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To: ETL
"By the mid-1970s the male band members were eligible to be drafted to Vietnam, so the band relocated to Vancouver, Canada.[3]"

Then they are morons, because the U.S. Draft ended in 1973, so by the "mid-1970s", there was no draft.

12 posted on 09/05/2008 8:22:12 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Then they are morons, because the U.S. Draft ended in 1973, so by the "mid-1970s", there was no draft.

LOL! That it is weird, isn't it. I checked wiki's source for that info and found this: "With Nancy Wilson's addition following completion of College in 1974, the band was re-christened Heart and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia after manager Mike Fisher [actually 'Flicker', not Fisher] found out he was to be drafted by the United States Army."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/H/Heart.html

Also, someone, around the time of your reply, made a correction/clarification to the wiki article (I highlighted new addition in bold type). It now reads:
"By the mid-1970s the male band members were eligible to be drafted to Vietnam (The United States Left Vietnam in 1973 - Conscription ended in December 1972), so the band relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)#Success_.281975.E2.80.931982.29

43 posted on 09/05/2008 8:58:48 AM PDT by ETL (Smoking-gun evidence on all the ObamaRat-Commie connections at my FR Profile/Home page)
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