Page Four Entertainment Inner Views Versatile, imaginitive, moving, effervescent. These are some of the words I could use to describe Livingston Taylor’s performance last Monday night at Erie Hall. Playing to a rather small crowd of 400, Taylor had the audience right where he wanted them by the second tune. His style has a touch of that Taylor quality (he’s James’ younger brother). But definiely an artist in his own right, he plays a myriad of different instruments guitar, banjo, piano, and flute. Lyrically, he uses words like a painter, using different colors to describe emotions and feelings. His personality is decidedly eccentric - his ancedotes between songs were unusual as well as entertaining. The interview I had with him prior to the show, proved Taylor to be friendly and easy going too. The type of person who’ll put you right at ease from the very beginning. I asked him how he liked playing smaller colleges or halls as opposed to say opening up for an act in a larger arena. “It’s always more pleasant when you can play where people know what you play and have heard you before or know your music. If you’re warming up for somebody in a big hall, that can be un comfortable but then again the energy level when you get them on your side in a big hall can be very, very exciting. So frankly, i can do well in either place.” 1 asked Livingston a little about his family. He has 4 brothers and sisters who are very musical and I wondered if his parents were musical as well. “My parents are musical, not terribly musical, I've never felt so. There was a fair amount of music around our house.” I then wondered what made all of them so interested in music and performing “I don’t know. Though I’ve been asked that question many times, I simply have no answer for it, what makes us interested in music as opposed to something else.” Many things have influenced Livingston's style and I found these influences, not the usual for a rock musician. “I’m influenced continually. A great influence on ne was Ray Charles. I love show ones, I love entertainers, ■jprisingly it’s much easier to .olize.. Those who are not your • ontemporaries, I really idolize by Mary Jo Santilli Entertainment Editor older entertainers, men like Nat King Cole or song writers such as Richard Rogers or Oscar Hammerstein as a lyricist. Or Cole Porter, I can idolize these people because I’m not close to them. My contemporaries I’m not close to them. My con temporaries I’m very hard critic of, as I would expect they are of me as well.” As far as his contemporaries are concerned, he has a wide range of tastes. “There are people who I am just in love with, Bonnie Raitt. I’m in love with Jonathan Edwards. I like really good rock and r 011... I love nasty rock and roll, but by the same token I love Aaron Copland there are lots of things that knock me out.” The thing that impressed me .though, was his attitude toward his life and his situation I was curious as to how he dealt with the super stardom of his brother 'James and how it affected his individuality as a preformer. “It simply has no affect on my performing, James and I are very close friends and brothers and we spend a lot of time together. It’s very unfortunate sometimes to be compared is irritating, but I’ll tell you, I do fine. I’m a good player. There are great quantities of Ims does if again by M. Scott Douglass himself, his world and the world Collegian Staff Writer that everyone of us touch and For two hours last Wednesday retouch daily in a complete and night at the Behrend Coffee professional way. But something House, a lone figure of more, perhaps the well- Shakespearean appearance in established presense of John Ims denim jeans and jacket, stood, on stage, reached out and seemingly portraying moods in grabbed hold of his audience as if his world of verse, before a his every word was wrought of ‘barren’ crowd, sharing himself wizardry. It was an evening of with the few who had come to artistic perfection created by a hear him play. But John Ims did local man striving for national not come to Behrend College to recognition, and little doubt exists sing or play guitar, he came to that he will attain his goal. As for perform, and perform he did. a rating comparable to other Strumming his guitar and singing Coffee House ratings—there is no with a fabulous voice that ranged comparison and even this writer’s from quiet and light to powerful highest rating is insufficient for and intense, J ohn presented John Ims’ performance. rj —-- * Don and Helen F PHOTOGRAPHY BY FIZELL ll 2703 Buffalo Road Wesleyvilie, Pa. 16510 (814) 899-2097 £ MMere Son Tty Glmiq & Zornd Wm 'Raid 4449 Buffalo Road Erie Pa K-Mart East Plaza Students 10% OFF 899-2611 Eosfwcy Bowling Lanes 4110 Buffalo Rood Open Bowling Mon. thru Fri. 10:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. Tues. evening 9:00 p.m. to l:00a.m. Ph. 893-9855 Behrend Collegian people who like me just fine, sol’m really not concerned. The other thing is, as time goes on, I’ll emerge and I’ll get a similar level of success because that’s just the way things go. Momentum and careers above all else change and momentum swings to and fro and up and down. This is what I do for a living and part of being a pro, is understanding that momentum does change - let’em go. The hell with them! My job is making good'music for the people who want to come see me play.” At the moment, Taylor is not recording, but he hopes to be soon. He had no comment on the situation because in his words, it’s a very provoking situation.” His recorded albums which number three are out of print, much to Taylor’s dismay and his musical future at this print is uncertain, but he hopes that things will eventually work themselves out. Taylor’s affable personality, his cooperation, and his delightful southern charm made in terviewing him almost as en joyable as watching his expert preformance! Well, until next time, have a nice Thanksgiving and we’ll see you in December. 420 W. 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