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community by David Marnoch Baldry Brings the Blues and Bucks to Deep Cove 4 0 years a g o . " l enjoy going eyeball t o eyeball w i t h the a u d i e n c e , telling tall s t o r i e s f r o m my life, and w i p i n g t h e c o b w e b s off s o m e o f t h e o l d e r m a t e r ial," B a l d r y says, p r o m i s i n g t o t h r o w in s o m e n e w tunes a m o n g the o l d c h e s t nuts. at t h e V i c t o r i a Blues F e s t i v a l . W i t h vocalist and long-time c o l l a b o r a t o r K a t h i M a c d o n a l d o n h a r m o n i e s , the t u n e n e v e r fails t o s t o p t h e s h o w , H o w e v e r , t h e r e is n o way B a l d r y can o r will avoid d o i n g his signature / " A n y o n e w h o has delighted in the full-tilt p e r f o r m a n c e s of L o n g John B a l d r y and his band o v e r the years is in f o r a rare t r e a t w h e n the lege n d a r y British bluesman d o e s a series o f f o u r intimate a c o u s t i c s h o w s July 2 2 - 2 5 t o benefit the D e e p C o v e C u l t u r a l C e n t r e . T h e tall man w i t h the big v o i c e will be joined o n stage by guitarist Tony R o b e r t s o n and B u t c h C o u l t e r o n h a r m o n i c a at the N o r t h S h o r e v e n u e , which Long John describes w i t h o b v i o u s f o n d n e s s as " a delightful little spot." A s he tells t h e s t o r y , Baldry's c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the D e e p C o v e C u l t u r a l C e n t r e c a m e a b o u t long b e f o r e it o p e n e d its d o o r s t o the public for the first t i m e o n M a r c h 3 1 , 1992. A f t e r being asked by Province w r i t e r D a m i e n I n w o o d t o lend a h a n d , B a l d r y p i t c h e d in at a Shaw C a b l e t e l e t h o n t o help raise funds f o r the C e n t r e d u r i n g the s u m m e r o f l 9 9 0 . T o t h e delight o f o r g a n i z e r s , the t e l e t h o n c o l l e c t e d m o r e than $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 and put t h e $1' million campaign o v e r t h e t o p . Since t h e n , B a l d r y jokes he has b e e n o n l y t o o pleased t o help o u t ("mop- ping t h e floor, s h a r p e n i n g pencils, and t h e l i k e " ) , w h i l e adding slightly m o r e s e r i ously that his British upbringing taught him t h e value of helping local theatre survive. T h e musician says t h e D e e p C o v e C u l t u r a l C e n t r e is simply " a nice place t o play," adding that he l o o k s forward to "stumbling a r o u n d " with his guitar, singing " L o r d Have M e r c y " and o t h e r blues favourites, m u c h like he did w h e n he first g o t s t a r t e d o v e r S o m e songs f r o m the e x t e n s i v e B a l d r y r e p e r t o i r e lend t h e m s e l v e s b e t t e r t o spare a c o u s t i c a r r a n g e m e n t s , he says, w h i l e o t h e r s s o u n d best w i t h t h e full band, w h i c h is w h y he'll be saving his s o u l - s t i r r i n g r e n d i t i o n of the R i g h t e o u s B r o t h e r s classic, " Y o u ' v e L o s t T h a t L o v i n g Feeling," f o r s u m m e r s h o w s at V a n c o u v e r ' s v e n e r a ble blues w a t e r i n g - h o l e , the Yale, and song, the o n e g u a r a n t e e d t o bring the house d o w n , during the D e e p C o v e dates. W r y l y r e f e r r i n g t o the n u m b e r as " m y m a n d a t o r y p e n a n c e , " Baldry estimates he has p e r f o r m e d " D o n ' t T r y t o Lay N o B o o g i e - W o o g i e o n the K i n g of R o c k and R o l l " at e v e r y single s h o w he has d o n e since he first released the s o n g o n a 1971 album. T h a t album featured several of his