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u ? - ' f - | Alls tars at All-Nite By Jamas Rokosny Gamecock Staff Writer The concert event in the Russell House Ballroom Friday night for the Al?-Niter, featuring Marshall Chapman and The Allstars, was a huee success Hiffh enprffv rrv?W and roll plus high spirits from both the performers and the audience combined to produce the first big partying event of the academic year. Both bands have performed at USC in the past, providing for an air of anxious anticipation prior to Concert Review the show. To compare the degree of musical excellence between the two bands would be absurd, for the styles are too different. Yet the Allstars did seem to outshine the arrogant Chapman. The Allstars, who have been called the best bar-room band on the East Coast, are "aiming in a new direction," according to Steve Bliley, former guitarist and * HRB c*t j">&? fl^ffofl|H|H ^ftek ?mK*H ^*2BB^V :-^\> \" *Vi dgm -- ||Sg|Iffi:I w v i i * -i? '^CSggy ^v. -_v<-x.. ^SbbsI BeIt * * **#*/ -^mum:f ggr Allstars steal show uuLdrant: v r with cfyn< present manager of the group. The group still features the founder and leader of the band, the electrifying Dick Green, on lead guitar and vocals. His natural and confident sutge presence aiong wun ms clean style of guitar playing attract the majority of the attention. However, weak spots are not easily found among the other performers. Old members like T ..^:u iii- i'ii Liutut* ociiueuie, vocais, can sun hold her own against almost any female vocalist in the rock and roll business today; and Paul Ham mond, drums, and Steve Riggs, bass, set down the strong foundation which allows for Green and company to take off for the sky. The addition of Sandy Gray on guitar is an improvement in that he and Green can alternate leads without losing quality. Carlo Novi, tenor sax. formerlv with Smithcirio , J Johnny,along with Tony Pellagrosi, trumpet (who was not available for this performance), are the main ingredients in the new direction of the band. They provide % ... *?. * -<; - - -A is ' . .v ' r ;< ; ::4 rtr " ' " ft* >*..< \ / 5 Bitot Andrew - GAMECOCK nmnmnn yi v ftvti ft amic show a fuller sound and leave more room for musical experimentation, whereas their previous line up, featuring a harmonica, was at times musically limiting. The songs performed by the Allstars are of a R&B , rock and roll nature. They include songs by George Thorogood, Southside Johnny, some originals and such classics as "Farther On Up the Road" by Veasey and Robey (made famous by Eric Clapton), and the closing number of the show, one of the many Chuck Berry Rock anthems, "Around and Around." The Allstars left the crowd in a frenzy, and the energy was pouring as it came time for Marshall to take the stage. A reverse order of performing, Chapman, then the Allstars, might nave Deen more successful. Marshall and her new band, formerly called the Confidential, seemed to be more concerned with their image than in musical quality and originality. As her band Jimm -m his V <>" W B I Am It seems that records an albw s :$S? ship bound for tl' exotic island. Tl latest release, 1 Montserrat in tb may xi mj may l / (Album Judging from i I,. %, band spent two i forgot about the uninspired. Only 1L* good, but even th spots and terribl* 9HHH line track, is i ^1("You better lav, ^ and a poor imifc backbeat. "Fini mm Paradise" clone, Ill I II .. ? m .. 1 ^^ ^ h^h^hi I PW Marshall Chapman at the MML banged out the familiar chords of "Honky Tonk Woman," by the Rolling Stones, Marshall, dre&sed in black and gray, strutted her stuff on stage as if she thought she was the greatest sex symbol in rock and roll since Mick Jagger. It seemed as if she was more prepared to do a cigarette commercial than a rock show. The best thing about her performance is her presence onstage; she can move an audience. Her guitar playing is not of professional Quality, but her voice is fairly dynamic. Performing songs from her three albums, including her latest, "Marshall" on Epic Records, along with rock greats "(I can't get no) Satisfaction," and "Jailhouse Rock," Marshall y Buffet's fr ? 'olcano al i Mark Ptatto offer, totant Editor Enfflll every time Jimmy Buffett words m, he does so on a cruise "Str le Keys of Florida or some songs his time, he recorded his but th< volcano, on ine isiana or to skip e British West Indies from have s of this year. two, I ? - "Boat leview whole probat this sti the album, Buffett and his .veeks having a good time, "Dr< album and recorded it on rhyme The songs are short and quips, iwu aunga, i real ner JLdKe was pi irvive," would be rated as has ev is pair falls far below some Man ] er works such as "A Pirate didn't rty" and "Havana comrri e album is weak in some May e in others. "Volcano," the long, c eplete with banal lyrics peal tc a me now or lava me not") Althou ation of a reggae-inspired notmu j," a "Cheeseburger in If J has no musical quality to someo: ""^H'-X^JT"- J "Tr:!-.""^*-"^-"- ~7jib~^'r>; Lo^- ^?- . ^iL^i^oSW^ ' ^ ' Hi ll n iU1^ * i' '?:^-; Hi nHMHHHHB| * returned to USC Friday IU "All-Niter surprisingly kept most of the crowd hopping. With the familiar, basic line-up of drums, guitars and bass, the music is very limited, but it is good rock and roll, and it is capable of moving a crowd. Contemporary Sounds should be saluted for providing us with this opportunity to party up with some great rock and roll. This committee continues its consistency in - - * providing some 01 tne most entertaining events at the university. The audience, which includes a number of familiar faces at these events, also deserves credit for its love for rock and roll and its vast projection, consumption and circulation of high spirits. ship sinks; bum fizzles while "Chanson Pour Les Petits ts" might have been the only French Buffett has ever learned. anded on a Sandbar" is one of those you skip over to get to the good stuff, k J " - |/i ao li in l umc 9 I1U glHXl SLUII > over to. "Lady I Can't Explain" may ome meaning, but since it was on side was disgusted enough to not care. Drinks" had the most meaning on the album, considering they were )lv all half-crocked wrifino mrafr nf Iff. ' "A eamsicle," with the same simple is repeated constantly ("He sips, he dreams a lot about sailing ships") obably the most moronic song Buffett er attempted, and "Sending the Old iome" would have been great if it souna exactly like a Gillette razor ercial. be Buffett has been out to sea too >r maybe he's trying too hard to ap> the masses instead of just the South, gh I'm a longtime Buffett fan, there's ich here to defend. Volcano is Buffett's sinking ship, ne throw him an anchor.