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THEATER TIPS
The Red and Black • Tuesday, October 3, 1989 • 6
The Town and Gown Players will present “Death Trap” «the
Community Theatre on Oct. 6 and 7 at 8:15 p.m. and Oct. 8 at
2.15 p.m. This humorous mystery has a plot with plenty of
deadly twists and turns. For reservations call 357-7887.
Stevie still has magic
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When I heard that Stevie Nick*,
rock music legend, was making a
•top in Atlanta for her “Other Side
of the Mirror” tour, I vowed I’d be
one of the first in the S.E.A.T.S.
outlet ticket mob. The sometimes-
member of Fleetwood Mac and solo
gypsy has been one of my favorite
artists since the beginning of time.
I was grateful when a friend sur
prised me with a pair of tickets. Aa
the date of the show grew closer, so
did my anticipation until, finally,
the magic day arrived. With excite
ment in my heart and girlfriend on
my arm, I began my holy trek to
the Lakewood amphitheater, the
definitive Stevie temple.
I wasn’t able to catch the
Hooters opening the show. All
wasn’t lost, however. Little did I
realize that for my measlv 85
cents, MARTA would provide all
the entertainment I needed.
Entering on the train behind me
was an individual (I’m sure a local
legend) 111 simply refer to as
“Guitar-man.” Guitar-man was a
balanced blend of Bob Marley and
any member of The Monkees.
Wielding a six-string relic, Guitar-
man took his seat on the train and
began to play very quietly, careful
to avoid disturbing the other pa
trons.
The silence was short-lived. The
disheveled Guitar-man spied a
woman tending to her child and de
cided to tease the tot, resulting in a
panicked scream at his appear
ance. This brought wicked
laughter from Guitar-man.
At this point, Guitar-man de
cided to rip into his revised def-ill
MARTA version of Kool Moe Dee’s
rap classic “Wild Wild West.” With
a new set of lyrics about people
Gregg
Parker
riding on MARTA, guitar-man pro
ceeded to let everyone (and I mean
everyone) know he was on the
train.
After a few more verses of that
familiar ditty and a few blues riffs
(MARTA lyrics included, of
course), we reached our destina
tion and were forced to leave
Guitar-man to play solo.
We found our seats with relative
ense (I sat behind a guy with a big
head) nnd readied ourselves for the
angel of electric-fan vocals. (If one
sings into a fan, the similarity is
incredible.)
The place went dark and the
crowd went wild. After a short in
troduction, the slowly made her
way onstage.
Her age didn’t affect her stage
presence. It was the same old
Stevie — the soft, nightingale
voice, the gliding, swooping motion
of her figure across the lighted
stage, enhanced by her trademark
of rag tag lace garments.
With the exception of a little age
(she’s no longer on the edge of 17),
the 80s gold dust woman Bhowed
she still loves the business and the
people who come to see her every
night, myself included.
This column is dedicated to you,
Stevie. May you have 20 more
tours.
Stompers to play Legion
By DAVID WELCH
Contributing Writer
Where one finds a benefit, one
will probably find the LaBrea
Stompers.
The recent Athens Music Fes
tival is an example. The
Stompers have contributed their
time to Greenpeace and the
Equal Justice Foundation. On
Oct. 11 they will play Legion
Field for the Athens Women’s Is
sues League.
The band includes lead singer
Jim Stacy, keyboardist Donna
Bowman, drummer Patrick
“Tigger” Ferguson, bassist Dan
Horowitz and guitarist Trey Led
ford.
The Stompers were formed
three years ago, but "have only
been playing out about a year
and a half,” Stacy said.
As for the name of the band,
Stacy found it in an old issue of
“Boy’s Life.”
“We were looking through the
issue of “Boy’s Life,” Stacy said,
“that was printed during the
same month I was born when we
found a story about a boy scout
troop that cleaned out the La
Brea tar pits. The boy scouts
were called the 'LaBrea
Stompers’.”
“We were so fascinated by the
tar pits that we recently made a
pilgrimmage to see them,” Led
ford said.
The band recently has released
their second cassette entitled
“Homade Swine Tapes Volume
2.”
