REVIEW
The monster is not asleep
The Dead are on vacation, but
the monster is not asleep.
Jerry Garcia's new album Re
flections is probably a good ex
ample of what the Dead would
sound like if they were called the
Jerry Garcia Review.
By GLEN OZONEWOOD
The entire band joins Garcia on
most of the songs on Reflec
tions. Add the likes of Nicky Hop
kins. John Kahn, and Mickey Hart
and that s a lot of talent squeezed
Into the grooves of a polyvinyl
disk.
Reflections" is a lot slower
than Garcia's first album, and a lot
more Garcia than his second.
Robert Hunter and Garcia wrote
four of the eight songs, and Garcia
adapts the remaining tunes so
well to his own style that they
sound like his alone.
The best song on the first side is
"They Love Each Other." Anyone
who's heard Garcia and his new
band has probably heard this tune
performed. It's a loose-knit song
where one keeps expecting the
band to take off on a 20-minute
jam; a song that performed live
leaves the audience straining to
remember where the hell the
music started from, and how it got
to where it ended. Garcia s guitar
work takes over the nervous sys
tem and the listener finds his or
her body swaying and moving to
and fro quite independently of any
conscious effort.
The second side starts off with a
new interpretation of Hunter's "It
Must Have Been the Roses.
Garcia does the song a lot faster
and a lot lighter than the Dead do it
in concert. I think it’s better done
slowly, but Garcia s version is an
interesting approach worth listen
ing to.
Roses is followed by a Hank
Ballard tune, Tore Up Over You. "
This is a real rocker that s liable to
pull you out of your seat and push
you into motion. Garcia has a way
of producing riffs that shoot
through your body and make your
heart beat a half a count faster
The beauty of it is that he does it
without a bass line volume close
to 10 and some strong-arm
drummer beating a bass drum as
hard as he can.
In general the album is a good
one and worth the purchase price.
If you'd like to hear it before mak
ing up your mind to buy it, tune to
91.1 on the F.M. dial Monday at
midnight when KWAX-II brings
you an evening with Jerry Garcia
and the Grateful Dead. )(c
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Arlo s first album, Alice s Re
staurant was made into an
academy award winning movie in
1969. Since then he has released
eight albums, the most recent
being a double live set with folk
performer Pete Seeger
Arlos first concert in Eugene
was at McArthur Court in De
cember, 1971, and is well remem
bered for a variety of reasons,
among them being his fine per
formance, the introduction of then
unknown Ry Cooder, and the fact
that concerts in Mac Court had
been banned for four years due to
violations of the fire code (That
story alone made the front page of
the Emerald)
Guthrie has recently appeared
on National Educational
Television s Soundstage series,
and briefly performed with Bob
Dylan s Rolling Thunder Review
His country-folk-rock sound is
complimented by his dry sense of
humor, and no one holds an audi
ence better than he does with his
between-song banter
Along with his three-piece
band, Shenandoah, Arlo will per
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rags, and rockers written by him
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