The next couple of years were spent in lounges and clubs in western and central Canada doing covers of the day's chart hits. "Do You Want Your Love To Be," the fourth single, further proved the group's tight cohesion, while still maintaining a pop sensibility about their music.ĭespite selling 30,000 copies nationwide however, there were financial problems with the record label, which forced the band to change their name to Cosmetics. While on the road in early '81, the group's third single was released in "Cats In The Window" backed with "Fine Man," which extended their tour to a coast to coast run with Holly Woods & Toronto.
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More appearances on TV led to their first regional tour, and the melodic "Heavenly Angels" was released as their second single. The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra also appeared on the record for good measure.īacked by the first single "Crazy Monkey" and the flip side, "Tiny Thing" - one of seven tracks written by Weibe, the album quickly caught on with local radio. Three producers shared duties, with Gerry Dere, Jack Richardson and Wes Dakus all following the same formula of a predominantly keyboards sound complimented by woodwinds and tight, but light pop guitar work. They recorded their self-titled debut at the now-defunct Soundman Recorders, and released it in the summer of 1980.
They appeared on several local radio and tv programs for unsigned acts and were noticed by Ross McKenzie, owner of Edmonton's independent House Of Lords Records. But in mid '79 they'd become intimate with Alberta's B circuit, and Kennedy had replaced Johnson on keyboards. Over the next couple of years they cemented the lineup with keyboardist Ed Johnson, Albert Blaine on bass and drummer John Fynn, and changed the band's name from Dickens to Jenson Interceptor, which also happened to be a British sports car. Weibe would also go on to become one of the key songwriters in the band. Doug first started a band fresh out of high school with his future wife Charlotte Weibe in her mother's basement in '76. Both took to the piano, and Doug also picked up the guitar at an early age. The brother/sister duo of Doug and Kennedy Jenson grew up in a musical family in Coaldale, Alberta. Among the premier b circuit groups was Jenson Interceptor. During the late 1970s, the Edmonton music scene was alive and well with a barrage of local talent.
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