JANUARY 17, 1975
S.G.A. NEWS
MINUTES FROM S.G.A
MEETING -JAN. 9, 1975
I. Called to order -7 PM
11. Attendance was taken
and proxies were received
for the following members:
Joy Raytik, Steve DeFrank,
Scott Deardoff, Dave
Shrader
Provost McDermott and
Terry Wimmer representing
the Alumni Association
were also present. Brian
English also attended
along with Bob Thompson.
111. Announcements
IV. Old Business
A. Dave Nicholas presented
a revised grievance proced
ure proposal.
A motion was made by
Jon Wren to approve the
proposal. It was passed
unanimously. Dave
Nicholas will present the
proposal at the next Aca
demic Affairs meeting..
B. Social Committee
Chairman Dave Nicholas
reported that there will be
something happening at
the campus every Tuesday
night during the Winter. He
memtioned the fact that
any organization that wants
to put on some type of
activity and needs money
should contact him and
something can be worked
out.
C. Mike McAllister reported
on the book exchange, it
will probably last another
week.
D. Paul Mathis reported on
the Bitch Booth down at
Vendorville. It will operate
every other Thursday. All
complaints will be brought
to the S.G.A. meeting.
Complaints will be publish
ed in the newspaper along
with action taken.
E. Terry Wimmer, President
of the Capitol Campus
Alumni Association spoke
about the Alumni Associa
tion and its relevancy to
present Capitol Campus
students. He noted that it
needed the support of all
Capitol Campus students.
DISCUSSION
NOW- The National Organ
ization for Women submit
ted a petition for member
ship as an organization on
campus to Mark Fey, Chair
man of the Charter Review
Committee. It was tabled
for discussion at the next
meeting.
Paul Mathis brought up
the idea of forming an
S.G.A.iff of about 20
people. I+ vas tabled to be
brought next week.
The S.G.A. meeting
will be UARY 23 at the
Coffee H se.
ended at 9:00
Meetin
PM.
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George Harrison In
It was the year of the Resurrection. Bob Dylan, Eric
Clapton, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, all super
personalities and influences in the rock of the last decade,
returned to the scene and once again set the world of rock
on its collective ear. With only a few weeks remaining to its
existence, 1974 had one last coup d'grace left up its sleeve.
That was the return of ex-Beatle George Harrison to the
forefront of rock after a hermitage of a year-and-a-half. In
the last two months of the year, Harrison embarked on a
50-concert tour of the U.S.and Canada, and released, early
in December, his third post-Beatle solo LP, Dark Horse.
THE CONCERT
The Spectrum, Philadelphia
December 17, 1974, 10:00
For weeks before the concert date in Philadelphia, the
magazines (like Rolling Stone and Zoo World) were full of
foreboding. They said George was arrogant to his
audiences, he didn't want to play any of his old Beatle
stuff, his concerts were boring, the Indians (Shankar
Family Orchestra) weren't worth listening to, and his
audiences were, in many cases, openly hostile to him. All
insisted that the only saving grace in any of these
performances was the presence and energy of Billy
Preston. In spite of all this, I waited with a cautiously open
mind.
Maybe the drab cold winters of the East Coast agree with
George better than the sun and surf of the West Coast, or
maybe the folks in the West, where George started his tour,
just don't have much taste. At any rate, those ominous
clouds from the West which preceded George's appearance
were dispelled early in one of the best concerts I have
personally attended in several years.
The scheduled starth
time for the show we a
tended was 10:00 PM, bf
it didn't really start uni
10:30 or later. I imagine ti
prime reason for this is th,
our show was the secor
of two that night, and hi,
last in Philadelphia. How•
ever, Harrison put this timf
to good use, for anyone
who cared to pay any at•
tention to the music whici
was being piped thru thf
speakers on stage. Wi
were entertained by Darl
Horse Records' rock grout
Splinter from their albur
The Place I Love, and also
by Mr. Harrison's latest LI
release, Dark Horse.
As the stage and how
lights faded, we were alert
ed to the imminent arrive
of the shows' star by
cokeyed song about being
a lumberjack (which we:
George's first career am.
bition, according to the
interviews). Then, for a fey
moments, there was n
light or sound, as Georgt
played for optimum dra.
matic effect on his first
appearance to this late
night crowd. Suddenly, the
lights blazed on and flood
ed George and his band
with waves of electric
brightness as they kicked
off the show with the in
strumental "Hari's On Tow
(Express)".
George followed this exceptionaly well-done piece with
one or two other new and infamiliar songs before swinging
into an almost undistinguishable version of "Living in the
Material World". With his opening vocal, it was easy to see
what months of rehearsal, recording, and touring had done
to one of the most delicate of male voices in all of rock. H is
voice was extremely husky and hoarse, and it seemed like
every word was a divine effort on his part just to get it out.
And on a song like "Living...", the effect was predictable.
Perhaps that explains why he tried to boogie it up and
concentrate on the powerful instrumentals.
His next number was the first of about three or four
oldies from his Beatle days. This was the first time that
George had to play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" live for
on record, for that matter) without the assistance of old
chum Eric Clapton. To tell the truth, I was rather suprised
at George's ability to take on the guitar part which was
played with such virtuosity by Clapton on the Beatles LP
and at the Bangladesh Concert. I guess I just underestim
ated Harrison, but he did do a really fine job on this
number, instrumentally. Vocally, it could have been better,
even given his handicapped voice-box.
C.C. READER
Concert
George Harrison [front, center] plays before large Spectrum audience onDec.l7th
Backing George are Billy Preston [center, back] and the L.A.Express.
After another number or two, it was time for the Indian
musicians, the Shankar Family Orchestra, to take the
stage. Before bringing on the orchestra, George asked us
all to send out good vibrations to Ravi Shankar, his mentor
and leader of the Shankar Family who was in a hospital
recovering from either a virus or exhaustion. The initial
reaction by the audiences out West to the Indian music
segment of the concert was, according to the papers, one
of hostile boredom. Not so this night in Philadelphia, Pa.
The Shankar Family was well-received by the attentive
Spectrum crowd, which even Rolling Stone called "one of
the most appreciative audiences of the tour."
The orchestra, under the leadership of Ravi's sister,
performed well, especially with the opening number,
"Zoom, Zoom, Zoom", and the closing, climactic "Dispute
and Conflict." There was only one time when they really
seemed to be taxing our collective patience, and that was
with a long dobro-conga duet-duel in the middle of their
set.
With the last Indian-music chord came intermission
time, and Mr. Harrison politely implored everyone there to
please by a concert program, since the proceeds were to go
to the Appalachian Children's Fund. Mr. Harrison, the
businessman, was quite shrewd with the programs.
Figuring that everyone who went to his concert would
perhaps also buy his new album, he had the lyrics to the
album's songs printed, not on the album jacket, but in the
concert program, making it a must if you want to know
what George is saying on Dark Horse.
Be that as it may, the intermission ended after about
twenty minutes. The
second half turned out to
be much better, musically,
than the first. George com
pleted his few trips into
Beatle-land with, as he de
scribed it, "a number from
my old friend, Jack
Lennon": "In My Life."
George's version of Jack's
classic lacked all the fin
esse and tenderness of the
original, and was almost
indistinguishable from the
original. He had earlier
done the same thing with a
Beatle oldie of his own
composition, "Some
thing." He had turned this
tender love-ballad into a
raspy, lethargic ode by re
arranging both words and
music
George then introduced the L.A.Express for one number
before turning it all over to Billy Preston. Billy had earlier,
in the first half, performed "Space Race" between Harrison
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George [l] and Willie Weeks, bassist [r].
photo by Bollinger