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I By Michael ueeas
Senior Reporter
In a phone interview last week,
blues legend Buddy Guy said that he
had a very long cord on his guitar so
he could ‘ ‘get out in the audience and
kick some ass” sometimes.
Well, he did just that as he rocked
the Zoo Bar Monday night in tradi
tional Buddy Guy fashion.
The show was supposed to begin
at 9 p.m., but the tables were full at
7:45 p.m. as an enthusiastic crowd of
Lincolnites awaited the licks, tricks
and progressions of Guy’s lightning
quick fingers over the fretboard of his
classic Gibson.
Guy proved that even as he nears
the half-century mark in age, his
spontaneity and authenticity have not
gone out of style.
The band was typical but enjoy
able: The standard long-haired bass
player; the keyboardist who was also
a monster on the blues harp; the
drummer who was never seen but
always heard; and a saxaphonist who
just would not quit.
They did their jobs and did them
well, but it was obvious from the
yowls from the crowd who the favor
ite was going to be all night.
Buddy Guy (who never seemed to
be able to wipe the grin of pleasure
off his face) danced, pranced and
strutted as he created some of the best
extemporaneous blues Lincoln will
hear for a long, long time, or until he
comes back.
He has such catchy trademarks
that even a typical bar -goer could not
help but like him. Every few seconds
as he jammed away he would step
back and say that favorite blues word:
' ‘Shhhhhit! ’ ’ He would close his eyes
and bob up and down with that crazy
smile.
It is impossible not to have fun
with Buddy Guy.
The fascinating thing about blues
greats is their uncanny knack to go on
• and on, creating and weaving, mak
1 ing up solos that sound so good and
k last so long. Guy is the master.
When he plays “Knock on
Wood,” it is better than good luck. It
is awesome.
The highlight of the evening had
. to be the long, grinding version of
* “Down,” as Buddy would just
scream passionately with his guitar,
“Down, down, dooown, down,
down,” over and over with the audi
ence.
When he came out between bart
ables and sat down with members of
the audience as he created meshes of
licks and feedback, everyone went
nuts.
And he looked happy.
One thing about Guy is that he
tries to cater to everyone. The band
would turn down the volume to al
most silence as they played some
buoyant stuff, then crank it up to a
volume that made them easily heard
even outside the bar. Ears definitely
rung in the Zoo.
And Guy’s association with tradi
tional friends became evident as he
encored with some Jimi Hendrix
cover tunes.
Guy said he felt good, and “when
I feel good, I like to play a little
Jimi.”
And the audience loved it as they
stomped and whooped for his encore
performance.
Buddy Guy deserves more credit
than he will ever get for his talents.
Buddy Guy
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Plans brewing for annual ‘demonic orgy’ I
By Lisa Donovan
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska Union will be the
sight of the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln’s 15th annual
orgy.
Walpurgisnacht, named after
an ancient, demonic witch orgy in
the German mountains, will take
place Jan. 27 from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.
on the City Campus.
The traditional UNL event is
called Walpurgisnacht because the
name is catchy, said Jessica
Wright, chairperson of Walpurgis
nacht.
“Something Hot Brewing in
the Snow,” sponsored by Pepsi
and KFRX, is this year’s theme.
According to Wright, one of the
goals of the 30-mcmbcr Walpur
gisnachl committee is to bring in
better quality entertainment.
The entertainers include Bobby
Curious, The Young Executives, a
comedy act from Mark Gross and
Co., the finalists of the Homecom
ing Talent show and the UNL sing
ing group Scarlet and Cream.
“The main band is the All
Night News Boys out of Chi
cago,” Wright said. “I compare
them to Lie Awake.”
Illusionist Craig Karges will
also perform.
“He reads minds and can pick
up tables without using his hands,
magnetic force or glue,” she said.
Other events include hermit and
crab races sponsored by P.O.
Pears. Employees of the Pink Fla
mingo will give frde makeovers.
Caricature artists will be on
hand to draw portraits while the
subjects wait. Employees from
Kerrey’s restaurant will be making
“fantastic” drinks.
Organization of the event began
this semester with the formation of
the committee. In mid-October,
the committee began booking the
acts and planning safety measures.
Security for the event will be pro
vided by two uniformed police
men, the Walpurgisnacht commit
tee, the Campus Activities Pro
gram staff and the Nebraska Union
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Cowboys from hell hover,
mesmerizes with new LP
By Michael Deeds
Senior Reporter
Fields of the Nephilim
The Nephilim
RCA Records
Some bands sound like R.E.M.
Some sound like Sting. But few bands
sound like themselves. Fields of the
Nephilim, a three-year-old band from
England, is a refreshing change from
the monotony of popular music to
day.
They look like Cowboys from
Hell. They sport Stetsons and dusty
boots. They look best in black and
white photos. Sometimes a member
may have a Freddy Krueger glove on
his hand.
Yeah, maybe this sounds really
strange, but wail until the music starts
flowing across the room.
“The Nephilim,” the band’s sec
ond LP, does not come toward the
listener. Instead, it surrounds the re
ceiver in a swirling mush of sound.
The music reminds a person of sev
eral things, from contemporary U2 to
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piiedriving Molorhcad. It hovers, it
mesmerizes.
Then the vocals attack. Many lis
teners will be immediately turned off
by Carl McCoy, the Nephs’ lead
singer. His voice is gruff, foreboding
and raspy. He sounds like he gargles
hydrochloric acid in the mornings.
But he sure is different from the
mainstream of vocalists.
Fields of the Ncphilim seems icy
toward the complacency of music
today. Its songs arc proof of this.
Also, vocalist McCoy has been
quoted saying some Fairly offbeat
things:
“There’s a lot of rebellion in our
music. We’ve never been accepted,
we’ve never been a‘hip’ band; we’ve
never fitted in. We don’t even know
most of the other bands.’’
“Dawnrazor,” the band’s first
album, reached the top three in the
British Indie charts, and also placed
first and fifth in “Melody Maker”
and “Sounds” Album of the Year
lists for 1987.
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