Saturday, May 7/, 1977
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Seven
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WABX's birthday bash
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By TIM YAGLE of any of the three bands. The As if lead vocalist AnnaWil- * " (8e 3e2-486v7'
HENWAX tros airh-spotlight was on the exuberant son (sister of guitarist Nancy) Tg chA1 im|Iff
HENWAXthrygsalthe Ray Davies all night. knew the crowd wanted to rock
day party, they go all the Ra. 'n roll, after the last ballad, she -
On. rTHEiBAND began with some said, "Now let's rock 'n roll!"
on spril 28, as part of its the This set the stage for 'Crazy
tenth anniversary celebration, h s d on You" and "Magic Man" both *
the leading Detroit FM rock from the 6's like "Tired of which included thrashing gui-
sainsponsoredablc-ut Waitin,"* "Rush-hour Blues"T
statiOa S d a block-bust- dDavies tar solos from lead guitarist
er concert featuring Canada's tried to narrow the ga be- Steve Fossen.
Kinks, and a new band called tweenthe performers on stage Wilson strutted back and forth
Night City, led by former Doors anddthe aune y alost across the stage, leaning over
member, Ray Manzarek. hing a ow convegaton to the microphone, hands on her 4k "y
with the crowd, talking to them hips and feet together, almost
NIGHT CITY kicked off the at times, and trying to become intimidating the spirited crowd
five-hour show with ordinary, a part of them. with her authoritative delivery. - --
somewhat bland rock 'n roll They ended the show with an
tunes from their debut album Near the end of their show, encore of "Barracuda" from can gsve thei audiences a good
Night City. Most of their songs the Kinks let the crowd have their new album and, in a tre- mixure of soft music and hen-
are structured around Manza-
rek's keyboard with a few short
guitar solos mixed in Their
first song, "Who Do You Love?",
a low-powered rocker, set the
tone for the style of music they
played.
After their set, the entire
WABX staff wheeled a two-story
birthday cake on stage and
thanked their frenzied fans for
their ten-year support.
Following a brief intermission,
Ray Davies and the Kinks bolt-
ed on stage and proceeded to
play for 21/ hours, the longest
it, starting with Lola en-
couraging audience participa-
tion in spelling L-O-L-A in the
refrain. The audience caught
fire when Davies rocked-out with
Kinks classics "All Day and All
of The Night" and "You Really
Got Me."
HEART mellowed the crowd
with a medley of ballads from
their first album, Dreamboat
Annie. Then they played a few
cuts from their latest and soon-
to-be-released album, Little
Queen.
mendous unleashing of power
they were saving for their fi-
nale, Heart gave the crowd a
rousing version of Led Zeppe-
lin's tune "Rock 'n Roll."
Heart proved that they
vy-metal rock as well and get
a crowd on its feet when they
want to. The crowd was hyped
up for the show and WABX,
"the radio station," did not let
them down.
|Records in Brief
There are still openings for
bus drivers, kitchen staff, male coun-
selors, water safety instructors, a Per-
forming Arts Supervisor, and a ceramist
at
CAMP TAMARACK
a residential summer camp run by the Jewish
Fresh Air Society, 6600 W. Maple Rd., W.
Bloomfield, Michigan 48033 if interested.
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WEATHER REPORT refuses
to slow down. Their new al-
bum, Heavy Weather, might just
be the best they've ever cut,
and that's saying a lot.
Weather Report emerged in
the early seventies as leaders,
not followers, in the era's jazz-
rock-funk movement. Founders
Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter
have kept the group together
over six years, yet the fire and
insoiration is still there.
hEAVY WEATHER opens with
Birdland, and it takes you away.
Joe Zawinul's flying electric pi-
ano and Shorter's soprano sax
begin the piece, then the song
breaks into a refrain that tops
even The Boogie Woogie Waltz,
from WR's Sweetnighter album.
The following number, A Re-
mark You Make, is a mellow
vehicle for Shorter's smooth-
flowing tenor sax. It's a truly
relaxing contrast from the ex-
ultation of Birdland.
On side two newly added bass
player, Jaco Pastorius strutts
his stuff. After "Rumba Mama,
"a tribal song by percussion-
ists Acuna and Badrena (do
they have first names?), Pas-
torius and the rest of the band
break into "Palladium." The
bassist opens up with an in-
fectuous, precise, and funky so-
lo, then Zawinul and Shorter
join the melee.
Heavy Weather is without
question a together album. The
credits list Zawinul as Producer/
Orchestrator, Pastorius as Co-
Producer, and Shorter as As-
sistant Producer. This is one
group that can exist without a
single leader, and not many
really progressive groups these
days can make that claim.
- Jim Stimson
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MARX BROTHERS in 1935
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
A film that occasionally shows up on best 10 movie lists but is
better known a sone of the craziest and carefree comedies that
Groucho and his siblings have ever put on. An Italian opera com-
pony crosses the Atlantic for a New York Premiere and the
Ma rxes are stowaways.
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1946
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