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.
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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
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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.
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■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
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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. ”
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