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Show Concert yields pain, music that they were good. And I will agree that they are good in concert. con-cert. They have a sound that is sheer energy and brute force combined. com-bined. The four women vocalists were great, especially the Black one who was featured on two songs. The lead guitarist really impressed impres-sed me, and the guy on keyboards was excellent. The only thing that disappointed me was that I could not hear the saxophonist. I could see him very well, but I heard very little. Cold Blood came on in fairly little time after a few people had ran down to the Huddle to pick up a Coke. I said a few people because the majority of the audience stayed right where they were for fear of losing their place. Then the band started to play and that was when all hell broke out. Tons of inconsiderate incon-siderate people barged their way into the front and middle parts of seating places that were already occupied. It had been bad enough during the first set and now it was a nightmare. All of the people in the front rows just would not sit down. This action in turn prompted people in the back rows to stand also. The few people, who remained seated, including me, could not see the group at all. From my vantage point I could just barely see the drummer and the bell of the trumpet blaring at the mike. I finally left that miserable miser-able area, along with a few others, during the with song and wandered to a better spot alongside the stage. What can I say about Cold Blood? All I can say is that they were great. The drummer, Sandy McKee, did an incredibly long solo while the rest of theg roup went backstage to do who knows what. He continued, non-stop, with his solo until the group returned to do the second set of their act. The new members have not impaired the original sound at all. In fact, they have improved it. Did I enjoy the concert? Well my own personal opinion isn't exactly ex-actly an expert one. I would suggest sug-gest that you ask several of your friends that went and get a variety of opinions. I can assure you that at least one of them might share my sentiments. By VERDO THOMAS Chronicle Staff Was your rear sore at the Cold BloodStoneground concert, which was held, of all places, in the Union Ballroom Saturday night? Mine sure was, including most of the audience that waited for a ridiculously long time for the first jroup, Stoneground, to appear. It took a mere twenty minutes or so lo set up their equipment and almost al-most an additional hour to perform. In other words the concert started an hour late. The announcer tried his best to :alm down the somewhat irate audience, which I believe had avery reason to be so. He claimed hat the group was waiting for the additional 1,000 students to enter :he already filled to capacity ball-pom ball-pom area. Was it ever a concert to remem-er- particularly for me and several )f my fellow spectators who I tried 0 chat- rather holler with above he decibels. While the Stones jam-fed, jam-fed, the audience crammed, and lacked and were literally herded nto the ballroom. The Stones con-inued con-inued to play, over the PA system, n an attempt to please the already niserable audience that waited. 'You've over sold!" was the cry ram various parts of the ballroom is the announcer tried to ease heir pain. What pain! People were finding 1 difficult to get even half-way comfortable. The sweat-filled room 'as a disaster area, and no one ;ould be blamed for cursing about I if they cursed about it. I ex-erienced ex-erienced an acute, unbearable 'ack pain, and I don't know if the eat was on or not because many 'eople were looking faint. Some 'ere swaying back and forth in an 'fort to stay awake. The Stones luzak continued to play followed y a .little Dylan, and then Stone-round Stone-round finally appeared and I could sel the sheer relief of the audience s they began to tune up. Perhaps toneground thought that they were aceiving a warm welcome, when dually what they were getting was !lef applause, yells and whistles 'at contained pain, anguish and a " of anxiety. A little appreciation iaybe. 1 had never heard of Stone-until Stone-until I had seen the concert Mters. Three days before the con-m con-m l had spoken to the group's 'omotion man, Ken Greenberg, 'er the phone and he had told me |