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Show Am Six The Daily Utah Chronicle, Thursday, December 2, 1$32 M U Combination S I C of forms CM Mes new waw Wanda Day is a Salt Lake City native who has played drums since she was 8 years old. Although she has a slight build, Day plays the Utah has always been a couple season behind drum with power and finesse. She provides the the rest of the nation when it comes to trends in backbone of the group with her solid playing clothing, music and other popular forms of and versatile use of syncopated rhythms. by Ray Carson Chronicle staff expression. In December 1980, new wave was just beginning to make its mark on the Salt Lake market. The black musical forms of ska and reggae were known only to a small group of fans in the valley. It was at this time that four local musicians decided to form a band that would take a new approach and expose Salt Lake audiences to ska Terri Mitchell plays bass for the band. At 4 feet 1 1 inches tall and weighing 95 pounds she seems an unlikely candidate for playing the bass, which has a much larger fret scale than the standard guitar, but her playing is fluid and melodic. Originally a guitar player, Mitchell has played bass since the band's conception. She is one of the better bass players in the valley. and reggae. After spending four months rehearsing, the band debuted under the name of Doug Edwards plays guitar and sings most of 004. At the time, there was only one local bar, the lead vocals for the band. Originally from The Roxy, that featured new wave music. Sacramento, Calif., Edwards came to Utah to Although the new wave scene was small, 004 attend the University. Edwards is the most built a steady following with their infectious visual member of the band. He's constantly on brand of reggae and ska. As public awareness of the move, dancing across the stage and keeping reggae music grew so did the band's popularity. the energy level at a high pitch. He also writes most of the band's original material. In December 1981, 004 won first place in the New Faces Roadhouse's battle of the bands, Scott Simon, with 12 years of guitar besting 24 other locals in competition for studio time. They used this studio time to record a 45 experience, is the other guitar player and which has sold fairly well locally. Then they decided to make short trip to California to try to raise some interest in the record industry. Although they didn't get a recording contract, they did several performances in Los Angeles, vocalist. Simon is the counterpoint to Edward's energetic dancing. He stays in one place and provides the solid rhythm patterns that are so , important to reggae music. well-receiv- ed including one televised show. The band is unusual not only in their choice of material, but also in their personel arrangement. In the world of rock music, this band breaks the mold with two females. male-dominat- ed The newest addition to the badn is Philip Miller. In 1981, the band decided to expand their sound and break away from the standard format of two guitars, bass and drums. At this time, Miller was already known to Salt Lake audiences through his performances with The Julie Mark Band, Modern Hygiene, and Liz Draper and Last Chance. Miller is a unique Faculty and Staff BLUE CROSSBLUE SHIELD PHYSICIAN INFORMATION -- For employees enrolled in Blue CrossBlue Shield who receive medical services from physicians who are not "participating providers" in the Blue Cross system have to pay the difference if the doctor charges more than the "usual and customary" reimbursement made by Blue CrossBlue Shield. There are three ways to find out if a particular physician is a participating provider: When making the appointment, ask. Contact the Blue CrossBlue Shield customer service desk at for the most listing. Or, contact the benefits section of Personnel Administration, extension 7447, which periodically receives a list from Blue CrossBlue Shield. U 486-331- 4, up-to-da- IT Members of the band 004 are from left to right: Scott Simon, Philip Miller, Wanda Day, Doug Edwards and TerriMitcheU. They will be playing at the Cowboy Bar in Park City ;"-. this weekend. -- player in the sense that he is one of the few playing an unknown form of music, 004 has saxophonists who plays new wave, ska and rock. worked up to being one of Salt Lake's most Although the saxophone has been used in these popular dance bands. For now, the band's goals mediums, it is usually used as a background are to keep performing, have fun and make some instrument. Miller on the other hand, makes the money from their music. Their long range goals saxophone a lead instrument that is integral to are to make a name for themselves the band's sound. He also plays several other and to record. At present, the band isnationally working horn and wind instruments. on an album which they intend to release : From their beginnings as an unknown band locally, V -i, ; ; Bayley sown reggae style returns to Union Ballroom John Bayley brought the house down last year with his enthusiastic, infectious formance in the Union perBall- room, and now he's back for an encore. The reggae folksinger will return to the ballroom Saturday for an 8 p.m. show.' 11111 fllplliil te Described as a cross between Bob Marley and Bob Dylan, Bayley had everyone hopping S w A last year in the ballroom, armed with only an acoustic guitar and a small PA system. Things should be no different this time around, as he will once again mix in original One Year Ago You Couldn't Buy a Great Loudspeaker in Salt Lake City numbers like "Positively Postive" along with cover versions of "No Woman, No Cry," "On My Way", and "Mr. Bojangles." Bayley hails from George-tow- n, Guyana, where he began playing professionally at age 14 in local concerts and clubs, eventually covering a good portion of South America. Has Changed All of That Audition the Finest Home Music System Mow Available at the Good Music Store Bayley arrived in the U.S. in 1966 on a religious scholarship which brought him initially to New York City. Spending that summer playing gospel music, ixnmiMtor a. Salt Cake's Classical 'Record Swiialti Slwp South UOOEast Salt Utah Open CuKSti-u- j thru Tridaif, II to Saturday till Bayley moved onto Little Rock, Ark. that fall and eventually ended up in Tulsa, Okla., where he continued to pursue his religious studies. Bayley made from 1 Calfc-Cit- 01 TCP John Bayley the transition player to e artist upon relocating in Kansas City in 1972, where he began building his full-tim- iV part-tim- e reputation. Originally an " evangelical folk singer, Bayley developed a repertoire that grew to include rock, pop and jazz influences along with the reggae and calypso roots that he'd brought with him.. Since then he's warmed up for artists that range from rockers like Lou Reed and Country Joe and the Fish, to jazz and soul artists like Herbie Hancock and the Ohio Players and bluegrass pickers like the Dirt Band. Bayley's forte though, has been playing the college campus, and Saturday's show at the Union Ballroom will be just one of the hundreds of shows he does'on campuses every year. Tickets at the door arc S4 for students and S6 for |