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Show ThursdayJune 5, 1997 twitch broken by plenty of transitions, but feel natural and seamless; and there's heartbreak, loneliness and sorrow in the lyrics, but also a lilting effervescence. It's hard to believe that these at once dense and spare songs Roger McGuinn (vocals, guitar, banjo) set out to record a chronological history of American countryfolk music from "old time music" to the steel guitar country of the '40s and '50s. For the album, he recruited a young country zealot named Gram Parsons (vocals, guitar) and a bunch of country session men. The album seemed like commercial suicide country and rock didn't intermingle at this time. With Sweetheart, the country-roc-k genre was spawned, allowing rock bands to experiment with this rich musical mm a. come from the same trio JOHN LEE HOOKER at the Cafe an Go-G- o (and Soledad Prison) Live tradition. This (MCA) version ed now-popul- ar SWELL BET71E SERVEERT Too Many Days Without Dust Bunnies iu t, 9x? 10 One of the saddest aspects of American culture is how our richest musical resources are unacknowledged, until they've been commer- cially exploited into dilutions of themselves. Such has been the fate of country music and die blues. While many hipsters are hopping onto the bandwagon, few of the genre's musicians and fans have a firm grounding in the roots of country. The same couldn't be said of the Byrds, who "alt-count- ry late-peri- od released the first commercially viable country rock album with Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Following the departure of David Crosby (to Crosby, Stills and Nash), ISSS- album Palomine. I wasn't, how- tric guitars has depress-rocever, smitten by the band's written all over it. The vocals, music. That is, until Dust however, say that disjointed, Bunnies. , This third album by Bettie lyrical irony doesn't always have to accompany disjointed (no one in the band is named the blues have been treated with grave injustice. During the days of segregation, the blues were considered sinful "colored music." It was only decades later, when Elvis and other white rockers exploited the blues, that the blues became of interest to white audiences. Two of the blues' finest innovators have received far better treatment in retrospect than they found during the height of their careers. John Lee Hooker, the father of Detroit "boogie," has recently seen the of two very different, yet stellar, live albums on a single CD. Taken from two live sessions six o years apart, Live at the Cafe au is a raw, spare collaboration with Hooker on guitar and Otis Spann on piano taken from a 1966 show in person's insecurities and projects them on someone else, with erratic guitar and cymbal spurts punctuating the anger. front of college hipsters. In contrast, Live at Soledad Prison was a fuller, rockier set delivered to a bunch of convicts. Both sets are raw and sound very live. Both albums on one CD make a great addition to any blueS coBection. " j' stuffed down the blinds If everything rhymes Fuck even flow A music. The lyrics devilishly turn around rock music standards. "Make Mine You" takes one "Bridgette, You Love Me" isn't an arrogant love song, it's actually a sweet, acoustic ode to a dog and the best part is that it's 100 percent sincere. The best glimpse into Swell's facetious brilliance is "Fuck Even Flow." The lyrics make no sense unless treated as a lesson in making pop songs sound meaningful: See that man He FnmtH, mart hooks, noisy guitars, Carol van Dijk's contagious voice and brilliant song craft. Dust Bunnies is pop rock at it's best. The lyrics are smart, but not belabored; the guitars wander in harmonic directions, but never stray far; the songs are Friday ft Saturday at aosTNOturv mojuw Think Again ft - sair uutr errrj ! you can own a new home? Money an issue? Why rent Not anymore! Barden Homes can help you get a home you'll be proucjof. And not just any home - a quality, custom home. If you have a steady income, reasonable credit and a real desire for home ownership, give us a can. slip in style Letters unsigned And we don't know why You "Baden ALMD ne MIOJ SLrOUT SJ7 1720 ; post-mode- 537-172- 0 (801) rn Utah's Best Dam MS 150 Bike Tour Saturday and Sunday, Juno 28 and 29 Cacho Va!!oy, Utah 575-050- ry . for 0 dotaiis '. 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SXlt PO I0X 540042 V . ar aaiaM details on the ' r 1030 $7 0.00DOWW when under-sun- g out-of-tu- SAMFEDELE Bettie), is filled with solid know you're going to try don't try bluesman, This is the best line Don't wait Sonny Boy Williamson, is one of the for some gladness to close your true innovators of the blues harp eyes. ' (harmonica). His Best celebrates the Sarcasm rarely comes off well 50th anniversary of the pioneering in music. It usually ends up blues label Chess and includes a gensounding ridiculous, insulting, erous collection of 20 songs, taken or both. Swell are intelligently from Williamson's entire career. subversive without drowning Williamson plays on themselves in cryptic lyrics or occasion, but that's the beauty of the 'sloppy music ; whole affair. Unlike the slick and Shan Fowler predictable face of music, Williamson was finding new sounds, as he went Fans of Led Zepplin should visit Williamson's "Bring It On Home" to see who Robert Plant and Jimmy Page stole their Ltd Zeffuu U version .. of the song from. : Cctfl Any fan of rock andor owes it to himherself to listen to the roots of these revolutions. These three selections are good touchstones. ' r , Christian Arial Another (LegacyColumbia) " was first drawn to Bettie k Go-G- THE BYRDS Sweetheart of ike Rodeo I acoustic guitar and chunky elec- songs, Like country, (ChessMCA) Christian Arial Swell's melodic, catchy, Serveert's name and the stuffed bonus tracks, including alternate psychedelic mix of animal cover of the band's first takes and unreleased have slightly also been added. SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Best arrived. 9x? (Beggars Banquet) using "Super Bit Mapping" from the original masters. A generous eight . hype. Bettie Serveert has truly (Matador) Thinking Sweetheart has been 9xp LI P C? flash-in-the-p- an of s I heard on Palomine. Don't fear the Dutchness of Bettie. The lyrics are in English and the band isn't just another exercise in the major label c . 5 m wa ai iaaa iaia.ui 'waja WW9 I 14, tour nearest Jlu. And dont forget your ,'-- :r l NATIONAL Society frty f t 1 J |