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the most polished band in the area.
Their show is draped with profes
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tacular, stage presence, . but also
demonstrates a. brand cf musical
accuracy and finesse that is very
rare among mo ,t cover bands. Their
cover songs are note-for-note repro
ductions of the original recording.
Add this precision to a killer sound
system and you have the best-sound-ing
bsnd in Nebraska. -:; '
; The ''nucleus of the bsad was:
formed when singer John Eogcrs
; placed an ad for a female singer in
the Daily Nebraskan 8 12 years ago.
Enter Bceky Morrison. They recruit
ed Dan Sullivan on guitar and Kevin
"Doc" Nelson on keyboards, and
formed "a Southcrn-bocgie band
named Hlrth Falootin'. During the
next 2 12 years High Falootin'
gaL"iCd JJeny ,CIai1i on' drums and -abducted
Rex Meyer from Shades
and Danger to play bass. This liner
up evolved into High Heel and the
Sneekers about four years ago.
The band now plays almost strictly
top-40 material This is the same
material that is termed "commer
cial" by some people and looked
dovn upon by many people who
subscribe to the rockers' code of
ethics. They consider musicians who .'
play tcp-49 to have sold out because
they're not playing originals or "good
I guess if you're the kind of
person who would rather stomp.
fennlc3 cr cat worms than listen to
tcp-40, this band might not be your
best k.t.
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FRIDAY, JAN. 23 8:00 PM CENTENNIAL ROOM
oTickets available at all Pickles, Dirt Cheap & both Unions
Students $4.00 Sponsored by UPC Concerts and Coffeehouses
"Mama, I Want to Sing," the long
running New York musical, brings its
jubilant gospel sounds and powerful
rock rhythms to the Orpheum Theater
Monday at 7:30.
The Omaha performance by the
National Touring Company is a benefit
for the LaFern Williams Association
programs, which include Center Stage
Theater.
Written, produced and directed by
Vy Higgensen and her husband, Ken
Wydro, "Mama, I Want to Sing" is a
story in concert of a young gospel
singer who, against her mother's wishes,
leaves her father's church choir to
pursue a pop-singing career.
This high-energy musical celebra
tion, which has audiences clapping
their hands and dancing in the aisles,
is loosely based on the life of Doris
Troy, Vy Higgensen's older sister, who
crossed over from gospel to pop music
with the chart-topping hit "Just One
Look" in 1963.
Since its debut in 1983, "Mama, I
Want to Sing" has emerged as the
longest-running black off-Broadway show
in theater history. The show plays to
capacity audiences at the Heckscher
Theatre in New York City, and a national
touring company performs throughout
major cities in the United States.
The National Touring Company stars
18-year-old Deitra Hicks as the young
singer Doris Winter. Doris Troy plays
Mama Winter, a traditionalist who ob
jects to her daughter's secular singing.
Backed by a 15-member choir (the
Reach Ensemble), the cast also fea
tures Charles Stewart as the minister
of music, Alexander Plummer as Rev.
Winter, Kathleen Murphy Palmer as
Sister Carrier and Diane King in the
role of a disc jockey, who narrates the
show.
Reserved seat tickets for the Orpheum
performance are $25, $18.50, $14.50
and $10. Tickets are on sale now at the
Civic Auditorium, all Brandeis and TIX.
Charge by phone at 342-7107.
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1987
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