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      Atthe
      end
      of
      August
      of
      this
      year,
      Charlottetown
      singer-
     
     
      Songwriter
      Richard
      Reagh
      launched
      his
      six-song
      CD,
      Half
     
     
      Dozen
      of
      the
      Other.
      This
      release
      was
      the
      culmination
      of
      a
     
     
      year
      and
      a
      half
      of
      playing
      the
      local
      bar
      and
      coffee-house
     
     
      Circuit,
      and
      the
      future
      looks
      bright.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Reagh
      is
      just
      twenty-four
      years
      old,
      but
      he
      sees
      his
      youth
      as
     
     
      being
      nothing
      but
      an
      asset.
      He
      has
      worked
      among
      much
     
     
      older
      adults
      for
      years
      now
      and
      is
      therefore
      quite
      comfortable
     
     
      'n
      those
      situations,
      but
      his
      actual
      age
      allows
      him
      to
      be
      on
     
     
      Par
      with
      students
      when
      necessary.
      ‘‘Besides’’,
      says
     
     
      Reagh,’’youneed
      the
      energy
      to
      keep
      going
      in
      this
      business.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
          
     
     
          
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Now
      that
      he’s
      got
      his
      start
      in
      the
      music
      business,
      he
      has
      his
     
     
      future
      to
      consider.
      When
      asked
      about
      this,
      Reagh
      becomes
     
     
      houghtful.
      He
      loves
      the
      sound
      quality
      and
      energy
      brought
      to
     
     
      his
      music
      by
      a
      full-band
      backup
      (his
      performance
      at
      the
     
     
      -IMN
      New
      Music
      Festival
      on
      September
      26
      was
      the
      first
     
     
      ime
      in
      over
      a
      year
      that
      he’s
      played
      with
      a
      full
      band
      and
      he’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      he
      won’t
      be
      able
      to
      hire
      on
      a
      permanent
      band.
      ‘‘There
     
     
      just
      aren’t
      enough
      places
      to
      play
      my
      style
      of
      music
      in
      the
     
     
      Maritimes
      that
      I
      can
      get
      bookings
      for
      six
      nights
      in
      a
      row,”’
     
     
      says
      Reagh.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ona
      flight
      of
      fancy,
      Reagh
      says
      that
      someday
      he
      would
      like
     
     
      to
      work
      with
      David
      Kirschenbaum,
      who
      produced
      Tracy
     
     
      Chapman’s
      firstalbum.
      Kirschenbaum
      preserved
      Chapman’s
     
     
      essence,
      yet
      produced
      P.T.O.,
      analbum
      that
      got
      airplay,
      and
     
     
      Reagh
      admires
      that.
      Reagh
      would
      also
      love
      to
      get
      together
     
     
      with
      U2’s
      the
      Edge
      and
      ‘‘just
      pick
      his
      brain.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      the
      album
      Half
      Dozen
      of
      the
      Other,
      Reagh
      worked
      with
     
     
      local
      talents
      Chris
      Corrigan,
      Roy
      Johnstone,
      and
      Chas
      Guy.
     
     
      On
      guitarist
      Chris
      Corrigan,
      Reagh
      comments,
      ‘‘Chris
      can
      do
     
     
      anumber
      of
      different
      styles,
      yet
      he
      has
      his
      own
      style,
      which
     
     
      comes
      out
      of
      his
      work.
      He
      really
      knows
      himself.’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      fiddler
      Roy
      Johnstone,
      ‘‘Roy
      brings
      a
      percussive,
      rock
      and
     
     
      roll
      attitude
      to
      his
      playing...what
      we
      have
      (of
      Roy
      on
      the
     
     
      album)
      is
      perfect...no
      one
      else
      could
      have
      done
      that.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      bassist
      Chas
      Guy,
      ‘‘
      Working
      with
      Chas
      was
      areally
     
     
      rewarding
      experience.
      He
      came
      in
      on
      such
      short
      notice,
      and
     
     
      he
      was
      so
      relaxed...it
      was
      perfect...you
      can
      feel
      the
      sound
     
     
      here
      [pointing
      to
      his
      heart].’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Reagh
      has,
      at
      present,
      a
      repertoire
      of
      nine
      original
      songs,
      but
     
     
      he’s
      trying
      to
      write
      more.
      His
      music
      is
      complex,
      social
     
     
      commentary,
      but
      he
      doesn’t
      consider
      himself
      to
      be
      a
      politi-
     
     
      cal
      songwriter.
      However,
      ‘‘Ifyou’re
      alive
      and
      you
      breathe,
     
     
      there
      are
      political
      overtones
      to
      what
      you
      do,’’
      he
      adds.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Richard
      Reagh
      plays
      Wednesday
      nights
      at
      Baba’s
      Lounge
     
     
      (over
      Cedar’s
      Eatery
      downtown),
      and
      his
      CD
      Half
      Dozen
      of
     
    

    
     
      '
      the
      Other
      is
      available
      at
      most
      local
      record
      stores,
      and
      can
     
     
      be
      heard
      on
      CIMN.
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      that
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      dictate
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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