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Show the new music BY STEVE POULSON Entertainment Editor Blood, Sweat and Tears Anyone who needs an introduction intro-duction to Blood, Sweat and Tears can stop reading right here. As for some inside information, the group members have, been kicking around for a long time before Blood, Sweat and Tears was formed. The fact that the members' average age is something like twenty-six is some indication of the depth of their experience. The Blues Project, an underrated group that included among others, Al Kooper, may be considered the vague forerunner to Blood, Sweat and Tears. Blood, Sweat and Tears was Al Kooper's brain child. Shortly after the group's first album, "Child is Father to the Man," the restless Kooper left for things like Super Session, sole albums, etc. The group then acquired another keyboard key-board man and a brilliant Canadian Cana-dian vocalist, David Clayton Thomas, who helped put together the second LP, titled simply "Blood, Sweat and Tears." Contrary to rumors, the group is still together. They have been laying out and also in the meantime mean-time have backed a chick singer, Susan Carter, on her first album (incidentally this is a beautiful album). For your ears, the group's first album, "Child is Father to the Man," although relatively unknown, un-known, is every bit as good as their second. folk group that wanders around Park City. The last I heard it was appearing at the Prospector Gaslight Gas-light Saloon. Purple Haze: This group is back in town and is playing al The End. One of Salt Lake's most popular pop-ular bar groups, il plays some commercial, some progressive sounds. The Foremost Authority: Salt Lake's beauliful six-piece group has just opened a new "18 and over" club called the Purple Cloud on Second West and about 14th South. 1 1 will be playing there indefinitely. in-definitely. Records in Review "Kooper Session -Al Kooper introduces Shuggic Otis" (Columbia): (Colum-bia): Kooper's latest jamming excursion ex-cursion is with Wells Kcllcy (drums), Stu Woods (bass), and the child prodigy, Shuggic Otis, a fantastic guitar player. Shuggic is 15 years old and his guitar playing has a striking resemblance to Mike Bloomficld's. Side one of the album al-bum features four songs which arc a drag; side two is three one-lake jams which are great. "Here Comes Shuggic Otis" (Epic): This album is the follow-up. follow-up. On Kooper Session I was slill wondering whether Shuggic Olis could be a mortal human being, but this album convinced me - he's not. The album is absurd, it's so good. It is mostly instrumental high class blues, and Shuggic has excellent back-up musicians. "Myrth" (RCA): This is another an-other "big band" group that has produced a viable merger of rock and jazz. The album is reminiscent of the Chicago Transit Authority album. The songs, all written by Myrth, and ,the arrangements are very musical; instrumentation and vocals arc superb. Blood, Sweat and Tears, along with It's A Beautiful Day, will break minds Saturday night in the Salt Palace. This will mark the fourth Salt Lake appearance for It's A Beautiful Day, whose blend of classical, jazz and rock is continually con-tinually being discovered by more and more critical listeners. BARS The bars in the city are drawing draw-ing some good groups. Here's a rundown: The Arrangement: A very versatile ver-satile group made up of four University Uni-versity students. They are all experienced ex-perienced musicians, playing a good bar format. They are currently cur-rently playing at the Top Hat Lounge. The Rubber Band: Members of this group have had extensive jazz training, but for the most part they're playing mellow pop material mate-rial to please their crowd al the C'est Bon in Park City. Nothing Serious: This band is a six-piece, very tight, well-balanced group and plays mostly commercial commer-cial tunes. It is easy to dance to and will be playing at the Crow's Nest indefinitely. Freefall: Frecfall is excellent. It is mostly into soul and funky with its black singer who kind of sounds like Wilson Pickett. The other four musicians are great. Freefall is playing at the Nile Life. The Bitter End: A five-piece group with a chick singer. It does some excellent arrangements of contemporary, progressive sounds. The group plays a great concert format, making it Salt Lake's unbar un-bar group playing in bars. The Bitter Bit-ter End is in Ogden now, but it will be back in the city in a few weeks. The Family: It is an excellent |