ARTS 1114 E. Washington 665-3231 I 1 FREE DELIVERY 1 PIZZA-PASTA-BURGERS-SANDWICHES 1 and more T 1$1.00 OFF WITH PURCHASE j OF $5.00 OR MORE 1 Free delivery with $5.00 food purchase -Coupon expires 9/30/82 Immmmmmm =mmm mrm== mm=m= m m4 The Michigan Daily Sunday, September 12, 1982 r-- Brown: Beyond Mud Bowl By Ben Ticho 0HE BEGINNINGS were not aus- picious. Outside Rick's on Friday night raged the ska sounds of SLK and the Mudbowl as masses of eager people rushed tb get to their third party of the evening. Inside, everything was relatively quiet when the Tony Brown Band finally began their set around ten p.m. For some reason the regular Ann Arbor reggase crowd failed to attend in grea numbers and even Rick's miniscule dance floor remained bare as this fine ensemble from Wisconsin Spened with the refrain, "Happy music makes you feel so good." Undaunted by what seemed a rather bland initial reception, Tony Brown set- tled back into his regular stage show, with unhurried grace, singing "No tree grow up ... from the top" and smiling ,From 'Hollywood From .UPI Skelton on TV Red Skelton has a word for televi- sion-"horrible." Skelton, in Rock Island, Ill., said, "What they are doing now is horrible." He predicted that in five years TV would be composed only of sports, special events and news. He maid the networks use violence and sen- sationalism to scare viewers. "TV is deliberately frightening people so they will stay home," he said. "If they can create a fear, people stay home. If they stay home, they watch television." Osmond girl Mary and Merrill Osmond have a new baby, a 7-pound, 19-inch girl named Heather. She's their first girl after three sons. For those who can't keep track, Merrill is the fifth son of George Pand Olive Osmond. Heather makes the older Osmonds' 26th grandchild. The baby was born Friday at Latter Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City. All along, the doctors told Mary her child would be a boy. Suzanne to B'way Suzanne Somers, the beautiful blonde who used to star in the ABC sitcom "Three's Company," will be making her Broadway debut in a new musical, The-Party Girl, with book and lyrics by James Ackerson and music by Darryl Curry. The book is about the mistress of a senator who wants to run for the presidency of the United States. Kaye honored Danny Kaye will receive the first Special Recognition Award for Out- standing Service at the 1982 Com- munications Award Dinner of the In- ternational- Center for the disabled. He's being honored for his worldwide humanitarian efforts. For more than 28 years Kaye has traveled the world as UNICEF's ambassador-at-large. Also being honored are Clifton Garvin, Jr., head of Exxon Corp., and Laurance Rockefeller. as he saw his audience grad respond to the practiced reggae s By the time he finished "Prisons Paradise," the dance floor had and Brown assured the growing ber of avid listeners that the: picked the right place to spend t party weeend at Michigan. The Tony Borwn Band, with ar album to its credit, hails from Ma and is the first Midwestern ban( heard that plays an "American-: reggae that really ranks with th ports. The Makah Rhythm' (Detroit) comes close and I-t viously has its good points, but r: is as comfortable yet in playing of music which really does re more than the proper beat, ph; sways, and bright colors. You h, cross cultures carefully, or you'] up little more than an imitation. The Tony Brown Band succee the strength of three major point, st, its choice of material and order band is very confident and comfoi with originals, playing those firs losing nothing in the transiti( imaginative and unusual covers st 1 I Sly Stone's "Thank You (falettin' me be mice elf again)" and Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."' Second, Mr. Brown has some very able players behind him, including a highly proficient drummer (whose name escapes me). Neil, the rhythm guitarist from Trinidad, and Ted Win- field, the bassist from Iowa, perform well, but the biggest contributions are made by sax artist Robert Gordan. For pure intensity, he plays the best popular saxophone I've heard since Jay Beckenstein and the rest of Spyro Gyra's lesser crew played in Ann Arbor last spring. On the groups obligatory Marley cover, Gordan stuck two in- struments into his mouth simultaneously, providing one-person brass harmony. Equally able on all forms of sax (alto, etc.) he replaced the standard guitar solos with such effec- tiveness and continuity that what might have proved' an inconsistency (he for- sook Jamaican tie-dye for a classic suburban green Fox) became a mark of originality and assuredness. Lastly, the Tony Brown Band plays hard .., and long. They outlasted that pya Hour er of Stroh's $2.75 of Stroh's .50 ch Fries .25 4on.-Fri. 2pm-5pm 1.-Wed. 8pm-Close 01 S. University initial indifference and played a two- hour set that left everyone a little drained. Then they came back and played some more. I finally departed sometime after midnight, a victim of heavy rhythm and kamikazes, but Tony Brown played on and on. And he played Rick's again Saturday night with the same intensity. Anyone who missed Tony Brown this time around would do well to catch him on his next trip through. Grad Wine and Cheese PARTY Tuesday, Sept . 14 8:30-11 p.m. F rL 1' rL'}hiYVr'k.4""Liiw1}>'Y4L .. ........ ....... .. .,,. 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