Tuesday, December 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Tuesday, ||1111|11111111111 December 5, 1972111111 111THE111MICHIGAN111111DAILY1111Page Three1111 CU LURE CA L ENDAR Who comes MUSIC-University Musical Society presents Austral String Quartet, from Sydney, Australia, tonight at 8:30, Rack- ham Aud. Part of the Chamber Arts Series, the concert will mark the first appearance of the quartet in Ann, Arbor. The program will be: Quartet No. 9 (1968) by Felix Werder; Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (1906) by - Shostakovich; String Quartet Music (1929) by Peter Sculthorpe; and Quartet in G major, K. 387 by Mozart. The Austral String Quartet was formed in 1958 by four members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. FILMS-Ann Arbor Film Co-op shows Russell's Women in Love tonight at 7, 9:30, Aud. A; Cinema Guild shows Bergman's The Passion of Anna tonight at 7, 9:05, Arch. Aud. About this film, Daily reviewer David Gruber com- ments: Just before his unsuccessful venture into the English language in "The Touch," Bergman made this superb study of a man living alone on a sparsely populated island. Through friends he meets Anna, a widow who has deluded herself into thinking her marriage was a happy one despite evidence to the contrary. She killed her husband Andreas in an automobile accident. Her new lover is named Andreas also. When they go driving together, life threatens to become a recurring nightmare. HOLIDAY SPECIAL-U-M Dearborn presents Fair Lane Mu- sic Guild Holiday Concert: Stanley Quartet and the Gentlemen and Boys Choir of Christ Church of Grosse Pointe tonight at 8:30, Fair Lane Center, Dearborn. FEMINIST SPECIAL-Women's Studies Film Series presents Multi-media Women's Theater and film: The Salt of the Earth tonight at 7, RC Aud. By HARRY HAMMITT During the blues boom several years ago, there was discovered an albino blues guitarist from Texas who, when brought up to the Northern rock circuit, amaz- ed audiences with his dexterious playing and became an instant hit. His name was Johnny Win- ter. He brought into prominence along with him, his brother, Ed- gar who played piano and sax in his band for awhile. Johnny went on to another band and Ed- gar was left on his own. Whereas Johnny has quit pop- ular music now, he's gone back to Texas to play blues and think about getting a rock 'n' roll band together, Edgar is still plugging away. His new band is a four- piece one, including himself, and is called the Edgar Winter Group. The band has just re- leased their firsttalbum, They Only Come Out At Night (Epic KE 31584), and it is, to say the least, disappointing. The band consists of Winter on piano and other keyboards, vocals, and sax; Chuck Ruff on drums; Dan Hartman on bass and vocals; and Ronnie Montrose on guitar. The recording has 11 ct at night? abundant faults in the perform- ance itself, and much of the fault must lie with Montrose. Mont- rose played guitar quite well on V a n Morrison's Tupelo Honey, but that was under the watchful eye of Morrison. Here, when he's on his own, he plays nothing but heavy rock cliches, and he does- n't even play them very well. His only interesting guitarwork is some mellow rhythm guitar on "Free Ride." The entire band sounds anemic and uninterested. Winter has proven himself up until now to be an interesting and competent musician. On this al- bum, his competence can't be questioned, but his interest is definitely lacking. His piano playing is never better than com- petent, it never rises to the point of excitement. His sax-playing is sparsely used, but he does manage an all too short mo- ment of light jazz, counterpoint- ing the guitar in his instrumen- tal "Frankenstein." Edgar has a good strong, unique voice with a powerful falsetto. On this al- bum, his voice doesn't get much of a workout. His voice is still fine, but gruffer, more like John- ny's, and his falsetto only gets used once or twice. Hartman does most of the singing, but his voice has no particular distinc- tion. Ruff's drumming isn't slop- py, but it lacks vitality and nev- er rises above the general level of banality which pervades the entire group. As for the music itself, there is nothing new on the album; the majority of it is heavy rock 'n' roll-oriented which never reach- es any peak of excitement or in- terest. There are a few slow tunes; one is "Alta Mira" where there is some fairly interesting use of calypso rhythms and har- monies. There is one acoustic number, "Autumn," where Hart- man sings and plays guitar in an easily forgotten tune. None of Edgar's tunes are up to his standards; even "Rock 'N' Roll Boogie Woogie Blues" with an impressive title, is no more than average. Edgar's "Round & Round" receives an average per- formance, but reminds one of the type of tune and lyric that Don McLean might come up with, a tune that could easily make it on AM radio. Another, off the