The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 19, 1976, Page Page 7, Image 7
Buffe
By Chuck Cromer
It is inevitable that a mus
third appearance in the san:
in less than seven month
result in a poor concert. Wi
much saturation of the n
market, an audience that
totally familiar with the soi
one that can devote its to
tention the artist's perform.
!i raritv
Unfortunately, Jimmy
and his Coral Reefer Band
themselves in this unen
position Jan. 16 at To\
Auditorium. They had appe
the Carolina Coliseum in
with the Eagles, on the intr;
field in October as a p
Homecoming week, and ri
January before a drunken
1,700 that could barely dist
hptween Buffett's songs.
In essence, Buffett was a
of circumstances. There wi
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viable promoters and crowd,
vnship shell, with the exception
ared in and his Coral Reefers, ti
August seemed like a bad rerun
amural Mack Amateur Hour,
art of The sound and aim
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vas painfully obvious play
now how to play their dem
how to perform , bacl
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numbers, persons
re either asleep or u**,.
were as drunk as com
3 in the auditorium,
le audience itself that gurr(
entire evening's atm
90 per cent certain c
these grits and red- aPP!
/er heard any Buffett !?
"Why Don't We Get J?rn
Screw?" "Door r? ?
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; last title appropriate H1
persons were in that ^eio
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nost of the audience mar
;s what songs Buffett
lining- ?j
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playing just as long as he i
ing something. All tl
anded of him was a li
cground music for th
ken orgy with a few of
t insinuating sexual numb
g thrown in to further enli
jvening.
iffett himself, despite
dicaps, provided a fai
petent performance for
ering mass of nausea t
ounded him. His routines h
iged little from his first
ja ranees in Columbia,
tier has his intensity in ]
ling. He played his guts
re a revolting audie
ing his two-hour set, he
ugh 22 songs and two enc<
re acknowledging the res
physical exhaustion was at
ind his musical career \
lently.
PUR?
reevaluation of programm
11 of our student orgamzati
eeded to overcome this :
i of affairs in the Golden Sp
e is no legitimate excuse
having an educational or
lining activity every nighl
facility. But excuses are
VTCEET
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with purchase si
Jnion Rings and Med. Coke
brazier.
Offer Good thru Fefc. 29th
only at
13m Rmcwwm Dr.
(Mnatpr?eotc?pan)
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All you can eat. Sen
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ifgfccious filet served
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Bush River Rd.
at Dutch Squari
M 402 S. Bettline
aces
was Buffett made ik
hey rearrange his mi
ttle Instead of presentir
teir numbers, it might h
his appropriate for hii
>ers more lyrically-meai
ven and tempo songs t
press his talents j
the writer and as a pro
riy performer.
h t Some of these bi
to Reason Wit
Season," were pla
lost in the brutal as
"ut drunk and raise b<
P01*" dominated the nigh
out
nce The concert was
ran disaster. As I n
jres through the broken
ility bottles and the maj
jout concert goers , I
per- would never again
disgusting scene.
From
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ons populations in the i
sad privelege of spons*
lir /intvimic o?irl fVin
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for fortunate enough tc
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hold.
rom 5 p.m. f?/ close
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rn 1220 Chas. i
o attempt to
usical routine,
ig his standard
ave been more
n to play his
ningfui ballads
hat would exjs
a sensitive
fessional stage
illads, "Trying
h Hurricane
yed, but were
sault of 15 "get
ell" tunes that
II.
almost a total
raade my way
beer and wine
is of inebriated
prayed that I
witness such a
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