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Morris "Mac Slim" Holt has pure blue blood, a
true rhythm and blues king.
He stands probably 6-6 and weighs a lot of pounds
a mountain of a man. Although anything but slim,
Holt Is unquestionably a magician.
He works miracles on his guitar, and wails with a
voice born to belt the blue3. Slim's car.tic frame
towers over audiences, his mighty guitar drives to
the very marrow of listeners' melancholy and his
soulful voice, brings it all together, until the only
rhythm in the bar is the blues.
Nothin' but the blues. ;
People at his shows dance the blues, breathe the
blues, bleed the blues.
His music appeals to everyone, Magic Slim said in
an interview before his Tuesday night show at Lin
coln's Zoo Bar.
The blues is when a person got a problem. He
wants the world to know about it If you paid atten
tion, you'd know all blues is talkSa t-out somethin'
your woman, your job, your neighbor, your self it's
always savin' somethin'."
got his start in music playing in church in
Mississippi. "Singin' and listenin' to the lady play the
piano," he said.
The music he plays now is similar to the music he
heard in church, Slim said. "You feel good when you
play it in church, you feel good when you play the
blues. When the feelin' hits you, it's the same."
Blues music is more popular in Europe than it is in
America, although Slim said his type of music is
"pickin' up" in the United States.
Why i3 blues Mfcjer overseas than statewide?
"I aint been able to figure it out," Slim said. They
cant understand what I'm saying."
Slim said he's played in Norway, France, Spain,
Holland, Sweden, Switzerland and Italy.
But he keeps coming back to Lincoln and The Zoo.
The people are so nice. The people respond to the
music. I like to play here. Me and the bartenders are
always gcttin' into it."
Gov. Bob Kerrey, a noted blues fan, made Macic
an admiral in the Nebraska Navy during Slim's
last stint in Lincoln. "I dont know what my duties
are yet," Slim said.
and his band, the Teardrops, recently re
corded a new album, TV Dinner Blues, on Blue Dog
Records based in Lincoln. Slim was supposed to give
the first copy of the album to Kerrey at the Zoo
Monday niht, but that didnt work out "I got one for
him (Kerrey) whenever I see him. I'm gonna deliver
it personally," Slim said.
Ma$c Slim and the Teardrops also are the subject
of a Nebraska ETV production, which airs Nov. 1 9, at
9:30 p.m. ;
"I love all blues," Slim said, avoiding chosing a
favorite blues artist or one who most influenced
him, but, that's easy to understand he is the blues.
Magic Slim and the Teardrops will appear tonight
through Saturday at the Zoo Bar. Dont miss 'em.
Billy Joel, Kenny Rogers
new releases expand styles
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Kenny Eaters, DeUy Parten and Barry Gibfo: A new direction?
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Billy Joel and Kenny Rogers, two of
the most popular artists on the music
charts today, both recently released
albums which represent a departure
from their traditional styles.
Joel's latest album, An Innocent
Man, displays his artistic versatility,
but the album's '50s style may have
been carried out too far to suit long
time Joel fans. The album is worth its
price but don't expect typical BUly
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Record
Review
An Innocent Man constrasts sharply
with Joel's previous LP Nylon Curtain
which contained the popular "Allen
town" and 'Pressure."
The LPs two singles, "Uptown Girl,"
and Tell Her About It," which are
receiving much airplay (perhaps too
much) accurately portray the main
style of the album.' ... - ;.. , 4
Many of the album's other cuts are
along the same lines. Unfortunately,
Joel goes too far with the deep-vcieed
backup singers, ehoo-wa's and oh, ch,
oh's. One aimest expects these songs
to be cn a "Happy Day's" jukebox.
. Perhaps; the most prominent, al
though net neccsarily the most enjoy
able, selection is "Christie Lee." . , -. -
It is a fact-paced composition, com-
face the'musia." : Humor has it Jccl
wrot3 it fr (; cu guessed it) Christie
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Th2 c!!:ura3 titls scr.g "Innocent
Man i: c!":: ZVly Jetl fsr genuine
fans : i:.z2 I a ths rtyla cf ccr.es.
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The pace b slower than others on the
album.
The lyrics in all the tunes are top
class but, with the exception of a few
songs, the rhythms and corny '50s
methods tend to detract from
'meaning..
