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The picture is pretty clear: An, all-white album with Rock Music printed on the top and "The Band" printed somewhere in the middle. There's only one problem; The Band is one of the best rock bands ever to tune their instruments. Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel have always had a little trouble with names. They began playing with Ronnie Hawkins under the moniker The Hawks, and somewhere along the line they took to calling themselves The Crackers. But it was as The Band that they hooked up with Bob Dylan and helped to shock the popular music world as they backed him on his first electric gigs. Although The Band may best be remembered for the Dylan connection, they were certainly a significant force in rock on their own. Somewhere along- the line Rick, Levon, Garth and Rich teamed up with Robbie Robertson and released an amazing string of albums, most tracks of which were original songs penned by Robertson. Songs like "Up on Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "The Weight" (you know, Take a load off Benny, take a load for free. . .) are proof that folk-rock can be commercially successful. But by the late '70s The Band was fin- ding it increasingly difficult to record up to the standards they had set for themselves. So before they had the chance to put out a "bad" album, they broke up. Their final concert alone should have been proof of their importance to the world of rock music. Calling it "The Last Waltz" they invited 5000 people for dinner and asked a few of their friends to come out on stage and play. Those "friends" turned out to be most of the biggest names in rock music: Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Ron Wood and Bob Dylan. Once they were apart, each of them went on to do their own, various things. Helm released a couple of solo albums that were commercially disappointing and Hudson did some big-time studio work. But last year they decided to give it another shot and got back together. There is no Robertson, but that's alright, he wasn't there at the very beginning anyway. The new Band, like the old, has seemingly unlimited instrumental talent. Helm usually ends up on drums, Hudson on keyboards, Danko on bass but any one of them can play at least four or five different instruments. Brave new world Green on Red Joe's Star Lounge 8p.m.,.Tuesday, April 10 By Joe Hoppe W E'RE NOT BEAT, we're not hip, we're the brave generation, what a trip. Finally, something for us to call ourselves. "Brave generation" sounds pretty good. We're "brave" 'cause we're still around, existing in all this stuff. We don't pretend to know everything, or speak out loud like our parents Manuel played a different instrument on every song on side one of the Nor- thern Lights-Southern Cross album. In addition, all of them save Hudson fhelp out on vocals. Their trademark is harmonies that blend through and soar over the instrumental work. The Band is playing in Ann Arbor on April 10 at the Second Chance. That's quite an opportunity-getting to see one of the world's greatest rock bands, without the tacky all-white container. did. We haven 't been to .Vietnam, but we've seen the ones who did. The carcasses line the streets in our homeland, what a quiz. or how about, all those fourth grade pupils being told you aren't as smart as you once were? Green on Red is the band singing this song. Green on Red will be at Joe's Star Lounge Tuesday. They're labeless. And even though Green on Red guitarist Dan Stuart says the anthem shouldn't be taken too seriously, all the words fit. The song, and Green on Red's first album, Gravity Talk's (Slash) is full of great images for the '80s: Derelicts, the streets, bars, guns ("Five Easy Pieces"), foreign seeds, cheap wines, literary allusions, paranoia, but above all, a great and sometimes naive optimism. And that's1 why we're the brave generation. The label they're giving Green on Red (who are Chris Cacavas; keyboar- ds and guitar, Alex MacNicol; drums, Dan Stuart; guitar, and Jack Water- son; bass) is "Paisley Underground" which links them up with Dream Syn- dicate, The Three O'Clock, Plan 9, Love Tractor, the Long Ryders, et al. and if you want even more labels, can be, called neo-psychedilia '60s folk rock ( We're not beat, we're not hip ... But seriously folks, the music is kind of slow, dreamy, and dominated by Cacvas' Ray Manzarek-like keyboards. Stuart's guitar is sometimes a 12- string. He sings to match the music, sweetly when need be, sometimes a lit- tle gruff; old garage-band style. Live, Green on Red should be won- derful, full of feedback and long solos and all forms of excessiveness; en- thusiasm energy and a real cool time. Historically, Green on Red (by the way, the name doesn't mean anything, just an interesting propsition taken from the name of a song when the band. was called The Serfers) started out in Tuscon, Arizona. That was in 1980, when "punk" bands only had one place See BRA VE, Page 5 Poeic Songs of Innocence and Experience University School of Music Hill Auditorium 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 11 By Dan Desmond X7WTILLIAM BOLCOM injects a variety of musical forms to the poems of William Blake, creating a consum- mate celebration of the arts in Songs of Innocence and Experience. Bolcom is a University professor of composition who is best known as a gif- ted pianist and composer of popular American songs. Setting Blake's poems to melody has been a lenghty but heartfelt project for him. "Obviously, it has been a labor of love," noted Doris Humphrey, Associate Editor for the School of Music. "It's a life's work just to figure out Blake's own symbolism," she ad- ded. Bolcom has zealously translated Blake's pieces into this fine symphonic rhetorical. The music that Bolcom ex- plores covers a gamut of styles in- cluding symphony, opera, folk music and even rock. Guaranteed is a spirited offering of these eclectic musical types, the literary beauty of Blake's poems, and the visual dimension of his own illustrations, which accompany his poems and will be shown at the concert. Ears, eyes, and intellect can each be exercised in this aesthetic adventure. The root of this opus is the English, poet/painter, William Blake, who rose to prominence in the 18th century, but is still enjoyed by many. "His poems are extremely accessible, they aren't just poems that college students have read," Humphrey pointed out. Though Blake's artistic language is sometimes so subjective it is esoteric, his works are nonetheless gracefully terse and in- teresting to ponder. The messages in his poems range from religous revelation to social awareness-he even confronted such matters as child labor while hoping for social reform. However, most of his words and art convey a disdain for science, because it reduces humans to atoms, and a renouncing of reason, because it limits the imagination. Blake projected lyrical visions of his inner emotions and strongly decried any kind of mathematical measurement of the world. There is thoughtful vision in Blake's poetry, but Humphrey reminds us too, that, "The message of the School of Music is that music is wonderful." There is pronounced agreement from German critics, who were the first to take in Bolcom's performance before the American premier. One critic writes, "The music sounds pleasant, sometimes as easily accessible as a sentimental hit. But: It is never silly." Another reported, "The piece is a musical giant, which covers many genres and styles. . . and molds them into concordant unity. . . Here, Bolcom proves to be an extremely word- sensitive master of melody as well as an orchestrator, who has studied his Berlioz, R. Strauss, and Mahler very in- tensely." Carrying out these songs will be a commendable cast of musical craf- tsmen. Among the group is Charles Holland, 74, who sang jazz in America before gaining respect as an opera singer in Europe. A 10-year-old soprano, Daniel Ryan from Battle Creek, will be another highlight of the show. Joan Morris, who was lauded in past performances with Bolcom, her pianist at the time, will also be on hand. The only current University student to perform will be Richard Fracker, who is now pursuing a Master's degree, and has sung for director Robert Altman in The Rake's Progress. The remainder of the distinguished collection of soloists, too long to entirely mention, will be conducted by Michigan's director of orchestra and opera, Gustav Meier. Bolcom's arduous efforts come to harmony in the symphonic delight, Songs of Innocence and Experience, subtitled "An Illumination of the Poems of William Blake." 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