Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, October 4, 1969 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, October 4, 1969 music rec Tom-TlJ ords ere credit is due Indian Summer starts off with a stretch at Hill By BILL THORP Fall is the time to settle down and dig into things, but during the Indian Summer before the cold weather, a bit of relaxing, one last stretch, always seems necessary. Last night at Hill Aud., the School of Music in- dulged itself a little and pre- sented an evening of fun and nostalgia, their "Pops" concert. Whetting appetities with some exciting and familiar short pieces, the University Philhar- monia began the festivities with Bernstein's "Overture to Can- dide." Conductor Theo Alcan- tara showed fine control as the bustling melodies, punctuated by Philharmonia's fine b r a s s never lacked precision or tight- ness. The group's excellent en- semble made a selection of three of Antonin Dvorak's "Slavonic Dances" a fitting second choice. From the brassy bombast of the first to the mad dashing finale of the final number, these pea- sant melodies were bright and clear. Balancing the flowing senti- mentality of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty Waltz" with the musical craft that is in it was a task easily accomplished by Alcantara and his orchestra. This was followed by Ginastera's dazzling "Malambo," a percus- sive synchopated fling that dis- played, again, the Philharmon- ia's skill. The mood once set, the stage was readied for Sigmond Rom- CHRONICLES OF HELL APA will sponsor a special student matinee of Ghelde- rode's Chronicles of Hell on Thursday, Oct. 9. Tickets for this production are priced at $3,00. Tickets are available at the Mendelssohn Theatre box office. berg's "The Student Prince." Combining the talents of the Michigan Chamber Ensemble, the Men's Glee Club, and six soloists from the Music School faculty, conductor Alcantara let the music work its magic, Suddenly, it was the time of long silk skirts, of braided uni- forms, and easy living. Rom- berg's expressive melodies al- lowed tenor John McCollum, singing the role of Prince Karl Franz, and soprano Eva Likova, who played Kathie, to blend their soaring voices in music of unabashed romanticism. The operetta was performed in a semi-concert version where the Chamber Ensemble "shared the stage with the singers. Among the red-checkered table cloths and beer steins sat the Glee Club, lauding the student's life and, often, commenting on the budding romance of Prince Karl and Kathie. The songs and tunes are familiar, and woven with sighs and reverie. The love duet "Deep in My Heart" echoes more quietly the sentiments of the operetta's famous "Drink- ing Song." And Prince Karl's bittersweet "Nevermore W i l l Come Again Those Days of Youth" prepares us for the des- perate finale. All the principals and the chorus kept the music moving smoothly, and this is important in concert versions of operettas when most of the dialogue is omitted. Antonio Perez's and Willis Patterson's deep b a s s voices lent much power to the merry-making. "The Student Prince" is hard- ly ever performed these days, but its spirit of slow-paced liv- ing and full enjoyment of life is good to have around, once in a while, as a reminder. B.B.K By BERT STRATTON It is impossible to talk about Canned Heat, Supersession, or Cream without bringing up the name B. B. King -- a man whose influence pervades the very core of blues-rock guitar. Credit. where due, NOW. Dig B.'s latest album Live and Well (Bluesway BLS-6031), which is the equal of any other electrical guitar recording and is un- questionable the best of B. B. King. Yes, B. and his fans have been waiting a long time for this record - since 1964 when B. made his historic, "live" record- ing at the Regal Theatre in Chicago. Live and Well is the master- piece that $. was dreaming about during those mediocre re- cording years in between the Regal album and now. He once told Charles Kiel, the author of Urban Blues, "I won't really feel like an artist until I get me some arrangements that really add a third part to my guitar and voice and make everything fit together just right. What I would really like is a band that echoes my guitar - like R a y Charles' band sets off his piano playing." MISHA DICTER 200 rush tickets for the Misha Dicter concert will be available at 4:00 p.m. Monday at the Hill Aud. box office. The tickets, which will cost $1.00, are for seats located throughout Hill Aud. with main floor seats still available. The University Musi- cal Society has imposed a limit of two tickets per purchaser. Dieter is a young American composer who won the Tchai- kovsky Competition in Moscow in 1966. All unsold