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?' ? entertainn Band s< *v* Bassist Maurice Frazier of the Erly Wilds Band pounds out a number in a recent performance at Clancy's. The band, which has been together for four years, performs locally and is Waits'poel new album By ANDBKA TRI FSnAl K (Jamecock Staff Writer Tom Waits' new album, "Foreign Affairs" is well worth listening to. Waits' style highly complements beer drinking and crying one's eyes out over spilled milk or some other malady. Inside thp nlhnm ;* ?* ? ?... juvnvl ID M IIUIUIIUII which reads: "The album 'Foreign Affairs' was recorded simultaneously with the orchestra in the studio with no overdubbing or multi-tracking, and was mixed directly to the two track master tape as it was being performed." Those statements simply mean there is very mtie hiss or distortion on the lp, which in turn gives the effect of having Waits himself in your living rom. The sound quality of this album is exceptionally impressive. SIDE ONE begins with a mellow jazz instrumental, "Cinny's Waltz!" From there Waits goes into "Muriel" which is a slow, romantic torch song about a cigar. The third cut is special because Bette Editor's note A j jd (let r\z show voo\ A HOW TO OTILIZC l! 5oe>STANceJ (lent eesforr R? laSHBaf wr*. <Aw j?y?B .-yr - -*I$rMSF ||Bpp?;.-j Cindy Ev?noo--THE GAMECOCK scheduled to perform in the Russell House Ballroom later this month. The Krly Wilds Rand has also scheduled a performance for November in Chicago. ry makes enjoyable, Midler makes a cameo appearance. Midler does a rather satisfactory Billie Holiday imitation to Waits' Louis Armstrong. She sounds better on this album than she has on any of her own since her first album. The next cut, "Jack and Neal" is fun to hear and the vocal technique here is joyous. The last cut on side one goes back into the introspective mood Waits started off in. "A Sight For Sore Eyes" is so sad it seems a bit maudlin but still remains effective. Side Two opens with "Potter's Field," the only cut on the album Waits does not write all the music for. Bob Alcivar lends some heavy ornamental orchestration to the piece that Waits seems to have spent a lot of time writing poetry for. wans cannot be called a lyricist; he is indeed a poet. The best poetry on the album can be accredited to the next cut, "Burma Shave." PERHAPS THE most infectious cut on the album is "Barber Shop," which is undoubtably more fun than anything Waits has ever done before. This cut could achieve commercial success for him See WAITS, page 14 At in? i? me unai episode of developed exclu ung, a comic strip Gamecock by | y~ . 1 FIR5T, YOU TAKC tA SttftLL ACKXJfvJT 7 1 Th TI4F DL/suII leinfut By DAVID STEELE Gamecock Staff Writer Persons who have heard of the Erly Wilds Band know the high quality rock 'n roll they play. Those who have not heard of the band will be surprised to hear such sounds from a "hometown band." The Erly Wilds Band has been together ior iour years and has l>een playing professionally for three and a half rocking years. "We have almost no weekends off," said Chris Judge, spokesman and lead singer for the group, in an interview. They have played in South Carolina, North Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Michigan and Illinois. The Erly Wilds Band will be leaving South Carolina in November for a performance in Chicago. The band will perform in the Russell House Ballroom and at the Electric warenouse this month. "WE GIVE the people what they want," said Judge, and they do. The Erly Wilds Band plays songs from Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, The Isley Brothers, David Bowie, The Steve Miller Band, and Jeff Beck, as well as playing several songs written by themselves. The band has been influenced by various Diner oanas, ranging from Mother's finest ^p. Kntertain ' y Beaut if' r V the Alvin The groui workshop Township , _ TMI^m With si rtj^. dancers i -% music, ra HMim I Preston's - Ellington' * 1 Tlio 'm "Revelati emotions Ulysses Dove is a native f This n}1 South Carolinian who is Sdies. touring with the Alvin Ailey t)|ues _ ^ Dance Theater, which performed last weekend at the ON KOI Township. sively for The David Steele. ' (THEN YOU ^ IT AMD INHALE.~~ p--"" 1 IT V T 4 AT t u i i o i nn i i y gS?<v Y | simple... 3 and this i nex.t pmj'f \i\ ?ijl ^ is nice/irr-^j /fll '. t ure (a I nrl 7n?\rw\liM \\J IJVU OVp|A;ilN. They are not lacking in the area of talent by a long shot. Every member of the band ( has been playing for about six years. Of the original members, only Judge and Robert Moore remain. Moore and Sid Gattis are guitarists for the band while the relatively new rhythm section of Maurice Frazier and Chick Owens plays bass and drums, respectively. The band is from Columbia, except for Moore, who is from Orangeburg, and Judge, who hails from Michigan. "WK'VK FOL'NI) our direction," confides Judge. "The only way to progress is to give live performances. "We are all realists. We know we are developing a product to sell 10 somebody." g The FCrlv Wilds HnnH i<j not hici n i .oi II _ ^ - - ... - au a vr? JUOl u IWQI hand. They are a serious group of musicians who want to develop a marketable sound. They couldn't do it without their road crew and sound man. Scott Moyer is the original sound man for the group. "Scott has a keen ear," said Judge. "He is what makes the sound. You could have the best musicians in the world up there with no sound man and it would sound terrible." Another person who has meant a lot to te group is their founder, Chuck McCorkle. McCorkle is now a member of a band called "Crystal." which is based in See WILDS, page 15 > ley show i i ji t? oeauiy I) SII1NGLKR nient Kditor ul is the only word for the performance of Ailey Dance Theater last Friday night. ) finalized a week's duration of statewide s with weekend performances at the mplistic sets and effective lighting, the produced moods fitting many styles of intZinc frnm vairh rumnlor cnnno ?< 0:11.. . ^ 0 wva? (Id Dlliy "Nothing From Nothing" to Duke s "Night Creature." ening performance was climaxed with ons," which explores motivations and 6 of American Negro religious music. isic was prevalent in "Revelations" in the true spirituals with their sustained song-sermons, gospel songs and holy ;ongs of love, trouble and deliverance. " TIIE dancers participating in part of the See DANCE, page lr<^ / 1 x \Finis C ^1