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Progress synthesizes jazz, blues
Dy Bob Crlsler
DiL'jf N5)xaika Bt&ST Writer
It seems life to at its best when
things are in flux. One of the
greatest episodes of that all-time
great TVsitcom "The Brady Bunch"
wa3 when Greg (cr was it Bobby?)
was moving through his awkward
years and his voice was changing.
Then he recorded the hit single
"Changing and Rearranging,"
which presumably sold millions
of copies the world over (or at
least three in a Southern Califor
nla upper-middle class
suburb). The rest is history.
When the Click played its last
beat in Lincoln, it was the end of
three years of some of the most
inventive new music this area has
seen. Rumci s ran rampant about
an Omaha chicken-restaurant
goldmine somehow figuring into
the breakup. Many also specu
lated about the future of the
three members not infected by
visions of chicken wealth.
Anyway, a chance to see a per
formance by Sara Kovanda's new
group was as good a reason as
any to pay $3 to get through the
gate of the state fair Tuesday
afternoon. They are called Pro
gress, and amid the drafts of
unpleasant air which ranchers
glcefully call "the smell of money,"
they moved and they grooved
andgcnerally sounded rc :i.'y cool.
Progress is a eeven-member
ensemble that comss complete
with horns and phys a Jszy,
bluesy synthesis of pre-rock forms.
It's a relatively fresh piece of mus
ical turf, shared most notably by
Style Council, but mapped out by
musicians who have simply pbyed
what sounded good through the
years. It miht indicate to your
mother that you had "matured."
So dont tell her that you're still
having fun.
Progress consists of Thurman
Hoskin3 Jr. on percussion and
vocals, Sara Kovanda on key
boards and vocals, Ed Wlmes on
bass, Dan Caulkins on drumsk
Rick Wallace on guitars, Bruce
Simons on Roland keyboards and
vocals and Derek Blanks on Cute,
trumpet, keyboards end vocals.
That or sixties sound, it's cornin'
back again " says frontman Hos
kins. But don't let yourself think
that they consider themselves
wholly a derivative of sixties music
or any other style.
"It's a new approach, almost
our own style of music," Hoskins
said. After a three-month exist
ence, their 1 to hour set consists
mostly of original tunes with a
coffeehouse-Jazz feci. One nota
ble exception to that rule, and a
real contribution to the catalog
of "Louie Louie" versions 'n the
public domain, Li the Progress
rendition of the song. Sufilreitto
say that Louie is a tad more
relaxed this time around.
"It's Just that everything goes
into it rock, blues, jazz and
everyone can get something out
cf it," Wimc3 said. "I know there's
a whole segment of Lincoln that
virtually has nowhere to go to be
musically entertained. I think we
could bring a large section of that
group back into it."
Hoskii3 cites their diverse geo
graphic orifjn3 as one cf the in
Credients in the mix cf their sound.
"We're all from different pla
ces," Hoskins said. "I'm from
Louisiana where there's a lot of
Cajun and Creole music. I was
used to listening to that kind of
music and it'3 one of the things
that comes out when we play.
And when we play, it's like a puz
zle fitting together."
, As for'Kovanda, the transition
from the Click to Progress was a
natural. "It's been like putting on
a new pair of shoes " she said.
Progress will play tonight and
Friday at Bill's Saloon.
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Sheila E. demonstrates her. talent
on Prince-produced debut album
By Scctt Harrah
Prince's, latest lovebird is a
voluptuous musician named Sheila
E.j according to the gossip tab
loids. Being Prince's sweetheart
may get his woman some public
ity, but the level of talent she
demonstrates on her debut LP,
The Glamourous Life, (which
Prince produced) is what truly
will catapult her to stardom.
It is sad that many soul artists
have "souled out and now are
producing commercial break
dance songs devoid of much sub
stance. This is not the case with
Sheila E. She directed, played
percussion and wrote the lyrics
for this album that is the best
composite of vintage funk and
modern techno-pop since Tina
Turner's comeback LP.
The album commences with
"The Belle of St. Mark," a slow but
ebullient funk tune that crescen
dos, has a pace which then drops
back much like MichaelJackson's
"Biliie Jean." The lyrics about a
lonely teenager who feeds pigeons
in a park, make the song trans
cend typical dance tunes that
usually consist of lyrics about
promiscuity.
"Oliver's House" opens up the
second side. It is a silly, subdued
song with backup vocals by
Brenda Eennct, a singer from
Prince's ether protege band, Ap
polonia 6. The second track. "Next
Time Wipe the Lipstick 0f Your
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F'hato Ceurtety cf Warner Orcihsra Rssr
Collar," is another one cf those
hackneyed cuts about cheatin'
boyfriends that sounds like a Dolly
Parton ditty, disco style. Now the
first two songs on side two weren't
too endearing, but what follows
them is the hot title track, "The
Glamourous Life" and it really
makes this side sizzle! It has to be
the funkiest, most well-orchestrated
dance number in years.
The tune is about a neurotic girl
who feels diamond? and a rich
dude are her tickets to happiness:
"She wants to leadThe glam
ourous lifeShe don't needA
man's touchWithout loveIt aint
much..."
Some critics have called Sheila
E. a female Prince. Her some
times flat voice needs some pol
ish before she can achieve that
comparison, but she's got potential.
