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Thursday, July 6,1989
The Battalion
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Zebra
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enre feel they need.
Not being flashy enough to attract
e heavy-metal fans, and yet being
too aggressive musically for the pop
jock fans, Zebra got caught in be-
een the established taste bounda-
i|ies of music fans, which may have
revented a national audience from
tching on to them.
Whatever the reasons, their al
um sales tapered off after their first
ecord. In a world where sales fig
ures are the bottom line, Zebra ap-
arently did not succeed in the eyes
of Atlantic; their recording contract
as not renewed after the require-
ents of their three-record deal
ere fulfilled.
Since then, the band has been in a
|ort of rock ’n’ roll limbo, playing oc-
asional shows in and around the old
tomping grounds of New York and
ew Orleans. They can still draw a
rowd in these two cities, where the
and spent many years maturing
nd honing their musical chops, but
lational success seems as far off as it
vas in the 70s.
After 14 long years, and after tast-
ng success and then having it slip
iway, it is not surprising that rumors
rave started that the band members
ire getting restless, and that the de-
nise of Zebra may not be far off.
When it was announced that Ze-
ira would wrap up a brief Louisiana
our with two shows at New Orleans’
koryville Jazz Hall on May 19 and
JO, the rumors started anew: were
hese shows going to be Zebra’s last
New Orleans hurrah?
If they were, it was only fitting
hat they be at Storyville. Filling a
aalf block of an ancient two-story
rrick and wood building alongside
the Mississippi River, sandwiched
jetween Decatur Street and the
open-air French Market at the edge
of the Vieux Carre, Storyville has
been the site of legions of legendary
concerts over the years.
These shows are a representative
slice of the musical melting pot that
is New Orleans, with everyone from
upstart punk band The Red Hot
Chili Peppers tearing through the
place, to New Orleans’ own masters
of funk, the Neville Brothers,
filming an HBO special there.
Storyville had also been part of
th^ Zebra legacy. In 1986, Zebra
filled the building with their fans
and filmed the video for “Can’t Live
Without,” the third album’s lead sin-
gle.
Only five hundred or so people
made it to the Friday night show at
Storyville on May 19. Jim McGinnis
of Big J Productions, the promoter
of the Storyville concerts and many
past Zebra shows, said the crowd
would have been bigger, were it not
for Storyville’s policy of not admit
ting anyone under 21, and its loca
tion in a congested area that makes
commuting from the suburbs and
parking difficult.
Nonetheless, a thousand of the
faithful packed Storyville for the
Saturday night show; the crowd was
almost too large for the hall, even af
ter its chairs and tables were moved
outside.
A Zebra tradition of giving up-
and-coming New Orleans bands the
opening slot at their hometown
shows (which helped Lillian Axe, a
former Zebra opening act, get
signed to MCA Records) was contin
ued at the Storyville shows when the
local hard-rock band Razor White
performed an hour of covers and
originals to kick things off.
Thirty minutes after the clock
struck 12, the three members of Ze
bra — vocalist/guitarist Randy Jack-
son, bassist/keyboardist Felix Hane-
mann, and drummer Guy Gelso —
took the stage and lit into “As I Said
Before,” a driving mid-tempo rocker
from their first aloum.
Dressed casually in a baggy pink
tank-top, stone-washed jeans, and
white Reebok sneakers, the low-key
Jackson, who bears more than a
passing resemblance to Billy Squier,
avoided vocal cliches, letting his ac
tions show how he felt toward the
hometown crowd.
When a fan pressed against the
stage motioned to the singer that he
couldn’t hear Jackson’s singing,
Jackson told the fan to turn around
one of the monitors that lay across
the front of the stage, so that it faced
the crowd.
The monitor is used so that vocal
ists can hear themselves singing. To
Jackson, it was more important that
the fan hear.
Throughout the show, the band
was loose and playful, but still per
formed as a tight unit, the result of
14 years of performing together.
During “Slowdown,” which incorpo
rates a falsetto version of lyrics bor
rowed from “Blue Suede Shoes,” a
sax player came onstage, turning the
song into a tasty rock/blues/jazz
blend.
During “Bears,” a melodic rocker
from the second album that features
some fine keyboard texturing by
Hanemann and one of Jackson’s
smoothest, strongest vocal perfor
mances ever, end-of-the-tour hijinks
added to the fun. A couple of Razor
White’s personnel made a surprise
appearance onstage, dressed in ze
bra and bear costumes. They danced
around as the grinning members of
Zebra did their best to ignore them
and play on.
The crowd sang along as Zebra
ran through a set list drawing from
all three albums: the acoustic “Who’s
Behind the Door,” “The Lala Song,”
“Better Not Call,” “One More Chan
ce” and “Take Your Fingers From
My Hair.”
After almost two hours, Zebra left
the stage, only to come back for the
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traditional encore of Zeppelin clas
sics. This night, though, they played
them with a little more fervor than
most.
“The Immigrant Song,” “Over the
Hills and Far Away” and “Heart-
breaker” (with a little bit of “Black
Dog” thrown in the middle for good
measure) were all given regal treat
ment by Zebra, with Jackson doing a
smashing version of Jimmy Page’s
guitar work and the powerful Gelso
doing the late Zeppelin drummer
John Bonham proud on drums.
With the completion of “Heart-
breaker,” the band said goodnight
and left the stage. The crowd began
to file out of Storyville into the rainy
night.
But then, a few minutes after 3
a.m., local rock DJ Michael Costello
bounded onstage and asked if the
crowd wanted to hear another. The
response was affirmative, and the
band came back onstage to play one
more song.
After the show, Jackson didn’t say
that this was the end of Zebra. He
did say that a deal to release a live
Zebra album had fallen through,
and that he is working on a solo al
bum (which will be released by At
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doesn’t think a solo album by Jack-
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finished, and also said they will
probably continue playing as a
group.
Perhaps unwittingly, though, the
band left more that a few fans won
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ter they finished their final song that
Saturday night. The song they chose
to close out the show was one from
Zebra’s early days, a rarely played
song that was not placed on any of
their albums.
The final number was a tune
called “The Last Time.”
In Advance
Free movie screening Friday in Central Park
A free screening of Walt Dis
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the Hound” will take place Friday
night in College Station’s Central
Park at dusk.
Those wishing to attend are
encouraged to bring lawn chairs
and insect repellent.
A concession stand will beon
the site.Central Park is located at
1000 Krenektap Rd.
Czechoslovakian troupe performs Monday
A evening of Czechoslovakian
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Czech ensemble, Monday night
at 8 in Rudder Theater.
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of its native country. Dressed in
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will be a hammered dulcimer
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and is composed of people having
various professions. All members
of the 30-year-old group study
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All activities except the balloon
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Although Live Oak Ranch is a
nudist resort, guests will not be
expected to disrobe unless they
use club facilities such as the pool
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