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Date Posted: Wed, Nov 28 2007, 0:12:59
Author: SCC
Subject: even tho the band SAYS it is named after Black Sabbath and Leif?
In reply to: SHERRYZ 's message, "A band named after Leif !!" on Sat, Nov 24 2007, 12:00:53

> >href="http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Music/2007/11/2
>4/4681296-sun.html">http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/M
>usic/2007/11/24/4681296-sun.html
>
>Sweet memories enough
>
>Sat, November 24, 2007
>
>By JAMES REANEY, FREE PRESS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
>COLUMNIST
>
>
>
>They never rehearse. Don't have a set list.
>
>Their fans love to challenge them by spinning "the
>Wheel of Garrett" -- and seeing if it lands on punk,
>country, metal or "sing a song or tell a joke."
>
>All the four guys in Sweet Leaf Garrett have to show
>for 15 years of rocking London is a lot of fun,
>memories and the chance to keep on doing it.
>
>"We're like the factory guy getting to play on the
>factory hockey team. It's that kind of thing," says
>drummer Steve Crew.
>
>Along with bandmates -- guitarists and singers
>Jefferson (Jeffy B) Bialkowski and Shaun Sanders and
>bassist Jeff (Stan) Fountain -- Crew celebrates 15
>years of gigs tonight and tomorrow night at the Brass
>Door at 10 p.m.
>
>All four share a world of experience in London rock --
>including past and present gigs in Adam West,
>Bobnoxious, Helix, the Malachi Brothers, Tim E and the
>Yes Men, Rev. Freddie and the Distillers, the Buffalo
>Brothers, Julia Propeller and more.
>
>Sweet Leaf Garrett is the part-time home for the four
>musicians as they keep rocking in their other "day
>job" bands.
>
>SLG's happy saga started 15 years ago at the Brunswick
>when Sweet Leaf's first lineup began playing on Sunday
>nights.
>
>"It was $37.50 each -- and a pickled egg," Bialkowski
>recalls of the early days.
>
>Fountain, the only London rocker nicknamed for his
>amazing impersonations of great comic Stan Laurel,
>joined about a year into the run. All four rockers
>loved the free-spirited SLG approach.
>
>"We could just play whatever the heck we wanted to . .
>. it was refreshing to do that twice a week," Crew
>says.
>
>These days, in addition to its regular Sunday night
>gig at the Brass Door, the band plays Wednesdays at
>Norma Jean's.
>
>The band takes its name from Black Sabbath's 1971 ode,
>Sweet Leaf, and 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett. The Leif
>Garrett songbook may be one of the few areas SLG
>doesn't investigate as it cheerfully -- and expertly
>-- tackles everything from McCartney to Ozzy to Zep to
>KISS while detouring for lots of punk and metal.
>
>Back in the day, nobody expected Sweet Leaf Garrett to
>run and run and run. "Are you kidding me?" laughs
>Fountain when asked if he thought the band was built
>to last.
>
>The fun-first, no-stress atmosphere has kept the band
>going, he says. So has its refusal to take itself too
>seriously.
>
>So has the certainty that somebody has a grasp on the
>next song. "Jeffy's a walking juke box and Shaun's the
>same way," Fountain says.
>
>The band did try having a set list. Once. It didn't
>work.
>
>Instead of just rocking the joint, the Sweet Leafs
>found themselves spending that gig looking over the
>long, long list and being a little amazed at how many
>songs they knew.
>
>Still, having a list of the hundreds of songs in the
>SLG canon proved to have its uses.
>
>At one point, a fool agent didn't believe Sweet Leaf
>Garrett knew the right stuff for a certain gig. The
>list was handy.
>
>"We just let it roll off his fax machine with 500
>songs on it," Bialkowski laughs. That did the job --
>and Sweet Leaf Garrett got the gig.
>
>The band can also rely on its "Wheel of Garrett" to
>keep things moving. It's the London rock and roll
>version of the old "crown and anchor" wheels or the
>Wheel of Fortune TV version. Except it's a lot
>funnier.
>
>With one spin, the wheel might land on CanCon -- so
>Sweet Leaf Garrett would have to respond with
>something from a Canadian band. No matter the spin,
>it's tough to stump SLG.
>
>The spin might put the fan on the spot. The Wheel of
>Garrett might order the fan to down a pickled egg with
>Tabasco sauce.
>
>Even that should go down nicely this weekend. Sweet
>Leaf Garrett is sweet 15 -- and they definitely know
>how to party.
>
>IF YOU GO
>
>What: Fifteenth anniversary shows for London rock band
>Sweet Leaf Garrett
>
>When: Tonight and tomorrow, music about 10 p.m.
>
>Where: Brass Door, 186 King St.
>
>Details: No cover. 19-and-up. Call 519-438-7115.

