The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, June 10, 1980-Page 9 Arts HEARTA AT COBO The best part of breaking up By TIMOTHV YAGLE Personnel changes can have drastic emotional as well as musical effects on a rock band. Take the Jefferson Star- ship, stranded without former vocalist Grace Slick who has launched a solo career, is doing as well without her as they ever did with her. Former Rain- bow front man Ronnie James Dio has assumed the lead vocal chores for Black Sabbath, probably still the premier heavy-metal band. Consequen- tly, they now sound much like the old Deep Purple (Rainbow's lead guitarist is former Deep Purple axeman Rit- chie Blackmore.) Heart; lead by the dynamic sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, has undergone and survived a change (which saw its sound man and lead guitarist, borthers Mike and Roger Fisher, leave the band for 'personal reasons' and, of course, to pursue individual careers. Ann and Nanty have subsequently taken charge of the band and assumed more dominant roles. THIS WAS dramatically evident Sun- day night in Detroit when Heart and The Ian Hunter Band which features legendary guitarist Mick Ronson) played the first concert of a two night stand at Cobo Arena. Former Mott the Hoople leader Ian Hunter and his band featuring Ronson began this extraordinary bill, playing many cuts from their new double-live set Welcome to the Club. Hunter is an exemplary rock and roll performer in that he doesn't play to his enthusiastic audiences, he plays with them. His fans seem to know what to expect with Hunter and he delivers in grand style. The near-sellout crowd brought Hunter and his band out for two encores, which were "Cleveland Rocks" and "All the Young Dudes." During a "All The Young Dudes," Hun- ter yelled the now-familiar line, "I wanna see you," as the house lights were turned on to the crowd orgiastic delight. Unfortunately, Hunters' show is probably more suited for the smaller more intimate confines of Masonic Auditorium instead of Cobo; he could establish an even better rapport with his audience in the smaller Masonic, and, thus, everyone would enjoy the show that much more. FOLLOWING Hunter's set, Ann and Nancy and their gang of three let the crowd have it with their unique and sparkling combination of feminine charm and agression. Vocalist Ann, the elder (29) of the two appears more con- fident and even more tenacious on stage than in years past. On stage, Ann is like a sexual animal. She practically invites her fans to be awe-struck and in- timidated by her powerful, yet still feminine style. She dominated Heart both in conceptual orientation and in sheer presence. She typifies the threatening sexuality vocalists like Mick Jagger and Robert Plant flaunt while adding a distinctive edge to it. While Ann's approach has changed slightly, her 26-year-old blond sister Nancy has expanded her musical horizons two-fold: She has assumed more lead g'uitar duty in the absence of Fisher but still shares those duties with the competent but quiet Howard Leese, who also plays keyboards. But the for- merly sedate Nancy is also singing more. She solos in a pair of tunes from Heart's new release Bebe Le Strange. And on stage she is actually being thrust more and more into the guitar- playing spotlight and, thus, is no longer overshadowed by the gritty Fisher. Heart's stage show is more sophisticated than it was in their last appearance here two years ago. The main differences are more elaborate lighting, a more expansive stage with floating speakers, and a more exuberant Ann Wilson. Right from the opening song, "Bebe Le Strange," Ann was a bundle of energy, high-stepping and dancing around as I have never seen her before. She pranced and kicked around the stage much like Mick Jagger did when the Stones appeared at Masonic two summers ago. BUT ANN has undergone ever a more traumatic change. And bassist Steve Fossen put it succinctly backstage after the concert: "Her personality is more true now." With the former boyfriend Roger gone now, she feels freer and does more of what she wants to do-musically and otherwise. Her new- found freedom is displayed on stage, too. She's belting out the songs with more authority now, even on the blues number the band performed. She's more in control of herself now and wan- ts to have a good time. Ann's outward manifestations of her feelings have shown up in how the band performs now, as well. After pon- dering the question for a minute, Ann said to herself in a post-concert inter- view: "(With the departure of Roger and Mike), "we've become less technical and added more soul." While guitarist Howard Leese has assumed more guitar parts, he doesn't attack his guitar like Fisher did. He plays competent guitar, but it's as if he is playing in a world by himself. It also seemed as if Heart's song selection, which Fossen said stays con- sistent throughout the current seven- month tour, is divided into three distin- ct sections; mid-tempo tunes at the beginning with "Straight On", and "Even It Up," then