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Entert Cur re go ou By Ward Borden Asst. Entertainment Editor The Allstars, from Charlottesville, Va., opened their Tuesdav nieht show in ? ?/ CJ --the Itussell House Ballroom with the claim, "the handsomest and most dangerous rock 4n' roll, the emperors of v man, the Allstars!"Thoughit may all be true, what ignited the small crowd was musicianship and showmanship rarely pxhihitod in Columbia nr elsewhere. The seven-member band, that will be reduced to four members after Nov. 30, had such energy that the audience participated in the show rather than just witnessine it A fpw nonnlo worp so moved that they suggested openings for the review, that's a pretty good tribute to a band about to partially break up. The openings are indicative of the mood created during the concert. "II this ain't rock 'n' roll, rock don't roll," said one anonymous audience member. "There was a whole lotta Huston By Ddvsci Baker Film Critic For more than 30 years, John Huston has been directing colorful, eccentric movies, the only common denominator being that Huston directed them. His greatest successes include 01, wwe .oic By Davi Film For those unfortunate peo] earlier this year, the Nickek Huston's "Wise Blood." Based O'Connor, the picture is a sc; dictment of the do-it-yourself in the more backward areas of h;!. jBilffl - --1 1 - P ..i' mnBBK i-'--V:'~\ ~- . "- ffiRf * f * . gp|: i WUnHH P j:;:?^;^^ii8iMi Enoch Emery (Daniel i Gonga the ape in "Wise Bl ;ainmen ,?i. A 11, 11L rtllS t in sty shakin' goin' on," said b; another. si si DICK GREEN, lead ej guitarist and founder of the b< band, said the Allstars b; started out like most road ci bands, playing clubs, fr scrimping for money, and using a varied rotation of musicians. Green was living jn on about $50 a week for a j, year, and the decision to go jyj on the road was a big step. T] Band members had day- ^ time jobs they had to jn abandon, and there was no ^ guarantee of success. ^ "The band originally ^ played a lot of Chicago blues. ^ Muddy Vaters, you know," said keyboardsman Billy ' Wirtz. He said that as the s'{ band added members and sv evolved, it diversified. ?j Though rooted to the past C( music of blues artists, they ^ began playing more rock 'n' ai rouanarocKa only. The Allstars opened Tuesday night with a lot. of ^ the blues Wirtz spoke about. CJ They first played Elmore d James' song, "Talk To Me jr Baby," which featured a t.e piano lead by Wirtz, followed S( i's biogrc "The Maltese Falcon," "Key Largo," "The ca Treasure of Sierra Madre," wi "The Man Who Would Be fr King" and "Wise Blood." be Currently awaiting release st is Huston's :i7th film, at "Phobia," a horror movie B< set in an insane asylum. ci >od' South id Baker Critic q pie who missed its brief run A )deon has brought back John G I on the first novel by Flannery II athing, uproariously funny in- si religions that are so abundant o> the rural South. pi H Schor) shakes hands with (|u ood. " itars 1 le y leads from Carlo Novi on ixaphone, then Green on ide guitar. The horns specially gave the song a *-bop big band sound, and y song's end the entire *owd had moved to the ont of the stage. THE BANI) played a >uple more blues tunes, eluding another by Elmore unL - 1 r lines, oiiaKti *our Money laker," and the Bobby roup song, "Route 66." fter "Route 66-"Green itroduced to the audience le "vocal talents of dreaded ev. Dr. Billy C. Wirtz." rirtz scowled, did mock luscle Ilexes and generally athered the crowd into the aim of his hand. During the jng, the horn players ? 11 \,t? piaj cu uic iano from a variety of Dntorted positions, and reen forged into the jdience playing one of his attest leads of the night. The stage presence of all le Allstars' members annot go unmentioned. nrincf t Vio cnnoc nnH Iho vaa vnx^ UV/? l^O UIIU V BIV/ itervals, the crowd's atintion was riveted to the age. During one break, iphy 'c Before Huston began his ireer behind the camera, ith an occasional detour in ont of it, he was a writer, >th of scripts and short ories. Now, with his itobiography "An Open ?? I f a i r. .11 ?m, 11UMUIi IUIJ, coinu iuii rcle. i era relic. Its protagonist, Hazel Mott ver the Cuckoos Nest"), is rmy when he begins to re; eorgians are about religion uston shows us the repent gns, billboards and tombsto /er what was once his worl 'cachings of his fire-and-brir uston, in flashbacks). INCKNSKI) AT the gullibili a/el sets out for the Big City lmed two years ago), whei reacher, he decides to crea lurch where "the blind don'i ic dead stay that way." Surrounding Hazel through ost bizarre characters ever 2ora Watta, a 300-pound po iest bed in town" and whc eacher, just as long as you g< Other supporting charade entally retarded zookeeper onkeys to which he is often lf-blinded sidewalk preacher comes obsessed with the not r "fast eye." KACH' MKMIUOK of this erdos is flawlessly portray* tors as Harry Dean Stanton, it it's Dourit's olihoat perior 111 in with its sense ol unity ; Huston has contributed his : e with images every hit inanees. A madonna-and-c runken niuninn is particular can't recommend "Wise H sn't been such a deliciousl Incy Lumet's "Net work*" ;i ears lor its hilarious malieioi Wise Blood''continues tonigl ' Nickelodeon. Show times ar mKm i.