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Show BY STEVE POULSON Entertainment Editor YOUNGBLOODS Tom Phillips wrote in "The New York Times": "One of the least fashionable and most talented tal-ented pop groups around is the Youngbloods." This group has gradually been catching on around the country, but it still hasn't come close to getting the recognition recogni-tion it deserves. The Youngbloods first appeared in 1966, playing gigs in and around New York with four members. They put out a couple of albums which were pretty good, but which really didn't get off the ground. About that lime Jerry Corbitt, their guitar player, split to become a record producer. The Youngbloods then left for San Francisco. After hanging out there for over a year, they cut their LP "Elephant Mountain," which I think is one of the best albums that ever happened. The group now owns their own record label, "Racoon," and has just released their latest album ("Rock Festival") Festi-val") on this label. Jesse Colin Young is the groups singer and bass player. He grew up in Pennsylvania, and attended Ohio State and NYU before dropping drop-ping out to become a folk singer in 1963. Jesse made a couple of albums on his own before pulling together the Youngbloods. Joe Buaer, the groups drummer came to New York from Memphis in 1964, looking for work as a jazz drummer, all he could find was the Youngbloods, who turned him on lo their kind of music. Lashed but not leashed is Banana, who plays anything, lie began his career as a classical pianist, left that for banjo then later got into guitar. There are a lot of cals that play an assortment of instruments, but Banana is incredible on all of these. So there. The Youngbloods will play this Friday night in the Union Ballroom Ball-room beginning at 8 p.m. The boys make some good music ycwalla hcarum. SATURDAY'S STOMP Saturday night, Crazy Horse Commune will sponsor a stomp in the Ballroom. Should be a good gig if you like heavy blues. Crack Shot and Wood arc both newly formed groups. I understand they were formed from factions of Clump Change, which has done some good bluesy tilings. Proceeds go to Odyssey House, a non-profit agency for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. ROCK ON T.V. Most concerts you get on television televi-sion are pathetic. But there's some stilt schedule Ihis inonlli lhal sounds promising. There are some gigs specially staged by NET at San Francisco's Family Dog. NET's "Fanfare" series will present pres-ent Iwo one-hour programs lea-luring lea-luring the Jefferson Airplains, the Grateful Dead and Sanlana. The programs will happen on Channel 7, Dec. 6 and 13 at 10 p.m. REOCRDS IN REVIEW "We Got To Live To;e(her"-l!uUly Miles (Mereury): Miles' voice is as soulful as ever, llic rhythm is funky and the horn arrangements are superb. Nothing really new, though-sounds almost identical to his lasl album ("llcctric Church"). Again, only five songs, which means each one drugs on and on, mostly will) a lot of instrumental instrumen-tal and horn breaks-all of which are very tight, though. "Words and Music" Jim Webb (Reprise): 1 guess pulling out an album is tlie quickest way a songwriler can put his songs on the market for others to record-but what a burn for anybody any-body else. Webb's songs (he wrote "Up.Up, and Away" and "lly the Time I Get To Phoenix") arc great if you can wade through his voice. I don't think you can. "Stephen Stills" (Atlantic): I've been anxiously awaiting this album. Stills is the one who put together the Buffalo Springfield and Cosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Clapton, llendrix, Crosby, Nash and many others help out on this album--! could write on and one, but suffice it lo say this album is a classic, and you don't want to let it slip by. "Joe South's Greatest Mils, Vol. I" (Capitol): Joe South has written some really line songs-all with kind of a "Southern" feel to them. The album has been out for a couple of months and isn't getting near the attention it deserves. Included on the LP are "(James People Play." "Hush," "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" and "Birds of A heather." "A Bad Donato"-Danato(Hluc Thumb): This is one of the greatest jazz albums I have heard, but I feel inadequate describing it. The rhythm is very intense, but the music is pleasantly plea-santly niclodic-kind of a South American Ameri-can sound, but kind of not. Donato's keyboard arrangements are the basis of the sound, but there is all kinds of great instrumentation on the album. |
