Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Entent;ainmer AfterLov By MICHAEL ROMATOWSKI I ntertainment Editor Two guys with long beards, overalls and funny hats raised an old-fashioned ruckus Sunday night at the Carolina Coliseum, and thousands of fans loved every minute of it. Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, otherwise known as ZZ Top, proved that two guitars and one oversized drum set can make a roof-raising amount of noise. They played their brand of Texas blues-rock so lnnH thp snnnH could be heard outside in the Coliseum parking lots. Mixing old favorites like "Cheap Sunglasses" with new material like the funky "I Wouldn't Touch Her With a Tenfoot Pol Gibbons on lead and slide guitars and Hill on bass guitar boogied about the stage cranking out one crowdpleaser after another. Meanwhile, Beard had a grand old time pounding his mountainous array of drums. THE AUDIENCE was clearly made up of died-in-the wool Top fans; girls and guys alike shimmied in the aisles and waved their arms overhead. They seemed to care not one bit that the vocals usually came out as a garbled mess of feedback, and Gibbons best guitar lines were often swallowed in a monstrous wall of echo. The crowd knew all the words and the technical problems were overlooked as everyone whooped it up. The opening act, Loverboy, proved to be no slouch in the decibel department either. Touring behind a hugely successful debut album, they served notice that they are a group to be reckoned with in the '80s. While there is nothing original about Loverboy's approach, they performed with the energy and sense of urgency that makes great rock'n'roll. There seemed to be no limit to the top range to which lead vocalist Mike Reno could pitch his voice, and guitarist Paul Dean spun off several scorching leads while managing to keep from being over-indulgent in his own playing. Reno also served as a cheerleader, exhorting the crowd with raised fists and leaping about the stage. He and Dean conducted a giant pep rally of sorts during the band's final encore; each half of the audience took turns screaming at the top of its lungs in an effort to see who could make the most Jon Formo and his glass-blowing exploits were a maj< the-Horseshoe. ^ ij I * I ZZ Top blasted out their Texas-bred rock before a wild Sunday ni Left Bank Jazz Band Cano Sooleto At Hoi Music,Crafts, By LOHKA1NE LORD 7mm jBlff ~For Columbians unable to attend the ^ |--Ww^ Spoleto P^estive USA in Charleston, PiccoloI on-the-Horseshoe treated them to the talents *of area musicians and craftsmen who rP^* wnr-gathered for a free arts festival on USC's : ^istor^c Horseshoe Sunday afternoon. ViSK^1) v .-x.. Qnuoral hnnrlrprl nonnlp hravpH thp nor sistent rains and attended the recitals, films gMF ^ Spoleto-in-the-Midlands festivities at USC, W the festival is modeled after the Piccolo 1| Jk< "Avanti," an art display with original music, provided excellent background P\ JM! BB music for the many artistic performances and demonstrations presented simultaneously across the Horseshoe. M mil MRPM u/prp frpatpH (n n minnot theater by Paul Cornwall, a scarecrow . .. 411. , workshop presented by Mark Baron and a [>r attraction at Piccolo-on- children's Film Festival at McKissick. \ oyta bailer/Gamecock .thj$ brass,gn&emble was. one of iVrarty rtnu^teij ents at the rain-t I Show 1 l4h S 11 L..ijjiijtfM *w'" iwfy l\||| ' | B ? ? W nwsffl^^^^BBKa SB 1^4 B H^ra flQgr ^^B9v^lf9v^::^A H yv jggB SBM Rht crowd at the Carolina Coliseum. I hIIaiI 1 rseshoe:* And Rain V- & All torms ol art were exniDitea ai tne festivities. Ongoing events featured mime artist Genie Esher Martin, flute and guitar s; .. j ensemble, Christine Lumir on the harp and f 'V the USC Brass Ensemble under the direction of G.B. Lane, which introduced successive events with a spoleto fanfare. t $ v. f 1 COMPLEMENTING the numerous ^ exhibits were three recitals performed at McKissick. Soprano Lanny Palmer and tenor Richard Veale sang Broadway tunes rji ; in the McKissick Art Gallery. Also performing was the Columbia Consort. The % ^ group offered Baroque Renaissance music W performed by Jerry Curry on harpsichord, Julia Griffin on gamba and Raymond ? Harris on recorder, accompanying soprano Loury Christie. I Unfortunately, the rain caused can- <g cellation of what was to be the day's closing performance by the USC Left Bank Jazz Band. dampened festival on; USC's historical Voyta Sxllrr/Oamecock Si IH