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      waiting
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      Who
      is
      the
      Wammee?
     
     
      By
      Colin
      James
      Cheverie
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      July,
      I
      had
      the
      pleasure
      of
      talking
      to
      Michael
     
     
      (Lopez)
      Phillips,
      of
      the
      independant
      band,
      the
     
     
      Wammee,
      who
      are
      based
      in
      Toronto.
      For
      a
      bit
      of
     
     
      background,
      The
      Wammee
      is
      essentially
      a
      blues-rock
     
     
      band
      of
      an
      alternative
      sort.
      The
      band
      consists
      of
     
     
      Michael
      Phillips
      on
      bass
      guitar,
      Lonnie
      James
      on
     
    
   
   
    
     
      drums,
      Richard
      Carstens
      on
      guitars
      and
      lead
      vocals,
     
     
      and,
      new
      addition
      this
      year,
      John
      Frankum,
      who
     
     
      adds
      to
      the
      quartet,
      keyboards
      and
      the
      sax.
      The
     
     
      band
      was
      formed
      in
      1982
      and
      have
      since
      released
      a
     
     
      self-titled
      four
      song
      demo
      and
      a
      nine-song
      project
     
     
      entitled
      Walkin’Sideways.
      Walkin’Sideways
      received
     
     
      considerable
      independant
      airplay,
      in
      Ontario,
      and,
     
     
      as
      far
      away
      as
      Vancouver.
      The
      success
      of
     
     
      Walkin’Sideways
      enabled
      them
      to
      lure
      Peter
      Moore’s
     
     
      style
      of
      producing
      and
      sound
      engineering
      on
      to
      their
     
     
      new
      project,
      which
      is
      due
      out
      sometime
      this
      fall.
     
     
      Peter
      Moore,
      for
      those
      of
      you
      who
      live
      in
      closets,
     
     
      has
      produced
      bands
      like
      the
      Cowboy
      Junkies
      and
      is
     
     
      gaining
      much
      recognition
      for
      his
      recording
      style
      land
     
     
      sound.
      Mr.
      Phillips
      informed,
      me
      that
      the
     
     
      Wammee’s
      sound
      might
      be
      changing
      as
      a
      result
      of
     
     
      working
      with
      Peter
      Moore
      but
      he
      will
      always
      be
     
     
      true
      to
      the
      blues.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      First
      of
      all
      I
      asked
      Michael
      how
      the
      Wammee
      got
     
     
      it’s
      name.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Richard
      (Carstens)
      had
      this
      tape
      of
      Screamin’
      J.
     
     
      Hawkins,
      who
      is
      a
      really
      weird
      old
      rhythm
      and
      blues
     
     
      performer
      and
      one
      of
      his
      songs
      was
      called
      the
     
     
      Wammee.
      We
      really
      liked
      his
      music
      and
      style
      so
      we
     
     
      named
      the
      band
      after
      the
      song.
      "He’s
      a
      really
     
     
      demented
      guy
      because
      he
      carries
      this
      six-foot
      staff
     
     
      with
      a
      skull
      on
      the
      top
      which
      he
      calls
      Herman
      and
     
     
      starts
      his
      shows
      by
      coming
      out
      of
      a
      coffin."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      asked
      Michael
      to
      define
      what
      goes
      into
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      22,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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