MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1969
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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He referred to an incident
when a member of the group
yawned during the
performance.
"He didn't do it to offend me,
and it wasn't a lack of respect
for the audience. He was just
tired and felt so comfortable
onstage that he probably just
forgot about the audience."
Blood, Sweat and Tears has
been on the road since Oct. 3
and will finish their tour at the
end of December. They have
toured the South, the Midwest
and both coasts.
Colomby attributes the com
mercial success of the group to
the fact that BS&T is composed
of nine "excellent musicians"
who play what they like,
without regard to what might
sell.
"The wisest thing we do is to
pick tunes and arrangements
the guys like," Colomby said.
"We were the first group to use
a brass section and some peo
ple in the music world said it
wouldn't go, but we liked the
sound and stuck with it.
"We don't care too much
about the money and the fame.
We dig our sound and each
other."
Colomby thought the
Pershing audience was a good
one. He said the group had en
countered many different types
of audiences.
He singled out a concert
BS&T gave in Omaha last May.
"The publicity had been !
bungled and we didn't know
what kind of a crowd to ex
pect," he said. "It turned out to
be one of the hippest audiences
we've ever played to
anywhere."
"Grad students are so dull,
while an audience of drop-outs
may be tremendous," he add
ed. "They may be stupid or
dumb, but they understand the
music and they aren't out of
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He said that in spite of
performances every night
playing in BS&T never gets
boring. He said that not only a
difference in audiences keep
things moving, but different
versions of the songs BS&T
play. He said the solos are dif
ferent every night . and are
usually good.
Colomby emphasized that the
solos are the best part of the
performance and the mark of a
good musician.
Colomby also said that the
routine never gets boring
because there is always so
much to learn.
"I went through four years of
college and got a degree In
psychology," he said. "And I
was even considering grad
school until one day I just got
tired of it. I learned more the
first year I was out of school
than I learned the whole four
years I was there."
Speaker
University of Chicago history
professor, Dr. William H.
McNeill, will speak on "Pat
terns in History" at 4 p.m. in
the Westbrook Music Building
Monday.
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Blood, Sweat and Tears break
rules but come with their own
A review
by Steve Winston
For those of you who
believe that there is really only
one true time signature (a
driving 4-4) and only one real
key to any song, baby, you
were ir the wrong place last
Friday night. Blood, Sweat and
Tears just didn't play by your
rules, did they?
As a matter of fact they even
had the audacity to vary from
their album which is the prized
possession of not only every
musician but every psuedo
musician in the country. This
departure apparently was
displeasing to part of the au
dience because when ever the
variance occurred, they rudely
started to clap in the midst of
good solos, and then
demonstrated their "taste" by
trving to clap along to "And
When I Die".
First of all, no featured group
needs to have a lead off group
appear first to loosen up the
audience. Many people went to
the concert with the singular
intention of seeing BS&T. The
folksinger, although moderate
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ly competent, was more
diversionary than entertaining.
But the sound that ensued
was worth every cent required
to listen. Julliard School of
Music expects such quality
from its graduates, but the
horn men out did themselves to
stand up to the standards of
their alma mater. Eat your
hearts out trumpeters of
America: you've got a lot of
catching up to do. Lew Soloff
blows a mean horn.
And if you play alto sax, take
note of Fred Lipsius. Although
some of the audience objected
to his numerous sax solos, the
general consensus was one
more of awed approval.
Admittedly one must be quite
knowledgeable in music to fully
appreciate his piano solos, but
none-the-less, they too were
superb.
In criticism, BS&T had an
occasional tendency to
develope too many principal
themes or solos simultaneously,
thus possibly creating a pro
blem of following the music.
The world should hear more of
Steve Katz vocals.
All in all, this group stands
above almost all serious
criticism, in a musical sense.
As they say, "Them that's got,
shall get more," and if talent is
the commodity, then we can
expect to hear a lot more from
Blood, Sweat and Tears.
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Activities Office to coordinate
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by Gary Seacrest
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Student Activities Office is
making efforts to coordinate
volunteer work done by stu
dent service organizations and
individual students this year
for the first time.
Although the Student Ac
tivities office has always
helped student volunteer
organizations, it is now in
creasing its efforts. Miss
Marian Genelin, assistant
coordinator of student ac
tivities, is working full time
helping coordinate student
volunteer activities.
"There is a lot of volunteer
work being done on campus
and the Student Activites Office
is helping coordinate the ac
tivities," according to Miss
Genelin.
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Student Activities Office and
the Lincoln Volunteer Bureau
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Student Activities Office hopes
to provide personnel for Lin
coln volunteer projects.
The activities office hopes
that by helping coordinate the
student organizations with
Lincoln community service
groups the peop:e who need
help can be better served.
One of the main goals of the
Student Activities Office is to
provide information for pro
spective student volunteers
about what they can do.
"We hope it will keep people
in communication with the
needs and provide personnel to
work with the volunteer
organizations," Miss Genelin
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coordination of volunteer
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newly-formed National Pro
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which hopes to nuke student
volunteer work more effective,
she added.
Miss Genelin said there is
much volunteer work on cam
pus doing many things. Besides
service organizations like Red
Cross and the Student Action
Front, many fraternities,
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also doing volunteer work.
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