The brand of music they
LaBrea Stompers
played at the festival was a
unique blend of folk, rhythm, and
blues. When this band plays, the
feeling ensues that tney don’t
care what anyone thinks as long
as they’re having fun.
Stacy’s energetic harmonica
playing was the highlight of the
day. He plays it as well as any
Mississippi bluesman around.
The tignt, slightly erratic
rhythms played by Horowitz and
Ferguson invited the audience to
dance, but due to the many com
plex beat changes, any thought of
dancing was quickly abandoned.
The lyrics of Stacy were, for
the most part, sataristic attacks
on anything from the advertising
world to college radio. His issue-
oriented humor is reminiscent of
Neil Young.
If a band’s success can be mea
sured by the amount of fun they
have playing, the LaBrea
Stompers are the most successful
Athens band.
Itals to play Rockfish
Reggae will be at its finest with
the performance of the Itals at the
Rockfish on Wednesday night.
Long established as one of the
foremost Jamaican vocal trios, the
Itals’ show will range from their
legendary hits such as 'In A Die A
Time’ to songs from their latest
album, “Cool and Dread.”
Playing backup accompaniment
for the Itals will be the Vital
Reggae Band. This group is known
for its impressive background and
considerable experience in reggae
and has been backing the ItalB for
several years in their live Bhows in
Jamaica.
Opening for the Itals will be
David Isaacs.
— Amy Alford
More than 100 selected unsigned
bands from the Southeast will be
featured this week at the first an
nual NewSouth Music Showcase in
Atlanta. The music conference
takes place Oct. 5-8. In addition to
featuring various local bands,
there also will be panel discussions
relating to the music business.
The bands being showcased at
SOUND CORNER
this event were chosen from over
600 entries representing nine of
the Southeast’s top bands. If inter
ested in checking out these bands,
they’ll be playing in Atlanta at:
The Point, Cotton Club, Club Rio,
Center Stage, The Roxy, Avondale
Towne Cinema, Little Five Points
Pub, Colorbox, and Blind Willie’s.
The panel speakers include
Mike Bone - President of Chrysalis
Records, Chris Morris - Associate
Editor for Billboard Magazine, 96
Rock’s Psychadelic Beth, Guadal
canal Diary's Murray Attaway and
drivin n’eryin Manager Jim
Barber
For a schedule of events and
other general information, contact
Primedia at (404)892-2287.
Latin musicians Huayucaltia re
leased their second album Monday
entitled “Horizontes.” The Los An
geles-based sextet includes musi
cians from Mexico, Peru, Colombia
and the U.S.
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Acme Business Products
Greenville Hospital System
Aetna Life and Casualty
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.
ARA Campus Dining Services
Hewitt Associates
Arthur Andersen & Co./Anderson
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Consulting
JC Penney Company
Baker & Taylor Books (A Grace
Jefferson Pilot Life Insurance Co.
Distribution Co.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Bank South Corporation
Kraft Retail
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Lady Foot Locker
BellSouth
Macy's South
Bi-Lo, Inc.
Management Science America, Inc.
Black & Decker
Maryland Casualty Company
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia
Mauldin & Jenkins, CPA's
Bureau of the Census/Dept, of
Milliken & Company
Commerce
MOM (Modern Office Machines)
Ciba-Geigy Corp.
Northwestern Mutual Life - Bullock
Citizens & Southern National Bank
and Associates
Coffee Butler Service, Inc.
NTW (National Tire Wholesale)
Corroon & Black Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the
Cumberland Mountain Community
Currency
Services Board
Parisian
C.M. Alliance - Breedlove Agency
Piedmont Hospital
Deluxe Check Printers, Inc.
Russ Berrie
E & J Gallo Winery
Sales Technologies
Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives, Inc.
Seaborad Farms of Athens, Inc.
Emory University Hospital
Sentry Insurance
E.l. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
State Farm Insurance Companies
FBI
St. Joseph's Hospital
First Atlanta/First Wachovia
Texas Instruments
First National Bank of Gainesville
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General Adjustment Bureau (GAB)
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