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Uncle Tupelo lets music do the talking
By NOEL MURRAY
Entertainment Writer
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relationship between how much a
musician talks and how good his
work is. Sting and Bono talk quite
a bit, perhaps to cover up that they
don’t nave much to say. J. Mascis
of Dinosaur Jr. almost never talks,
but his music connects on a gut
level.
So, although Jeff Tweedy of the
band Uncle Tupelo revealed little
in a recent phone interview, that
certainly doesn’t mean that his
band is silent of Bpirit. Uncle Tu
pelo brings their high volume
country-rock to the 40 Watt tonight
as part of a tour that has been
wonting to build on their already
good reputation.
“Yeah, it’s gone pretty good so
far,” Tweedy said.
But “pretty good” doesn’t seem
to go far enough in describing the
public reaction to Uncle Tupelo.
The College MuBic Journal in 1989
named them the “Best Unsigned
Band in America,” an honor that
led to a contract with the indepen
dent label Rockville Records.
Uncle Tupelo comes out of Belle
ville, 111.,barely spitting distance
away from St. Louis, MO. The
whole area around where they live
is dominated by a working class
lifestyle that reflected in the lyrics.
“1 guess I write a little bit out of
my own experiences, and a little bit
out of what I observe.” Tweedy
said.
These observations are collected
on their debut album “No Depres
sion.” The record has garnered ac
colades and airplay from critics
and college radio programmers na
tionwide. As the rock publication
>ut it, “In a perfect world,
all the AOR stations would already
be playing this monster of rock
every hour on the hour — 1 in its
entirety.”
Not that it is so difficult to pin
down what the band sounds like
without steering the potential lis
tener in the wrong direction. Their
influences are many, but it all
comes out like Uncle Tupelo in the
end.
“What I’m listening to now runs
the whole gamut really,” Tweedy
said. “Some country, but not con
temporary country.”
He didn't go into any more de
tail, but the press kit lists m^jor in
fluences as Neil Young, The
Replacements and Husker Du. One
r ' i through “No Depression” and
t’s quite obvious.
St. Louis and Bellesville are not
generally considered musically fer-
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is a scene there of sorts.
“It used to be a lot better, but
one of the clubs didn’t really get off
the ground,” he explained. 'There’s
not much to do in Belleville except
be in a band or look at the old bre
weries.”
Or drink. A large majority of the
songs on “No Depression” seem to
be about drinking in some way,
from the obvious “Whiskey Bottle’
to the more sly “Life Worth Livin’,”
which professes that “We’re all
looking for / a life worth living /
That’s why we drink.”
Do the members of Uncle Tupelo
drink a lot?
“Not anymore than most people
where we’re from,” Tweedy con
fessed. “I guess we did drink a little
more when we were working on the
album. Next time we probably
won’t.”
Whatever the band did to get
those songs out, it worked like a
charm. As for this listener, when I
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heard the opening track,
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time, I felt the same rush that was
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Lecture to focus on Persian music
By KELLY THRELKELD
Contributing Writer
Guest lecturer Abbas Kesh will present a lecture on
classical music of Iran Thursday at 10 a.m. in Room
115 of the Pine Arts building. This presentation is
part of a class on non-western music, tne oldest music
culture known, and will focus on specific regions of the
world.
Kesh is a visting artist here at the University. In
addition to being a musician, he is also a physicist and
acoustician. Kesh performs at college events with a
small group of Iranian exiles and works with Islamic
and Arabic student associations.
This lecture/demonstration will include videotaped
materia] shot in Chicago featuring a group of Iranian
musicians performing. Most of the lecture is back
ground material on the history, acoustics and func
tions of the musical instruments presented.
Kesh will also demonstrate several wind and
stringed instruments. One of the instruments fea
tured in the program will be the tar, a long-necked in
strument, comparable to the lute.
Johann Buis, assistant professor of musicology in
the School of Music, organized the presentation.
“I hope that this presentation will introduce many
people to this exotic style of music and instruments
who might otherwise have never heard this music cul
ture because it is not performed that often," Buis said.
The public is invited to come and take part in this
unique opportunity Thursday. There is also an exhibi
tion of instruments from the Orient and West Africa
in the main library foyer.
Faculty quartet to recite tonight
Need to relax after the stress of
midterms? Try a little classical
music to soothe your nerves.
The Franklin String Quartet is a
resident performing group made
up of School of Music faculty. The
quartet will perform today at the
University chapel at 8 p.m.
The quartet, which was formed
in the 1960s, appeals to both se
rious music students and casual
music lovers.
Music professor and cellist
David Starkweather said the
quartet performs all over the state.
“At one point, we played at the
White House during the Jimmy
Carter administration,” he said.
Because the ensemble is made
up of faculty members, the
Franklin Quartet is different than
other touring quartets.
“We all have private applied stu
dios and classes,” violinist and pro
fessor Thomas Joiner said.
In addition, one of the quartet
members conducts the University
r phony orchestra and one tea-
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gram, Joiner said.
The program will consist of
works by W.A. Mozart, Samuel
Barber and Felix Mendelssohn.
“The Mendelssohn quartet is a
tragic piece. He wrote it right after
the death of Beethoven,” Joiner
said. “The work by Mozart is the
perfect example of the classical
quartet.”
The slow movement by Barber
often is used for funerals.
The quartet consists of Joiner,
Starkweather, Anna Barbrey
Joiner and Alexander Ross.
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