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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Rod
By SUKEY PETT
For AP Newsfeatures I
NEW YORK (A') - Rod
Stewart was shorter than I'd
expected. Deeply tanned andI
about four inches shorter.
Meeting someone you've dis-
tantly admired can be a terrify-
ing experience. Seldom is it an
ordinary one.
This was no exception. A har-;
ried press agent from Warner
Brothers was getting a bad con-
nection through the hotel
switchboard - to country sing-
er Gary Stewart's room, in-
stead of rock singer Rod Stew-!
art's room. The error was cor- I
rected and we went upstairs to
talk to Rod.
Stewart made polite conver-
sation for a few minutes until,
with mock dismay, he noticed
that he'd forgot his shoes. He
put them on.
Now he was ready to discuss
his latest solo album and his
first release on Warner Broth-G
ers, "Atlantic Crossing." Since
joining Faces in 1969 as a vo-
Stewart
crosses
Atlantic
Buy your own desert
oasis-only $350,000
y, ,35 0
calist and Mercury Records inr
1971 as a solo artist, he hadj
made five previous solo al-1
bums.
"I finished 'Atlantic Crossing'
in May and June in Muscle
Shoals. I thought the musicians
were going to be black. They
were all white guys. That was
the first shock. The place we
recorded was like a shed in the
middle of a parking lot. I'm go-
ing back in November to start
another album on me own.
That's much more fun. It's
very confining with Faces.
There, every member wants a
hand in it. Faces have yet tof
make a really sensational al-
bum, though we came close to
it with 'A Nod's as Good as a
Wink to a Blind Horse.'
Dylan songs; I'm sick of doing the Faces might break up, be- with me. I'd like to. If I had taken the blues from the raw
the same thing all the time. cause guitarist Ron Wood of the I my way I'd have a band of sev- state and carried it into their
There are plenty of Dylan group went on this summer's en or eight." own style. FoDAnly$ , down an$2(lovelylieAmboynissiut
songs I could do. Rolling Stones tour, and the Before the Faces' tour start- About his own place in the 000 a month you can be mayor smack dab in the middle of the
"I don't think the song writer lesser question of what kind of ed, Stewart had been traveling galaxy of British singers, Stew- a mb C can b ' Mojave Deserth
makes people buy records, I negotiations went on because of . around with actress Britt Ek- art says, "Mick Jagger is on of Amboy, Calif., and police B Ma Deset
think the singer counts a lot conflicts between dates at the lund on movie locations for five his own; he has his own way of chief, and dog catcher - any says its sales agent, Anchorage
more than the song nowadays. , end of the Rolling Stones' tour months. "We've got more pow- doing his thing. If I've got any body you want. Investments of Dana Point,
It didn't used to be that way. and the beginning of Faces' ier as a rock 'n' roll twosome. competition it's Paul Rodgers, You'll own the town. which is trying to unload the
"This is the first time I've eight-week tour, Stewart says: Peter Wolf and Faye Dunaway, Bad Company's singer. I like --- _----town for owner Buster Burris.
ever made a record without the "I'm just a singer in the Paul and Linda McCartney, them. They're the only band I'd There is plenty of fresh air
members of Faces being on it. band. There are people paid to Mick and Bianca Jagger - walk as far as across this room and sunshine for one thing, no
This is a completely different negotiate. we're the only two not mar- to hear. And The Eagles, city taxes for another. A rail
makeup. I used the same lineup "I don't know if Faces will ried." i they're good guys; that helps. Have a floir for line brings water-laden trains
on five records; it's time for a stay together. It's up in the air. Stewart calls himself "a per- "The world is full of good artistic writinq? through town, and there is gold
change. That's why I did it - My whole life always has been manent road person." After liv-| music at the moment. New If you are interest- mining nearby.
changed the whole lot, Nigel up in the air. ing three years in a big country Beatles - I don't think we need ed in reiewiai The asking price of $350,000 in-
Olsson plays drums. I'm satis- "We could break up because house in Windsor, near London, it, so much good music is being or writing feature cludes a population of 20 not
fied with the album - more of Ron. I think he wants to he has put the house up for made. There are incredible stories a b o u t the guaranteed, a post office, a 30-
than satisfied." i share both roles. Really he can sale. His parents are living singers in England. Frankie drama, dancet, fmArt room o private,
Stewart says, "'Atlantic if he wants to. I don't think there now, showing it to pros- Millers is the best of them, the Eds itar, oThe station and a cafe featuring
Crossing' took about three or about it; I don't care, either. pective buyers. Having no white singer nearest to sound- Michigan Daily, home-baked pies.
four weeks to make. My last "Or we could break up be- home, Stewart says, "is a nice ing like Otis Redding. Ten The town is 40 miles north of
'one, Smiler,' took over a year.;cause of me wanting to play feeling, a free feeling." years ago we all tried to sound Twenty-nine Palms on what
It should never take a year to with the musicians who played Speaking of his relationship black. used to be famed Route 66.
make 40 minutes of music. Not on this album. They've only to the blues, Stewart says, " "I'm 30 now and -
logical, is it? toured once, with Traffic. They suppose the blues has done a the yn on Im one oi 3
As to the question of whether i asked me if they could tour lot for Led Zeppelin; they've ago yiuJger ne d 32. Age
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"'Atlantic Crossing' is a
breakthrough in so many ways.
