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Originally Posted by direwolf
I agree, these guys should have been able to ride the grunge wave to worldwide stardom, or at the very least Canadian stardom. I guess their punk/metal/jazz/country fusion was just too weird for mainstream audiences at the time. Just one of those unfair twists of fate.
They were pretty big in western Canada though. Just about every kid I knew had a Smalls t-shirt and owned at least one or two of their albums, and I remember seeing those little stickers all over the place in the early-mid 90s:
There was a great documentary about them that came out a couple years ago. Excellent viewing if you haven't seen it. I went to the first screening here in Vancouver, and probably 90% of the audience were people from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
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Not to be
that guy, but I was at the premier of that documentary at the Calgary Film Festival with The Smalls in attendance.
Did you catch them on their reunion tour a few years ago? At one point, Corb Lund said to the audience, 'just like old times, hey guys?' and it was so cool because it totally did feel like old times.
I videoed a bunch of their show. If you want to see it I'll send you my YouTube link.