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Show Asian meet set Asian Student Union will meet Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. in Union 700 to discuss dis-cuss and plan the proposed pro-posed Asian Center. Home has been a lot of places for Christopher Kearney. He grew up in the rural village of Lindsay, Ontario I " 'X and spent his musically formative years listening to Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers and such now-legendary ,. -' masters, and was moved to try his hand at playing the , I music. He began with the inevitable rusty-stringed, cast-off ' ;V-r-r guitar and, not knowing to restring it to suit his left- 1 $ handedness, he turned it upside down and learned all the . . I h chords backwards a style he still uses, much to the " dismay of jam-session musicians who try to follow him. ' " At sixteen he left Lindsay, traveled a bit, finding his '-r" way to Columbus, Georgia, banjo-picking with blue- (0jjV 'J' grass pro David Berg. California next, where he played every closet folk club in the Bay Area. Next came the tfHV"' C U.S. Army, Vietnam and helicopters, but he doesn't "r'" 1 talk about it. Finally, St. John's, Newfoundland, parents, food and rest. While attending Memorial University Christopher met I Gordon Lightfoot, who provided the artistic attention and I . encouragement necessary at that stage of his career, J I and by 1968 Christopher was back in San Francisco, playing I If better clubs. The peripatetic Kearney returned to Toronto I ft in 1969, signed with Lightfoot's Early Morning Productions, ir I an association which introduced him to Dennis Murphy j of Sundog Productions. I I Now Christopher lives in Toronto and this is his first, long- I planned album, produced for Sundog by Dennis. Together I they've created something that gives focus to all those miles I and all those years. Seven of the ten songs are by Chris- I topher; the other three appear because he likes them. I Christopher Kearney, the album and the man, inseparable J 1 as is the case with all truly thoughtful and intuitive artists. V 'C He invites you into his music. For him, it is home. J caprtoi. tr.jr JHHH3 ilHiEHUES IB EZAET CEEHSOPHESEI riESilElBTESir Capitol (ST-11043) V j Specially Discount Priced viscount records $5.98 Youpay$3.97 rfi J " 1. i 7A; Would You Work For This Man? applications now available for the Summer Chronicle and 72-73 Chronicle positions. We need staff writers, photographers, editorial columnists (someone to replace aldo), a few very good feature writers, and a refrigerator. Applicants for writing Positions should submit clips (samples) Wlth their applications, which can be .Pedup from the Chronicle secretary. . |