arts
Price's 'Live' is well deserving of applause
By JANET DOERGE
Collegian Arts Writer
If you're not from Pittsburgh, and maybe even if you
are, you may have never heard of Billy Price and the
Keystone Rhythm Band. But perhaps soon you will.
Offstage, Price gives the impression of the English
teacher you tend to tune,out. But this changes the
instant he puts on his sunglassses and steps onto a
stage with a microphone. The man transforms into a
pure blues enthusiast. The result of his • incredible
metamorphosis is captured on his album Live with the
Keystone Rhythm Band.
"I've always thought there was something that
happened live that special rapport with the audience
that you can't get in a recording studio," Billy once
said. And Live is wired with tough lean tempos that
define great rhythm and blues."We were able to get
that chemistry on wax," he noted.
On the album cover, the band's name underwrites
the singer's, but its members deserve equal billing.
Price's "skating" voice hits its best notes along with
his bandsmen. They build up the perfect tension to
introduce his voice, meet it halfway during its course
and coast down right along with it. What makes the
band and its music such a rarity is an ability to stamp a
song as totally original. Price is considered a blues
revivalist but he doesn't just recycle old sounds. He's
the real thing.
Side one of Live spins on the turntable with its yellow
label and shines all the way to the final groove. It opens
with "I'm So Glad," wherein the singer welcomes
someone special back into his life . Jim Emminger's
tenor sax solos make the sound special.
On "Precious, Precious" the lyrics are strictly blues.
Price gets away with a silly line like "you're like ice
cream, baby" because Glenn Pavone's punctuating
guitar tones reassure that it's not the words that are
significant, but that the emotions that the music
expresses are paramount.
The beat on Bobby Bland's funky "Good Time
Charlie" conjures up images of the crowd dancing;
this song really conveys the power of a live show. Even
the vision of Price's shades reflecting the lights are
clear on this one: Any song that commands one to "put
on your red dress, baby" has to have been made for
dancing, especially when it continues "I'm the last of
the big time spenders/put on your blue suede shoes."
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Performances buoy „ Private Lives ,
By JANET DOERGE explorations of Amanda and Elyot's ability to carry off the alternating one particular scene, they start off
Collegian Arts Writer marriage which leave an unre- currents of hot and cold between seeming very much at peace. Elyot
solved tension between them. their characters in a perfectly compliments Amanda as 'the most
Sophisticated wit and humor The aloof sarcasm with which "snobbish" manner. Thomas Foral thrilling and exciting woman' he's
bounded off the walls of the Pavil- Amanda and Elyot speak to their (as Amanda's new husband, Vic- ever known. Laughing about the
ion Theater Thursday night when untested spouses about the failed tor) and Laura Wernette (as Sybil past leaves them rolling on the floor
Noel Coward's "Private Lives" marriage creates a real thrill of Chase) offer the perfect counterba- together. Then the answer to a
opened successfully as the fourth anticipation for the the audience. lance as the abandoned mates, who question as to what Amanda was
and final production of the Pennsyl- One just can't wait to see the tern- both lack the needed amount of doing when they weren't married
vania Festival Theater's 1985 sea- pared wits of the former lovers sophistication and gumption it causes Elyot's jealous temper to
son. Selfishness, jealousy and witty meet it's clear that their mar- takes to be the companions of the flare and hers to follow immediate
cruelty are the backbone of this riage was a hectic one. When they long estranged spouses at the cen- suit. They are certainly an eccen
snappy comedy about a divorced do meet, it's also immediately apter of the play. tric pair.
