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By KATHY LEWIS 7a
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Riverbanks, uncovered ^
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the zoo that most of us are
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animals at Riverbanks are \i
only one or two generations j
removed from the wild. In J;
other words, they are not j
domesticated. "If I were to J
fall in the lion cage,,v says \
Dr. Smith, "I would try my J
best to fall on my head, j
because I would not want to j
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discovered 1 was mere. ' The ?
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favorite animal, yet they are ' t:
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animals) Walt Disney pets. (
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By JOHN VAUGHAN
Asit. Entertainment Editor
"How sweet it is!" George Thorogood
houted over the cheers in the Township
Vuditorium as he raced onto the stage for
lis concert Saturday night.
And how sweet it was! Thorogood brought
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>oundless energy to the stage for over two
lours and put on one of the best concerts in
he area this year.
Columbia was the 37th stop for Thorogood
ind his Destroyers as they continue their
'50/50 Tour" across the country ? playing
O states in 50 dates with no nights off,
oiling across thousands of miles in an
luthentic checkered cab.
YET THOROGOOD ? in what must be the
nost grueling part ot nis tour before he gets
'second wind" down the final stretch ?
eaped, howled, jammed, and duck-walked
tcross the stage and around the auditorium
vith a style worthy of Bruce Springsteen or
?huck Berry.
It was more than just several hours of
;ood music; from beginning to end, it was a
ock 'n' roll party.
THE CONCERT opened with a joke. Not
he stand-up comedian type, but rather, two
?f the winning groups in the Golden Spur's
nonthly airband competitions. The Three
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ups and boo the groups off the stage.
After the airband fiasco, the Township
rowd was thirsty for "George! George!'*
ind the Skip Castro Band came on to
ukewarm applause. But the Virginia-based
[roup had a surprise in store for Columbia,
,nd it was delivered with one song.
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pleasure to see. It started the rock 'n' roll
party with good ol' fashioned rock 4n' roll,
belting out back-to-back beauties like "TwoTimin'
Woman," "Shake, Rattle, and Roll,"
"C.C. Ryder," "Jenny Jenny" and "My Gal
Is Red Hot."
THE BAND was full of energy and raw
talent, playing right out into the crowd; ^
nobody rushed the stage because everybody
was too busy dancing in the aisles. Castro
finished his stint by stepping onto the first
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the entire auditorium, as he jammed on his
cordless guitar for 15 minutes.
Castro left the stage to wild applause, and
when Thorogood appeared, the relatively
small audience sounded like a full Carolina
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The four-man group burst into the first f
tune and took off, playing at breakneck j
speed through songs like "One Bourbon,
One Scotch, One Beer," "Madison Blues"
and "Move ItOnOver."
THOKOGOOD seemed always to be trying
to get everywhere on the stage at once. He
raced from one side to the other, leaning
into the crowd, jumping back, hopping over
to the microphone. He brandished his guitar
like his personal Excalibur, playing it up,
down and behind his head.
Thorogood seemed to enjoy his audience
as much as it enjoyed him; he repeatedly \
injected local names into his lyrics and $
smiled as the crowd roared its approval. He
did this especially with "Same Thing,"
when he played cheerleader and made the
crowd sing the refrain louder and louder.
The Destroyers displayed some superb
musicianship on a variety of selections, as
their leader sang a pleasant mix of rock,
country and rhythm-and-blues. It was on
these slower blues tunes that Thorogood
demonstrated his vocal abilities, most
notably on "I'll Change My Style."
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