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Dec 22 and Friday Dec 23 till ll pm and Saturday December 24 till pm PRICES EFFECTIVE TO TUES JAN EXCEPT MEAT PRODUCE EFFECTIVE TO SAT DEC 31 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES Barrie only Wesfern music big in Quebec MONTREAL CP Shrouded in spotlights and cigarette smoke 14yearold Line Charbonneau crooned Dear Daddy please dont come home drunk tonight Then she broke into yodel accompanied by an insistent lead guitar electric bass and drums while 175 people cram med into Buffet Andre stamped and clapped along The West has no monopoly on western music It goes eep in to the heartland of French Quebec and finds expression in kitchens lumber cam coun try music festivals an even on French television Western stars sell more records than some of the big gest names in Quebec rock and pop artistsincluding Robert Charlebois and Beau Dom mage While another singer works out Folsom Prison Blues sing ing in English Miss Char bonneau dressed in dazzling llow western outfit squeezes tween candlelit tables selling records at $5 copy Her father clearly not drunk follows with his arms full of records CROWD WORKINGCLASS The crowd at Buffet Andre is drawn from the modest bun galows and modern apartment units in mainly workingclass area of suburban Montreal Most of those at Buffet Andre were couples in their 305 and 405 smartly dressed women with shorthaired permanents and men wearing suitcoats and sideburns No marijuana odor no hip pies no political radicals its solidly Quebec but no one boos when singer breaks into Eng lish Much of the music is bor rowed from Nashvillebased singers and words are loosely translated into French The popular US country singer Merle Haggard might be surprised to fin one of his tunes being sung and recorded urhcider the title Vive Mon Que Bemard and Julie Duguay are currently top of the local country charts and music pro moter Roger Charlebois an nounced to cheers that the pair had within the last year re ceived three golden records from Torontobased dis tribution company represen ting sales of 50000 each STILL JUST FOLKS The couple have sold 350000 copies of their eight records sin ce they began singing four years ago they said in an inter view before going on stage But they were anxious to show that the were still good 01 country to although they had left blue denim behind Were still just humble sim Bic people beamed Mrs uguay 41 wearing lowcut floorlength yellow dress and fur stole Duguay between string of wellwishers coming by his table said he spends his eam ings on cars Winnebago motor home nice house jewels for my wife You might as well enjoy it Mrs Duguay said most of their songs are composed by her brotherinlaw Paul Da raiche After swinging her ample body through song about the Gaspe where both Duguays come from Mrs Duguay gushed We love you all If it wasnt for you wed never be where we are today FANS MOSTLY RURAL FrenchCanadian western fans live mostly in rural areas especially the Gaspe rural New Brunswick the Eastern Townships and the northwest mining towns Theyre people who arent too rich and their problems are reflected in the music said promoter Charlebois president the Quebec Folkloric Associ ation The songs concern them selves with everyday problems of everyday people Western music is there to say that these problems exist whether they be love or finan cialyou cant avoid them He estimated that between 15 and 20 cent of the songs are about rinking problems it could be about guy who is too drunk to go to work so his wife has to go in his place Theyre awful stories but theyre true sincere And theyre always decent its the same themes as 25 years ago Its not like rock thats even immoral It reas sures peo le Its music that helps us ind the values of the family of our duties DEALS WITH ESSENTIALS Charlebois the 33yearold father of four children said western is the mimic of the future because people feel need to get back to essentials It was snubbed in the 505 now even symphony orchestras are playing it Theres no other music which has that force Ev ery 10 years its death is pre dictad Charlebois writes for free western music column in the weekly entertainment tabloid Vedettes and gets 500 to 600 let ters week Daniel Beaudry sales direc tor for Bonanza Musique Inc which specializes in Quebec western and folk music says Quebec western is more con servative and traditional than in other parts of North Amer tca Quebec western si er who cant yodel is not worth is gui tar while yodelling is consid cred obsolete by Nashville