A HOLE IN ONE! Shock rocker tries a little tenderness CALGARY -- Rock's reigning devil woman played an angel of mercy yesterday, comforting a pregnant lady and two other victims of a car crash. "She was talking the whole time, trying to comfort us," said Darlene Rogers, one of the three people in a Volkswagen that flipped on the Trans-Canada Hwy. "She was really helpful." Rogers was talking about Courtney Love, whose roadside show of a heart of gold is a far cry from her foul-mouthed, crotch-grabbing stage persona -- or her legendary depravity with husband Kurt Cobain, the grunge god whose murky suicide cast dark shadows on Love. Rogers, four months pregnant with twins, and her mom Diana Covill, were passengers in the VW driven by Rogers' husband Chris when it flipped about 11 a.m. in front of tour buses carrying Love and her band Hole about 30 km east of Calgary. Love and her mates got the shaken trio out of the wreck and "helped us flip the car back onto its wheels," Rogers said. "We didn't know who she was. I just knew a woman with short blond hair came out of the bus and helped me." Love comforted them and warmed their hearts with hot tea. "She even told us she had a nice bed in the back of the bus we could lie on if we wanted." RCMP Const. Daryl Bedard said he was impressed with Love and her band. The victims "were obviously in shock," he said, and "there were a lot more vehicles that drove by the accident ... I guess that speaks volumes as to what kind of person she is." The trio stayed on the bus until an ambulance arrived. They were treated and released from hospital. After the tour buses pulled out, the trio learned they had an invitation to Hole's performance at tonight's Edgefest concert in Calgary. But they're not likely to go. Sipping some with a star is one thing, but Hole's brand of gritty rock isn't their cup of tea. "We mostly listen to gospel," said Covill, the wife of a United Pentecostal minister. - Toronto Sun, July, 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - -