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Friday, November 8, 1985
The Michigan Daily
Page 7
Records
Tonight, Madison, Wisconsin
natives Swamp Thing will be
slithering into the U-Club with
their original, "warped and ready
to party" good times. The Thing
has recently returned from some
several East Coast dates, and has
been touring extensively, opening
for such acts as The Minutemen.
The music starts at 10 p.m., and
cover is $3.
Swamp Thing - Learning
to Disintegrate
(Flaming Pie
Records)
Swamp Thing are a Madison,
Wisconsin cult phenomenon. Swamp
Thing is the wierd, wacky creation of
four guys who went to the University
of Wisconsin. Swamp Thing are
moving up in the world of music.
Swamp Thing has come for your tur-
ntable ...
Learning to Disintegrate, the
debut album by you-know-who, is a
fairly vivid vinyl portrayal of the
bizarre creativity and sheer fun these
guys must let loose in live performan-
ce. It's difficult to pinpoint the Swamp
Thing style, so suffice it to say they're
able to fuse all different types of
music together with an inspired
humorous approach. You know -
that usual subject matter of ghosts,
long distance, communism, and can-
nibalism.
The boys from Madison begin their
LP with "The Mileage Song" (don't
let them fool you, "Marhum Halu" is
over after the record's first rotation)
- a rockin' good number about how
big our world really is. From there
it's straight into the eclectic turmoil
of "Witch Dr." The song begins with a
take-off of that familiar jangly
Southern guitar sound, before being
led by a (far too meek but it works,
anyway) acoustic guitar into a new
texture, which then briefly departs as
the band goes quasi-hardcore. All of
this is often accompanied by "we're
havin' a party" background vocals,
which alsu surface during several
other tracks. Fusing three different
styles in one song is a difficult chore;
doing it well is adventurous and ap-
preciated.
"Winter Fire" is a brilliant parody
of The 70s-styled Rocker : you know,
guitar-edged AOR a la "Freebird."
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Virtuoso
Pickin'
A GYPSY playing the guitar in
Ann Arbor Saturday night?
Anything is possible, here. And you
can see it tomorrow night when 82-
year-old Spanish guitarist Carlos
Montoya will perform an evening of
Flamenco guitar, beginning at 8 p.m.
at Hill Auditorium.
Montoya is not the crooked gypsy of
lore, either. A performing guitarist
since he was a teenager, Montoya has
innate musical brilliance. Although
he cannot read music on a printed
page, Montoya concocts original
arrangements of old gypsy themes,as
well as creating original compositions
using typical gypsy rhythms.
Montoya adds something different
to a piece every time he plays it,
always strumming the strings in a
new and unique fashion.
After Montoya's first full-length
guitar recital as a youth, he received
such acclaim that he proceeded to
share his art with the whole world on
a global tour.
Montoya achieved one of his life-
long dreams in 1966 when his com-
position Suite Flamenca for Guitar
and Orchestra made its world
premiere with the St. Louis Sym-
phony Orchestra. The work, based on
four traditional Flemenco themes, is
one of his most highly praised accom-
plishments.
Tickets for Saturday's performan-
ce, Montoya's fifth appearance in Ann
Arbor, can be obtained at the Univer-
sity Musical Society's office in Burton
Tower. Prices range from $6-$12.
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The Galimir String Quartet
The Mannes Trio
PIANO
Edward Adwell
Arkady Aronov
David Bar-Illan
Claude Frank
Richard Goode
Jeannette Halen
Eugenia Hyman
Uilan Kallr
Leon Pommers
Marie Powers
Josef Raleff
Peter Serkin
Nina Svetlanova
Diane Walsh
HARPSICHORD
Kenneth Cooper
Eugenia Earle
ORGAN and
CHURCH MUSIC
Ford Lallerstedt
McNeil Robinson
William Whitehead
TYMPANI and
PERCUSSION
Norman Grossman
Howard Van Hyning
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Raphael Bronstein,
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Isidore Cohen, Violin
Felix Galimir, Violin
Shirley Givens, Violin
Ani Kavafian, Violin
Dora Schwarzberg, Violin
Sally Thomas, Violin
Hiroko Yajima, Violin
Paul Doktor, Viola and Violin
John Graham, Viola
Soi Greitzer, Viola
Kim Kashkashian, Viola
Karen Tuttle, Viola
Timothy Eddy, Violoncello
Gary Hoffman, Violoncello
Paul Tobias, Violoncello
Julius Levine, Double Bass
Homer Mensch, Double Bass
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Charles Bressler
Thomas Cultice
Peter Elkus
Ellen Faull
Antonia Lavanne
Dan Marek
Marian Thompson
Theodor Lppman
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Thomas Nyfenger, Flute
John Wion, Flute
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Albert Goltzer, Oboe
Mark Hill, Oboe
Ronald Roseman, Oboe
Gervase de Peyer, Clarinet
Peter Simenauer, Clarinet
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Judith LeClair, Bassoon
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Ranier Deintinis, French Horn
Philip Myers, French Horn
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Vincent Penzerella, Trumpet
James Smith, Trumpet
John Ware, Trumpet
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Per Brevig, Trombone
Gilbert Cohen, Trombone and
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David Loeb
Peter Pindar Stearns
David Tcimpidis
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Edward Adwell
Terry Champlin
Robert Cuckson
Douglas Diamond
Leo Edwards
David Gagne
Charles Jones
Ford Lallerstedt
Larry Laskowski
David Loeb
Mei-Mei Meng
William Needelman
Frank Nemhauser
Marie Powers
Feli~x Saizer
Carl Schachter
Eric Wen
Frederick Werle
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