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By DctJis Well
Following the break-up of the English
ban Procel Harum, the group's lead
guitarist Robin Trower presented bis first
solo effort, Twice Removed from
Yesterday.
Though Trower played an integral role
in the success of Pro col I brum (producing
such hits as "Conquistador," "A Whiter
Shade of Pale," "Simple Sister" and "A
Salty Dog"), his efforts on his first solo
album brought him only widespread
anonymity. '
. However, in 1974 Trower released bis
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second LP since the highly acclaimed
Bridge of Sgks. Any thought that Trower
would remain on the music scene as just
another faceless performer quickly was
cast aside.
Eridjp of S&s brought Trower to the
forefront in an overcrowded mishmash of
heavy metal guitarists. Trower and
associates Saturday presented nearly one
and one-half hours of this guitar exhibition
which many have likened to Jimi Hendrix.
The concert in Pershing Municipal Audi
torium provided a fair amount of excite
ment as Trower and band played such
tunes as "Lady Lover," "Day of the
Eagle," "Bridge of Sighs" and "Caledonia."
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Most of the performance was well pre
sented, although "Day of the Eagle"
sounded like a Jurntsble with a bad case of
wow and flutters, and James Dewar's '
vocals sounded like they were being
monitored through a bowl of soggy
cornflakes.
Trower may have been at his best when
he played a more laid-back bluesy style
characteristic of some of his lesser known
material. ,
The crowd reaction to Trower presented
some interesting ideas. Trower is quite
obviously one of the more accomplished
guitarists on the music scene today. Keep-'
ing this: in mind, why is it that Trower's
performance was greeted in a largely
lunkwarm fashion?
Could it be that it's not enough to
be proficient anymore?
A good example of the proficier? artist
would be to take a look back at the career
of Rick Wakeman. Wakeman was one of
the pioneers in the production of music
using various sound-bending instruments,
such as the synthesizer.
Hailed as master
Wakeman was hailed as The Most
Worshipful Grand Master of the Key
boards. But what made Wakeman so good?
Certainly not his material, which one
might classify as sterile, narrative, con
ceptive disasters.
Still, he met with a measure of success
at least for a'while.
Cut Wakeman and so many others find
themselves to be stars without audience
just two years after the beginning of this
fascination with proficiency and innova
tion. No, it's not enough to be innovative and
proficient. Perhaps all this talk about rock
music as an art form has made audiences
. think they are more sophisticated than
they really are, and, as a result, they're
not sure what they really like.
Robin Trower put on an extremely
good show with only minor flaws. It's too
bad that only a small portion of the crowd
could be concerned enough to show
appreciation. Apathy and confusion have
reached the concert hall and the results are
lifeless crowds and unmotivated
performers.
: Although this problem isn't perfectly
. clear and its discussion could run several
pages, it's obvious that whatever most of
the crowd was looking for, the back-up
band Moxy didn't provide it.
Moxy was introduced by a recorded
orchestral intra and narration that warned
something to the effect that he who is
loudest is the first to be heard. They may
have been the first and they may have been
the loudest, but that doesn't necessarily
mean anyone listened. . -
But then again, Moxy, which is sort of
a refined Bachman-Turner Overdrive,
didn't give anyone much reason for listen
ing. Suffice it to. say that halfway through
Moxy's set the concession stands really
cleaned up.
'Distant Thunder'
is UPC selection
A 1973 India film, entitled Distsrd
Thunder ; will be shown in the Union Pro
gram Council's Foreign Film Series at 7
and 9 tonight and Tuesday.
The film was written and directed by
Satyajit Ray, who generally is acknowledg
ed as the greatest of the Indian filmmakers.
Set in a small Bengali village during
World War II, the film explores the effects
of a devastating famine that overtakes the
village.
London Times critic David Robinson
said; "Ray's unequalled gift is to give total
sense of a way of life which is strange and
remote and contained, yet to discover in it
the qualities that are universal . ."
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