The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 30, 1980, Page Page 8, Image 8
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By Willie T. Smith III
(iamecock Staft writer
Solar Records' Galaxy of Stars
invaded Carolina Coliseum Sunday
night and the result was a rocking
four hours for the 5,000 in attendance.
Dynasty, Lakeside,
Shalamar, and the Whispers along
with comedian Von West were
included in this spectacular night.
THE SHOW opened with Von
West. Although his material was
on the X-rated side, West kept the
crowd laughing for the majority of
the thirty minutes he spent on
stage.
Dynasty opened the musical part
of the evening and about the best
thing that can be said about Solar
Records' newest group is their
performance was short lived. The
group, which was joined by
producer and main writer Leon
Sylvers, failed to move the crowd.
When they left the stage, the
audience seemed relieved.
THINGS PICKED up con
siderably with Lakeside. The
group quickly danced and sang
their way into the hearts of the
audience. The group began their
fifty minute performance with the
hit song from their Shot in the Arm
album, "See You at the Party."
Their act continued to sky rocket
as they talked and shook hands
with their fans. The group saved
their two best songs for last. "You
Got to, Pull My String" got the
audience on their feet. The finale,
"All the Way Live," kept everyone
up. The group was such a big hit
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with the crowd that they had to
come out for a second bow.
THE ENERGY LEVEL of the
crowd remained high as Shalamar
took the stage. The group consists
of two males and one female. Jodie
Watley and Jeffrey Daniels, the
two originals of the goup, were
discovered on the Soul Train TV
show, where they were dance
partners.
Don Cornelius, the show's host,
said they were naturals for the
eroiio "We wanted a vocal dance
group," Cornelius said. "Jody and
Jeffery were two of the most interesting
people on the show. W<
thought they would fit the image
we wanted to create for Shalamar.
It's just lucky they could sing."
The two along with Howard
Hewett started with a bang and
have been going strong ever since.
Most of the group's music is
written by Leon Sylvers, who also
produces the group. It is obvious
Sylvers is doing much better with
this group than Dynasty, although
he does have more to work with.
SHALAMAR OPENED with
current hit "Right in the Socket."
Although this song was well
received by the crowd, it was only
the beginning. "Take Me to the
River," was next on the agenda.
This funked up song kept the crowd
on their feet. The song was accompainied
by some great dance
steps by Daniels, which the
audience seemed to enjoy better
than the song.
Hewett slowed the tempo down
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with a song he dedicated to the
ladies in the audience entitled "Let
Me Make Love to You." This
former O'Jay's hit went over big
with the female population as
screams could be heard all over
the coliseum.
TV." hit "Tobo Thai
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the Bank," was next. This gol
the crowd back on its feet. This
was followed by Shalamar's
version of "Rappers Delight.'
After this song the group said good
bye to the audience, but after some
prompting by the audience, thej
came back to sing their gold recon
hit, "Second Time Around." Th<
audience sang along with the grouj
on this one as this was probably th<
highlight of the evening.
THE NIGHT was not ove
however, as the featured group
The Whispers, came onto th
scene. They opened their set witl
the Glen Campbell hit "I Wann;
Make it With You." Although th
song was done very well it didn't g
over too well as the audienc
wanted fast tempo music.
The Whispers took time out fror
the show to tribute the late Donn
Hathaway. After talking about
scholarship fund, which was set u
by the group in his name, the
played Hathaway's biggest hit i
honor of him. The song, whic
Hathaway entitled "A Ver
special unnsimas, was cnange
a bit to fit the occasion. The grou
changed the title to the very a{
propriate "Your Music is Ver
Special to Me." At the end of th
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The following excerpts have b
previous articles that have appec
over the last year.
ON THE BLUE SKY EXHIBIT, ^
Nights is obviously a disappoinl
up to the standards the artist has j
of. Although there is no way to de
such a back-slide, one wonders il
come before art.
