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"Rock and roll Is here to stay, it will never die
It was meant to be that way though I don't know why.
We don't care what the people say, rock and roll is
here to stay."
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Just like your dream.
Timeless.
Reaching the Infinity
of a thousand stars.
Reflecting a heritage of love
as old as time.
As young as the dawn.
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In case you've forgotten (or
never heard) 1950'srock and
roll, Rick and The Rockets
have resurrected it for the 70's.
The band, wearing white socks
and ducktail haircuts, plays
songs like "At the Hop", "Lil
Deuce Coup" and "Blue Suede
Shoes."
The Rockets began when
Kent Atthorpe got a Conoco
uniform that had belonged to
someone named Rick. Kent
rechristened himself Rick
Conoco (pronounced Ko-no-ko)
and joined with Carl Circo, Tim
Hartin and Kent Davy. As their
popularity grew they added
"Fingers' Starkwheather and
Tim Sindelar. This year Kyle
Davy and "Rosy" rounded out
the crew.
"Rosy", their first girl
singer, got a standing ovation
for her debut rendition of
"Norman" and "Tan Shoes and
Pink Shoelaces."
Rick proudly noted that each
member of the group played an
important part in the
performance except one.
Sindelar," Rick sighed, "is so
inept that we should get rid of
him." "But unfortunately," he
cried, "we can't because he
owns the piano."
According to Circo the
Rockets want "to go back to
the days when guys sang of
girls and cars and went to the
malt shop after school."
"We're going to revive that
sharp, clean sound," he ex
claimed, "that lets you hold
hands and fall in love with your
girl in the back seat of your hot
rod."
Like their heroes Danny
and the Juniors the Rockets
"don't care what the people
say" about rock and roll or
anything else. They pimp or
make fun of hippies, straights,
psychedelic music, their girls,
Greeks, freaks, other people's
girls, football, their landlord
and each other.
"Some Rocket fans think we
talk nasty about them too,"
Rick admitted, "but what do
those idiots know?"
The group, who Hartin
claims are now "famous
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throughout the world and South
Dakota" also write some
original songs. The theme song
was first. It was soon followed
by "Blast Off" and "Come
Mary, Come." The Rockets say
all three will soon be out on the
Nosecone label.
Future plans include several
dances and probably eviction
from their house. Harting said
the band would go on a na
tionwide tour of Kearney and
Columbus in the near future. If
anyone wants to hire the
Rockets for a dance or concert,
Rick Invites them to call the
Police Department for the
group's address and phone
number.
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THE NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1970
