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^g-^-c;>:_? - -, ?-- * ,---? _ -- v*-^^ - - - -.--^ -H r'gp m iim By War< Owwofloli In nnnfr?iol fn Ika imhaI frt au wuwi aov iv int uouai i u Golden Spur, jokes, ballad musicianship prevailed Mon< the appearance of Atlanta-ba; BAYS APPEARED to ha' Monday night as he began h unattentive crows. He went rapport with some of the rou By David Baker Gamecock FHm Critic Stanley Kramer has worke the motion picture industry for bigger part of its existence. In time, he has produced and dire several films that are regarde classics, among them High and The Caine Mutiny producer), and Judgement Nuremberg, It's a Mad, Mad, A Mad World and Guess W Coming to Dinner (as director Kramer's latest, The Rui Stumbles, at first seems like odd choice for him, as it's fi neither with action nor with st uasuu on Milan &uu s uroaai WBSgmr 1 ' Dick Van Dyke confri *> Days J Borden Staff Writer ck 'n' roll atmosphere at the Is, and some fine acoustic day and Tuesday nights with sed performer Tim Bays. ve his work cut out for him is show with a small, largely right to work establishing a rdier tables close to the stage rStuml play, which, in turn, is ba actual murder case, Rui d in simple little movie about the between a priest, Fathe th:>t < Hir'lf Van rwlrol -inrl cted Rita (Kathleen Quinlan), d as subsequent trial in which I Non is accused of the nun 'smu (as SET IN THE ABA? at mining town of lad, Washington, in 1927, ho's simultaneously follows th ). Sister Rita's arrival at th mer and her blossoming friend j an Rivard, and the story illed murder trial and i ars ...t nig,somotn wi vay the town apart. mts Kathleen Quintan. WPPB! mammm offer: and by the end of the set Bays room singing his well-known 44 According to Bays, his she material along with serious fc felt at the beginning of the firs "Bonzo", and it worked. Bays' performance combine an uninhibited mind, with de accomplished musician/songv understand and relate to, bee; studies of the common man an WHAT MAKES BAYS an ai and write about those situat perience, but few actually obsc Bays began his Monday sho his "Baptist Bible Ripoff" everything from "Hamster K Filthy Communion Jokes" fa constantly told stories and jo song called "Roots Run ] background of his family. HE CONTINUED TELLING with breaks of humor, until fi Buffalo Gals. In this song, wl minutes, Bays talked about tl and an old bull named Gerard particular song Bays captui everyone participating in a si four-part harmony of Gerard, monsters. It was this audiencc set. In the second set Bays used ballads. The ballads were the but the crowd diminished c< popular reception of the first s proved Bays to be a musician, also a humorist. uays DacKgrouna in mi numerous musicians over the stint as a lead guitar player wi devoted myself to playing eh years. (With the band) I staye< played guitar. I missed singin AS WELL AS his solo act, together a group in Atlanta v and a drummer. He is looking the group out. In addition, he plans to havejsix cuts done by ( right, 24 tracks, and the bes men ted Bays. ITtfAVt 13 i ?? 4^4-11 uvvii ooya tuuiliy let the pressures of touring rur used to be on the road all the health and he was not enjoyii used to. He went home, settles on the road more than four wee lies 'int sed on an If this scenario si iner is a soap opera, rest as the love exactly what it is r Rivard soap opera would Lin, Sister possible to find. , and the Kramer expert the priest two aspects of the i rder. a way that builcU sJDONED and the audience* S o 1 o n a, the two main char the film Dyke and QuinU e story of much life into thei e rectory hard to think of t tship with died more capat ? nf tho Hllinlon nennni. v* V* IV VJV4 lllAUIl) the ac- praise for having lich rips portray Sister R center from where ... would have been her. Quinlan handl the character w uncanny understar MAUREEN SI quite touching housekeeper, the o: glllSlllif to what actually ha Hivard and' the i J Bridges, as Hivard Hay Bolger, as the The only fly in Tammy Grimes, \ screechings (she Wy I'm sure) are simp ; < the role of a shy to jkglj arched eyebrows i don't help matU ; 4 looks like a mousy Bleft all her gladr ' likely will not win j with the current movies in town, it given a chance, I * believe most other | s chai had people in the back of the Buffalo Gals" song. >w is a mixture of "Bonzo" >allads of varying styles. He t set that he would have to go is the humor and craziness of finite poetic qualities of an vriter. His songs are easy to ause they are predominantly d well-known situations. *tist is his ability to perceive ions whirh mnsf rw*nnl?? r?v r?r-w irve or try to understand, w by going immediately into rap, in which he offered [uskers" to a ''Handbook of r the low price of $6.98. He ikes, but went into a soulful Deep" about the farming G STOHIES, mixing ballads nally telling the story of the rich probably lasted 15 to 20 he escapades of an old man on a drunken night. With this *ed the entire crowd, with ng-along which included the mosquitos, coyotes and gila :-grabber that ended the first less humor and played more ughtful and well-performed, msiderably. In spite of the ;et, it was the second set that The grst set showed he was isic includes playing with last eight years, including a ith an 11-piece band. "I really ectric guitar for a couple of i back by the curtain and just g,"said Bays. Bavs is now wnrkina tn nnt yhich includes a bass player for a keyboard man to round is working on an album. He his summer. "It's being done t backup I can find," cominto his music, he refuses to i his life anymore. He said he time, but it was ruining his ig the music as much as he i down, and now never stays iksata time. o a clasi ounds a bit like a' t> bympauiy ior b peters, and Van I in interject so r roles that it's _ hem being han- >4? >ly by anyone. illy, deserves the courage to ; - ita slightly off most actresses j content to play i bs every facet of ith an almost |f?l!jlRllP' iding. . / PAPLETON is Blg^lltil as Rivard's m tily person privy ppened between H|p|p|??p nun, and Beau 's attorney, and Monsignor, are ^ thf- ninlmpnt ig BiffiaSrare vhose hysterical calls it acting, Jl??|i|fj?y ly out of place in wnswoman. Her ind painted face ts, either?she drag queen who ags at the dry Stumbles most Bgii88SB5il any awards, but BillpSSliiy dearth of good deserves to be enjoyed it and I Dick Vm people will, too. ige oi THE T*M BAYS perfo temporary Sounds was a p fortunately, acoustic acts d acceptance as rhythm and showed he is a first-rate perf wants, when he wants to. Hi* very entertaining. His humoi LMlhli>v?innl f ) : ? ^ *1- - 1 L:' uMwiuumai ICtlUIg Ulctl Willie can also laugh at himself. It is s y soap n Dyke as Father Rivardin F nacc r D.O. ? AiUCOA^ ft* win tfwiHMiy* ? ? y y? j>' jr?>v i i rmance presented by Conleasant change of pace. Un> not receive as universal an blues or rock 'n' roll. Bays ormer who plays the music he i music succeeds because it is succeeds because there is the ! he pokes fun at others, Bays 3 an experience worth sharing. ?opera L* . - W ' ; , JHk ; I 'Runner Stumbles.'