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iui/vjuiiiii iias agcu he still gives a eoo< C Q By TOM SHEALEY ^1 Gamecock Staff Writer ' On April 9, 1972, I experienced one of the most exhilarating events ! -|FJI Parsons and Skip Battin sent me as close to nirvana as I had ever been. version of the Byrds walked on to held me entranced for two hours with their music. I have relished those memories for years, retelling them countless teiW times to unsuspecting acquain- kJMM?S?? . ' lences wno never experienced tne 4 joy of seeing the Byrds. So, I eagerly awaited Roger McGuinn's v'4 solo performance at the Russell House Ballroom Sunday night. ^ Unfortunately, my expectations were too high and my memories MMyl .?*|? were too glorious to allow me to j judge the concert as an unbiased Jp The man that stood center stage Hii <m wasn't a writer or a singer or a F f 1 guitarist; he was a former Byrd. Wj: k J f J^Sk Try as I might, it was impossible to mj I M disassociate the man from the S>Zj |l J.,." ' jl But, I was not the only one in attendance Sunday that felt this way. The feeling was evident I because the songs that received the ***'' greatest response were the old Byrds tunes that the children of the '60s were weaned on. No one came ^ . j to hear McGuinn do material from i-rfittinP" flOWH his new albums, "Peace On You" Former~Byrd. Roger or "Cardiff Rose. They came to o..mj see and hear the legendary Roger Played Sunday mSht 1 McGuinn sing "Mr. Tamborine voices are too high an( Man." match McGuinn's mello From all indications, the people The two men, howe1 left satisfied. Thunderbyrd?the merely a back-up for Mc name comes from The Rolling man who was the Byrds Thunder Revue and the Byrds?is ear-piercing electric 12 unquestionably a highly competent formed the backbone of band, and any comparisons to the and gave them the Byrds would be unfair. But, their recognized sound. Sunda renditions of the Byrds songs were looked the same as he di amazingly accurate. time I saw him; dresse< All three musicians are ex- he rocked gently, bend Derienced olavers: bassman Bruce knpps as hp fincrpr-ni^krw Barlow and drummer Lance Rickenbecker 12-string. Dickerson from Commander Cody Most of the songs wer and James Smith from Three Dog original Byrds catalc Night. suited the people in tl The only complaint with the Ballroom: "Mr. Tamboi musicianship was the vocal har- "I'll Feel a Whole Lo monies; Barlow's and Smith's "Mr. Spaceman," "Ei 1, but I show ^ \ En 1^ #k? > ^1 McGuinn, and his band Thunderbyrd played mos i the Russell House Ballroom. The band nasal to High" and "My Back Pages." v tone. "Tiffany Queen," "Lover of the er, were Bayou," "Chestnut Mare" and Juinn, the "Take a Whiff" were products of With his the final version of the Byrds. string he And, there were a few tunes from 4 < the Byrds McGuinn's more recent solo efforts r easily and Dylan's Rolling Thunder y night he Review: "Draggin'," "Rock 'n J the first Roll Time," "Up To Me," dOH in black, "Dreamland," "Take Me Away," ng at the "Jolly Roger" and the compulsory SOIT his blond "Roll Over Beethoven." 4-fi# Before the concert, McGuinn ill IF] from the granted me a 10-minute interview. till g, which With only this short amount of letII e packed time, I hurredly decided to con- S?tlf ine Man," centrate on the tour. Better," The room I entered was ominous, >ht Miles See BAND, Page 9 tne Classic Cinema Seri H Jackson, who won an performance. } iBi By C11UCK CROM1 j|||l Entertainment Edii X all women in South The Gamecock | # tertainment I II ! ! ? I I II I I III! j " j H wCm 1 i j fiF^fcS?JBnMB - -. j v in M sk'H 11 ^^ pny BjCiII^HVhK^ f|Mll|| HBH B1 0 jMHWy^W^ Jell Seldsl?THE GAMECOCK .a?_. e " P. ' ' " aiy sungs irum me oyrus alliums. nMBHBHBBMBHHHHBBBBMHHHMnBMMBMHI ie thing is that I wish I had * le beer right now. But, I 't because it's Sunday or lething like that. The other ig is getting tired of ung," Koger McGuinn I during an interview. 0 ying this week as a part of es. me film stars Glenda Academy Award for her ties slow with holiday EH the founding period will be tor documented with portraits, artifacts, craftwork, silver and miniatures. \ cl 1 ^ C4J/pi \/?V-llCO, lar activities are Included in the display is a portrait student. A good of Sir Peter I^eigh drawn by famed movies, however, artist John Singleton Copley. Many js out the scant maps and documents are tivities. represented including one document, ciety of Colonial "Landgrant, 1773" that was made for of South Carolina Thomas Hey ward Jr., one of South cial Bicentennial Carolina's singers of the Declaration to Remember? of Independence. of The Times," at the Columbia THE (ilKBES Planetarium will jginning Sunday. have its annual "The Star of ; participation of Bethlehem" at 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. i Carolina during Sec FOCUS, Page 9 %