Who: Tacoma Redd
What: redd rock
Where: Toronto, ON
To Contact: Management – Diane Foy, Skylar Entertainment, 45 Markham St., Toronto, ON M6J 2G4 (416) 413-9672, diane@skylarentertainment.ca, www.tacomaredd.com.

Out of a tragic circumstance, Toronto’s Tacoma Redd is paying tribute to its friend and late guitarist Ron “Dabz” Boudreau-McLellan (who died in 2004 after a valiant fight against Cystic Fibrosis) by continuing on without him. The rock band’s six-song EP, A Momentary Misfortune, is not only dedicated to him but many of the lyrics seem to be about him. On the lead track and first single, “When I’m Not Around”, frontman Doug Smart sings “You never backed down from your fight/You fought for 30 years to hold back all those angry tears…your pain is over,” and on “Letting Go” there’s such lines as “Time can only bring more healing…time to rest eternally…I’ll have to say goodbye.” A song like “Please Keep Believing”, which has a darker, urgent sound, could be a romantic relationship (“Where are you now, my angel/’Cause I need you now“) or perhaps be a call-out to Dabz. Produced by Moe Berg of The Pursuit of Happiness, the EP was recorded at Toronto’s Chemical Sound and engineered by Rudy Rempel, and is a straight-up melodic rock recording. “Tears Fall Down”, a softer song, includes violin by Douglas Spence. Joining Smart in the band are guitarist Bryan Richards, bassist Chris Bell and drummer Dean Glover.

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