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bf nt ClaytonThomas hits the road again MONTREAL CP David ClaytonThomas is back on the road The Toronto singer who in troduced sizzling jazz to rock roll as leader of Blood Sweat and Tears has emerged from retirement with new songs and new band And hes started North American tour Every musician when hes on the road says to himself cant wait until this is over But after month off hes bored to tears At 37 ClaytonThomas ap pears to be enjoying himself on stage joking with the beer drinking crowd and inviting people to sing along with the songs they knew When he last was in Montreal during the 1976 Olympic Games he filled Place des Arts But he said in the iii terview he prefers small nightclub crowd this time before taking his new band on the fouriiiontli tour that begins in Winnipeg UHF IITttltill tlaytonrlhomas grew up tough kid in Toronto and spent time in reform schools until di verting his energy to playing music in local bars In moi he left for New York and three years later had be come an international star with Blood Sweat and Tears on hits like Spinning Wheel and You lade Me So Very Ilappy To get out of gruelling conr cert schedule he quit the band in 1973 and went on his own But alter oiin modest success he joined reshuffled Blood Sweat and Tears three years later Two or three years ago as he puts it he got married and tried to settle down in Toronto The marriage didnt last and neither did his retirement He started playing again but when one of his hand members died of drug overdose during concert tour in Europe year ago he went into limbo once more It really gave us all pause for thought he says He returned to Toronto to write songs again When he had enough material he gathered some studio musicians and old friends to record an album called simply layton Asked whether he named the band taiiada for patriotic rea sons the thrpound singer CAROLE KING HER GREATEST HITS warg tlmto no Mzu um $0EI4Alv Wvflllkl nunsr avMr mar£3 some Girls Jeffé VISS IOU RESPICIABII BIASI 0t BURDEN ROLLING STONES Miss You and more AT SAMS ONLY STEVE MILER Greatest Hits and more AT SAMS ONLY has LED EPPELIN DONNA SUMMER ARRYMANILOW IV Stairway to Heaven Live Love To Love You creme HISI Ready Black Dog Aand6 more Baby and lo more lake Chan Aga and la more AT SAMS AT SAMS AT SAMS ONLY Mao Some Girls Shattered I97478 Jet Airliner The Joker 499 449 INVEST NOW DIAMOND NEEDLES roared an indignant profanity and replied to the effect that he stays out of politics Its just that were all from Canada he concluded with better composure The sixpiece band paced by female drummer is without the overpowering brass section that was the trademark of Blood Sweat and Tears Instead it features funkier rhythm section to use laytoii1hoinass phrase His short brown hair is thin on top now His face still is pudgy and ordinarylooking Dressed plainly in jeans dc nim jacket and striped shirt iiiibiittoiicd partway down his thick torso he looked neither the rock star nor the multimil lionaire he is But IaytonrIhomas was never one to follow fads as he continues to explore the illdc fined meeting ground of rock jilil and blues Since its release last Septem ber layton has sold mere 000 copies in Canada The prainotion people told me to use the name Blood Sweat and Tears because its milliondollar name Iaytoii Thomas said in the interview couldnt do it without los ing my integrity Taking some of the musicians who helped with the record and adding couple more laytonr Thomas formed his present band at the beginning of this year The group includes Steve Kennedy on saxophone and flute Bruce tassidy on trum pet flugclhorn and synthesizer Sally happus on drums David Iitch on bass Kenny Marco on rhythm guitar and Joe Seeley on piano Asked how much longer he thinks his music career might last Tlayton Thomas says Im just getting started Young novelist no stranger to success OTTAWA ttl Iypically 26yearold Gail Henley didnt stop to consider that many people dont succeed with their first novel The tawny blondc just forged ahead and wrote about young girl of Polish descent who struggles to improve herself and her life and called it Where The heirics IInd Ilp Then she sold it to Jack Mctlelland hardheaded pub lislier of Mctlelland and Stew art within 24 hours after step ping into his office late one afternoon to introduce both her self and the manuscript Thats no mean feat But this determinui young woman member of the Polish coiiiiiiii iiity around Barrys isay in the Ottawa Valley is no stranger