Classical guitarist to share talen
cu
Classical
guitarist
Jim
Greeninger will be performing at
the College Friday from noon
to 1 p.m. in the Community
Center room 117.
Greeninger, equally at home
with Spanish, Renaissance and
Baroque music, has studied
with
such
well-known
American artists as Christopher
Parkening
and
Michael
Lorimer and has received sup
port and encouragement from
the grand master himself, An spiced with contemporary orchestras and chan,
dres Segovia.
works as well as his own com groups.
“All of these fine musicians positions.
“He is an excellent gulta
have helped me in expanding
said
Happie Thai
my concept of the guitar, and
A local artist Greeninger lives . Associated Student Gi
of special enrichment has been in Corvallis where he designs nment media director,
the advice and guidance of and builds his own guitars. He played for us at a conferen
friends Chris Parkening and has recently begun work on his Tacoma, Wash., last fall
Michael
Lorimer,”
said first record album which is received a standing ova
scheduled for release soon.
Greeninger.
and was asked to give sev
Greeninger’s Classic and
He has played concerts and encores. I recommend hiij
Romanitic works are poetic and recitals throughout the North anyone interested in J
graceful and his concerts are west as well as with symphony classical, guitar music.”
Wizard’s touch missing from film
By Leanne Lally
Of The Print
The good witch Glinda said
to Dorothy, “You can do
anything if you believe.” Too
bad the producers of the
movie, “The. Wiz” didn’t take
that statement to heart. What
came about on film was a very
poor version of an outstanding
Broadway play.
The creators of the Broad
way play hand picked from the
“cream-of-the-crop” some very
good talent. The producers of
the movie were obviously not
as picky.
“The Wiz” is an all-black ver
sion of the classic “Wizard of
Oz.” The play has appeared on
Broadway for nearly five years.
It has won numerous Tony
Awards for costuming, dan
cing, and production. The
movie will be lucky if it is even
considered for an Oscar.
The movie casts Diana Ross
as the heroine, Dorothy. Ross
does a poor job of trying to look
like a youngster of 21. Her ac
ting is fair, but a little too much
twitching. What butchers the
movie is her voice. While Ross
is best known for her singing,
her vocals here leave a lot to be
desired. The calliber of the
songs is far too strong for her
breathy vocal chords.
Michael Jackson, of the
famed Jackson Five protrays
the illusive Scarecrow. During
the course of the movie, one
can’t help but wonder if that
kid’s voice will ever change. At
times, he sings even higher
than Julie Andrews.
Jackson completely loses the
Scarecrow’s personality by
trying too hard to “jive” his way
through the part. His costume
is as ridiculous as his acting.
The Tin Man is protrayed by
Wings crash
By Mike Koller
Of The Print
:$
“Wings Greatest” proves
$: once and for all that Paul
:$ McCartney has not come
close to matching the
:$ musical genius he displayed
$: with the Beatles since for-
:$ ming Wings with his wife
Linda McCartney in 1971.
S The song selection on this
album shows that gradually
:$ McCartney has lost his touch
as an artist.
S
Wings later singles like
“With a Little Luck”, “Let
’Em In” and “Silly Love
Songs” are lightweight pop
:$ tunes that give solid proof to
the fact that McCartney has
:i sold-out as a sensitive rock
;£ artist. At least the feeble hit
“Londontown” doesn’t ap-
S pear on this disc.
Wings are best when they
:< abandoned their bubblegum
$: tendencies and concentrate
on all-out rock and roll. The
rockers “Hi,Hi,Hi,” “Jet”
:i and “Live and Let Die” give
a small glimpse of what a
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powerful group they can be
on occasion. In fact, if
Capitol Records had used
“Girls School”, “Helen
Wheels”, “Let Me Roll It”
and “Maybe I’m Amazed”
this would have been an ex
cellent greatest hits package,
but instead the poor pop
tracks overshadow the few
rockers here.
This album proves
needless and boring at the
same time. Capitol Records
released it at Christmas-time
to cash in on big money with
an $8.98 list price for this
record and to exploit Mc
Cartney’s popularity one last
time since his contract with
Capitol has expired.
Anyone who has owned a
radio in last five years
probably knows these songs
by heart either willingly or
unwillingly, so at $8.98 this
album just isn’t worth the
money, but McCartney
keeps promising the next
album will be a hard hitting
rock and roll. Now that
might even be a fair bagain
at any price.
Nipsey Russell. Why the
producers picked him is a
question. Russell is the only
non-singing member in the
crowd, but since the rest can’t
sing either, he’s safe.
“Ease On Down the Road,”
sings the cast to a perplexed
audience. The only thing
easing is the movie itself
straight into oblivion.
Terance Stamp did the best
playing the cowardly Lion. He
is the one who adds a little life
and humor to the movie.
Speaking of humor, the Wiz
himself is protrayed by Richard
Pryor. Pryor spends all of five
minutes on the screen, yet he
gets top billing. Pryor doesn’t
sing, which is just as well.
People are laughing hard
enough at the movie without
him adding to the farce by
singing as badly as the others.
Glinda, the good witch, is
played by Lena Horn, a
veteran singer but a new ac
tress. In fact, she doesn’t act at
all; just hangs around in a
cloud at the end of the movie.
The special effects in the
movie are good, but they don’t
compensate for the poor cast.
Tony Taylor catches
that backwoods feelint
By Leanne Lally
Of The Print
Stuffed into the corner of the
Community Center is a place
they call the Fireside Lounge.
Just what goes on in this place?
Why, the monthly Coffee
House. One Friday evening of
every month, a local musician
is featured in the Fireside
Lounge to contribute to the
crackling blaze some music.
Last Friday night was no ex
ception.
Tony Taylor, a kind of
backwoods, lay-back sounding
guy,
was
the
featured
musician—if he ban be called
that. Taylor’s own style of
music is just that, his own style.
His voice is a cross between
Bob Dylan, Neil Young and
James Taylor, only a lot more
off key. His guitar playing is
fair. His real talent lies in the
harmonica. Taylor plays one
Tony Taylor
mean
harp.
mean
harp.
Taylor did his own C
positions along with s
oldies from the Beatles,Dj
Joh Denver, and Michael
phy.
The atmosphere at the;
fee House is relaxed. Rd
ments are served and cos
get in is cheap: nothing,
sereneness of the place j
some a chance to close I
eyes and forget about the«
that has just past. It givesoil
a chance to close their eyes
catch up on some sleep. 1
The most recent col
house was well attend
Twenty or more people«
there to soak up the heat of
fire, and listen to the hind
the man on display.
Although Taylor’s tale
were less than warm, the I
fee House seems to stilly
hottest buy in town.. 1
Wednesday, January 17,11