scene, pro- ponent who contributes to the downfall of the album is Rick Derringer who is responsible for producing the record plus playing some obnoxious slide gui- tar and unnecessaryhsteeltguitar on the record. The ultimate fault lies with the entire mem- bership of the band who are ap- parently not made for each other and turn in uninspired, disinter- ested performances that only barely bring the album above the level of competence; the mu- sic here and its performance is only a slight notch above the capabilities of a group such as Grand Funk. Edgar Winter is certainly to be held partly re- sponsible for this debacle, but he does deserve better. His per- formance is very sub-average, and as such, we can expect the band to have a short life. It should probably be observed that the album is not totally devoid of merit; in the hands of a tol- erant listener, the record can pass as moderate rock, and at least high-grade background mu- sic. But still, the album stands as the lowest point in Edgar's career to date, Holiday showings, at 1 nion Gaitery By CAROLE TOWNE As C h r i s t m a s ap- proaches, there's a proliferation of art shows with artists taking advantage of the gift giving spirit of the season to sell their works. This year isn't any different in that respect; but judging by the display at the Union Gallery, the type of works that are being created have changed. Three years ago, any similar show would have probably fea- tured mostly thickly painted oils or water colors. Recently, how- ever, the emphasis has changed from painting to printmaking. Lithography andwsilkscreening, the relatively newer and more versatile methods, are gaining popularity - especially photo- silkscreening due to the recent success of Andy Warhol. The lack of linocuts and wood- block printing is disappointing, but perhaps reflects the attitude that such methods of printing are too limiting and old fashioned. Crafts are making a strong showing at the Gallerv. The handblown glass vases of Beth Anne Hamer and Janet Kelman are lyrical and graceful shapes of rich color. Pottery ranges from the basic forms of Rem- sen's butter tubs and pitchers to the more highly refined, high- ly polished vases of Rebecca Rupp. Crafts like ceramics, glass blowing, and weaving are be- ginning to get the recognition as an art form that they have for a long time richly deserved. The Union Gallery provides an opportunity to see promising young artists likesRita Messen- ger and Paul Mindell. Messen- ger's subtly hued lithographs evoke an atmospheric quality. Her simpletshapesrand forms lend themselves to such works as "Tuscon Sunset." Mindell's ser- ies of "Available Forms" cap- ture much attention. Confused doll-like faces caught in a mass of tangled arms and legs are portrayed in a couple of large, imposing works done in thinly washed oil anda number of small drawings. That the Gal- lery's jury has chosen so much of Mindell's work foreshadows certain success. A considerable amount of wit and humor is being incorporated into today's art thanks to the influence of recent movements which emphasize the inane foci of modern life with all the subtle- ty of aksledgehammer. Gerhard Schlanzky's series of ceramic vi- olins have a pop art-ish quality to them, especially ."Violin Purse" which looks like imitation leather and zips up the middle. Sex in art is becoming more and more bizarre. Sculptor Charles Ruggles attaches an os- trich head to a bronze stocking- ed female body, in "No Eggs To- day." The combination speaks of a rather strange sort of eroticism for those with peculiar fetishes. But the work which attracts the most attention is a rather Dadaist parody of a famous Ren- aissance masterpiece, "Birth of Venus" by Botticelli. More con- servative patrons of the gallery may be offended by Ralph Wolfe's transformation of a beautiful young girl emerging from the sea to a grotesque, Mia- mi-ish naked old women, wear- ing rhinestone studded glasses, standing on the traditional sea shell. Insulting or not, the very con- trast between Wolfe's work and the Masterpiece makes one even more aware of the beauty of the Botticelli. Wolfe, is a versatile master, exhibiting drawings, prints, and sculpture of an off- beat nature. Its too bad, how- ever, that more of his work can- not be seen at the Gallery, as it currently spread between three shows this weekend. Under the direction of Sher- ryle Shaw, who is an impressive painter in her own right, the Un- ion Gallery has gathered a fine show of art works. On Saturday night, the Gallery held a Holiday Reception to kick off the Christ- mas season. A classical guitarist from the Paulus Hofhaimer En- semble and the Honors Baroque Trio provided pleasant back- ground music and a pleasant di- version. Although the space is a little cramped and some areas of the room are poorly lit, the Union Gallery provides an inter- esting variety of works by stu- dents and others from the Ann Arbor community. ForHofor HER The ideal gift-icke our classic key ring with personalized tag. Available in sterling silver and gold-filled. 