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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Tuesday, September 12, 1972
Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, September 12, 1972
music
Blues and Jazz
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By HARRY HAMMITT
Sunday's music, on the final
day of the Ann Arbor Blues &
Jazz Festival '72, began with
the local Mojo Boogie Band.
While the group includes some
very good musicians,. some of
whom have worked in various
other bands around town, as a
whole, they are not very strong.
The set was none-the-less fairly
enjoyable. Following, was Rob-
ert Junior Lockwood, who play-
ed a low-key typical set of Chi-
cago blues.
Audience response rose drama-
tically for the next act, Luther
Allison; it was only to be ex-
pected that he would receive a
good response since he has been
a favorite here since the first,
Blues Festival. His band h a s
changed since his last Ann Ar-
bor appearance and.now has a
large brass section which warm-
ed up with a ,pleasant s o u 1
instrumental. Luther soon swit-
ched to blues, running through
a number of tunes including
previous ones. He played some
nice trumpet experimenting with
wah-wah and other distortion
equipment, once in a while let-
ting forth a quick scattering of
clear, clean notes. The music
remained fairly static w h i l e
solos were taken over the con-
stant rhythm. The real star of
the new Davis line-up is the gui-
tarist who played some excit-
ing and inventive solos. Oddly
enough, it appeared as if John
McLaughlin played with them,
but he took no solos during the
set.
After more equipment changes,
the Boogie Brothers came on.
They are one of Ann Arbor's
finest bands, and its best blues
band. They are really tight, and
their unpretentious approach giv-
es them real class and in a k e s
them a refreshing change. With
the recent addition of Boogie-
Woogie Red on piano, they have
added another excellent soloist.
Highlights of their set were an
unaccompanied gospel tribute to
Son House, and a rollicking har-
monica instrumental. The band
was joined by Johnny Shines who
had a somewhat softer approach.
Shines was then replaced by
Lightnin' Slim who really let
loose on vocals and finished over
with a short guitar solo. Nei-
ther Shines nor Lightnin' Slim
played long, but the audience
got a good sampling of their
music.
Trumpeter Leo Smith a n d
multi-instrumentalist M a r iw
Brown followed. The music was
more experimental and less ex-
citing than any of the o t h e r
jazz artists. Unfortunately, they
didn't get the chance they de-
serve since most people w e r e
pretty tired already; they re-
ceived a very restrained ap-
plause. Afterwards Jane Fonda
appeared and talked about her
recent trip to Vietnam and other
items unrelated to the Festival.
She was greeted with interest
becauses of her unexpected ap-
pearance, but not much atten-
tion was paid to her talk.
Otis Rush closed the Festival,
playing a great set that includ-
ed "All the Loving" and "I Can't
Quit You Baby." His set was
dynamic, and he showed that he
deserves his reputation as a fine
and exciting guitarist and sing-
er. Jimmy Dawkin on guitar was
an added attraction in his band,
but couldn't compare to Rush on
guitar. -
The Festival ended in anti-cli-
mactic fashion, but established
itself as an artistic success. The
juxaposing of blues and jazz was
effective and anyone willing to
compromise predetermined mus-
ical rigidity could find some-
thing enjoyable in nearly every
set. It seems likely that the 'es-
tival will continue as an annual
institution and will hopefully
maintain the high standard set at
this year's festival.
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MIDWESTERN PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT
Junior Walker
"Dust My Broom," and "Sweet
House Chicago," - the m o s t
frequently played number at the
Festival. Luther really let loose
with'some fine guitar licks bring-
ingsthesaudience to their feet.
Allison is still not a master blues
guitarist, being a little choppy
and borrowing a lot from Buddy
Gruz; but in five years or less,
he should emerge as one of the
-very best. Until then, he still
has the distinction of remaining
one of the most interesting and
elusive personalities in the blues
world.
Bonnie Raitt played through a
few couhtry blues numbers and
folk tunees before introducing
Sippi Wallace, a famous female
vocalist of the blues era of the
'20's. Sippi sang a few songs
accompanying herself on piano
and then joined the band for a
few more. She must have been a
fine singer in her time, but the
years had taken their toll and
her voice now has a limited range
and power.
After equipment changes, Ar-
chie Shepp took the stage. His
set was fairly mellow, conserva-
tive avant-garde, making it pleas-
ant and easy to listen to. The
star attraction of the afternoon,
Freddie King took over immed-
iately and produced some of the
finest, most powerful blues of the
festival. His guitar playing is
devastating; he has a cutting
edge on his notes, yet his s yle
is so fluid that there are never
any rough spots in his soos.
He has a powerful voice which
he used to good advantage, and
certainly belong in the top ranks
of blues along with the o t h e r
Kings -- B.B. and Albert.
The -evening concert began with
Miles Davis. His band did not
seem as strong as some of his
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