blues sound that brings the tain vocabulary that everyone has Award for Favourite Blues Band. “A lot of good bands have gone a front runner. uptown downtown. in fact. Elliott to carry." said Elliott. “Otherwise They are hardly overnight SUC' 0" ‘0 pretty g00d careers that have "They have and edgy We? $349 isn't sure what to call the mash up all of you sudden you're speaking cesses. as Elliot earlier alluded to. come out of the Blues Challenge," and all of their material is ongitial, that they play. another language.” but there's some recognition that said Claude Cloutier. vice-prestâ€" which is important down there. , “We thought we were from the But although Daddy Long Legs the music they’re making has its dentofthe Grand River Blues Soci- Thetsociety is holding a-speCial uptown for a little while.” said started out playing some Blues sta~ own cool factor. ety. “We wanted to get involved fundraiser concert Nov. 7 in sup» Elliott. “Now we realize we're more pics, they quickly morphed into “The hand likes to think of this and found out only blues societies port of Daddy long legs and solo downtowners. But we still hangout developing their own take on the as more of a personal validation. can nominate and we want to con- performers lulian Fauth and Alex in uptown Waterloo." genre. and that hopefully we'll be getting tinue this because it‘s a really wor- Tintinalli at the Gig Theatre in Advance tickets for the Gig The~ “lt shows that the genre is not some more attention especially in thy thing to do for local bands. Kitchener. Proceeds will go to sup- atre show are $154 They are avail- dead," said Elliott. "We were trying respect to this trip to Memphis." “We're rich in talent." port their entry into the lntema- able at the Orange Monkey in to do something that kept us said Elliott. (Iloutier said he's excited about tional Blues Challenge that has a Waterloo or at respecting ourselves. and that we The band got the endorsement Daddy Longs Legs' nomination chance of putting the local musi» www.ticketscence.ca. 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