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! i^VA:r .= \ ; ; vfvj:-j, . ::\. - = ;;:.*>?MprV ! " W?BP' *J [:v r I s - \ ~\^: ^-~y~ n#* * . ? 1 =v Country-style Waylon Jennings and Jerry Reed along with Jesse ( im i I vvayion jenn By Lisa Blackford Radio station WCOS-FM welcomed country formers VVaylon Jennings, Jerry Reed, Jessi Colt* Fever to Carolina Coliseum Sunday night for an t to help raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. The show began promptly at 8 p.m. with Cabin many fans still filed into the arena. Playing < minutes, the opening might have disappointed followers, oui me nana appearea reiauvciy uiik crowd. Many of the songs written by Cabin Fe familiar to an indifferent audience. But when Jerry Reed walked on stage, the f With his own personal style of Louisiana chart with some light banter, Reed created an atmosp country harmony. WEARING FADED blue denims and a well cowboy hat, Reed belted out in deep, strong vc steamy swamps and man-eating alligators wi r Charleston-based iy Barbara Ballinger Punk crashed the rock 'n' roll par- St< ty In the'70s and split into the jagged To creative edge of New Wave that th< thrashed and tore new spaces before ro< evolving or fading into the new norm. By the time this new style washed into the outreaches of South Carolina, its effect was mainly stylistic on com- vo petent, experienced bar bands like the so Parrots. lIJ The members of the Charleston- ? based Parrots are grown-up rock and rollers, in their late 20s and early 30s, with grown-up jobs like engineering Wt and TV-directing ? except drummer so Howie Ferguson, who claims surfing Pr as his alternate preoccupation. They've all been playing since they were kids. sir Their tight, driving rhythms and by their precise three-part harmonies at- Q test to years of practice. lie th< PRESENTI V A three-piece band, they share a leclmical mastery that gives a decepnvr ;:se ro meir unciuitered songs. The I '.ti rots are serious by about having fun. and at their two he dates at the Golden Spur last week "1 they demonstrated how you do it. ed ^Hp - -' .'-"' ~" ' V'- ---"-_? - -- r - "; v 3^^BBB||wwrf --V-JiT-. :;':.^.V_',' tTO, ^WBlfllljIji^IlTjBiMWSMwn i; :/;'V;11811118 * ill Mi j [-:^ ;->C-^;-/::r-:'-';-; . -"--i; 1*' - ia' . ' . . A'- , i _- ;A^I^ -y<-. Photo by Laura Ferguson olter and Cabin Fever had a country music extravaganza Sunday at ings leads counl Amos Moses. music pei- Rapport with his audience was evident with I r and Cabin easy-going manner, joking with attentive onloc Ktiavaganza sang "She's Pretty," and "She Got the Gold IV the Shaft." Fever, while Unfortunately, being on a strict time schedi mere eight tjie number of bands performing, it appeared R - abin Fever short his performance. But not before one last at town to the country music lovers. er were unTHE HUMOROUS Southerner rang out ins cheered. You're Hot, You're Hot," before closing with th ? *u~ j r i, cuiiiuincu oiiiur^cy <niu inc umiuii, casiuounu anu L here of true scenes from the movie flickered on the video above the stage. This video screen was an addei A feminine touch was added to the scenario \ worn straw ciacj jessi Colter appeared, highlighting the atn :als tales of enthusiasm. Colter appeared, stirring the audi< h the tune vocals while singing "Rock 'n Roll Lullaby." band 'Parrots' pop soni hey opened Thursday with the The Parrots want to < nes' ''Let's Spend the Night more on their own songs, jether," an invitation to follow inception in 1981, they' rn into the explosive release of through several personm k V roll. Ferguson, the newest m< been in the group for a year Jassist Cambridge Trott and they focused on rock from guson put down a rapid fire 70s, but gradually change< thm line to Charlie Thompson's contemporary repertoire. :als and guitar, although Thomp- iyf they've added a smattei i's guitar work was more often own sonR8 and have hieae n not solidly meshed in the fabric commercial success, a song, only occasionally standing :. On George Thoroughgood's ad to the Bone," for example, it THE PARROTS are cj s nasty and eloquent on a tiny Gib- perennial dilemma of the 1 guitar, with Cambridge Trott their opportunities to