tickets for the UMS Hill Aud. concert' series will be sold as rush seats at the box office prior to that day's per- formance. For Sunday concerts, rush seats will be available at 1:00 p.m. the day of the con- cert. Rush tickets for evening performances will go on sale at 4:00 p.m. ing:W Bill Szymezyk, the producer of Live and Well, solves B.'s problems with a couple ingen- ious maneuvers. What he does is to divide the album into two parts - a "live" side (recogniz- ing the effectiveness of B.'s "live", Regal performance) and a "well" side, made in the studio with a talented, white backup band (solving B.'s ac- companiment problems.) After conveniently waiving the $4 cover charge,twe at last get the chance (via the record) to see the King "live in per- son at New York's world-fam- ous Village Gate." And what a show he puts on. He opens it with "Don't answer the Door", and he's immediately off on one of his single note progessions, crescendoing to a peak, then at- tacking with a barrage of chords, and suddenly he cuts back the volume and sustains a long one note vibrato that just won't fade away. You know he's in the groove ("live" record- ing tends to shorten warm-up time.) King is a blues virtuouso and he lets everybody know it. Af- ter all, as he says, "You know, I ain't ashamed of it people. I just love to sing my blues." But if at first you don't get the mes- sage, Patrick Williams, h i s trumpeter, and Charlie Boles, the organist, add a little quasi- religious sounding accompani- ment to reinforce B.'s position - King of the Blues." He jokes with the audience (which quickly becomes a minor annoyance after a few listen- ings), and then he gets into an extended instrumental, "My Mood", a jam that contains many really fine blues notes - the kind that make you feel like squeezing the hell out of something. It's time for his favorite, "Sweet Little Angel" - "I just love the way she spreads her wings." And by now it's appar- ent to everyone that B. has a one track mind and that it's focused on woemn. (He doesn't go in much for other blues top- ics like poverty or life in the South.) B. ends the show with his cus- tomary finale "Please Accept My Love" - directed towards the ladies of course - in which his voice does as fine a job as his guitar. (His voice has t h a t deep, "holier-than-thou" inflec- tion of a preacher.) After the show, you take a quick break, and then flip over the record and dig the "well" side, which is more heavy blues - in effect, the vanguard of blues recordings. It's sound. is distinctively more energetic and raw than the "live" recording, caused by the fact that the side- men don't take to playing se- cond position to B. as kindly as do his regular men, and t h e y show it. Al Kooper on piano, Gerald Jemmott on bass, as well as Paul Harris also on piano, put in some exciting ac- companiment and infrequent solos. (Most of the latter is left for B.) For being somewhat of an im- promptu session, the group has a very tight-coiled sound, which only B.'s smooth talking can keep corralled. At times t h e boys even throw in some psy- chedelic cliches for progess' sake.. One of their best cuts is "Let's Get Down to Business", a song which is a perfect example of the way B. uses his guitar to carry the melody instead of to play responsive choruses to his voice - which is what most blues guitarists do, e.g.-John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters. But the last song is the kill- ALL RIGHT As a public service, The Daily would like to inform you that Neil Young, late of the Buffalo Springfield and currently with Crosby. Stills, Nash and Young will be appearing one night only, Thursday, Oct. 9, at Can- terbury House. He will be re- cording at least one side of his new solo album. It isn't clear at this point whether it will cost anything to get in, but Young afficionadoes are advised to start lining up early. We'll keep you posted. er, "Why I Sing the Blues", a jam that made it into the top twenty on the R&B radio sta- tions. It has everything that B. can do in it - vocally as well as with the guitar. It's also the only song that B. sings that isn't about women, but what it is about is almost as interesting and that's the relationship be- tween his blackness and his blues. As B. puts it in the song: "When I first got the blues, they brought me over on the ship, Men was standing over me, and a lot more with a whip, And everybody want to know, why I sing the blues, Well, I've been around a long tirhe, I've really paid my dues." That's B.B. King, still very much alive and doing quite well, anyway you look at him. 3020 Washtenaw, Ph. 434-1782 Between Ypsilanti & Ann Arbor NOW SHOWING i art# Ny Duke Color by DeLuxe