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A concert review
The ‘Foreigner’ invasion: Hot Blooded
By Kristi Blackman
Of the Print
After waiting nearly three
norths after the concert was
¡old out, the British rock
jroup Foreigner arrived in
’ortland where they performed
Jan. 19 at the Memorial Col-
seum. J
Fans had been waiting for
he door to unlock hours before
he 7:30 p.m. grand opening.
Some fans who were without a
icketj displayed signs of
lesperate need for a ticket,
fickets were scalped at a star
ing price of $150, most fans
wouldn’t sell.
Upon entering the Col-
seum, fans were routinely
earched for alcohol, weapons,
irugs, and cameras.
themselves and it showed in
their music.
the
According
to
Foreigner program, Mick
Jones said, “I want my music
to' be exciting, interesting and
stimulating.” The band was
brought together by Jones, who
was born and raised in England
and is a veteran rocker in
Europe and America. He
started out a career as a
surveyor but left school after
only four months and became
a guitarist with Nero and the
Gladiators.
In Europe, he wrote songs
and did sessions for French
pop idol Johnny Halliday. He
then -returned to London for
brief studio work with Peter
Frampton and George Har
rison.
Jones returned to America
to work as an A&R represen
After Foreigner was int tative for an English record
roduced,- the crowd went wild label and theft as a guitarist for
with excitement. The anticipa- the Leslie West Band.
ion was over when the music
Foreigner began in 1976
iegan. Tunes dating back to
1977 captured the audience
with hit singles including,
‘Feels- Like The First Time,”
‘Cold As Ice.” “Long Long,
Way From Home.”
Lead singer Lou Gramm,
ilong with Rick Wills, excited
he crowd with hit single “Juke
Jox Hero.” The crowd was
lefinitely pleased, especially
vhen a juke box balloon was
nflated on the stage.
Yells for the unknown sax
layer who fingered the keys
ndlessly during the “Urgent”
umber could be heard as fans
lanced in the aisles. The band
»as a little “Hot Blooded”
when Jones decided to go on
his own. With demo recordings
of his songs, and the recruit
ment of Ian McDonald and Al
Greenwood, the band began to
take shape.
Rick Wills, joined the band in
the summer of 1979, the pro
gram said. Before, he had
worked with Peter Frampton
and David Gimore of Pink
The concert program also
reported that Foreigner
founder Lou Gramm began his
career with a hard rock band
called Black Sheep, where he
doubled as a singer and drum
mer. His vocal talent on the
group’s two albums convinced
Jones that Gramm had the
vocal. talent for his fledgling
band.
Wills stated in the program
that Foreigner’s strong point
was the care that went into the
songs. “We never do anything
just for the sake of a riff or
special effect,” Wills said.
When the group ended
the concert and the last guitar
had been raised as a token of
At the studio, Gramm’s
talent put together a demo tape
that helped Foreigner make it
on the Atlantic label.
Floyd.
thanks,
the members of
Foreigner hurried off stage
only to be brought back by
screams and a standing ovation
from the crowd. The group
held the audience in their clut
ches by their guitar picks wail
ing out “Hot Blooded.”
Foreigner was brought back
on stage after trying to make a
second exit. But determined to
please the crowd, the group
did a finale and each member
joined at the front of the stage
and bowed. Thus ending the
beginning of their World Tour.
art briefs
e.e. cummings show
features Jack Shields
Englishman Dennis Elliott
is the basic pulse of Foreigner,
the program said. Elliott had
worked with several name ar
tists in Britain before he decid
E.E. Cummings poetry “Sang ’n Spoke” by Susan McBerry
ed to join Foreigner at Jones’ and CCC drama instructor Jack Shields will be presented at PSU
Rm 75 Lincoln Hall at 12:00 noon, Tuesday, Feb. 2.
invitation.
Archibald MacLeish lauded Cummings as “one of the most
The band’s bass guitarist,,
unforgettable poets in the history of this republic” while mark Van
Doren suggested he was “equally superb in satire and sentiment.”
Four professional Portland performers join talents to present
some of E.E. Cummings poetry touching a variety of subjects.
More than 30 of Cummings’ most popular poems will be inter
preted by veteran actor/director/teacher Jack Shields. McBerry,
highly acclaimed singer/teacher/vocal coach will perform Cum
mings’ poems set by American composers including a cycle writ
ten for this production by the noted Portland composer, Timothy
Hammer collection, this ex Nickel. Nancy Nickel will accompany McBerry on the piano. The
hibition will feature paintings, nickels were recently featured on “Faces and Places” as specialists
drawings and sculptures of the in performing original music for one piano, four hands.
great Daumier.
This program is presented by PSU Theater, Poetry and Music
Department and there is no charge for admission.
French students will also
sample sweet desserts of the
French when they stop at the
“Crepe Faire” after the
museum exploration.
A graphic design show featuring the works of 13 local profes
sional graphic artists will be presented at Clackamas Community
Commented Foreign College Jan. 28-Feb. 11. Art from posters to paintings will be
Language
Chairperson displayed in the two-week show. A reception and preview will
Magdelena Ladd, ‘Tm really launch the event at 7 p.m., Jan. 28, in the Pauling Science
excited. This trip will be a good Center, Bagby Lobby.
way to hyphenate the mind
Artists expected to participate in the event include Steve
and belly both!”
Sandstrom, of Ryan-Kaye Advertising; Scott McIntire, McIntire
Design; Ruth Trout Altermatt; Ralph Rawson, Page One
Graphics; Dan Stevens, Metamorphic Design; Anna Marra,
Marra Graphic Design; Jeanie Coates, Coates Creates; and the
Port of Portland Design Department.
The event is free and open to the public. The art work will be
available for viewing from 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Thurs., and 8
a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays. For more information, contact the CCC Art
Department at 657-8400, ext. 386.
Students to visit art
museum, restaurant
By Amy DeVour
Of the Print
First and second-year
French students are planning
an exciting journey to the
Portland Art Museum next
Tuesday. But, this will be no
ordinary field trip.
French students will view
the works of an artist who has
been described as “one of the
greatest characturists of the 19th
century” Honoré Daumier.
As part of the Armand
Graphic Arts show scheduled
Folk concert in Fireside Lounge
Folk artists Monte and K.C. Killingsworth will be appearing in
the Fireside Lounge Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 11 a.m.-l:30
p.m.
The Killingsworth Brothers toured the Midwest last summer
and are currently appearing at Horatio’s in Portland.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Lecture on artistic humor slated
Staff Photo by Duffy Coffman
al Learning Center.
ednesday, Jan. 27, 1982
Phyllis Yes, art professor at Lewis and Clark College, will
speak on “Humor in Art” February 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pauling
Center Rm. 101. For more information call 657-8400, ext. 386.
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