to the mellow por- tion featuring "Dog and Butterfly," and possibly their best song ever, "Mistral Wind", plus "Magazine", then they unleash the power with "Crazy On You," "Barracuda," and "Rockin' Heaven Down," with an encore of the sizzling Zeppelin classic "Rock and Roll." With the Fisher's permanent hiatus, Ann and Nancy have taken charge and the band is sounding crisp and rejuvenated. The Wilson's & Company want to prove they can rock with the best of them and maintain their high altitude in an otherwise congested rock and roll sky. Heart is a good rock band which.puts on a great live show. Ann's energy along with the well-timed lighting and choreography is what propels this band. With all the internal problems the band has experienced, Ann and Nancy have learned valuable lessons and are kicking it out that much harder. 'Evita 'sweeps Tonys NEW YORK (AP)-Here is the list of Tony award winners for Broadway's 1979-80 season. The winners were an- nounced Sunday night at the Mark Hellinger Theater in ceremonies televised by CBS. Best Play: Mark Medoff, Children of a Lesser God Best Musical: Evita Best Actor, Play: John Rubenstein, Children of a Lesser God Best Actress, Play: Phyllis Frelich, Children of a Lesser God Best Actor, Musical: Jim Dale, Bar- num Best Actress, Musical: Patti LuPone, Evita Best Direction, Play: Vivian Matalon, Morning's at Seven Best Direction, Musical: Harold Prince, Evita - Best Musical Score: Tim Rice, An- drew Lloyd Webber, Evita Best Musical Book: Tim Rice, Evita Best Featured Actor, Play: David Rounds, Morning's at Seven Best Featured Actress, Play: Dinah Manoff, I Ought to Be in Pictures Best Featured Actor, Musical: Man- dy Patinkin, Evita Best Featured Actress, Musical: Priscilla Lopez, A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine Best Choreography: Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh, A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine Best Scenic Design: Tie, John Lee Beatty, Talley's Follly and David Mit- chell, Barnum Best Costumes: Theoni V. Aldridge, Barnum Best Lighting: David Hersey, Evita Beat Revival: Morning's at Seven Special Tony awards for achievement in theater also went to Helen Hayes, Ac- tors Theater of Louisville, Ky., and to the Goodspeed Opera House, East Had- dam, Conn., with a surprise award given Mary Tyler Moore, who made her Broadway debut this season playing a crippled sculptress in Whose Life Is It Anyway. Research yields valuable info on lackluster legumes (ContinuedfromPage3) have made only small gains in is currently attempting to isolate the (soybean) crop yield by improving the specific genes responsible. plant's resistance to disease. By "We are looking for the 'death genes' 'tricking' the plants into living longer and trying to figure out how to reverse than normal, we can increase crop them," he said. "We've isolated five of yield," he said. them so far, but we know that there are NOODEN ADDED other farm crops more to come." also fall prey to senesence. "What we Senesence is one factor limiting ad- can do can be worked out on other crops ditional growth in the plant, Nooden as well, including barley, wheat, oats, said. "For the last 20 years, farmers and corn," he said. There is a young lady named Sally CAFETERIA HOURS; Who has tastes that are right down my alley 11:30-1:15 She'd beg, borrow or steal 5:00-7:15 To get a good meal So the League is the place where we rally. SNACK BAR CK 7:15-4:00 ' 1Cllig Send your League Limerick to: The Mansger.Michigan League 227 South Ingalls Next to Hill Auditorium You wilt receioe 2 tree dinner Located in the heart of the campus. tickets if your limerick inused in it is the heart of the campus one of our ads. The Ann Arbor Film Cooperative presents at MLB: $1.50 Tuesday, June 10 TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch, 1923) 7:00-MLB4 Two jewel thieves meet and fall in love while picking each other's pockets. The pair moves from Vienna to Paris where they rob the Peace Conference of "everything but the peace," and then larcenously establish themselves in the household of a stuffy millionairess. "It is superb . . . it comes as close to perfection as anything I have ever seen in the movies."-Dwight McDonald. NINOTCHKA (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939) 9:00-MLB4 'Garbo Laughs,' said the original ads in 1939, but there is by now a widespread . story that although Garbo could pantomime laughter superbly, no sounds emerged, and these were provided by an anonymous creature in the sound lab. The rest of her performance is her own-and she brings distinction as well as her throaty, sensual abandon to the role of a glum, scientifically- trained Bolshevik envoy who succumbs to Parisian freedom, i.e., champagne. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, this light, satirical comedy has the nonchalance and sophistication which were his trademark."-Pauline Kael. Tomorrow: Wim Wenders' THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY OF THE PENALTY KICK and THE AMERICAN FRIEND at Old A & D.