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Tuesday, September 13, 1983
Stanley brings down the house .
By Jim Boyd
ASNEAK PREVIEW for That's en-
tertainment III was held at the Ark
Sunday night. Gene, Fred, and Ginger
don't have their names on the credits of
this one; instead their roles are filled by
a solitary, magical minstrel by the
name of James Lee Stanley.
To be more accurate, he doesn't
really tap dance or croon while descen-
ding long winding flights of marble
steps; he does fulfill a more contem-
porary function, though. Donald
O'Connor and Cyd Charise he is not, but
if you start talking along the lines of
James Taylor and Cat Stevens you're
getting a lot closer.
Actually, I hesitate to use the names
of others to describe him. He really
doesn't deserve the "he's like J.T."
kind of description. His instrumental
and vocal skills, combined with his fine
compositions and audience rapport
make him a truly unique performer.
The instrumentation was simple - he
performed solo on the guitar and piano
- and yet he managed to coax a hell of
a lot out of just that. His guitar playing
is especially impressive in its precision
and sensitivity. As he sings the guitar
takes off as if with a mind of its own and
interweaves with the vocals. It's really
nice stuff.
The ballads he writes go way beyond
the three-chord kind of trips everyone's
so used to hearing. He has a voice that
accentuates some of the more delicate
tonal nuances of his songs and has the
ability tq jump from baritone into a
high falsetto almost instantaneously.
The sound is atmospheric - sensitive,
polished and mellow. The performance
lasted for almost three hours and the
audience attention never slackened.
When was the last time that "sensitive,
polished, and mellow" kept you in your
seat for that long?
He's got a kind of starlet quality -
you know, on opening night when, alas.
the star becomes ill and is unable to got
on, Stanley fills in and steals the show
becoming an instant success. Fred and
Ginger weren't missed as Stanley sang
a few exceptional ballads among them
"Gypsy Moon," "Butterfly," and "Just
Like Love." Other highlights were his
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parting song, "When to Say Goodbye,"
and "Eclipse," the title track off of his
latest album.
One of the exceptional things about
James Stanley is that he goes beyond
the typical folk artist in-between-song-
jocularity. It is unique in a performer to
drink Mescal, chew the worm, and
write a Latin boogie hit as a direct
challenge to Carlos Santana. O
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We were also told of the "one show
mystery" and of how he's putting his
mom through surfing school and about
Steve the bastard and the real scoop on
rowboats - you really had to be there.
It's all a part of the way in which he
makes an audience fall in love with
him. One hates to feel manipulated but
there was no way around the fact that
he was demanding that you have a good
time. He mixes the bawdy and the sen-
sitive so perfectly that one is rendered
completely at ease.
A man of many talents? But wait,
that's not all. His current numerous
credits include a song that's on the dan-
ce charts, another that's being recor-
ded by Kiss(?), and two soundtracks,
one for Nastassia Kinski's next film and
another for Shelley Duvall's Even
Cowgirls Get the Blues. So things are
going pretty well for James Lee.
"Yes," he says, "but nothing ever hap-
pens fast enough for me."
Hopefully Stanley's next appearance
in Ann Arbor will happen fast enough,
for all of us. Fingers will be crossed.
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