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Leoni One of the rarest events in the history of the Coliseum took place Friday night. Security guards stuffed their ears with cotton, ready for another "noise night". Another rock concert. Ittle did they know that some of them would * be miming the words and tapping their toes to their favorite country tunes. 1417 MAIN STREET Late Shows Fri. & Sat. June 14-15 11:15 .m. ADM. $2.00 Today, nuclear power electricity. Tomorrow, it power. S The Navy' Nuclear Pr ..Program (NUPOC-C) ofi .enlistment in pay grade : and allowance during th S After college, qualified nuclear training worth from $20,000 to I ?ussell St Even the rock songs sounded good. Each instrument would come on strong but undistorted, and the band would blend together in perfect harmony, filling the Coliseum with sound, the way it should be. Too often, though, the way it isn't. Leon Russell was in town. As the band rocked its way to the end of its warm -up number, Leon sauntered onto the stage, peered through the spotlights to the ec static cheers of the crowd. Smiling, he swung the band into Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen", usually really fast-paced country song which was slowed down a bit and a rock beat added. From there he went into "Dixie Lullabye", "Midnight Rider", and "Alcatraz" before he finally calmed the crowd down with his thoughts on the short-lived streaking craze. Ex plaining that he never went to college, but if he had, Leon said he would have liked to join in on the fad. This was 'part of his in troduction to "Streakers Ball", a cut off his newest L.P., "Stop All That Jazz". The 32 year-old musician-writer arranger has played an important part in the successes of practically every major L.A. based group, as well as many in New York and Britain. His studio credits are as about as impressive and diver sified as you can get. Eric Clapton, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Glen Campbell, Jerry c,y Clothes G). INNER CITY GLADRAGS 2016 Green (at 5 Pts.) provides only a small portioi may become our most vital s opulsion Officer Candidate C 'ers those selected for the proj E-3 with over $500 a month eir senior year. cadidates will receive advan 25,000, and later may be ass vee ps Th Lee Lewis, Herb Alpert, The Byrds , The Stones, Frank Sinatra, Joe Cocker, Paul, George, and Ringo, and Jackie DeShannon are a few artists that he has laid tracks for. His present back-up group,"the Gap Band' had been together for three years before Russell heard them during a recording session in Tulsa where they impressed him to the point of him inviting them to tour with him this summer. The personnel includes: Charles Wilson, lead vocals and organ, and his brothers, Ronnie and Robert, playing trumpet and bass, respectively. Chris Clayton and Tom Lokey round out the brass section with O'Dell Stokes and Wayne Perkins on guitar. Backing vocals are provided 'by four foxies col4lsctively known as Mother Funck" Leon's old friend, "Cloudy" Chuck Blackwell,was on hand to help out Roscoe Smith and Ambrose Campbell on percussion. Russell then took the band into another new release, "If I Were A Carpenter", with a new twist to the Tim Harden song. According to Photos and Story by . Charles i 4 2 , i of our an officer i ource of submarines Specificall ollegiate demonstrate gram qualities of in pay challenging ced Conta qigned as or c e City "Rolling Stone", when Russell was in Nashville working on his country album no one could remember the lyrics, so he made up some and they stuck. From there the band iumped into "Blues Power", Shootout on the Plantation", Queen of the Roller Derby", and "Roll Away the Stone", pausing only for Charles Wilson to belt out a gospel number, "What Do You Think About Jesus?" "It's time for a little nostalgia,'.' Leon quipped. Then a sly chuckle, "That's one of those big funny words, like mayonnaise." With that, he in troducedMarcie Levy of Mother Funck to do "Unchained Melody", one of Brook Benton's (Lugoff, S.C.) oldies. Usually, Russell doesn't bring politics into his songs; his reasoning: " I leave that to the politicians, it gives them something to do." However, during a particularly mesmerizing percussion interlude in "Out In The Woods", he asked the musical question "wouldn't it be nice if people would spend more time tapping on drums instead of ?ussell N. Jeffcoat Tilson We're L( For Tom< Leader Men Who Wil With The S4 Nu i in one of the Navy's nlu< or surface ships. r, we're looking for college El ability in physics and m leadership and a special aj work. ick McManus has all the < st him at 2711 Middlebug~ Columbia, S.C. 11 Lt. McM anus at 765.59 Leon Russell phones?" When . he wasn't singing, Leon gave -the spotlight completely to the Gap Band to showcase this group of talented musicians. Their bag is mostly rhythm and blues. " For those interested, they have just released an album, "Magician's Holiday". In the past, Russell has been known chiefly as a rock-gospel piamist. He has since made a pilgri mage to Nashville where he cut a successful country record. Now in "Stop All That Jazz", he has done a satire on jazz. So where does he go from here? In an interview after the concert, I learned that Russell doesn't want to be pigeonholed into being known for playing only one kind of music. Buddy Jones, who lives along with Russell in his 3-story mansion studio and is currently manager of the Gap Band points out that Leon is "totally unpredictable from day to day." "iii >Oking " " ..V [)rrOW's s Wence wantsngn,Lo gae -hpotlgheredetlyt then with Badt hwaeti group ofu tlee secians hi baitud motrhythm and bus jut D relae an lbm "Magican's Hliday" In~~~~~~ th.as,Rssliasbe known chefly asa0rock-oe