Style: songs in the key of a 13-year old
Line-Up:Jeremy Rusu (drums, vocals); Clint Bowman (bass); Dave Brown (saxophonist); Eric Loewen (guitar); Randy Rusu (guitar)
Contact:Enzo Petrungaro, 410 Sherbourne St. Toronto, ON M4X 1K2; Clint (204) 237-6502 

Look out Hanson, Dot-5-0’s 13-year old Jeremy Rusu is coming through! The blind, singer-drummer with the prepubescent falsetto has a penchant for soul-drenched pop. Sharing the same birthday as Stevie Wonder, the musical prodigy plays drums, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, Flugelhorn, banjo and accordion. While his instrument-of-choice is drums, Rusu composes on piano or acoustic guitar. The band, named after the Braille contraction of the word ‘one’ (as in #1), is comprised of former members of Winnipeg indies Dub Rifles, The Unwanted, Living Proof and Monuments Galore (one of whom is Jeremy’s father, Randy). A two-song cassette, featuring a bluesy ballad “School Days” and the reggae-tinged “Braille ‘N’ Speak” (a talking Braille computer), is all that’s been officially released at the moment. It was recorded at Channels Audio in Winnipeg in January ’97

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