couple, who meet again on their parent that they are destined to love Gitto's Elyot steps onto the stage In scenes such as this Barcroft
second * hoheymoons with new and hate each other always. In her with cool over-confidence, his seems to be set free; her body
mates, and reignite their old pas- conversation with Victor, Amanda clothes conveying a hint of notorie- language is smooth as she parades
sion for and resentment of each refers to them as a couple as "two ty. When Wernette joins him the room. Her smiles are genuine,
other. violent asses bubbling about in a onstage, it's readily apparent that as are Gitto's. They,• both as char-
Amanda Prynne and Elyot Chase matrimonial bottle." she is the more "watery" of the acters and performers, enjoy the
rediscover their mutual passion on The Pavilion Theatre is an excel- two. Wearing a simple but beautiful challenge presented by the play's
the fairly nondescript adjoining ter- lent setting for this play. This close- dress, her innocent dumbfound ex- and characters' abrupt shifts in
race of a hotel in France, where knit theater in the round provides a pressions of insecurity mark her mood. Their joy seems to rub off on
chance has placed them. They first lighthearted, cozy atmosphere that character perfectly. Thomas Foral, the audience as well.
appear with their new mates (Vic- invites the viewer into these char- always dressed in a classic suit, has Lisa Seacrist's performance as
tor and Sybil) in tow, a duo de- acters' lives. The setting is so inti- a similar prosaic air in comparison Louise,the agitated maid who has to
scribed by Elyot as 'something mate that everyone catches the to the waggish nature of Barcroft's tend to the aftermath of this ram
steady to smooth out your nerves expressions, and gestures of cast charming Amanda. page, is a charm. She sums up a
when you're tired.' However, the and other audience members alike. Amanda's and Elyot's reactions reaction to whole strange situation
conversations of the two couples Judith Barcroft (as Amanda) and to each other can either be like a that the audience can understand
are centered around questions and George Gitto (as Elyot) possess the magnet to steel or oil to water. In perfectly.
Summer Session sponsors free concert
Hugh Givens (left) and Doreen Hutchings (right), both University music faculty highlighting pieces by composers such as Schubert, Brahms; Mozart, Rodgers
members, are the featured vocalists In a free concert being held tonight at 7 and Hammerstein and Gershwin. Also represented will be the work of John
p.m. in the Music Building Recital Hall. Weather permitting, there will be an ice• Denver and the University's own Mike Reid. Givens' past credentials include
cream social following the performance In the courtyard. Both events are open residency with the Virginia Opera Association and performances with the
to the public. The program will include both opera and musical comedy, Altoona Symphony; Hutchings has also performed with the Altoona Symphony.
Once again, Pavone's guitar is featured proMinently.
On Otis Redding's "Since You've Gone Again" Price
exhibits the complete control of an outstanding soul
singer with the blues. Or maybe he's a blues singer
with soul. His mournful voice is initially backed only by
chiming guitar arpeggios and builds with intensifying
emotion from there. But the impassioned sadness is
still felt from the beginning. By the time the music
picks up and the crying horns are added, the listener is
ready to either comfort the singer or settle for swaying
along and sympathizing.
"Eldorado Cafe" is the only track that has appeared
on the band's previous LP's. Powered by the irresisti
ble groove supplied by drummer David Dodd and
bassist Tom Valentine, it is the band's most popular
song. The driving sax in the middle of the live version
backs up the sound of the audience chiming in to sing
the title. Steve Bisberger's keyboards buoy the whole
number.
The album's second side has amore definite blues
feel to it. The gray label instead of the bright yellow is
the first clue to the change.."l'm Sick Y'all" has the
true tempo and piano and sax sounds that play out any
familiar blues song. There is never a false note.
Price's recent placement of songwriting as his top
priority is apparent on his own "One Man, Two
Lovers." The protagonist's "lying to one/cheating on
the other" is about what Price once called "the
obsessive quality of love affairs repeating the same
mistake over and over again, knowing that it's no good
but doing it anyway." The Rhythm Band's funky
rhythms add just the right touch.
"I Can't Lose The Blues" definitely has the gray
touch inspired by the label. It has a slower, more
serene way of dealing with the trials of love than any
other track on either side of Live.
"Turn Back the Hands of Time" starts off jazzy with
the interplay of guitar rhythms backed by keyboards.
