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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1980 Page 3 local —Shake Russell captivates kaBasement Coffeehouse Post-WWII memorial Contrary to what some people at Texas A&M University believe, there is a memorial honoring the University’s former students who died on active duty in Korea, the Dominican Republic and Vietnam. The Meditation Garden Memorial is in honor of372 former students. It was dedicated in December 1969. The reason for the lack of aware ness of the memorial is because it is in a military area where it is not seen on a regular basis by most students, Jim Jeter said. Jeter is the assistant executive director of the Association of Former Students. The five-by-ten-foot concrete memorial is located between the east and west wings of Duncan Dining Hall. Name, rank and class of Aggies killed in military service are listed on bronze plaques on the memorial. Each plaque lists 31 names. The last time a plaque was added was in 1974. The memorial was financed by the Corps of Cadets, Classes of ’69-’72. untry under' By LOUIE ARTHUR City Editor Fretty as a picture She wore that front row smile She knows my every song by heart | The Shake Russell Band packed mean an irmt ^ Basement Coffeehouse Thursday over the I n jgi lt the usual adoring fans of countries*! (mostly women) that seem to be pre- ons:J sent wherever the group plays. , according to Jprhe songs are romantic, the melo- think tank, tilt (]j es p ure an( J sweet. Every woman tion. m the audience sighs softly for the ly on the tren fantasy world Russell creates. He has the world tij e personal touch that makes each conclusions: on e feel like his lover, the Soviets ragThe audience is almost reverent ience aroundfejfe. whether listening rapturously to he waked' the love songs or tapping their feet specially outs and clapping enthusiastically to the ying power, fast ones. Russell casts a spell that d out of the t lasts until the end of the final encore, ■d in. | No matter what changes the band acks in China.Ilf,? Iraq dwarftk| icr countrie: >odia, where tk| md unreliable. goes through, the essence remains the same. The band still has the magic, but for those of us who have been listening to it for years, the abs ence of Peter Gorisct was quite a loss. Gorisct left the band in December Review and now plays with Calvert Bell (composed of Craig Calvert, former ly of St. Elmo’s Fire, and Vince Bell, Texas songwriter). He was primarily the bass player for the band, but his cello playing and backup vocals are the things that are sorely missed. Michael Mashkes, who had in the past played electric guitar, takes Gorisct’s place on the bass quite nicely. A new addition to the band is Riley Osbourn on keyboards. Osbourn doesn’t seem to fit right in with the rest of the band. He is an excellent musician (an outstanding solo on Out of Control), but has a low-key stage presence compared to the other band members. Jim Alderman, who looks uncanni ly like a young George Harrison, is an excellent complement to the band with a good percussion blend and eerily enchanting accordian solos. The Shake Russell Band might just as well change its name to the Shake Russell-Dana Cooper Band. Russell and Cooper, together and separate ly, write the majority of the songs they play. They share the lead vocals and guitar in most. Each is excellent in his own way, but sometimes Cooper is a little overpowering when they play together. There are times when the harmony drowns out the melody, de tracting from the quality of the tune urray show satisfies all / r l By TODD WOODARD Campus Reporter It’s not every day an Aggie crowd jives a performer five standing ova- ions, two during the show. But then Anne Murray doesn’t [.cone to Texas A&M University ev- JH day. ^Murray had the audience on its jfeet 40 minutes into her show with i “Daydream Believer. ” BMphat response surprised her. She said that after playing Las Vegas for I two weeks, combined with “whoops’ ;and unsolicited applause, the crowd Lmoved her: “I haven t enjoyed my- fself so much in a long time. |f>he added that the audience was (“unequivocally the best’ she had formed for in her career. vgwAt the beginning of the concert, Hirrary mentioned that this was her “ first Texas performance in many lyears. And the performance almost I didn’t come off. Review ■Michelle Scudder, chairman of MSC Town Hall, said that a contract with the Houston Livestock Show | would have prevented Murray from i coining to College Station. She is performing in the Astro- ; dome tonight, and the promoters of the show wouldn’t let Murray per- |form here before the stock show. A j confract clause said that she couldn’t (Sifig within 100 miles of Houston this pose to the show. Dr. John Koldus, vice president ■ student services, said that Presi- !nt Jarvis Miller and Associate Dean of Agriculture Dwayne Suter il table when I „■ toilet facilities, . to be a complair Instead, lam'ti - I should have sok located in the J® 1 I leed it is pleasi metions in a nal lite annoyed wk | line for myfavoi Kei raham POLITE.! lOHlClDE.) We’ve moved. A transportation company on the go is always looking for better ways to serve you. That’s why we moved — because now we can offer you even better service. Call or come see us when you need information on Greyhound schedules, fares, group tours or charters—even Greyhound Package Express. Remember, Greyhound goes where you’re going. We just leave from a different place. Bill A Ashworth The Wheel World Bldg. 811 So. Texas Ave. (Behind Pasta’s Pizza Bldg.) College Station, Tex. 696-0209 GoctREmm and the unity of the performance. Not that the band was ever bad — it wasn’t. MCA Records will produce the band’s second album, to be released in May. Both Gorisct and former member Buddy Duncan will play on the new album. The opening performer, Lyle Lovett, charmed the crowd into attention from the beginning of his set. Lovett, a local songwriter, had the crowd laughing not only during his jokes, but also during his humor ous songs, in particular The Pony Song. Many warm-up acts are virtually ignored by restless audiences wait ing for the show to start, but Thurs day night’s crowd really listened to Lovett. They were rewarded with Lovett’s cleverness and originality, which marks him as one of the best new songwriters in Texas. persuaded stock show officials to let Murray perform here. She sang, “I’m the Lucky One,’’ but I think the audience was. Murray didn’t sing or dance or joke like an entertainer who left Las Vegas Thursday at 8 a.m. Murray’s frosted hair, unwrinkled, attractive face and a voice ranging from husky to jubilant combined to make her great. If fatigue was there, it didn’t show. She describes herself as being “hot right now.” Since her first hit, “Snowbird in 1970, “Dreamer,” “Daydream Believer,” “You Needed Me” and more hits followed. She said that earlier in her career she sang at places seating 3,000 which had audiences of 500. “I was working for work’s sake,” she said. “‘You Needed Me’ was my com eback.” Capitol Records didn’t plan to re cord it, though. Murray went to them and said, “Go with me on this.” They did. “I felt that if that song could ever be heard, it would be played at wed dings. When I ask them to trust my instincts, they do,” she said. She sang on more than instinct. Bantering with listeners, asking “Is this request time?” when voices yel led titles, getting the audience to sing a children’s song, she and her backup band fit into G. Rollie White. Volume was not a problem, but the sound, as she said, “was pretty boomy.” It seemed everyone was satisfied. Applauding people stayed outside af terwards. Speaking on her Texas A&M show she said, “With a recep tion like that, will I be back? Damn right. ” THANKS TO THE UN. Stormy weather needn’t ruffle your feathers. If you know it’s coming. And you’ll know sooner because the UN’s World Weather Watch keeps an eye on the sky all over the world. They give long range information to your weather bureau. Like to know what else you didn’t know the UN is doing for you? Send for a free booklet on the UN. Write: United Nations Association —U.S.A. Box 475, New York, N.Y. 10017 A Public Service of This Magazine & The Advertising Council $239 morvuEer* £ S 1 PMC€/ RI/ING? 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