The Memphis Rhythm Section
plays on about three of the
songs. I've written five; it's the
first time I've written more
than three. On this album there
are no Sam Cooke and no Bob
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Experts pick official
By JAMES FIEBIG it is Return to Forever that and the newest. Al is only about
al-im e top ' n a probably serves as Chick's most 20 years old and was asked by
This Friday evening at Hill, flexible vehicle for musical ex- Chick to join the band while still
By JAMES VALK - Auditorium, Return to Forever pression. studying at Boston's Berklee
will electrify yet another audi- From its conception with bass-! School of Music.
James Valk is on assignment. This week's Campus Flicks ence of newly turned-on jazz ist Stanley Clarke, percussion- Return to Forever's music is
column is by Chris Kochnmanski, a Daily night editor, who will lovers. This group has pioneered ist Airto Moreira and his vocal- very hard to categorize. Their
begin a new colnmn-"Fronz Hell 1/ Cate"'-on The Daily Arts what seems to be the new turn :ist wife Flora Purim, and Joe!latest LP No Mystery displayed
and Entertainment Page next Wednesday. uith roc anthefusion of jazz Farrell on sax and flute, Re-' a vastly eclectic style. What-
turn to Forever has always had ever form Chick Corea and Re-
By CHRIS KOCHMANSKI According to Chick Corea, the : a beautiful, melodic approach turn to Forever take Friday
, band's originator, multiple key-!to jazz, deeply bathed in Latin night, it will be a pleasure to
AT A RECENT CONVENTION of the Michigan Film Connois- boardist, and often composer, I rhythms. hear a band that truly wishes to
seurs in St. Clair Shores, the world's most respected film "We started Return to Forever The Light as a Feather album communicate with its audience.
and literary critics met and cast their ballots for the Ten with the idea of bringing good probably characterizes this era!c -uiaewt't-uine'
Greatest Films of All Time. music to a lot of people." To- of development best. hymn of
To no one's surprise, four of the 10 elected favorites were day, this statement rings true . the Seventh Galaxy was the next
science fiction films and two others starred Bela Lugosi. I say as one watches the evolution of album, with a slight change of
Corea and the other musicians personnel. sigt hageo
that no one was surprised because it's an accepted fact these ite droup. a personnelr
days thatescience fiction movies are best and that Lugosi was Chickr Corea has been one of Have I own u Before? and
the greatest .actor of his generation. "thevMilesnDwndYiupresent ban O
Without further ado, here are the Top Ten, counted down hemostnnovativejazzislan- RTu snewetMterybnd
in American Bandstand style: of the Miles Davis prodigies, rsetmmbr.
NUMBER10 is the immortal She-Demons, starring Victor Sen- who, like his black counterpart, Stan Clarke, in the last two
Yung as a sadistic ex-Nazi officer stranded on a tropical island Herbie Hancock, is now using years winner of many jazz polls
with his horribly deformed wife whose beauty he tries to re- all of the musical ideas and co- as best electric bassist, has been
store by experimenting on the native girls. But when Tod Grif- hesiveness that came from play- with the group from the begin-
fin and Irish McCalla, a pair of devil-may-care drifters stumble ing with Miles and is populariz- ning and has also displayed his .
onto his plans volcanos literally erupt!!ignget iemtcth- oem'.are hsen v-irtuosity on two solo albums of 10 1 e
The Bowery at Midnight, the ninth greatest cinematic mas- Corea's career has encom- his own. -
passed playing with other jazz! Lenny White, drummer, also! (f)
terpiece, stars Bela Lugosi in the finest and most difficult per- s
tackles a triple role - on one hand, he is a kindly college pro- Stan Getz. Throughout his ca- bum and has since performed a
fessor, then he dons the apparel of a Bowery soup kitchen oper- reer, he has been recognized by with Freddie Hubbard, Gil
ator, and in a vicious twist of fate he embodies the very persona fellow artists as an unusually ' Evans, and the band Azteca.
of the ultimate mad scientist. Three Belas for the price of one! unique and sensitive composer. White is responsible for much'
Invasion of the Saucer Men holds down number eight in this Many of his tunes have been of the funky feeling in Return
official poll, mainly on the strength of its unsurpassed special recorded by other musicians to Forever's latest offerings.
visual effects. The Saucer Men slow their prey by injecting them( like John McLaughlin, Gary Guitarist Al DiMeola is a very
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