Price's voice beckons in with a longing force, holding
his pleading notes like a paperweight. And just as he
proves his own abilities, he decides to give the band
their credit on record, "These fellas are keepin' such a
strong groove tonite I could sing all night on this
thing." His voice coos to the backing of the band. "How
'bout it for The Keystone Rhythm Band!" The opportu
nity should be given for the band to return the mention
to him.
Billy personalizes the moment by relating a strong
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live statement. He asks the band to "take it down real
low" and says to the audience, "See, I like to make
believe that I'm not really in this nightclub here with
you folks, but I like to make believe that I'm home with
my woman when I sing...`oh darlin'...' " The words
bellow from his heart. The audience obviously feels it
too, and a lot of individual "yeahs" can be heard. After
three moaning "pleases" the tempo picks up and acts
as • the perfect lively ending to a live album. Any
listener will dance away to the sound of Price ending
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Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band
Hanks' new
exhibits serious
lack of character
By JILL S. KOSKO
Collegian Arts Writer
A CIA agent sits in an airport Vogue (in which she has appeared,
with the words of his boss running incidentally). Yet, as in Hanks'
through' his head: "Pick anyone, case, her part isn't developed well
just anyone." Into his view comes enough, and she ends up being
a man wearing one red shoe his - barely more than another show
decision is made. Suddenly, an piece.
eccentric violinist's simple life has
become the focus of CIA game of
double-crossing.
As "The Man With One Red
Shoe" Tom Hanks ("Splash" ) is
Richard Drew, a music composer
and member of the Washington
Symphony who teacheg violin to
underprivileged kids. Drew is a
hapless victim of circumstances
beyond his control and knowledge.
By a quirk in fate, he's been sin
gled out as the unlucky chump, the
false bait to send a faction of CIA
spies off the scent of a case con
cerning the CIA head.
Keep your ears open the first ten
or 15 minutes of this movie when
the whole spy plot is set up, or
you'll never be sure what the
whole scandal involves some
thing about CIA agents caught in
drug dealings. One's never sure
who the bad guys or the good gtiys
are, or if there are any at all. The
plot is scantily explained because
it isn't the real focus of the movie.
Most of the story •deals with the
spies creating double meanings
out of the innocent activities of a
naive, bumbling musician.
The lack of plot development
annoying as it is can almost be
excused, but the lack of character
development cannot. A lot of great
talent goes wasted, for this is
nearly a star-filled movie prac
tically every face is recognizable.
Even "Squiggy" from "Laverne
and Shirley" makes a cameo ap
pearance as a grubby sewage
worker.
Tom Hanks' appeal is tremen
dously underplayed. The movie
directs its humor around him
through external happenings, in
stead of giving him the freedom to
show his natural, boyish charm.
Not only is he portrayed as placid,
but he is placid. Jim Belushi
("Saturday Night Live"), as
Drew's friend Morris, provides
much more of the comic relief and
incites some of the bigger laughs
he's slightly reminiscent of Bill
Murray in "Tootsie."
Lori Singer ("Footloose") is a
sight for sore eyes in this film.
She's never been hotter as Maddy,
the beautiful, efficiently cool spy
assigned to seduce Drew. In de
signer suits, an extremely low
backed evening dress that reveals
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with a "Thank you so much" as cheers fade from the
crowd.
Price has suggested that Live is the best album of the
three he has recorded. He has stated that "I feel I've
achieved a lifelong goal, to have an excellent R&B
band and to make a fine traditional soul record." Any
listener would agree. He's not just for Pittsburgh
natives anymore. Billy Price and the Keystone
Rhythm Band are poised for national acclaim. Billy
and your band, thank you so much.
film
more than just her back and nar
row space-like shades, Singer
looks like a model straight out of
Because not enough time •is
given for chemistry to develop
between Hanks and Singer, the
inevitable love scene which occurs
between the two isn't convincing.