Is Joel taking a last grasp at youth
through this style of music? The
answer would seem to be no as Joel
explains himself on the last song of
side two. He is just saving the memory,
just "Keeping the Faith."
One doesn't have to be a country
music fan or a true Kenny Rogers fan
to enjoy Rogers' new album, Eyes that
See in the Dark.
Rogers' fans cant expect a re-make
of his last album, Got Tonid,
but they can expect Kenny's powerful
voice with a dash of variety courtesy of
Dolly Parte n and Barry G
Parton and Rogers team up on three
songs, including the hit "Islands in the
Stream." Beth' artists have their own
... unique styles, which blend surprLla! ;
-welLx
I never would have pictured one of
the Gibb brothers on Rogers' album
but thi3 is America and Rogers is not
strictly a country singer.
One cf the album's nicest pieces is
"Hold lie," which b reflective and filled
with colorful lyric3.
'tunes' such as ."llidsummer Niits".
end "Buried Treasure" do pick up the
pace. '" .
The powerful sine Tycs that se in
the Dark"b deserving cf irspc-ularity.
t!y personal favcrita b' "Living T."rh
Tea" because it rrcv ' a i'ito
Television
For those with cable television,
there is a veritable sit-com goldmine to
be found on the Christian Broadcast
ing Network, which is seen on cable
channel 22. Each day, CBN sets aside
several hours for programming featur
ing comedy gems from the '60s. In
cluded in the line-up are The Adven
tures of Dobie Gillis," which stars Bob
Denver in his pre-Gilligan days, at
10:30 p.m., The George Burns and
Gracie Allen Show," at 11 p.m., The
Jack Benny Show," at 11:30 p.m "I
Married Jtfan," at midnight, "Love That
Bob," at 12:30 a.nt, "Bachelor Father,"
at 1 am. and "Life of Riley," at 1:30 a.m.
So get a bag full of popcorn and No
Doz, stay up and laugh.
Hcdio
T KUCV (00.9 FlI) Riccardo Muti is
the guest conductor of the Philadel
phia Orchestra, tonight at 8 p m. Fea
tured in the program are Copland's
"Fanfare for the Common Man," Men
delssohn's "Symphony No. 4 in A," and
Beethoven's Tiolin Concerto in D."
KZUll (3.5 FU) "Just Folks," with
host Mark Turner plays some of the
best in traditional folk music. The
show can be heard weekly at 70 p.m.
Around Tg,,:
The Uptown Rulers will be on
stage at the Drumstick, 547 N. 4Sth St.
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The Chicago based ska band is making
its first appearance in Lincoln. Cover
charge for the show is 3.
Many people still don't know
about one of Lincoln's finest enter
tainment values. The Lincoln Jazz
Society performs free every Thursday
night at McGufieys, 1042 P St It's a
great, cheap way to hear some of the
finest jaa east of Chicago.
Coppola film:, '
From the first frame of "One From
The Heart" we are wildly overwhelmed
by the style and grace of Franco Ford
Coppola. We take a ride on an extra-
sensory rcllercoaster into a world
where reality, illu s and dreams are
' entT.ined while we anxieus!y await the
'magical plee where we will be swept
next. In "Cr.e From the Heart," the
earth h net the center cf the solar 'sys
tem, but Las Vcg-s b underist? the
core cf the umv;
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unreal, scenes cfLas Vecis. It h in th;j :
gUttcry and surreal wcrid that v. e vf.t
r.ccj the Lvc3 cf two cry crdlhary-;-
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. been out of control, the film was shot
entirely among elaborate sets and back
drops at the Omni-Zoetrope Studios in
v Hollywood. Tills is important because
the movie proudly parades the fact If
;- one !oc:3 closely enough, the camera
catches the top cf several landscape
backdrops, revealing the stre ware-
' house behind. .
Hank (Frederic Fcrreat) fa en auto-
; mct2e mechanic by day who is ki"
prcr.ems with is griMcnd Frannie
(Ted Garr). Frannie dreams cf erctia
places and crctie encounters wh2e she
drceses the window cf a travel r:r.cy
cn the strip with the ap:re-riIi',-.
tie and cardboard trap-L- C:th fcr-
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as avercce people who want to Gad
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