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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1978)
Amity Vineyards will release its 1977 vintage white wines at its Summer Solstice Wine Festival Saturday, June 17. and Sun day. June 18. Admission is $1.75. For more information, call 835-2362 .... Coming up in Portland: Bob Seger and Wat WilUe June 6 at 8 p.m. at the Coliseum ($6 advance. $7 day of show); Leo Sayer and Yvonne EWman June 17 at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre ($6.50 $7.50 $8.50); and Warren Zevon June 23 at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre ($6 $6.50 $7). Tickets are available at Meier and Frank and Everybody's. Also at the Paramount. June 16 at 8 p.m.. John Prine wi» drop by. and the Kinks will appear on June 18.... , At the Portland Civic Auditorium, lots of high school gradua tions. with time for Doc Severinsen June 10 at 7 and 10 p.m. and the Joffrey Ballet June 14-17 at 8:15 p.m. Eugene video artist Ed Mellnik will show his work m an appearance at the Northwest Artists Workshop. 117 N.W. 5th in Portland. June 9 at 8 p.m. He wiH present some recent pieces and some work done with the Abe Paik Video Synthesizer at the Experimental Television Center in Binghamton. N Y. Admission is $1.50 ... The Friends of the Eugene Public Library are organizing a trip to Ashland August 14 and 15. The trip. $50. includes double accommodations in the Southern Oregon College dorm, two dinners, one breakfast, bus transportation aid tickets for The Taming of the Shrew and The Tempest For more information, can the library at 687-5450 Deadline for the Oregon Arts Commissions 1978 Original Editions Competition for Graphic Artists is July 20. For further information, caH 378-3625 This last staff boa. along with the rest of the Hear and Now section, has been pot together by Erie Maloney and Jerri! Niison. Deadline for the next issue is — well. I guess there are no more deadlines, are there? So thanks to the people who helped to put out this section, and have a good Guitarist John McLaughlin sets two jazz/rock shows Guitarist John McLaughlin will bring his One Truth Electirc Band to Eugene tonight for 8 and 11 p.m. shows at The Place. Formerly scheduled for the Lane County Civic Center, the concerts will both be at The Place, where it is ‘21 and over only.” Re funds will be given to those ticket holders under 21. McLaughlin, known primarily for his jazz/rock fusion work with Mahavishnu Orchestra, has only recently returned to the electric guitar, with the album John McLaughlin, Electric Guitarist He has been performing with the acoustic group Shakti since he dissolved the Orchestra. The last 20 years have seen McLaughlin play with a number of groups and artists, and he has been involved in the production of several major recordings. He played in the early 60s with a vari ety of jazz, rock and R&B bands, most notably Brian Auger and the Graham Bond Organization. He became increasingly in terested in experimental jazz, re cording Where Fortune Smiles with Dave Hoi and and John Sur nam. McLaughlin then performed with Miles Davis, more notably on In a Silent Way, Live-Evil, and the influential Bitches Brew. He also performed during that period with the Tony Williams Lifetime, which included bass player Jack Bruce. McLaughlin formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1972. Along with Jerry Goodman, Billy Cobham. Jan Hammer and Rick Laird, he recorded The Inner Mounting Flame. Birds of Fire and John McLaughlin Between Nothingness and Eternity. The group gained a con siderable reputation for their con certs, which were characterized by waves of intense, thundering music. The group was in the van guard of the so-called jazz/rock fusion. McLaughlin become increas ingly interested in the teachings of Indian master Sri Chinmoy, and in 1973 collaborated with Cartos Santana on Love, Devotion, Surrender. A second edition of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, with Jean-Luc Ponty on electric violin, recorded three more albums. McLaughlin’s most recent re cording includes Carlos Santana, Tony Williams, Jack Bruce, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Jack De Johnette, Jerry Goodman and Billy Cobham. Tickets for tonight's shows are $6.50. 1 College Students LEAVING FOR THE SUMMER? Art and text tor this ad cheated irv University students Ann Mor and .Alan }ama*note for Pantic Sorthiocst Bell BRING YOUR TELEPHONE TO US WE LL GIVE YOU A $5 CREDIT. THATS RIGHT. $5.00 If you re a telephone subscriber in your private residence living off campus, and are completely disconnecting your entire residence—it's easy. Just unplug your sets (if your phones are not the plug-in type, just snip them two inches from the wall connection) and bring them to the EMU Main Lobby from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., June 8,9 and 12, or to the Eugene PhoneCenter store open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., open late Friday, June 9 and Monday. June 12 through Friday, June 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. In Springfield, the PhoneCenter store is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Then, we II give yo-u a $5 credit on your closing bill. So, on the way out don't your telephones. You II be doing yourself a favor. Any questions? Call the PNB Business Office. 343-8601.