p >viding the vocal counterpoint for pend on their ability tune's bad boy theme. crowd, and they can attr; because audiences knov hear their favorite hits. A [TIE BAND members alternated the band effectively perl ging lead as they covered material writers' songs, the more i the Cars, Joe Jackson, the Stray arouse that enthusiasm fo ft t ho A n i rVA o 1 c on/I ? Iwt D r. / ? ?? la, uiv / \11 iiiitiicuiu niw i\uinaii" among others, interspersing rn with an > . asional original. "Art is like an opinion snid. "It's not as creat other people's songs." ( !)f their cover material, a new song Parrots hope to broadc the Roman;ic.s was the freshest posure is through airph ird in two sets. Their version of begun to market cassei ock the Casbah" lacked the harsh material, recorded at 5c I've heard from the Clash. 'studio in Isle of Palms. m*.^. . - - ^^^ p^ll^^HiHB^HHnH^v^' iln^KHHHSHEi |^J| L . r j 1^ j^BtB^.. ? . j the Carolina Coliseum. try music potpourri But it wasn't until Colter sang "I'm Not Lisa, Mv Name is deed's relaxed i,.i;A " ,.u? ?i 1: -.i . ^ ' - . i.?iiv., 11idi sue \>un me uuuiciilt over wiin oy i ar one 01 me )keis while he better songs of the evening. line and I Got AFTER A rather abrupt ending by Colter and a brief interile because of mission, the lights dimmed once more, and the man everyone eed might cut awaited appeared. Jennings caroused on stage clad in faded tempt to thrill blue jeans, guitar and buckskin cowboy hat and welcomed the crowd before breaking into "Lonesome, Ornery and Mean," among much hand-slapping and foot-stomping. with "When Silhouetted by the three-winged eagle emblem in the shape le theme from Qf the letter "W." Jennings pleased the crowd with two songs )own," while which especially warmed the ladies' hearts, "Amanda," and screen placed Lucille," before breaking into the crisp notes of "Only Daddy i attraction. That'll Walk the Line," "Luckenbach, Texas," and the vhen a darkly famous "Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be losphere with Cowboys," which brought the fans to their feet. ;nce with her One highlight of the evening was the soft, lighthearted tune. "You Make the Sun Wanna Shine," which Jennings and wife Jessi sang together. Demonstrating loving mannerisms and subtle teasing, they created an atmosphere that placed a smile in every romantic's heart. JS After a rapid barrage of hits, including, "Good hearted If Woman," "Honky Tonk Heroes," and "They Did It All Like This," Jennings left the stage, only to be pleaded back by cheering followers. But this time Jerry Reed accompanied :oncentrate him, and together they set the stage alight with "Hold on I'm Since their Coming," and "Ramblin' Man," before saying "goodnight" ve evolved to Columbia. ;1 changes. 2S5 '60s' profile J to a more see. stresses despair r hopes for 0 By Maria Baens iu ht in the resurS'n8 interest in Edie Sedgwick, the elite party girl .f . . who mingled with Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger, came with ~ar * Jean Stein's "Edie: An American Biography." fr ^raw Stein hardly tells a story. People tell it for her. A collaboraact a crowd tion of personalities, the book is a potpourri of 1960s' / thev will reminiscences. Readers can almost see them, talking across the nd the more table, chain-smoking, older and maybe a bit wiser. 'orms other Stein's book is a social commentary as well as a biography. .. , Edie was a woman of the'60s ? elite, a student at Cambridge, they long to ol__ l.?.1 _ ..... . . el wiwuMDiiiK cuuM. one iiuu a renuiaoie iamuy name tnai r their own. . ... , meant wealth and grace. She was also a child in a troubled family. Two brothers ap" 1 erguson parently committed suicide. She had a seething sexual fear of ive to play '1CI ^a,',er? v I'^'h may or may not have been well-founded. )ne way the She was also heavily into drugs. n their cn "Edie: An American Biography" is almost like eavesdropp*y They've on Pr'vatc conversations where people are either candid or ties of thei. overtly charming. a 16 track ^ne cannot ''n(J encouragement in such a biography. But, if some meaning must be sought, then it must be that Richard Cory's do exist, and charm is not all what it seems.