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[> I received the letter too....I didn't see any reason to post it...It has nothing to do with Leif... -- Donna From Nashville..., Wed, Dec 05 2007, 15:05:50 [1]

> >href="http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Music/2007/11/2
>4/4681296-sun.html">http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/M
>usic/2007/11/24/4681296-sun.html
>
>Sweet memories enough
>
>Sat, November 24, 2007
>
>By JAMES REANEY, FREE PRESS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
>COLUMNIST
>
>
>
>They never rehearse. Don't have a set list.
>
>Their fans love to challenge them by spinning "the
>Wheel of Garrett" -- and seeing if it lands on punk,
>country, metal or "sing a song or tell a joke."
>
>All the four guys in Sweet Leaf Garrett have to show
>for 15 years of rocking London is a lot of fun,
>memories and the chance to keep on doing it.
>
>"We're like the factory guy getting to play on the
>factory hockey team. It's that kind of thing," says
>drummer Steve Crew.
>
>Along with bandmates -- guitarists and singers
>Jefferson (Jeffy B) Bialkowski and Shaun Sanders and
>bassist Jeff (Stan) Fountain -- Crew celebrates 15
>years of gigs tonight and tomorrow night at the Brass
>Door at 10 p.m.
>
>All four share a world of experience in London rock --
>including past and present gigs in Adam West,
>Bobnoxious, Helix, the Malachi Brothers, Tim E and the
>Yes Men, Rev. Freddie and the Distillers, the Buffalo
>Brothers, Julia Propeller and more.
>
>Sweet Leaf Garrett is the part-time home for the four
>musicians as they keep rocking in their other "day
>job" bands.
>
>SLG's happy saga started 15 years ago at the Brunswick
>when Sweet Leaf's first lineup began playing on Sunday
>nights.
>
>"It was $37.50 each -- and a pickled egg," Bialkowski
>recalls of the early days.
>
>Fountain, the only London rocker nicknamed for his
>amazing impersonations of great comic Stan Laurel,
>joined about a year into the run. All four rockers
>loved the free-spirited SLG approach.
>
>"We could just play whatever the heck we wanted to . .
>. it was refreshing to do that twice a week," Crew
>says.
>
>These days, in addition to its regular Sunday night
>gig at the Brass Door, the band plays Wednesdays at
>Norma Jean's.
>
>The band takes its name from Black Sabbath's 1971 ode,
>Sweet Leaf, and 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett. The Leif
>Garrett songbook may be one of the few areas SLG
>doesn't investigate as it cheerfully -- and expertly
>-- tackles everything from McCartney to Ozzy to Zep to
>KISS while detouring for lots of punk and metal.
>
>Back in the day, nobody expected Sweet Leaf Garrett to
>run and run and run. "Are you kidding me?" laughs
>Fountain when asked if he thought the band was built
>to last.
>
>The fun-first, no-stress atmosphere has kept the band
>going, he says. So has its refusal to take itself too
>seriously.
>
>So has the certainty that somebody has a grasp on the
>next song. "Jeffy's a walking juke box and Shaun's the
>same way," Fountain says.
>
>The band did try having a set list. Once. It didn't
>work.
>
>Instead of just rocking the joint, the Sweet Leafs
>found themselves spending that gig looking over the
>long, long list and being a little amazed at how many
>songs they knew.
>
>Still, having a list of the hundreds of songs in the
>SLG canon proved to have its uses.
>
>At one point, a fool agent didn't believe Sweet Leaf
>Garrett knew the right stuff for a certain gig. The
>list was handy.
>
>"We just let it roll off his fax machine with 500
>songs on it," Bialkowski laughs. That did the job --
>and Sweet Leaf Garrett got the gig.
>
>The band can also rely on its "Wheel of Garrett" to
>keep things moving. It's the London rock and roll
>version of the old "crown and anchor" wheels or the
>Wheel of Fortune TV version. Except it's a lot
>funnier.
>
>With one spin, the wheel might land on CanCon -- so
>Sweet Leaf Garrett would have to respond with
>something from a Canadian band. No matter the spin,
>it's tough to stump SLG.
>
>The spin might put the fan on the spot. The Wheel of
>Garrett might order the fan to down a pickled egg with
>Tabasco sauce.
>
>Even that should go down nicely this weekend. Sweet
>Leaf Garrett is sweet 15 -- and they definitely know
>how to party.
>
>IF YOU GO
>
>What: Fifteenth anniversary shows for London rock band
>Sweet Leaf Garrett
>
>When: Tonight and tomorrow, music about 10 p.m.
>
>Where: Brass Door, 186 King St.
>
>Details: No cover. 19-and-up. Call 519-438-7115.

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