We're expected to believe that she
can fall in love with him over a
scntimental violin serenade
(Come on, now!) when minutes
earlier she was pulling her hair
out (literally) over his klutzy sex
ual antics.
Carrie Fisher ("Star Wars") is
almost unrecognizable from her
Princess Leia days. As Morris'
unfaithful wife, she prances
around in Drew's apartment in
leopard skin underwear trying to
get him to play Taman with her.
Other supporting roles include
Dabney Coleman and Charles
Durning (playing the standard
corrupt governmental "types") as
ruthless leaders of opposite spy
factions. If the script fails to devel
op the main characters, then it
succeeds even less with the minor
ones, letting some potentially fun
ny characterizations fall flat.
Nevertheless, the actors all pro
vide solid performances despite
what they're given to work with,
and while it's nowhere near being
a great comedy, enough good
laughs are scattered throughout
"The Man With One Red Shoe" to
keep it consistently amusing. Di
rector Stan Dragoti ("Love at
First Bite," "Mr. Mom") is the
real savior of the project, produc
ing a tight and visually slick style
that keeps matters rolling at a
quick pace.
As with a James Bond flick, a lot
of the fun comes from watching
the dozens of spy tricks and gad
gets employed. Little details are
amusing too every spy wears
sunglasses, for example, and the
CIA head escapes electronic bugs
by turning on sprinklers and re
treating to his yard.
Another big plus to the movie's
appeal is its excellent music,
which is similar to that of
"Fletch" and "Beverly Hills
Cop." It's another synthesizer-cre
ated soundtrack with an even
snappier beat than that of these
two films. Listening to the music is
almost more fun than watching
the screen.
Search for treasure is over
By JOHN PLATERO
Associated Press Writer
KEY WEST, Fla. The discovery of up to $4OO million
worth of treasure from the scattered wreck of a Spanish
galleon came just in time for Mel Fisher to pay his bills,
but it also was 10 years to the day after one of his sons
drowned during the search.
"Notwithstanding the deaths, it was worth it," the soft
spoken treasure hunter said of the cargo of gold and silver
carried to the sea bottom by the Nuestra Senora de
Atocha.
Fisher's son Dirk and daughter-in-law Angel, along
with a crewman, drowned when their 85-foot boat sank on
July 20, 1975, during an overnight break in the search for
the Atocha.
Saturday's discovery ended a 16-year search for the
Atocha, which was sunk by a 1622 hurricane and scattered
by currents and tides.
"You can't put a price on this. It's fantabulous," Fisher
said yesterday as he prepared to visit the treasure site, 40
miles west of Key West and a mere 50 feet underwater.
"Two'weeks ago, I couldn't make payroll," Fisher said
of his 75-employee firm, Treasure Salvors.
In spite of that statement, he sports around his neck an
8-foot-long, 12-pound chain of pure gold retrieved years
ago from bits of wreckage scattered across the ocean
bottom.
He had traced the galleon's voyage and the itemized
contents of its cargo through musty Spanish records, and
said occasional small finds of gold or silver jewelry and
personal belongings from various parts of the ship had
convinced him he was following the underwater path of
wreckage toward the contents of the cargo hold.
"It seems that every five years, we make a good,
substantial find," Fisher had said in June, only days after
he found $2 million worth of gold, pieces of eight and
jewels from the decaying Atocha.
"Today was the day," Fisher beamed Saturday, when
told his two surviving sons had dug through about five feet
Rain douses California blazes
By RUTH BONAPACE
Associated Press Writer
A three-week siege of fire in
northern California ended yester
day after a weekend of rain, and
federal officials set up a toll-free
hotline to help victims of the blazes
that burned 200 homes and more
than 375,000 acres of brush and
timber.
Elsewhere, a 900-acre range fire
in Washington State was nearly
contained, as was a two-week fire
in Idaho's Payette National Forest.
An 8,000-acre range fire that began
Thursday in Nevada was almost
extinguished.