1X Y from $6.50° (engraved at no extra charge), e arcade ewelry shop 16 Nickels Arcade for finejewelry - We Will Help You Find the Right Gift Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI In the midst of the Union Gallery's Holiday reception Saturday, one student appraises a piece of sculpture on display there. From naked songs % to Jesus Freaks vocal delivery is used to perfec- tion here, and the songs are giv- en a justice that they could only receive at the hands of Lou Reed. ARTS By HARRY HAMMITT Al Kooper has been in the re- cord biz for some time now, and now he does solo albums every 0 THE NEWALBUM once in awhile. His newest ef- fort, Naked Songs (Columbia KC 31723), is typical of his mu- sic. The best that can be said about the album is that there is good variety and the musician- ship is generally high. Otherwise, there is a disasterous tendency to overproduce every n u m b e r. Somehow the music comes out as sounding rather dated. Best song is "As the Years Go Pass- ing By," blues which features some fairly decent guitar by Kooper. About a year and a half ago,; Jeremy Spencer abruptly quit Fleetwood Mac and became a Jesus Freak. He's still a Jesus Freak, but now he has a band and their first album is called Jeremy Spencer and the Chil- dren (Columbia KC 3 19 9 0). Without a doubt, this is the fin- est music to come out the Jesus movement. Spencer has written all the songs, and does most of the vocals plus playing slide gui- tar and piano. The other musi- cians are all really good and as such, the music is superbly per- formed. The so'nd is very close to Fleetwood Mac, a gentle lyric- ism with a devastatingly sharp edge. The lyrics, which are con- tained in the album, may rub some people the wrong way, but they are generally harmless. * * * With the break-up of the Vel- vet Underground, the individual members of the band have gone their own way, and several have pursued solo careers. One of them is ex-Velvet leader, Lou Reed, who is certainly the most enigmatic member of the band. He hqs gained the nickname of the Phantom of Rock 'N' Roll, and deservedly so. He has re- cently gone to London and joined forces with David Bowie, and their collaboration has resulted in Reed's second solo perform- ance, Transformer (RCA LSP- 4807). This album is one of the most intriguing things that Reed has done yet. All the songs were written by Reed, and are per- formed by him on vocals and guitar, backed by a number of British musicians. There is a balance between slow and fast songs on the record, and all of them are good. Reed's lyrics are, to say the least, very inter- esting. His now famous relaxed A little more than a year ago Poco lost guitarist Jim Messina who left to produce records. They replaced him with Paul Cotton, and the band has now released their second album with Cotton, A Good Feelin' to Know (Epic KE 31601). Cotton has fitted well into the band and has infused it with more energy. This album proves that Poco has retained all the craftsmanship and tastefulness that they always had. Ritchie Furay remains the mainstay of the band and is one of the finest songwriters in what could loosely be called a coun- try-rock idiom. His three songs, including the title song, are the 6 high points of the album, but the three songs by Cotton, and the two by bassist Tim Schmitt, 6: are really fine in their own right. The other song on the al- burm is an old Buffalo Spring- field number by Steve Stills. The 7 musicianship is fine, particularly the steel guitar of Rusty Young who is one of the most inventive players around. The drumming 7 of George Grantham is always 7 simple, but interesting. The band is very powerful vocally, with some of the best harmonizing to be found anywhere. The acquisi- 8: tion of Cotton has made the band more powerful, but they still re- tain their exciting melodic flavor. tonight 0 :00 29 50 56 30 2 9 50 56 :00 2 4 7 9 50 56 :30 2 4 7 9 50 56 00 2 4 7 9 56 4 7 News Courtship of Eddie's Father Flintstones How Do Your Children Grow? 4 7 News I Dream of Jeannie Giligan's Island Your Right To say It Tr-Ath or Consequences News To Tell The Truth Beverly Hillbillies I Love Lucy French Chef What's My Line? You Asked For It Parent Game rPotectors Hogan's Heroes Who Is? Maude Bonanza r Temperatures Rising Getting Together Family Game THIS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT! Aliman Brothers Band IN CONCERT-SAT., DEC. 9 TUE./WED. PASSION OF ANNA Dir. ingmar Bergman, 1970 With Bibi Anderson & Max von Sydow. Together with Shame, this is prob- ably Bergman's best of the recent films. In some sense a sequel to Persona, it is less dependent on personal symbol ism. Bergman's treatment of violence in life & art. 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