ON PAINTER JOHN KOCH
Koch (prounounced coke) is
caliber, one of those individuals
out of the woodwork only to soi
already strained "progression <
ment"...thus, Koch is a fluke, i
Blake or a Bosch he is a mastei
How strange it must have been
York highrise in the 40s and 50s
Renaissance to the galleries be
sting at the seams with abstracttime
when the catch word was
was content to simply create.
ON HARMONY HAMMOND ANI
Aside from this insistence
"feminist" is still the best d(
became increasingly clearer as
dozen women artists were pr
included), that the shift was ol
politics. This departure seems t(
the politics in women's art has s
awaken the art world to its o\
chauvinism. In any event, fro
mond showed, it is apparent tha
r?rt noain fru'rimnimsps I
emotion, temperament and
uniquely feminine. A new davv
breaking.
ON NATIONAL SCULPTURE 7
National Sculpture '79 is refle
trends and the new sculptural
r rare instances do narrative, c
gestures emerge; sculpture ha;
more tangible, structural ap
this...sculpture is perhaps the n
of contemporary man.
ON Til E CAROLINIAN A WAT1
New York portrait painter Ra;
show, and it appears he mii
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song the crowd stood up and gave
n the group a standing ovation.
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p the people in attendance wanted to
y hear only one song from the
n Whispers. They got their wish as
h the group closed their set with the
y current song which is number one
d on the soul and disco charts, "And
p The Beat Goes On." Everyone got
)- on their feet and danced to the
v current sensation, which lasted for
_ ten minutes.
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artists and 1
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inadequacies mal
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:ment, certainly not could it be?
jroven he is capable ON PAINTER LE
icipher what caused Leon Berkowitz
: show-biz may now with a bend to war
man who produce
intensity.
an artist of rare ^ ART CKITI
who seem to creep My personal fe
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to depart his Italian then you must bi
low, that were bur- good for an ironi
expressionism. In a rather than prom
"innovation", Koch our own serious
with unsubstantu
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the work of nearly a are well craftc
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sensibilities...only in flaws.
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lost acute expression sanctity of art.
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unday night.
Although the group put on an
excellent performance, they
seemed a little out of place with the
other groups on the bill. They are
the type of group which would
aDDeal to an older, more
sophisticated audience, such as the
type which might be found in a Las
Vegas ballroom.
Even with this minor fault
everyone seemed to go home
happy about the show, which is
probably what success is based on
anyway.
a year
reviews
;m with the majority of the work in
gs that should have been worked out
tainting classes...all of these
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jased on. If it wasn't visual, what
ION BEKKOWITZ
: is a manipulator of color, an artist
ds the sensuous and the seductive, a
?s paintings that literally leap with
C, MARTHA BEAVER
eling is that Beaver...knows well of
) responsibilities I speak of, and
incompetency less out of ignorance,
the inability to deal with specific
Id she covers...there is a joke in the
lity, that if Beaver pans your work,
(i Hnind cnmofhinu rioht Althmicrh
c laugh, the joke is a sour one...for
oting understanding and insight into
regional art, she is discrediting it
jted sensationalism.
S AWAHI) SHOW
ove all else, strikingly visual, full of
nd provocative forms, all of which
id and nicely displayed. Such
equently apply to a show of this
there is an obvious consistency in
1 sensibilities and visual inlother
example of the truly
1 of our own regional art.
ilKKN WATKRCOI.OR EXHIBIT
*ry watercolor is associated with
iliber is more aligned to tradition,
id overt sentimentality...thus, their
vith the mainstream of serious art in
nt.il way, that being, the desire to
lures...as watercolor shows go, this
i startling surprises and standard
rHK SANCTITY OF ART
ist, everything was in question...in
lis required a staunch negation of the
Was art so precious that it was und
could such a fixed notion be innanipulating
the way art was made?
? art, like everything else, simply
adition?
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