February 16, 1979
Lion’s Eye
Page 3
Lion's Eye On Music
Steve Forbert — Alive on Arrival
By the time you've read this
review, singer - songwriter
Steve Forbert should be receiv- _
ing heavy airplay, all over F.M.
dials in Philadelphia, and for
that matter, the rest of the east
coast.
Yes, Steve is definitely
“Alive on Arrival” with his
debut L.P. on Nemperor
Records. Steve hails from New
Orleans; and during the past
year, he’s been pleasing au-
diences, across the states with
his unique brand of music.
For instance, side one opens
with an exciting tale ‘Goin’
Down to Laurel”. When he
played this song at “STARS”
last month, the audience went
banana’s. One can only see why
after hearing this tune. It tells
his listeners about how he digs
life and the freedom he enjys,
being a performer on the road.
Throughout the whole L.P.,
- Forbert conveys bright verbal
messages to his audience. He
~ tells us of pain and pleasure,
two elements in life that are
constantly with us. For exam-
ple in ‘“‘Steve Forberts’ Mid-
summers Night Toast’:
“Here's to all the shitty jobs
that I despise.
Here's to two-bit guarantees
and other lies.
Here's to roads of burning tar
and hot cement.
Boo-It's
Halloween
. by George Hamaty
If the motion picture ‘“Hallo-
ween’ was to be nominated for
~ having one of the best plots of
all time, it probably wouldn't
win. According to Webster's
new Collegiate dictionary, a
plot is defined as something
that maps, plans, or contrives
secretely. The plot in ‘““Hallo-
ween’’ is simple to figure out,
it’s nothing to boggle the
senses. You won't be cap-
tivated or awed by mystery in
this ‘movie, for you will be
scared out of your
undergarments. There are alot
of tense and eerie scenes in
“Halloween’’ that will have you
holding onto the nearest thing
in the theatre. There is alot of
blood and violence in this
movie. the problems with
“Halloween” start with the
script. in general. Richard
Carpenter (the film's author
and director) leaves enough
gaping holes in the story to put
the potholes of Delaware Coun-
ty to total shame. The only
mystery in this movie was in
- figuring out how, after fifthteen
years in an insane asylum, a
young man who was commited
when he was six is able to steal
a car when he hasn’t spoken a
word since the time that he was
put in there. The psychopath,
who the movie is based on, knif-
ed his older sister to death
when he was six years old. He
was sent to an insane asylum in
1963. On the eve of that same
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Here's to money in my hand
and where it went.” :
Most of us can relate to this
song about life. Whether his
songs are crude, violent or even
pleasureable, Steve Forbert
sings to us, in his effective
voice, songs of strategies and
truth.
Not looking any older than
20 years old, Steve resembles a
marrionette on stage. Constant-
ly shuffling across the stage,
Forbert really gets into his per-
formance. One must see Steve
in concert to appreciate this
new artist. 2
“You Cannot Win, If You
Donot Play’ is another song
with a personal message to all
of us. On this gem, Forbert ef-
fectively uses Robbie Rondor
on piano, and while being an ac-
complished songwriter, Forbert
plays a mean harmonica riff
throughout this whole tune.
Another song that personally
intrigued me was “Thinkin”.
His guitar playing, using
skiffle-type progressions, give
the song a happy and enjoyable
beat. After seeing him perform
this song last year, at the Har-
ris Point, I knew that I was see-
ing a future leader in contem-
porary music.
But of course, with every
new artist that enters innocent-
ly into the record industry,
there’s always some strap
Critics who must compare them/
to some established artist. I'm
quite sure the same morons will
compare Steve to somebody
else. This is not only bias but
it’s not an effecive way to ap-
preciate a new talent, as bright
and entertaing as Steve
‘Forbert.
So the purpose of this review
was not to inform you, the
record-buying public, on who
Steve sounds like but what he’s
all about. Steve Forbert is Alive
on Arrival and hopefully you'll |
soon find out why.
Joe Reagoso
Justus — Proving They Are Something Special
I hope you listened to what I
said in the last edition of the
Lion’s Eye, and that you took my
advise. On Jan. 24 at the Main-
Point in Bryn Mawr, Justus, an
inovative rock band, played to a
packed crowd.
The show opened up with a
Fleetwood Mac tune, “Over My
Head”, and led into “Tin Man” by
America. Original tunes in-
cluded: “Blue and Gold”, an
untempoed ballad, “In the Shad-
ow”, a flute dominated Rennais-
ance sounding song, “Love Me
Like a Man”, a blues-rock tune,
and “Live and Learn”, a funky
blue-grassy, jazzy rocker. Imag-
ine a band with such diverse
talents as this!
Also performed during the set
were “Two of Us” by the Beatles,
and I've Just Seen a Face” by
Wings. The ‘Fab’ Four would be
quite pleased at the reditions of
these songs. If your eyes were
closed during “Second Hand
News”, “Over My Head”, and
“Landslide”, you could swear
that Fleetwood Mac were per-
forming. If Stevie Nicks and
Christine McVie were in the
audience, their smiles would be
overwhelming.
Justus’ originality and mus-
ical know-how is tremendously
impressive. Three-, and some-
times four part harmonies are
done with expertise. If you are
thinking about going to witness
these fine musicians perform,
keep April 14 open on your
on
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calender for the first concert
ever at the Brookline theatre.
(show is at 3:00 P.M.). For ticket
info. contact Hal London-the
drummer of the band and a
Good luck, to Justus-they've
got the staffs best wishes!
Special thanks to Hal and Rich
London who helped me in every
way to get this story.
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