Kelowna born ’80s and ’90s pop/ “fine folk rock” band The Grapes of Wrath still have it.
They played for a good sized crowd at the Geomatic Attic, Oct. 22. Their second set included a lot of sweet, jangling guitar pop music and a nice mix of their ’80s and
early ’90s hits, some beautiful Simon and Garfunkel style vocal harmonies and lots of tracks from their brand new CD ‘High Road.’
Lead guitarist Kevin Kane took turns singing lead with bassist Tom Hooper and each added spine tingling harmony vocals as drummer Chris Hooper added the beat.
They had a utility man Patrick adding extra acoustic guitar and keyboards.
They wound down their show with the big hits “All The Things I Wasn’t” and “ Peace Of Mind,” but the three core members returned for an encore of spirited versions of Cheap Trick’s ‘ Surrender” which Kane described as “the first song we ever played on stage at Tom’s seventh grade dance” and a poppy version, thanks to the beautiful vocal harmonies they added to the Sex Pistols’ ‘Anarchy in the UK.’ The vocal harmonies made the covers their own.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
