The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 04, 1978, Image 6

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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978
Cop discovers pot "pipeline’
United Press International
PATTERSON, La. — A sheriff’s of
ficer on routine patrol Sunday
stumbled across six men unloading
about 10 tons of marijuana from a
leaking shrimp boat in a remote area
of coastal Louisiana.
when deputy Dan Irwin ran across
them on a routine patrol.
The weed had an estimated street
value of $8 million, St. Mary Parish
Sherifl Chester Baudoin said.
The arrested men were unloading
bales of marijuana from a 62-foot
shrimp boat, the M.V. Kenny,
The area where the seizure oc
curred is part of the “Louisiana
pipeline, a coastal section popular
with drug smugglers because of its
accessibility from the Gulf of Mexico
along hidden bayous and bays.
When Irwin came across the sus
pects, they fled into a wooded area.
Two helicopters and four-wheel-
drive vehicles were used by sheriff’s
deputies and state police in a search
for the men. They were arrested
several hours later.
The sheriff said 125 bales of
marijuana were unloaded at the
Cotton Road Landing. Another 103
bales were taken from the boat after
it was moved to neighboring
Morgan City.
Bond was set by a judge at
$200,000 each and they were held in
the St. Mary Parish jail on felony
charges of possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute.
MSC ALL NITE
FAIR RELIVES
whafs up?
Monday
HASSLE-FREE: Today is the last distribution date by Hassle-Free.
All notices should be turned in today.
HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY: Ryan Smith, director of the Star of the
Republic Museum, will speak on “The Historian and the History
Museum: A New Perspective,” at 7:30 p.m. in Room 502, Rudder
Tower.
BASKETBALL: The men’s team will play Oral Roberts University at
7:30 p.m. inG. Rollie White Coliseum. The women’s team will play
Prairie View A&M University at 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday
PENTAGON AREA HOMETOWN CLUB: The last meeting of the
fall semester will be at 8 p.m. in Room 302, Rudder Tower. Rides
and carpools for the Christinas holidays will be discussed. For more
information, call Darrel Westbrook (845-7103) or Scott Beach
(845-2502).
TAMU INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANCERS: A meeting will be
held in Room 201 of the MSC at 7:30 p.m.
A&M WHEELMEN: A meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. in Room 141
of the MSC.
Bread polished
same old songs
Re.
By STEVE LEE
Battalion Campus Editor
Chalk one up for apple pie,
motherhood, and AM radio. David
Gates and Bread are back with a new
look but, amazingly, the same
sound.
And the group certainly didn’t dis
appoint a packed G. Rollie White
Coliseum audience Thursday night.
The group played what the crowd
wanted to hear — mainly a greatest
hits collection of songs many hadn’t
heard since junior high or high
school days. Aside from a few other
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more recent David Gates compo
sitions, that is all they played.
The sound was very much like the
original cuts of the early seventies,
except for an occasional rush of elec-
tricity from lead guitarist Bill Ham,
or a flute or saxaphone from brother
Warren Ham. But the sound was so
much the same that Town Hall might
as well had been sitting up there on
stage playing old Bread albums
(with, of course, our famous C. Rol
lie acoustics).
BUT, THE PERFORMANCE
wasn’t as bland as all that. The mem
bers of Bread are seasoned perfor
mers, or, in one word — polished.
David Cates came out on stage
displaying a baby-faced grin and
looking like the all-American high
school sophomore. I was im
mediately reminded of what a disc
jockey remarked when Bread was at
its peak. He made the observation
that while Donny Osmond’s voice
was getting lower, David Gates
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wronger
voice was getting higher. I soon re
gretted having placed Gates in the
same reference with Donny Os
mond.
Gates is in perfect control while on
stage. He conversed with the crowd,
introduced many of his songs and ex
plained how they were conceived.
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and displayed a good senseofbm
Once, he observed that manypei
in the audience were singing all
on each song and remarked (bat
was glad they were doing that so l^|
he could remember the words.
HIS VOICE SEEMED 11
CHANGED from the group's pit
lific single-producing days of 1M
74. He still hit the high notes on}
Don’t Matter To Me” and “Dian'
His most effective moment wasp#
forming “Diary” while play®
acoustic guitar, with no other*,
companiment. He also showed!:;
remarkable talent in perform!J
"Goodbye Girl" at the piano. ■ , .
Of the original four members®, 1011
the group, three remain, but tbr#
have been added. Along with 4
Ham brothers, there is Davidblim
on bass, who has played with Is
Russell. Bill II am has played aiS
the Carpenters and Sonny and Cle
and Warren Ham was with BlotjL
rock (no, they didn’t play D0|I[ , >
Mike Botts is the drummer, »M e °^ *
stole the show with a his versionR llht
the old rock V roll classic ”LongIii le ' r . de
Sally.”
But probably the most talenti
member is mainstay LirryKnecbtr
pianist and keyboardist extrio
dinaire. He proved that his repul
tion as a fine composer and stin!
musician is no fluke.
BREAD PERFORMEDotheil
vorites such as "Lost Without In
Love,' “Baby I'm A Want h
(whatever that means), 'Make
With You, "Lost Without!#
Love, "Everything I Own.'ai
"Guitar Man, where Bill Hamu
leased a surprisingly good l«
guitar.
By contrast, Britisher Ian Malt
ews, the warm-up act, played ale
commercial set of tunes, shouir
versatility with countn-rock mir
hers and then going to more pi
songs. In fact, it was hardtotelj:
here his musical style stood
could turn out soft lyrical melods
with a stvle like Michael MurpbevB la , n ^ <> ..
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stronger point was his toleranceta®
typically rude Aggie crowd. Typidl , .
because it has happened before,;" 111 K
it will happen again for waymi
into a numlrer similar to Steely!
and then, finally, Jackson Brow
HIS STRONG POINT is
voice, but it was often drowned
hv the loud liass. But mavhean
ninge fa
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People persisted m yelling Be,
the Hell Outta t.u., even while I) ^ 1 . Ml
was introducing his songs. Anothf 0 ""
performer would have left thestajf ^
I’m glad he didn t hear some peopl a r *
clapping when he announced thatb ore 1 r,>
was doing his last song. W, ol ' u
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