- - ?|||||||gl|? Ur, M. mt* |K Lead guitarist Dick Grt the Tuesday night AUsta (JSC as a seven-member Wirtz went into a tent preacher monologue aboul the possible effects ol listening to the Allstars Green talked about the physiological changes h< undergoes when coming t( Columbia, and the types o olorful < AIWON(i THK current cro| of Hollywood biographies Huston's is like an oasis in ? desert of self-justification The book is every bit as colorful and ecrontrir as hi* movies, but it steers clear o the sordid affairs and back biting that plays such an \ion farce ?s (Brad Dourif of "One Kiev just back from a stint in th< alize how fanatical his fellov . In a brilliant title sequence or-ye-sha 11 -be-da m ned-forevei nes that Hazel feels are taking d, making fallacies out of th< nstone grandfather (played ty of the people he encounters (Macon, where the picture \va: *e after being mistaken for < te a church without Christ, i t see, the lame don't walk, an( out the film are some of the presented onscreen, including rker who operates "the frien > "don't mind if you ain't nc ot $4. rs include Enoch Emery, <i who is infatuated with the compared, and Asa Hawks, a whose daughter, Sabbath l,ili, ion of luring Hazel to bed with bewildering assortment of >d by such notable character Ned Beatty and Amy Wright niance as Hazel tluit provides ind its st'iisc of the absurd mare. ;b well. I liiuig Mr- picas outrageous as the per hild shot ot Wright with a |y memorable lood" strongls enough There v evil-minded eomed> since ind that one took home lour isness it itnd tomorrow mtfht only at c 7:(H)and 9:00 nightly X ^SSlSXflBTCF ?i "7 ?2.^ _ _ -"^r_---_Zi 1 | v, ~^'_ 1 ~ i-ii-^-^tt .;? jHIHHHHH . t jH pen provided some screaming trs concert. The performance unit. (Photo by Kim Newman) loving available here. The t monologues went over as f well as the music. The Allstars then brought ; on vocalist Lucille Schoettle. i Her entrance brought a ) slight shift in musical ernf phasis from guitar orienand ecce 3 important part in the other books. i The only disappointments > as far as "An Open Book" is > concerned is I hat it does not f mention Huston's filming of "Phobia," and the making of i "Wise Blood," Huston's only film to be released in the past six years, is given only ^ a page and a halt of ^ coverage. That which is included in the book, however, more 1 than makes up that which - isn't. For instance, studio J publicists fought to have the title of "The Maltese 1 Falcon" changed to "The ' (lent From Frisco." In one 3 delightful chapter, Huston ^ tells how he trained the animals for the Noah's Ark sequence of "The Bible." * <>\K OF THE more in1 triguing portions of the book 1 deals with "Let There Be 1 Light," a documentary which Huston prepared for the Army during World War ? II. Its purpose, Huston says, "was to show how men who suffered mental damage in } the service should not be written off, but could l>e linlrw>sl Kc nc\'chi'itri/> treatment." Upon seeing Uie film, the Army banned it. "The reason given was that it violated the privacy ot the patients involved." Huston says "I don't think <U..t A I 1 ? - MM 11liti was me rcai reason i no men who were in the picture the patients whoso recoveries we haci witnessed were proud of what the\ saw ot themselves on the screen " Huston goes on to explain that releases the men had signed disappeared i kx . . 1.1,. 1 -- II (Mil lll> IIU'N, itIUJ rit' (.'()!) eludes the passage with "Tlu' authorities had mack' up their minds Huston says that he does not know exactly what became of the film but here it footnote can be added A ? C7 " " I slide guitar solos during was the Allst< last at tation and other solos to more rhythm from keyboards anu horns. The energy didn't drop for a second, however, and i Schoettle displayed a strong gutsy voice perfect for the rhythm and blues she sang. see A/lstars pg 8 A 9 mric print was found and screened, without the Army's approval, in Los Angeies about two weeks ago. Kor those interested, a full report can be found in the Nov. 12 issue of "Variety." HUSTON'S accounts of the people he has loved and worked with durinn hi<^ vj --*r> 1 years are witty, compassionate and, with the exception of the description of his fifth wife as an "alligator," loving. f Jo/m Huston The book is written in a bold. set easy to read style, and the story is told chronologically, though not stultilyingly so II Huston tools that two events arc related, lie discusses them simultaneous!) . rather- than alluding to an event he described several hundred pages previous!) \\ ith the Thanksgiving an 1 Christinas holidays up coining, one could do much worse than to spend a few of his spare hours poring over a book as eniovable ;md nv enlightening as this one.