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Concert at Ul r\! _ T" L?lXie L By Skot Garrick I Asst. Entertainment Editor I One year ago, the Dixie Dregs were, to say the least, obscure, i Their highly-technical Southern i improvisational style was at- 1 trading some recognition with serious music fans, but as a whole they remained out of the public ] XT ...:au ~ * i ugm. :nuw, wiui me receiu release of their second album "What If," 1 the Dregs are gaining popularity. The origin of the Dixie Dregs has I to be one of the most original stories in the history of rock music. < The band got together as the result of a student project to get good grautrs. j STEVE i.IORSE, lead guitarist i and principal composer of the 1 Dixie Dregs, relates the story. "The University of Miami (where the band first went to school and met) is the only school in the Southeast that has a jazz depart- . ment and a degree program for a i guitar major. It also has a very liberal faculty, and I was able to convince them to let me form a rocK ensemble. We all got credits ' ^ ' \ s '* 'fA GarfeelRuff...irt conce Homeco < TODAY Outdoor Concert featuring Eoic R< on Field A. Midnight Blue will start takes the stage. IDs are required ai SATURDAY Homecoming Parade ? The para proceed down Pendleton Street to th parking lot, proceed down Pendletoi The parade will then turn left at C Street and turn right and end at the ] displayed throughout the weekend. Homecoming Dance will be at the Road at 8 p.m. Admission is $3.00 a < form. )regsfor playing together and pla; Faculty recitals for grades." To the purists of the jazz facu liic jL/icgs wcic suicuy a r< item, but to the students \ listened to the new band, Dregs' music was best defined jazz. Actually, it is almost possible to label what the Di Dregs are, as well as classify w they play. Andy West, bassist for the fi man band, sums up their st) "We try to avoid falling i categories. There really isn't name for our music. We're an instrumental band, and that ma most people think of what we dc jazz, but there is a lot of primil stuff in it, too. A lot of people \ like our music would never listei jazz." JUST WHAT West means "primitive" is unclear, but ther a good deal of raw rockin' po\ undercurrent in their music. large degree of the impact of Dregs' music comes from ever-changing musical modes. See DREGS, page I^BHhhhh^SW^I jgHn^gL .Wm h' , > '^ssis ' '$ 'nl^^PCg^F"'"' - ^ ^;Ss^ ri wiin uregs, (Jet. ming Valencia ecording artists Wet Willie at 2 j off the festivities before Wet W nd no glass containers are allo\ de will start at Columbia Hall e Business Administration Builc 1 Street and turn left o n Pickeni ireen Street, proceed to Sum Horseshoe, where the floats wil i National Guard Armory on B1 couple and Ram bo Street will j new! yed OCk the as imixie hat BSMW *JI de Hn^9'i| t a all ^*Wh*l|MS6 kes .-.v ., 16 Dixie Dregs, .e SGat rrtnrl IGamtco The days of performi in small crossroad towi group of well-seasoned as Garfeel Ruff. Today excitement a when the five-member includes an album on ( has waded through the S devoted fans throughoi THE BAND membe talents and experienc original tunes. Garfeel ] members quickly poin country-western, blues and soul in their songs In the beginning, Ga show of commercial tin band has a tendency t< with amusement. "We had to plug our known bands like the 22 listen," said guitarist A | V* The Department o k A. baturaay morning beginning Oct. 14. Thi } m from 10 a.m. to noo illie Nov- 2- cos* *s ^ ved For information or a] [ Jackson, 777-4236. hnc T^e Independent 5 Southern Circuit p lter series of several filr I hp Columbia Museu Friday, Oct. 20at 8p. luff "Eccentricities of >er- Showcase premiere South BHHBpjwMiBflfttiPWBrrj^^HL^ K, vnprimorifnfinn a III! VII^U^RV/ fl I /ee/ Rl lanne Hicks ck Staff Writting in bars above gas station: is have come to an end for i musicians collectively knowi nd anticipation are eviden band talks of a future tha 'Innitnl P<v>apHo d,i( VUJ. VJUi IVUi difficult times to end up witl it the Southeast. rs have capitalized on thei e to produce a show of 4 Ruff's music is rock; yet ban< t out that you can also hea . and old-time rock and ml rfeel Ruff started out with i nes and 10 original songs. Th ) look back at the early day originals as obscure songs b; Beatles just to get people t Buddy Strong. k r^r-M 1 VI LJUI I i 4 f Art at USC will sponsor art classes for children e eight week class will meet n every Saturday through >20 per child for materials, pplications, contact Cynthis American Filmmakers resents "Animations," a ns by John Canemaker, at >m of Arts and Sciences on m. Admission is free. a Nightingale," the season by the USC Department of tern s< WT\ 1 ^Bp. _-L'j^^^ ^ Js^^ i Wmi&f^-' n college led to for .??. I~ Ifj. ICUUI uerns b( AFTER PLAYING togetJ decided to make the move t 5 members of Garfeel Ruff i exclusively their own mat 1 but they figured it was a realize the goal of playing o t "The thing a musical ar t trvine to satisfv thp Artist f yourself as well as satisf i public," said band memb< For Garfeel Ruff the ganr off. The band that has beei r years has made a motion 0 movie called The Hitter. 3 warm-up band at concerts r shall Tucker, Atlanta Rhytl 1 David Bromberg. rrillT' ^ inn. ivuMviDLna 01 uar a musicians. Each band mei e for the original songs. Tl s Pearson on drums, Fran Strong on guitar, Ricky (k* y Godfrey on keyboards, o alternate lead and rhythn i ?ctr Tip? Speech and Theatre. T Longstreet Theatre Oct. : $3 for the general public, staff and $1 for students McKisnick Museums' memorabilia will contini Nov. 22. Admission is fr "Unforgettable," Worl play of the season, premii 8 p.m. at the USC La Tickets, available throu Office on 1136 Bull Street, for senior citizens, m students. 3und ... . - v-- * ^flBSW^aBSK' r motion of band ing tier for two years, the band o an all-original show. The recall the decision to do erial was definitely risky, step they had to take to Al A - A >u uie concert stage. tist has to contend with is ;ic demands you place on ying the demands of the sr Ricky Godfrey. ibles of the past are paying n together for almost four picture sound track for a They have also been the for groups such as Marhm Section, Wet Willie and feel Ruff are professional inber contributes material le Band consists of Alan k Wilkie on bass, Buddy dfrev on guitar and Ronnie The two guitar players 1 guitar duties. See RUFF, page 16. > JS he play will open at 1 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are | $2 for USC faculty and S exhibit of campaign j le through Wednesday, ee. cshop Theatre's second j eres Tuesday, Oct. 17 at ; w Center Auditorium, igh the Workshop Box are $4 for adults and $3 ilitary personnel and - >