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MERCER ELLINGTON Tom Rush BY CHUCK CROMER Gamecock Staff Writer Tom Rush-Ladies Love Outlaws Tom Rush has beei absent from the music scerie for over two years. His fan support has dwindled considerably since his zenith back in the folk dominated days of the mid sixtes. By CHUCK 4 and Ti"RRV Gamecck Sto This is the first of what will becom4 the on and off campus eveents of intei Some entries in this column ma wide range of minor events that occu of a full range of entertainment oppo this week are a major jazz concert an Town Theatre opens its season at mancha. The world renowned "kni Don Quixcote, and the world's first merge on stage when the ludicrous ar and Sancho Panza are protrayedf by are a steep $6 but student season mei the membea to all six Town Theatre pI;;5iin, a Rms. Riv. Vu., Becket.: Aoso performing will be the New from Columbia eorrectional Institu tonight and Friday in the Golden S apearance at USC, as they played "Prison Awareness Week." The show If you want to get away this weker soring a bustrip to the USC-Georgia Gamecock supporters are gluttons. terested in this. The bus leaves at 8:~ p.m. The trip, including ticket, costs The downtown theaters are offering films definitely, work worth seing if: ard.Last Detail,-tarring 'Jack Nichols Fall Film Festival opens at the Fox 'I Fopr the R obert Redfored fans, the Ci House theater tonight and Friday. performance and could be subtitled "' In this time of outlandish ticket ; junction with the University Union,: bargain. Tickets to any movie playi Mall theaters can be bought for $1 al fice. These tickets. are good for al special features, through 1975. Just pr There is no gimmick involved-just pi ABC is trying to fight the Irvin-Fuller this saving to students. When was downtown for $1? Ellington 0 The Duke Ellington Orchestra Ellington's son Mercer, will preser Duke" at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the orchestra's appearance is spon University Union Cultural Series C The performance is free to all U general admission tickets are a public at $5. They may be pu Coliseum or the Russell House bo: The versatility which brought su( to Duke Ellington lives on in his positions including "Satin Doll" "I Mood," "Don't Get Around Much "Sophisticated Lady." Mercer Ellington has substitutt father on several occasions and has , Traffic. The folk artists r those in volvment days are appallingly unaccounted for in today's music world. Folk has been replaced by hard rock and involvment has been replaced by apathy. Tom Rush is trying to make a comeback with a new album "Ladies Love Outlaws," and "with a little help from his friends," he should be successful. eROMER 'DUGAS iff Writers a weekly column covering all of 'est to USC students. y be obscure, but, by covering a r, we hope to inform the students rtunities. The two biggest events d a musical production. 8:30 p.m. Friday withman of la ght of the woeful contenance," novelist, Miguel de Cervantes, d pathetic adventures of Quixote song and actions. Ticket prices nberships arr only $10 admitting productions. Shot in the Dark. The nd The Fantastiks. oronets, a six piece sou I band :e. They will appear at 8 p.m pur. This will be their second in the Spur I ast Spring during is free with an ID. d, the University Union is spon game Saturday. If any of you ror punishment, you will be in 0 a.m. Saturday and returns at 8 P11. mostly reruns this week but two rou mi ssed t hem the first time rin , at the Jefferson Square. The 'aeatre with Harold and Maude indidate is playing at the Russell It Is probably Redfords' best Phe Pug Ravenel Story." irices, ABC Theaters, in con s giving the USC community a rng at the Palmetto or Richland the Russell House business of ty film, except late shows and esent the ticket at the box office. esent a ticket at the box office. l'heatre complex and, is offering | :he last time you saw a mo i YFt rchestra her i, directed by for the Ellington 4 t "A Tribute to Educated at Colh Coliseum. The Ellington led his f sored by the In a recent in ommittee. ' Leonard Keather SC students and new incarnation vailable to the troduction of new rchased at the Unlike the so-call i office. frozen in time no During his mus :h high acclaim several splinter numerous com- under his directic i a Sentimental Jackson and Bill: Anymore," and Although the D appeal, concert-@ Ad for his late may expect a reg played trumpet band sound. well wori This album filled with songs of love and memories is performed in a tender folkrock tradition. Rush's vocals give the lyrics extra feeling and subsequently extra meaning. Side Two should be played first because it is a Rush classic. A pattern is develoDed with three songs on htis side, "Claim on Me," "Jenny Lynn," and "No Regrets,' Through these songs Rush expresses his own ideas of in dividualism and freedom from domination of women. To Rush, love is a relationship that has no entangling restrictions, and each party can feel free to leave the other whenever he or she I gets the urge. By far, the