ARTS Page 6 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 LSA STUDENT GOVERNMENT will be interviewing for various positions on Sunday and Monday, September 18th and 19th. Applications are avail- able at the LSA-SG office and are due on September 16th. POSITIONS INCLUDE: " LSA representative to the Michigan Student Assembly (One Position) " LSA.SG Executive Council * College Committees: Joint Student Faculty Policy Board, Academic Judiciary, and the CULS Executive Committee. For Information call 763-4799 LSA Student Govt. 4003 Michigan Union 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 Digitalis, 0 Cortisone... 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. Join the Daily Arts Staff "Gimme a Gimme an D A PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT NIGHTS The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts is currently inter- viewing students interested in participating in an alumni fun- draising telethon. LSA alumni across the country will be called from campus. The telethon runs five nights per week Sunday through Thursday, October 2 through November 17. Each week you select two of the five nights available, with some opportunity to work ad- ditional nights. 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