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L°^ tne l,ter8f * ma 8 Blue Plate Special at a Benefit tonight
at the Downstairs. Featured is the acoustic guitar-playing of the
Missouri Breaks and poetry and prose by Raymond Andrews and
others. The show starts at 9 p.m. and cover is $3.
Th« Red and Black » Thursday, June 7, 1990 . $
A&E
Midnight Oil concert
fueled Atlanta’s fire
By OAVID WILLIAMS
Entertainment Writer
It was Australian Night
Tuesday at Lakewood Amphi-
theater, but there were no
CDay mates" and nobody was
putting anything on the '“barbie.'
Instead, fans were treated to per
formances by Australia's biggest
bands, Hunters and Collectors
and Midnight Oil.
Hunters and Collectors began
promptly at eight and played a
solid set of songs from their new
album “Ghost Nation.” The
crowd's response was very enthu
siastic, but the band seemed an
noyed because they didn't have
time to do many of their older
songs.
It was getting dark as the roa
dies changed the set. When ev
erything was in place, the lights
went out and Midnight Oil
started playing.
When the lights came back on,
Peter Garrett, the 6-foot-6 singer,
was flailing around the stage in a
way that can be best imagined by
picturing Frankenstein vogue-
ing. His stage presence was enor
mous, overshadowing everything
else on the stage.
The music was intense. They
played songs off their two most
recent albums, “Diesel and Dust"
and “Blue Sky Mining," at an in
human pace, stopping only to
talk to the crowd and change in
struments.
After an hour, Garrett's voice
was sounding weaker and his
movements were less frantic. As
it turned out, the band was just
warming up. The intense horn
section from Hunters and Collec
tors backed the Oils on their hit
"Beds Are Burning,” and con
tinued to play for the rest of the
show.
They seemed to be out of con
trol at this point: Drummer Rob
Hirst kept throwing drumsticks
over his shoulder during a fero
cious drum roll, Garrett was
climbing on the speakers, and the
rest of the band was playing
really loud.
Midnight Oil finally quit after
playing for about an hour and 45
Bald is beautiful: Garrett
gives hot Oil treatments
minutes, but the crowd started
cheering for an encore. The band
came back and delivered a blis
tering rendition of "Tower and
the Passion," their Erst U.S.
single. Before packing things up,
the Oils covered Elvis Costello’s
“What’s So Funny Bout Peace,
Love, and Understanding.”
It was nice to see that some
bands can maintain their fire
even when surrounded by agents
and the T-shirts cost more than
the tickets.
It’s ‘Cjazzical Pop’ at Legion tonight
By COLEEN BROOKS
Entertainment Writer
Tonight at Legion Field the
Athens community has the oppor
tunity to experience a style of
music that is truly like no other
Mark Maxwell will be performing a
free concert of “Cjazzical Pop." an
exciting new combination of clas
sical, jazz and pop music.
Maxwell, who has become a re
spected figure in the local music
scene, grew up in Dekalb, came to
Athens and majored in classical
guitar here at the University.
Maxwell's 100-hour work weeks
eventually raised the capital for
Maxwell Sound, a local recording
studio he founded in 1985 In the
years since then he has created a
name for himself with his original
music and his successful studio.
“Tve worked with just about
every band in town. Tve worked
with the members of REM and Tve
had Dreams So Real in my studio,
but it’s no big deal — it’s what I do
for a living," Maxwell said.
Maxwell said working in the
studio and recording music is per
sonally very rewarding He works
with groups from all musical
genres. He said that one of the big
gest thrills of his job is that he
“gets to hear a new song everyday."
“I really dig recording other
bands. I hear about 1000 new
songs a year. Are they all good? No,
but these guys come in and spill
their guts out and really mean
what they’re doing. That’s what’s
important," Maxwell said.
One of the things that has made
Maxwell such a prominent indi
vidual in Athens music is his unf
lagging determination. He gives
his full attention to everything he
does and works hard to accomplish
what he sets out to do, in both his
music and his studio work.
Maxwell said, “My job is to make
everyone who comes into my studio
sound better than they ever have
and leave here satisfied and Til do
whatever it takes to make that
happen."
Recording may take up the ma
jority of his time, but Maxwell still
manages to steal time to work on
his own music. One of his songs
was picked up for rotation by the
Atlanta jazz radio station 94-Q and
played on their program Jazz Fla
vors.
Maxwell has also composed
scores for movies and television, in
cluding the soundtrack for “Mile
stones of Flight," a film for the Air
and Space Museum of the Smithso
nian Institute He also worked on
the music for a series for The
Weather Channel
Maxwell is now working on an
album that will be released in the
fall. He said he has worked on it for
three years in his meager spare
time. To replace three members of
his band who left recently to
pursue other musical ventures.
Slaxwell said he searched for the
best musicians he could find and
ended up with an incredibly tal
ented band
These guys are all wonderful
The music is better now than ever
before," Maxwell said
The new band will make its
debut at tonight’s show. The lineup
features Joey Moms on percussion
and vibes, Henry Weaver on sax.
Tim Waters on bass, A1 Owens on
rhythm guitar. Janice Tribble on
keyboards. Derek Wyatt on drums
and Maxwell on classical and elec
tric guitar.
Cajun folk musician JJ. Re-
r.eaux will be the opening act to
night at Legion Field. She
performs in the strict Cajun tradi
tion by telling stories and working
them into the songs she sings. Re-
Tonight
Fri. & Sat.
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Maxwell is now
working on an album.
neaux is sort of the “Uncle Remus
of New Orleans," spinning enter
taining Cqjun folk tale* handed
down through the generations
The show tonight will showcase
music not usually found in Athens.
The banjo, spoons, and fiddle that
favor JJ Rensaux’s brand of
music, along with Maxwell’s
unique combination of "Bach and
Duke Ellington" don't fit into the
Athens standard of alternative
music The concert promises to be
an enjoyable, eye-opening experi
ence.
The thou- will Hart at 800 pm
Ad mu non u free. The rain location
it Georgia Hall.
■ CORRECTION
DOG GONE IT! An article in Wednesday s baser con*.a ned -co’-
rect information. Pylon hasn't signed with Dog Gone Records Out
they are negotiating a contract. Sorry, guys.
It is the policy of The Red and Black to correct errors, of fact
that appear in its neu s columns Corrections usually appear
on page 2. "
Marvelous Mark: Making
cool sounds tonight
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