to accomplishment She is for example founder and president of Henley Hy giene Ltd an England based company which produces dis posable underarm shields known as ool Mates for outlets such as the famous Hcriods ot Itondon Theyre completely new invention Ive had them pat ented she said with friendly enthusiasm in recent inter view And added with equally friendly candor litting her arm to enable closer look See how marvelloust this ones working Miss Henley nee Itlshcnski but convinced by one of her drama teachers to change it for the sake of her career to some thing softer also has launched herself into an acting career in England which landed her small part beside Jane Fonda iiithefilmJulia For me being beside lniie Ionda was being celebrity SATURDAY FEB 3rd am only CAROLE KING Greatest Hits Its Too Late The Earth Move more Quantities Linnth One Per Person Folovllng Item on uh at advmud prices while luppty lam FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAY ONE EACH PER PERSON Backless Promises Crursin YMCA Ups Watch Out For Luty and and Downs and more more AT SAMS AT SAMS more AT SAMS 999 Unmvdituonoiy guov antood tor on AT SAMS ONLY ONLY 30 Far Away WINGS FLEETWOOD MAC Wings Greatest Another Rumours Go your Own Day Mull at Kintyre rm and way AT suns onu ONLY she relates had three people assigned to look after me me put pieces ot tape under my shoes was wearing high heels to make it easier for me to alk on them Now thats what call treat iiieiit when they come out ot the woodwork to make sure that you dont fall flat on your face heart wliitcsmile Now she has written novel Where The therries Iilltl Ip is Ilic story ot tienia liickoskic one ot eight children ii lolish lamin cking out bare bones eXistentc on litlltl in southern tiitario ltcspitc lier poverty despite laugh toothy her alcoholic tatlicr iciiia breaks out Io attend Mctiill liiiversity where she llittls and falls in love with rich Jewish boy nainedJcsse eitlicr Ictiill 01 Jesse pans out toi iciiia But though she returns to tarin and tainin SIII does tt llltllt able to cope with lici bit and licisclt Iii tllltt ispccts the book is iiitobnigiaphnal says Iiss Iliillc She IIHI thin to Ictilll Iii LII her and SIII is oiic ot eight children lint she is not tieiiia My tannly Ilitittl oil the tariii iii tlii early tths IHIIIIII was boiii she says You iiitiilit si wc had already be come piospcioiix Alltl graduating lliittt Ictiill Miss lleiiliy spent year It Poland on scholarship where she receile tliploiiia in tlllltlt and language Itlitti liiivcrss ot trnctiw wont iiiiiltiis ot sttillittl with that she returned to aiiatla to complete autonomyom CANADAS LARGEST AND BESTKNOWN RECORD STORE Fem itirf DAIZTORV SEALED Hm Puv SIENU new ERIC PTN ILIEIWOOI MAC Rumou rs Dreams and more 999 the point on Soml hood MEMOREX SPECIAL OFFER AT SAMS C9O MRX OXIDE BLANK CASSETTES WHILE SUPPLY LASTS FOR 1099 in DUNLOP 51 BARRIE °°ff illllllllllllllillllll STORE HOURS Saturday am pan an MA in English at lniversity of Toronto also on scholar ship Then it was off to England where she still resides to enrol in the ltoyal Academy of lira inatic Art Between courses and telc VISIUIIzttllIII contracts Miss Henley wrote her first novel and iiiotlicrcd her first in vention lndcr the hot lights in the television studios she noticed actors peispired heavily fo product they tried seemed to help So Miss Ileiilcy with the help of an interested chemical company and alter etcnsie research invented and patented ool Mates She wrote here The herries lind lp while acting which she says she thought of as holiday from the hectic world she inherited when she became president of her own company Were on our feet now she says of llenley Hygiene but the first year had to do almost everything myself So could only write the book when was away from the company actr ing What next Shes writiiiga screenplay for Where The hcrrics lIiid ITp in which she herself would like to play tlic lead role of itlllil Shes working on second novel which she says is an expose of aiiadian universities She is to be the subjch of television IUltltlll£ll in her home town of Barrys Bay My mind comes to IIII plctc stop when think about itshc says with groan that betray an underlying ex citeiiicnt RILIIA ThEATREs GENEVA is WEST ST 326633 If WILL TURN YOU EVERY WHICH WAY OUT Loose ADULT INTIRTAINMENT ll at ivlIi tr nub om 2nd WEEK AT PM trio NOW PLAYING AT 715 915 pan ATerrifying Love Story MAGIC NIDOl Gininvalth r151th Ol MATINEES SATURDAY 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