In Canada, a 2,500-acre forest
fire that forced the evacuation of
more than 200 people in the British
Columbia town of North Bend no
longer posed a danger to the com
munity, but there were fears a new
new blaze could threaten the town.
Rain all day Saturday and early
yesterday helped douse the Califor
nia fires, said Jerry Partain of the
state Department of Forestry.
4 killed in Texas bus crash
BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) The
driver of a church bus that rolled over
2 1 / 2 times into a cotton field, killing
four people and injuring 37, says the
accident occurred on a section of
highway soaked by heavy rain.
"I came up on a long stretch of
water and it felt like the bus lifted up
and turned sideways," said driver
Robert Scott of Big Spring.
The bus, northbound on U.S. 87,
crossed the median Saturday night
and came to rest on the west side of
the highway about 25 miles northwest
of Big Spring in western Texas, De
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out a blaze that destroyed three
homes and $1.5 million worth of
timberland near Redding, and an
other in Jamestown, about 150
miles southeast of San Francisco,
where two buildings were de
stroyed and third was damaged,
Partain said. Thunderstorms also
cooled crews who were finishing
work on a 1,620-acre fire near the
Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
The aid hotline in Los Angeles,
which begins today and will be
operating from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
through Saturday, will provide in
formation on federal and state as
sistance programs, said Ernest
Medeiros, spokesman for the Fed
eral Emergency Management
Agency.
It was set up to aid fire victims in
Los Angeles and the counties of San
Diego, Ventura, San Luis Obispo,
Monterey, Santa Clara and Santa
Cruz, which on July 18 were de
clared federal disaster areas by
President Reagan.
partment of Public Safety spokesman
David Wells said.
The vehicle had come from San
Angelo, and had picked up passen
gers in Midland and Big Spring, au
thorities said.
The bus owned jointly by church
es in Midland, Odessa and Big Spring
was headed for a Northwest Texas
Jurisdictional Conference in Lub
bock, said a spokesman for the Ford
Memorial Church of God In Christ in
Lubbock.
The Rev. Frank Nelson, pastor of
the Powerhouse Church of God in
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of silt and mud to find what looked like a "reef of silver."
Sons Kim and Kane found stacks of silver bars, thou
sands of coins and copper ingots, the bulk of the Atocha's
treasure that was being shipped to Spain.
An Indiana native, Fisher retired 21 years ago from his
chicken farm in Redondo Beach, Calif., and soon af
terwards took up the search for the Atocha.
Next to his office is a museum where he displays some
of the riches he's gathered over the years from scattered
wreckage. Some of the treasure has gone to people who
invested in the search.
The Atocha, built in Havana and on her maiden voyage
to Spain, was among a 23-vessel Spanish fleet hit by a
hurricane off the Cuban coast. The storm sank nine ships
and claimed about 550 lives, including 289 Atocha crew
men.
The Atocha and a sister ship, the Santa Margarita, were
swept over a barrier reef and into the Florida Straits,
where they sank less than three miles apart in less than 50
feet of water.
But a month later, another storm ended salvage efforts
by smashing the two vessels, scattering debris and riches
over an 8-square-mile area where they were buried by silt
and shifting sand
• Fisher said much of the treasure will go on display in
his museum, which costs him annual insurance fees of
more than $20,000. •
But he said there's no rush to bring it to the surface
"We'll be in no hurry," he said.
Each piece will be individually logged and cleaned,
including about 250,000 coins in the estimated 500,000
artifacts that Fisher and his vice-president, Bleth McHa
ley, believe they will find.
McHaley said the manifest of the Atocha listed up to 1,-
200 silver bars. At today's prices the entire treasure
would be worth $4OO million, she said.
Even after all that Fisher doesn't plan to rest on his
laurels. He said his next mission is to search for the
Margarita. So far, only $2O million of the estimated $2OO
million in booty aboard that vessel has been found.
"We've put them out."
