Will, The - Causa Sui (EP)

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Funky Babylon
	2	Live in Animation

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	The Empty Cabinet
	2	The Final Reward
	3	The Garden of Love

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Information/Write-up

Five song alternative / punk / 80's goth new wave group from Calgary, Alberta. independent release / plays at 33.3 rpm ... features all-around great guy Brent Cooper - who would later form canadian legends Huevos Ranchos. Includes inner sleeve with tons of liner notes.

the will... are:
Peter the kid Balkwill: Banging and Thomping
Brent Cooper: Rude Noises
d.jewel davidson: Painful noises
Ducky King: Low pitched noises

Don Pennington: Noise control

All songs written by d.jewel davidson and Ducky King, except where noted otherwise.

The Will...
left to right: Ducky King, D. Jewel Davidson, Joe McCaffery, Ted Clark Latimer
The Will… are vocalist D. Jewel Davidson, part-time astronaut and bassist Ducky King, guitarist Joe McCaffery, and drummer and U of C student Ted Clark Latimer. The band’s nucleus has been together for years. The band refused to put a label on its music. Their various influences range from Jimi Hendrix to James Brown’s shoe builder. In a moment of weakness, they admit that their music is “everything rock ‘n’ roll was meant to be but isn’t.” The Will… say Calgary doesn’t treat them badly: They just ignore use, so we ignore them.” A CBC-produced EP was released in 1983. One of the tunes, Funky Babylon, made it to No. 1 on the CJSW charts. While they are skeptical about the band’s future, they’d have no objection to making money if a record label came looking for them. Lyricist, poet and short story writer D. Jewel Davidson has another career in mind: he fancies himself a new recruit in the bag lady corps. And one last thing: they’re not happy about the above photo. Firstly, the photographer wouldn’t allow their fifth member, Happy the Clown, to pose. Secondly, they feel the whole concept reeks of “pouring the band into a glass bottle with formaldehyde.” They’re afraid of the “dissecting middle-class gaze,” so have a good look.

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