This week we are pleased to feature country music superstar and home organization specialist Conrad Campbell.
Why did you choose to make Denman Island your home?
In 1979 I fell in with a couple of A&W carhops that were involved in the production and distribution of illegal milkshakes they were making in an old Winnebago behind the mall in Victoria. Head Office caught wind of their scheme and they both moved to Denman Island to hide out. 35 years later one of them asked me to move in with her so I did.
What is your greatest fear?
Exiting my vehicle to use the washroom on the ferry in high winds and then my toupee blows off and gets entangled in the cables setting into motion a series of events that sees hundreds of commuters and school children hopelessly stranded in the middle of Baynes Sound while news helicopters circle overhead.
Have you always been a fan of country music?
Back in the mid 80’s I was working on a construction site and one of the roofing guys accidently dropped his nail gun and the hose looped around a rafter and it swung around and hit me in the back of the head and deposited a 4″ nail just behind my left ear. I spoke to my Doctor about it and he said it was better to leave it alone as trying to extract it was too risky. Ever since then I’ve liked country music.
What would you do if you won the lottery?
If I ever won the lottery I wouldn’t walk around with a smug sense of superiority and look down on poor people like I do now.
What would be your advice to the young people of today?
I would say to them that it’s more important to look good than feel good, and that it’s okay to laugh as long as you don’t point.
