Saturday, May 7/, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven SaudaMa ,197TH.ICIA.DIY ae ee WABX's birthday bash Coo11oo e(800) .325-4867 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. ' \ 0 e G1,fi -' e Gc c)O 44 e ® 0"0 , o t -A \Q be ea s ' 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. 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