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Rock plaza central are we not horses rar4/13/2023 ![]() Ten years later, Eaton is fronting a seven-piece folkestra himself-still called Rock Plaza Central-and his songwriting has improved leaps and bounds, largely by simplifying its chord structures and allowing his band to weave themselves in and out of the songs at will. He gave up music for years, landing in Toronto and working as a copy writer in an advertising company while penning two novels on the side. Now that I've been a slow convert to his new album, I'll admit now that I wasn't a fan of Eaton's music back then: though he was obviously a clever, thoughtful guy, I felt his songs tried too hard to include as many chords as possible, his voice always went to the same strained high notes to convey drama. The hospitality and enthusiasm of Sackville was the perfect cushion to land in, and the town's residents-many of whom are inspiring, both as artists and people-have always had a warm place in my heart. ![]() ![]() It's a night I'll never forget: largely because my band had survived a 12-hour death-defying battle with a broken accelerator in our van in a brutal Maritime white-out blizzard. I was playing in a seven-piece folkestra at the time he was a solo singer/songwriter opening the show. I first heard Chris Eaton of Rock Plaza Central play in an Irish pub in the tiny university town of Sackville, New Brunswick back in 1997.
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