Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 13, 1990 VAUGHN Continued from page 5 Eric Clapton have never had much trouble getting airtime on the dis- gustingly segregated radio stations in this country. In 1985, keyboardist Reese Wynans joined drummer Chris Lay- ton and Vaughn's long-time bassist Tommy Shannon in Double Trou- ble. The addition of Wynans helped flesh out the band's sound, freeing Vaughn from carrying the melody with his guitar alone, and allowing the band to play more songs on the rhythm side of the R&B genre. Again, this was most noticeable live, on bouncier tunes such as "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Love Struck Baby" (yes, I like that song a lot). To say Vaughn was influenced by Jimi Hendrix is quite an understate- ment. SRV & Double Trouble have recorded several songs either written or covered by Hendrix, and Vaughn can safely be said to have mastered Jimi's unorthodox southpaw sound. Vaughn once owned one of the Seat- tle guitar god's wah-wah pedals, un- til someone with no sense of history (or perhaps an all too good knowl- edge of history) stole it. One aspect of Hendrix's life Vaughn will not be emulating is Jimi's unfortunate tran- quilizer overdose. Vaughn has kicked a drug addiction that hospitalized him a few years ago; hopefully this will allow him to play throughout the '90s. During the '80s Vaughn has re- mained quite popular locally. An ap- pearance at Hill Auditorium included a jam with opening act Johnny Copeland, and Ted Nugent jumped onstage one night during an impres- sive run of shows at the Royal Oak Music Theater, which also included a rare cover of "Little Wing." With lefty Ernie Isley (the youngest Isley Brother, who can still recall seeing Jimi play in his bedroom a long time ago) opening and Lonnie Brooks in town, one never knows I Gregson and Collister play rock, OK? by Mark Swartz FOR Clive Gregson, "folk" is a four-letter word. Gregson, the strumming-and-picking half of the duo Gregson and Collister, promises an evening of pure rock 'n' roll satisfaction at The Ark Saturday night. Diminuitive Christine Collister, the other half, sings. The misconception that Gregson and Collister play folk music is an easy one to make. They did play at last year's Ann Arbor Folk Festival. They do harmonize like a latter-day Peter, Paul and Mary. And Gregson does, after all, brandish an acoustic guitar onstage. "As soon as you pick up an acoustic guitar, people say, 'Oh, it's folk music!'" he acknowledges. But this is rock 'n' roll, not folk. Really. Listening to Gregson and Collister's latest album, A Change in the Weather, it is apparent that the British duo is striving to plug into American rock 'n' roll traditions. One track, "(Don't step in) My Blue .Suede Shoes," sets up an imaginary dialogue between Elvis Presley and Bruce Springsteen. "How I wish that I had listened/ When I heard someone say/ Don't step in my blue suede shoes/ Or everything you have now/ You will surely lose," laments a despairing Boss after the press has torn his privacy to shreds. "It's about the way in which the media attacks stardom," Gregson explains. Instead of an exploitative "tribute" h la Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper's "Elvis is Everywhere," "(Don't step in) My Blue Suede Shoes," is a sympathetic, non-ironic analysis of the star machinery that eventually killed the King. "I became a Presley fan in the last four or five years," says Gregson, recalling the magic moment when a friend gave him a boxed set of Elvis' Sun years. Change in the Weather also contains "Tryin' to Get to You," a cover of a song from his first release. Besides The King and The Boss, Gregson has a special place in his heart for the slightly lesser-known Richard Thompson. Gregson, an alum of the Thompson sessions that produced such classics as Shoot out the Lights and Across a Crowded Room, calls Thompson "the best songwriter ever to come out of the British Isles." Still, he is quick to remove himself from Thompson's - gasp! - folk tendencies. "We're much more rock and roll, more mainstream," he asserts. Okay, okay, we get the picture. CLIVE GREGSON AND CHRISTINE COLLISTER play at The Ark, 637 1/2 S. Main, this Saturday at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $9.75, at the Union, Schoolkids and Herb David. They've been spotted in some folky joints but Clive Gregson and Christine Collister maintain that it's only rock 'n' roll and they like it. how hot it might get inside the Michigan Theater. STE VIE RAY VAUGHN & DOUBLE TROUBLE appear at the Michigan Theater tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. At press time a few tickets were available for the Saturday show; they cost $22.50. 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