two best songs on this side, as well as on the album, are "Black Magic Sun," and "No Regrets." "Black Magic Sun" has a fatalistic theme of destiny dominating it. Through it we see the evolution of the young Western gunfighter. Withthe use of a "magic gun" a youngster becomes a famous gunfighter until his life is ended by i shot in the back. The tragedy of the song lies with the next youngster who will pick up this "Majic Gun." Excellent use of dobro, acoustic guitar, and pedal Columbia fi BY TERRY DUGAS taamecock Staff Writer The annual Fall Film Festival of thL. Columbia Fine Films Com mittee will begin this week with a slate of eight motion pictures to play through Thanksgiving. The series opens Fridday at the Fox Theatre with Harold and Maude. IIarold and Maude, released bree yea'rs ago, is being brought ack by popular demand A black :omedy of the highest orderit is the itory of Harold, about twenty, and W1aude, about eighty, who meet at stranger's funeral and fall in ove. Also in the series is D)aisy Miller, lirected by Peter Bogdanovich, of Paper Moon fame. The film is ased on the Henry .James novel of e Tuesday Irchestra for the past nine years. mbia and Julliard, the younger rst orchestra at the age of 20. terview with Mercer Ellington, wrote,"...the Ellington band in its will be a vehicle for the in talents and durable new works. ed ghost bands it will neither be r bogged down in trivia." cal carreer Mercer Ellington led )rchestras. Artists who played n include Dizzy Gillespie, Calvin, ' Strayhorn. ike's music has a broad base of oers unfamiliar with his music dl and elegantly sophisticated big .h the aski, steel guitar enhance the feeling of this song tremendously. "No Regrets" is the finest melody Tom Rush has ever recorded. Both versions, including the 1968 number, are excellent; however, the 1974 version has more emotional impact. In this song, Rush's woman leaves him. Even though he misses her, he accepts the fact that she has left him. Any romantic who has broken off with someone that he loves or really cares for will appreciate this, song from an emotional stand point. Others will enjoy it >ecause)f its musical expertise. Side One is also a fine example of folk music.. All songs are good but "Maggie" and "Indian Woman from Wichita" are superb. "Ladies Love Outlaws" is definitely worth the $4 the record stores are asking for it. Traffic -- "When the Eagle Flies" "When the Eagle Flies" is the best piece of music that Traffic has compiled since. the "John Barjeycorn Must Die" album. It is a very slow paced product of British jazz that is worthy of a nue film festi a typical rich American expatriate girl traveling through Europe and stars Sybill Shepherd. One of the unusual films is the Italian comedy, Alfredo, Alfredo, starring Dustin Hoffman. He plays an Italian (Graduate in the guise of a timid bank clerk who falls for an oversexed boring lover. A very melodious Italian voice has been dubbdd for Hoffman and the effect is unnerving. Two films dealing with the place f man in society are ICazablan a Vilddish film, and the German P~edestrian. Kazablanis a Jewish West Side Story of a gang of Oc eldental Jews in Tel Aviv Pedestrian was nominated for an 3scar as the Best Foreign Film of 1973 and waswritten, directed by, mnd stars Maximilian Schell. It is he story of a lenang nerman DUKE ELLINGTON 0 tg price place in any record collection. The album is dominated, as usual, by Stevie Winwood; however, Traffic's other three talented musicians are always in evidence. Seven songs comprise this record and each in itstii tells a realistically unique tale. Dreams that become nightmares, the meaning of love, man's day of reckoning, and the feeble memories of an old rock and roll musician are just a few. of the fascinating themes that *makeup this record. Besides the themes, the in strumentation of Traffic deserves recognition. Winwood expands his use of keyboards with the wizardry Df mellotrons and moog syn thesizers. Jim Capaldi is recognized as being one of the truly fine British drummers of the 70's. His steady beat has always been a landmark f the band. Chris Wood's flute, sax, and bass also contribute tremendously to the Traffic sound. There would be no Traffic if this iucleus, Winwood, Capaldi, and Wood, ever become seperated. rogether the combination is un )eatable as their new album will prove to you. val opens industrialist who ordered the massacre of a Greek village in the World War 1I. A Frenen comedy, an American odyssey, and a dirty movie round out the series. Going Places is a French Film about two men and a woman who rape and plunder their way across southern France while he audience laughs all the way. It stars one of the most beautiful women in the world, Jeanne Woreau. The dirty move is~ireally a hilarious bisexual satire on dirty movies and is called Score. Student season tickets are $7.50 with which one may see any five movies and the other three for $1 'each. Tickets can be pur ehasedfrom the business office of Russell House or from Dr. David Byrd, of the English Denartment.