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By WENDELL MARK ARMSTRONG
Staff wiitsr
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ttiiiic me iocus 01 the crowd
Fucgos Wednesday night at Rock
ing band, The Right Profile, pro>
novative sounds of the evening.
Combining a hard-edged gu
keyboards, harmonica and acc
songs, The Right Profile exemplif
new Southern roots-rock music, s
Jason and the Scorchers did at th
of weeks ago in Columbia.
The band, out of Winston-S
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pitiycu v^uiumoia aoout two years
ed several dates on the current D
Although they were unknown
dance, The Right Profile grabbc
their opening song, "I Want Y
never slowed down through theii
"Cosmopolitan Lovesick Blues."
Here's a band that mixes the st<
nery O'Connor with an eclectic
guitars, keyboards and accordian
blc pulling it off: this band is ori
By comparison, The Vectors,
bands to play, sounded like a ba
Mister and A-ha thrown togeth
MTV nightmare.
The Columbia band seemed to
direction, from a synthesizer the
like a new toy than an instrumen
echo on some of the vocals.
These guys should stop preten
video aimed at ll-vpar.r*iH oiric or
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actly it is they're trying to do, if th
taken seriously.
The question that arises is why
played first. After watching the
followed, the answer is that soi
somewhere.
But at least this band was there t
what turned out to be an unexpect
Blisters, bee
By CARL DAWSON
Assistant news editor
The Del Fuegos were tired, unal
rest in the cloud of albums being t
into their faces for hurriedly scril
signatures.
"I've got to put all my energy
the show and roll around
wheelchair for the rest of the c
lead guitarist Warren Zanes said. 1
here they would go to Atlanta.
z.anes saia nc enjoyed the night'
dience. "They were fun and recep
and seemed to understand the lyr
was impressed."
His brother Dan, lead singer
rhythm guitarist, said what mad*
show good was "getting into
groove. Pretty girls. The whole
yards and tight-fitting clothes."
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Keyboardist Cleve Davis, who tours
r into with the Boston-based band but
in a doesn't perform on their two albums,
lay," said he likes playing in the South
From because "rock 'n' roll is from here."
The band said they think they are on
s au- the verge of large-scale success, with
rtive, the help of the Miller Beer commercial
ics. I that cast their faces as well as their
music on television screens nationwide,
and Miller bottles dotted the stage and the
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the rested afterward.
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our values. Our main hope is keeping
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in the end," Warren Zanes said. L
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Zanes said. "The oands I like, we like f
as a group. Bands that have animal i
magnetism." !
They are learning with each album,
but being constantly on the road also
helps them musically, he said.
"Being together all the time,
tolerating each other's ugly face,
makes you a better band. You realize
you are a band because you can stick H .
together," he said.
"What wc want to do tor now and in
the future we would like to do as a
group. We're looking at a pretty longterm
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I Del Fuegos
raw power
By ART 80ERKE
Staff writer
I mere is a oasic principle in the
music business governing raw
rock 'n' roll. If it's the raunch
and power that gives the band its
feeling, then they are undoubtedly
much better live than on vinyl.
Wednesday night Rockafellas'
was crammed full of witnesses to
the violation of this premise.
Slash/Warner Brothers recording
artists the Del Fuegos made their
first Columbia appearance a
disappointing one.
This is not to say that the Del
Fuegos were completely awful,
,thcy weren't. Thev iust failed tr>
I cut loose. Songs that burn on
vinyl were rendered flat live, and
failed to ignite more than a few at
stagefront. Their set contained
most of the material from their
two records plus a few extras.
The opener, "Longest Day,"
was a dud. It should have hit
hard from the outset. Instead, it
trickled in before it pot onino
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A covcr of the old rocker
"Slipped, Tripped, Fell in
Love," followed and picked
things up a bit. The momentum
was lost, however, as the band
went into a listless "Mary, Don't
Change."
"Hold Us Down" was the first
tune played from the brilliant
Boston, Mass. album. A gem in
the grooves, this too left much to
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"j [Review
I 'The Trip To
Sa i?urne?<?
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YSi IS Spotlight editor
For pvfrv mnvif?-or?f?r Vjuli/Vc lnnn_
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cd to return to a special place,
MB "The Trip To Bountiful" is a
???&&&&? joyful cincmatic excursion
j tailored especially for them.
The film, playing at the new
BMMM Bijou theater in Five Points, tells
r the story of Carrie Watts
!i (Geraldine Page), an elderly
\ I woman who wants see her
/ childhood home once more
/ before she dies.
; It is a simple story, and one
^ that has been called on to tug
j uvuii .-uiuigs many IUI1CS, DUl
! nothing is corny or formalized
about this movie.
*7 7? The movie is based on Howard
lid Foote's television play from the
j 1950s. In the television version,
Lillian Gish played Carrie Watts,
the old lady who habitually
makes getaways from the apartment
of her son and daughter-inlaw
in Houston.
I Gish, the grande dame of
cinema, would be a hard act to
follow, but Page attacks the
whine Watts role voraciously in the
movie version.
With a performance as superb
I as Page's, there is a danger that
the movie will contract a violent
enf case ot "Meryl Streepitis" ? a
disease where the lead actress is
>9928 so incredibly good she blows the
supporting cast off the screen.
s Fortunately, Peter Masterson,
hmJI director of "The Trip to Boun
kafellas'
lack fire,
in concert
life to it, as did "I Should Be the
One" and a new song called "I
Just See You," but things stalled
out again with "Have You
Forgotten?"
The club was packed, and even
with the doors open, the band
was feeling the heat. "Hand in
Hand" and "Don't Run Wild"
should have cranked with the
tempos and added crunch. What
was offered was watered down
from even the LP version.
Things remained in this state
until someone unplugged the
stage lights during "I Still Want
You," the second single from
Boston, Mass. Things seemed to
turn around from there, but, unfortunately,
most of the show
was over.
The band ended the set with
"It'Q Alrioht ?' .u
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highlight of the show. Everybody
rocked on this one, including the
keyboardist-sideman Cleve Davis
who seemed little more than a
fifth wheel during most of the
show.
For their encores, the Del
Fucgos came back with versions
of "Walking the Dog" and "I'm
a Man." The former was smoking,
but during the latter song the
ana lapsea into dullards again.
For their final tune, Dan Zanes
played "Nervous and Shaky,"
from their debut record.
It was a decent way to end a
disappointing show.
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VISKO HATFIELD/The Gamecock
at Rockafellas'
1
i Bountiful'
remember
tiful," practiced a strong dose of
preventative medicine by casting
capable actors in the supporting
roles.
Ludie Watts (John Heard) is
the old lady's only son, and it's
under his roof that she spends her
unhappy life. Seated in a rocking
chair by the window, she looks
out over the 1930s Houston
sprawl and dreams of their home
Bountiful, Texas.
sometimes she tries to lure
Ludie into her reminiscing, but
his wife Jessie Mac (Carlin
Glynn), can't tolerate the trips
down memory lane. In fact, the
childish woman can't stand much
about her mother-in-law, except
for the pension checks the old
woman receives every month.
John Heard seems to specialize
in playing haunted, tortured
men, and the character of F.udie
Watts is perfect for him. Torn
between pleasing his mother and
his wife, he is unable to please
anyone.
Rebecca De Mornay, a young
war bride who befriends the old
lady on the bus trip to Bountiful,
and Richard Bradford, the
understanding sheriff who drives
me old lady to her dipilidatcd
childhood home, are also good.
Bountiful is not only the name
of the town, but the best description
for this joyous tribute to all
of us who dream of going home
again.