Subscribe to The Michig(n Daily a "gently" persuasive style . .. made his appear- ance in New York last night at the Folklore Center It was the gentle lilt of country songs that gave his performance its special flavor. He established a quick and easy rapport, singing in a light, plaintive, softly nasal voice . . . and his audience showed that they shared his feelings." -New York Times, Sept. 1], 1 969 SATURDAY 1 :30 P.M. WORKSHOP TONITE R AY BIERZL 1421 Hill St. 761-1451 country western Jimmie Rodgers Dylan traditional I I TH0E FIFTH DIMENSION CGBW begins at home: By JEAN HELLER v 1 Now, in the midst of bitter pub- To be sure, safety precautions EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, Md. UP). lic debate over the necessity of are extensive. -Among the men stationed at stockpiling chemical and biologi- Before a volunteer is approved this secluded old Army post are cal weapons, amid loud protests for testing he must pass a week- 70 human guinea pigs whose minds that they are a cruel and inhu- long battery of physical, psycho- and bodies are used to test a man way to fight a war, the De- logical and psychiatric tests to debilitating and deadly catalogue fense Department granted an As- assure that he is in perfect men- of chemical warfare weapons. sociated Press request to tour this tal and physical health. And if he All of the men are recruited facility and interview the volun- has any second thoughts about volunteers. teers. subjecting himself to experimen- Tests show all of them are sane. During the conducted tour, of- tation, he may back out of the' And yet they've come here- ficials talked freely about the vol- program at any time. without extra pay, without prom-! unteer program but turned aside "Most of them want to come ise of exemption from Vietnam many technical questions about here to make an honest-to-God duty and mostly without qualms- their work and the nature of the contribution to medical science to allow themselves to be gassed, agents tested on grounds that in- and their country," Col. Blair' injected and sprayed with the formation was classified. said. most controversial weapons of _ With volunteers In an interview with the volun- the controversy raging over C-B teers, they were asked how many were at Edgewood for patriotic.; reasons. "Aw, --!" replied Spec. 4" Joseph Monahan, 26, a burly Irishman from New York City. "I'm here for just two reasons-a reaction against Fort Rucker - (Ala., where he was stationed) and cause this place ain't far from the Jersey Turnpike. If they'da had the same program in Nebraska I probably wouldna went." Officials at the arsenal, while not paranoic, are fully aware of war since the atom bomb. Edgewood Arsenal doesn't look sinister enough to be the Nerve Gas Capital of America. Its grounds tumble gently down green hillsides to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Light traf- fic moves unhurried through typ- ical Army-issue architecture. Ex- cept for an occasional aircraft landing the loudest noises on post are the birds and the drying au- tumn leaves. But perfecting the art of chem- ical warfare has been the prin- cipal function of Edgewood Arse- nal since its founding in 1918. And since 1922 - for 47 years - testing on human beings has been an integral part of operations. But it has never been publicized. It is not widely known. It is, at best, a controversial practice. FALL RENTALS 2 bedroom apartment 2-3-4 Man McKinley Associates 663-6448 "We would never be the first to use these things in a war," said Col. Joseph R. Blair, deputy di- rector for medical sciences. "But we have to have a strong capa- bility in this field as a deterrent against any chemical weapons any enemy or potential enemy mightI use against us. We have to de- velop these things because theyI are." He did not identify "they."j "We have to test these drugsi on people," Blair contended. "You cannot develop something forl human beings without testing them on human beings. It's safe. We've been doing it since 1922, and we've never had a serious accident." warfare. They allow themselves moments of black humor when the subject comes up. After a demonstration of a strong liquid irritant called CS, Dr. Ketchum was asked if the liquid which had been sprayed would be cleaned up or allowed to evaporate. 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I 2 IHA PRESENTS PERSONS UNDER 18 NOT ADMITTED SkNEAK PREVIEW TONIGHT-- following the 8:00 show of "WAR AND PEACE" "In the tradition of 'Lord of the Flies' and 'If' . . .!V -Time g A66 'I B U I I Directed John House .- _ i n mea p 3esUM Iby man by SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 12 ,f lwrcAm &-trcmO- ?" ichtckA hcirode plus "PLAY" I I I I I