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fogelberg
on Sunday
"Love when you can. cry when you have to.
Be who you must, that's a part of the plan '
It is a tragic fact of life in the music industry that critically acclaimed
musicians are often commercially gnored. Such is the fate of Dan
Fogelberg. _
By GLEN OZONEWOOD
Fogelberg's music lies somewhere on the outskirts of the Crosby,
Stills, Nash and Young genre, but it goes far beyond the confines of
mere mimicry. There's a "from-the-heart" feeling that completely cap
tures the attention of the listening audience, and draws them into the
song.
The tunes complement the lyrics perfectly; neither dominates the
other. The music is beautifully solid without getting in the way of the
words, which are mostly based in romantic vision. They conjure up
images of experiences that often hit painfully close to home.
"And on a windy coast, I made several toasts
to you and me and the sea
And no one heard."
The most successful of his three albums, “Souvenirs," featured
help from such notable friends as Glenn Frev. Randv Meisner and Don
Henley of the Eag les, Graham Nash, Russ Kunkel, Al Perkins and Joe
Walsh. Fogelberg has also lent his talents to albums of Randy Newman,
(another brilliant “unknown”), Buffy St. Marie, Roger McGuinn, Joe
Walsh, and Jackson Browne.
As revealed in his songs, Fogelberg’s is an artistic consciousness.
His work is often reminiscent of Neil Young s “The Loner," quiet and
always aware of personal development. “I am a child of the woods,"
Fogelberg says, recalling the years when he would sit overlooking the
Illinois River, playing guitar and getting to know himself.
Dan Fogelberg s music is that of youthful majesty with a personal
flavor. It touches the soul of any who take the time to listen. He will play
this Sunday in Mac Court at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the EMU
main desk, Sun Shop and Chrystalship. If you've never heard him
before, you will be pleasantly impressed. Once you do hear him, you
don’t forget him. I’ll see you there.
"There is no Eden or Heavenly gates
That you're gonna make it to someday
But all of the answers you seek can be found
In the dreams that you dream on the way. "j|e
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National Shakespeare Company in “Much Ado About Nothing”
The audiences for whom Wil
liam Shakespeare first wrote his
plays were far less polite than
modern ones — if a production
was less than satisfying to them,
they would let the actors know by
jeering and throwing things.
Much Ado About Nothing,"
brought to the EMU Ballroom
Tuesday by the National Shakes
peare Company, is a play that
must have satisfied the heartiest
Elizabethan appetite for good
theatre. It is no less of a delght
today
By SAM RAINEY
In this lighthearted tale of love,
revenge, and intrigue can be
found emotional and moving
dramatic scenes — Claudio's re
jection of Hero on the altar, for
example — but mostly the play's
purpose is for the audience to
laugh a lot and learn a little. Dog
berry, the original Keystone Kop,
provides bellylaughs with his
slc.pstick-style antics while dis
pensing a good deal of fool's wis
dom, and the celebrated "skirmish
of wit" between Benedick and
Beatrice is designed to draw not a
few snickers while underlining the
absurdity of many of yesterday's
— and today's — social conven
tions.
It is Beatrice, with her indepen
aence and dislike of conventions,
who is perhaps the brightest crea
tion in the play. She is clever,
sometimes caustic, always cap
tivating, and serves as a contrast
to emptyheaded stereotypical
Hero as being in command of her
own destiny. Beatrice is a feminist
who knows how to curtsy, and
uses the dagger of her wit with
great effectiveness in the battle of
the sexes
As is the case in several of
Shakespeare s plays, not all of the
characters are easily believed in
Much Ado.' Why, for instance,
does Claudio so quickly believe
the worst of Hero, and on the word
of a proven villian, yet? There
seems to be no reason at all for
Don John s thoroughgoing vil
lainy, except for the fact that with
out it there would be no play But
to overlook these sight tears in
the rich fabric of Shakespeare s
thought is to be well rewarded
No one claims that the world
presented in "Much Ado is any
where near being realistic, but
Shakespeare s fairyland where
love happens at first sight, where
good guys triumph and bad guys
reform all to the sound of laughter,
is a lot of fun to be in for awhile.
Slowly but very surely, the Checkered Players are acquiring an
enthusiastic following in Eugene
The group blends mime, slapstick and stand-up comedy in a series
of imorovisational playlets performed with high energy at a fast pace
The Checkered Players' way of presenting topical subjects and
everyday situation is reminiscent of a cross between Firesign Theatre
and George Carlin
Besides nightclubs and theaters, the seven-member comedy team
has entertained at the Saturday Market, the Home Fried Restaurant, the
WOW Hall and, just recently, on campus. Their skit during a Cultural
Forum-sponsored variety show was so well-received that Cultural
Forum decided to bring them back for a performance of their own
tomorrow at 8 p m. in the EMU Ballroom.
The group members come together from a wide variety of theatrical
and life experiences that include assorted performing, teaching, cos
tuming and technical backgrounds. Much of the group s material had its
roots in an east coast group called the Soup Troupe
Whether they are portraying two faucets conspiring to drip awake
an exhausted woman, the organs of the body meeting mafia style to fill
their own contract on the man abusing them, or the last shivering scrqp s
of food seeking escqae from a refrigerator, the Checkered Players
present a fresh point of view through zany characters who always find
themselves in unusual situations.
Tickets for the performance are $2 for students and $2 50 for the
general public, and are available at the EMU Main Desk, Chrystalship.
the Sun Shop, and Everybody s Records s|c
emu cultural forum, university of Oregon
eugene, Oregon 97403
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Now while all the jazz buffs are
heading out the door to tell their
friends the bg news, here's some
more information for those of you
who don't know the jazz scene.
(As a recent convert myself, I can
empathize with the excited folks,
sympathize with those of you say
ing "...McCoy who?")
By JENIFER BLUMBERG
MyCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist
supreme, on his own since 1965
when he left the John Coltrane
Quintet after playing with Coltrane
for six vears.
Of Coltrane Tyner says "John
felt that music was like the uni
verse, which influenced me. It's
like you look up and see the stars
but beyond them are many other
stars. He was looking for the stars
you can t see."
When asked why he left the
Quintet, Tyner said "Well you can
love a man and you can follow
him—but eventually you get so
you must leave home.”
The complimentary remarks
are returned by Coltrane. "(Ty ner)
is always .. . looking for the most
personal way of expressing him
self. He doesn't fall into conven
tional grooves . McCoy has
taste. He can take anything, no
matter how weird, and make it
sound beautiful.”
But McCoy Tyner is no longer
just regarded as John Coltrane's
piano player—he has definitely
become recognized in his own
right. Tyner was just voted Jazz
man of the Year and #1 on piano
in the 1975 Down Beat Readers'
Poll; he captured first place as
combo leader of the year in that
magazine s latest Critic Poll, and
was selected Musician of the Year
for the World by a recent Jazz
Forum poll (the magazine pub
Iished by the European Jazz Fed
eration).
With credits like that, how can
he be passed by? Tyner will be
appearing at 8 p.m. Wednesday in
the EMU Ballroom. Tickets are
$3.75 for students and $5 qeneral.
Give your jazz-fanatic
roommate the when, and how
much and where when she he
gets back.^c
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