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j Seger i By Jeffrey Chamey Assistant Ent?ftaln msnt Editor Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band rifled into Carolina Coliseum on Thursday, treating the capacity crowd to what he and his band are. famous for - "old time rock'n' roll/' It seems that there are few performers in music today who know more about the inner workings of r<v?lr thon DnK CA?tn? ?? .....0^ "WJk VV/?1 W*uu UVU kJC^CL ? Although he is most noted for his commercially successful albums, Stranger In Town and Against The Wind, few people realize how long Seger has been rocking. SEGER BEGAN in 1965 with the rock band, The Last Heard, but broke away from the group, releasing his first hit single, "Ramblin Gamblin Man" in 1968, The rest is history. Still, in his as n nppfnpmar Seger has refused to jump on any musical "bandwagons" and has maintained a unique raspy-voiced sound that is all his own. This is what the jam-packed audience of over 12,000 came to see and this is what Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band delivered. THE CONCERT OPENED with the New York based, D.L. Byron Louise life bey or By Cyndto Larson Oamtoook Staff Wriitr "We want Mary, We want Marj frustrated crowd Thursday night, bee . _1 ? *" ana suii no iXHiise Lesser, alias I Finally, Lasser appeared at the ba Her presentation was well worth the v THE PRESENTATION, sponsor** Issues, was modeled after a "John interview," with Don Upton, a stud interviewer. t Bob Seger and S proves 'r< and his band, The Four Protectors. Lead singer Byron opened bv shouting "Let's get weird," which was basically what the band did on stage. Although Byron and his cohorts displayed a particularly tight opening set, they evoked little to no response from the crowd, who would settle for nothing less than Seger. Nevertheless, the energetic bunch returned for an encore, featuring a "unique" rendition of "Down in the Boondocks." Seger and the Silver Bullet Band then took control, opening with the powerful, "I Feel Like A Number," followed by two o/ his earlier classics, "Travelin Man" and ' 'Rpmit ifi il 1 ivsok " " 11- ? ? wuuwtui uuovi . JUVC1I III IIICS^ opening numbers, Seger or the band did not display the slightest amount of flatness in sound or in their stage presence. THIS WAS NOT Seger's first trip to Columbia and he warmed up to the Coliseum crowd with "Still the Same" followed by the soothing smoothness of "Main Street," both off of the Stranger in Town album. Seger made his hatred toward the disco "scene" clear in "Old Timo Dnnb n D?l! " * mm, uuin. u nun, une ui ins better comercially successful cuts. The audience was given a chance to sing along and also given an Kg. ^fcJSk . y*: -A, * V ; Lasser re id 'Mary i Ms. Lasser's to made her theatric chanted the 'n Ttle Wizard ofO. :ause it was 8:30 was bitten by 1 Wary Hartman. ^ play Nowhere. Uroom podium. Lamut, after whii /ait. Stanley Meisner. respite was in Hen ft by Ideas and stage on openi nv-Carson-tvue- to go into films. K' LASSER, ONCE Allen, appeared Money and Run, a to Know about $ writing, dubbing, Lily. This August new release, In Go Lasser's first joi Streisand in I Can't Bang, they didn't ev I was that bad," sh< At a press confei hoi> fmont gfldiflc cocaine. It was a h had given me a bo which my secretary for two parking tic bag and said; "W1 "Why, it's cocaine] MKltthe whole tti proportion because * - v. - lilver Bullet Band :>ck and r< indication of the immense talents of Silver Bullet saxophonist, Alto Reed, who would be featured throughout the nicht SEGER THEN PLAYED the title cut from his album, Against the Wind. The smooth flowing ballad tells of Seger's struggle to the top and the frustrating feeling of "running against the wind." The mood shifted with the highpowered, "Her Strut," mixed with the playful, "Horizontal Bop." The Wind sweep concluded with "Fire Lake", the first of many commercial cuts to be released frnm ?*>... ~11 nu?i me new diuum. ourprinsingly, these four songs were all that were done off Against the Wind, proving Seger was not just in Columbia to promote albums. THE FIRE in the boisterous audience blazed into a riotous uproar as the opening organ notes of "Ramblin Gamblin Man," were heard. Seger has probably performed this song more times than any other, but still does it with the iciveiii intensity as it ne were doing it for the first time. He then closed with "Katmandu," a classic which needs virtually no explanation. After cooling off, Seger and the band returned for the first encore with "Night Moves," probably his most successful single ever, and ended with the echoing "Hollywood Nights." Again the crowd demanded more and Seger responded in the second encore with "Hock n Roll Never Forgets." - The finale, "Let it Rock," was highlighted bv the dynamic lead guitar, of Drew Abbott and the screaching sax of Alto Reed, who gave his solo in the audience. "Let it Rock" was an appropriate ending, for this is just what Seger and the band had done for two hours. THERE WERE NO surprises in the concert. No blaring lights, no artificial smoke and no glittering costumes, but just an evening of basic "rock". Although Bob Seger received top billing, he and the Silver Bullet Band are a close knit veals iartman' ackground is a diverse one. She al debut on Broadway as Dorothy z and made theatrical history when rotto on stage. She was fired from to Go But Up. directed bv Sidnev :h she went to study acting with Her first major role after her ry, Sweet Henry, where she fell off ng night. Ms. Lasser then decided I married to actor-director Woody In his films Bananas, Take the nd Everything You always wanted ex. She also participated in the and scoring of What's Up, Tiger oKa ufill a#nr Sn IfAvtltf DaImaam'a urn. niu otai in uiai ijr i cmian n d We Trust. > in N.Y. was to replace Barbra Get it for You Wholesale. "When I en know when the song was over. >said. ence on Thursday, Lasser said of ! bust in California: "I don't use torribly painful experience. A fan ut $6.00 street value of cocaine, > uaj ~..4 1. i f a-? 1 r fiau |iui ui my (jag. i was lanen in kets, and the police searched my felt's this?" To which I replied. I" The public simply seized on it ting was simply blown out of I wai a public figure." return to Coliseu >11 never 1 Seger Bob Soger; after a year lay o the Wind' tour at Carolina Coi his Silver Bullet Band treated t of solid rock. group, as exempt d by theL superb sound. Throughout his 15 years as a performer, Bob Seger has been his own man with his own style. Without doubt, he will continue to write about the gambler, the lover i1'if'' 1 jgBBBBBSm. ^f^^c^--^'''' p^^^?Ssm6b& * :;' ' Louis* lasser, star of th* tat Mary Hartman.' makes a point (tight Pttt* fiussiM Hons* BtMr\ in Forgets' wi^^^zk-- -^x^^HSyK; %'" \ m^0* ^Oj Bk Wmmm T- dHrv .J.- / - : ^ 0 Russell K. Paco GAMECOCK Shines ^ ff, continued his 1980 'Agffaff Vseum on Thursday. Soger and be capacity crowd to two hours and the loser, for these subjects pertain to him, as well as having special significance for his audience. Bob Seger .will never become involved in any new "waves," fads or trends, for hp lr nmisc "rflfllr n i>/?ll f ?? ff O a WIV II ? VIII never forgets." p l i^m S14TMSjE OMKCOCK Msfon show, 'Mary Hartman, (hiring her tectum on Thursday X' m?$N ?>v?V