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Friday afternoon I found I hzd five tickets to the the
Oyster Celt and lldto&ny Rush concert in Otnsha for
that night. I only was able to put two of the tickets to
use, so I tried to give the other three away, I couldn't.
It seems odd that people have been complaining about
the lack of good local concerts, and yet I was unable to
give away tickets to what appeared to be a potentially
good show.
The music was excellent.
The evening started with Mahogany Rush taking the
stage about 8:30, only a half-hour late.
Although I wasn't familiar with Mahogany Rich, I
had heard promising things about the group, particularly
about their guitarist, Frank Marino.
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It quickly became apparent that Frank Marino was
Mahogany Rush, and the other band members were
complementary fixtures.
As a matter of fact,-Mahogany Rush played little of
its own material, opting instead for blow-by-blcw
imitations of the legendary Jimi Hendrix. "
As far as the crowd of 6,000 at Civic Auditorium was
concerned, the Hendrix approach was a wise decision.
Marino played his Hendrix tunes convincingly, and the
crowd roared with approval. Especially effective was a
rock'n'roll medley of Johnny B. Goode and Whole Lotto
Shakin' Coin' On. Marino was at his best on another
Hendrix composition, Star Spangled Bummer.
On Star Spaigled Bummer, the stage was darkened
and Marino was draped in white lasers. The guitarist
went through the stanza with the conviction of a crazed
patriot. Everyone toveJ it.
Although Marino plays music from a bygone era,
he is clearly a master of the style. He even played with his
teeth.
riue Oyster Cult toci the stre ert!y afirr 10 pja
making a dramatic entrance c2crziz a c!rr:frr.l rzzls
introduction. Exp!odoss bellowed, Kh!s danced tad t!
Cult signaled it was ready to begxa what turned cat to
over one and a half hours oa ncn-stop enerr.
Celt reees!zed '
The Cult recently received tits fame that has fceea
promised to it by record company executives shec 1971
with its new album Agmtt of Fortune. It dearfy shows
the members are havmg a good time w& their rmrfc
The Cult is bu2t upon the craving, pempess hard
hitting base of three pitars (sometimes four), a key
boardist and excellent percussion.
The unusual thing about the Cult is its interchare
ability. Everyone in the five-man band sfns and sereral
can hold their own on percussion instruments. Moat
incredibly, all five Cult members can Flay the pitax-and
do it well.
In one part of the concert, the entire Cult donned
guitars and took turns at the strings. Dancing and weaving
the whole time, they looked like a heavy metal versioa of
The Temptations.
High points ia the Cult set were City in fZzrae, Bam to
Be WSJ sad This Ain't the Summer of Love. Laser lhts
were used well in different parts of the set and
magnificent .during a drum solo by Albert Eouchard.
The Cult experienced some energy lapses, which
resulted in short periods of ermuL this was the case
only darfcg a small portion of its time on stae.
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