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The weather worked against fire
fighters in Washington state. A 900-
acre range fire was almost con
tained near Yakima, and 17 other
fires totalling 30 acres were under
control. Logging retrictions re
mained in effect as hot, dry condi
tions persisted.
The 10,184-acre Payette National
Forest fire, which was started by
lightning July 8, was 65 percent
contained. But 500 firefighters in
Idaho continued to battle two other
major fires, a 9,100-acre forest fire
in French Creek near Riggin, and a
2,095-acre blaze in the Nez Perce
National Forest, where flames
raged past fire lines overnight.
Thick smoke, high temperatures,
low humidity and canyon winds
hampered the battle throughout
the weekend, said Nez Perce forest
spokeswoman Mary Zabinski.
"We're going through so many
crews because of steep terrain and
heat. There's a real firefighter
fatigue factor," she said.
Four other fires were burning on
the Montana-Idaho border.
Christ in Big Spring, and his wife Gail
were in a car behind the bus when the
accident happened.
"Some got out on their own," Nel
son said of the injured passengers.
"Some -had to be helped out. They
were not screaming and hollering.
They were very calm. I could hear
people crying."
Thirty-seven passengers were tak
en to Malone-Hogan Hospital in Big
Spring after the accident and four
were admitted in stable condition,
said nursing supervisor Leslie Wil
liams.
police log
• State College Police said Randy boxes of writing pens, a jacknife, from the First Floor of West Pattee
Miller of Port Matilda was charged three cans of tennis balls, a golf ball Friday
with simple assault in connection and a deck of cards were missing,
with the beating of his girlfriend in police said
the 300 block of South Allen Street
Saturday. Miller was arraigned and
is being held in lieu of $lO,OOO bail,
police said. The victim's name was
withheld because of her age
• Terry Dransfield, 251 S. Pugh
St., reported to police that a 10-speed
bicycle, valued at $250, was stolen
while it was locked outside 100 Heis
ter St. Friday night or SatUrday
morning.
• Police reported that unknown
person(s) had entered the State Col
lege Senior High School Saturday • Monica Angle, 315 Walker, re
through the gymnasium window. A ported to University Police that a
bundle of social studies exams, two textbook, valued at $45, was taken
Confidence in Reagan soars
NEW YORK (AP) A majority
of Americans polled by a news
magazine said they are not partic
ularly concerned about President
Reagan's ability to meet the de
mands of his second term following
cancer surgery.
The poll, released over the week
end and scheduled to appear in this
week's Newsweek, found Reagan's
approval rating up slightly since
.his surgery. It also found confi
dence in Vice President George
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• University Police Services said
Martha Zepp of Leola reported the
front wheel of her vehicle had been
stolen while the car was parked in
Parking Lot 83 West sometime be
tween last Monday and Friday. Esti
mated value of the wheel was $B5.
• Geraldine Tevera, 121 Ritner, • The Ultimate Frisbee Club will
reported to University police Satur- hold Frisbee practice and tutorial at 7
day that her bicycle, valued at $350, tonight on Old Main lawn
was stolen from a rack outside her
dormitoi7
Bush running fairly high.
Of 753 adults polled by telephone
July 17 and 18, 57 percent said they
were not too concerned or not at all
concerned about Reagan's ability
to meet the demands of his second
term. Eighteen percent said they
were very concerned, and 22 per
cent said they were fairly con
cerned.
The poll has a margin of error of
plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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• University police said Kathrine
DeShong reported that her wallet,
valued .at $5O, was stolen from her
office in 138 Sparks Saturday.
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notes
• The Student Assistance and In
formation Center will hold peer coun
seling, information, advising and
referral sessions from 5 to 10 p.m.
today in 135 Boucke.
dents said they believed the doc:
tors treating the president did the
best job possible, while 27 percent
said they believed the doctors
should have discovered and treated
his colon cancer earlier.
The president's approval rating
in the poll was 68 percent.
Sixty-three percent of those
polled said they had a great deal or
a fair amount of confidence in
Bush's ability to take over the
presidency.
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