Show 17 1’72 April Page 13 legendary Masters Artists them only five albums have been released latest in the series coveres and a country blues singer Wills Bob named bandleader blues However this is country The like you’ve never heard before the Thirties (or it is from Forties Here is the music of Bonnie and and Wills was one of Clyde for Bob in die best known bandleaders Parker the area where Bonny Barrow grew up and ran rampant It’s not the fast of Scruggs paced fiddle music the movie in and Flatt found is slower It "Bonnie and Clyde” times the to and true It is also the music that gave birth to modern country blues It the pioneer It is the trailblazer the was the first to introduce and Swing into Blues Dixieland the old time cowboy song 2 The double album and Clyde UAS-996- opens one of title with five “Playboy Medley” instrumentals The doesn’t come from a but from the name of band “Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys” magazine the ASUSU The song is made up of three fiddle tunes one an Irish reel Two other instrumentals are also taken from old tunes and played for the fiddles However “Blues in ‘A‘” is not the traditional fiddle tune even though it is played by Bob Wills’ fiddle The song also known as “Bob Wills Special” reflects more of the influence of the great bluesmen of the Thirties than of country “Rag” is another matter entirely It shows what Willis cut his teeth on the jazz of the day It is mindful of Stephanie Grapelli or even Joe Venuti It is one of the first country westerns to feature a piano break which is again more jazz than country For the fan there are three tunes including “Stay a Little Longer” Wills sometimes “borrowed” a tune or even words to make a song No one seemed to mind the practice for it was always done in a manner that made the tune and words more singable or listenable hoe-dow- n “Li’l Liza Jane” is a song in the above category It had long been a popular song in frontier America but Wills gave it new verses and embellished the tune When the tune was played in Texas dance halls it would last as long as someone could remember a verse or make up a new one “Ida Red” featured something straight out of a hot clarinet Bob Wills could sing break but he wasn’t known as a singer He knew the juke boxes of almost every bar and tavern in the country The song has all of the Wills’ his voice actually could help sell the song Thus he didn’t sing too many times with the band However there was the occasional melody which seemed to be just right for Wills “My Confession” is one of the three and a true classic in the field Bob’s second fiddle Jody Holly has a break in the song which hasn’t been equaled since Occasionally Wills would take an old standard and “Do something with it” “Wabash Blues” is such a song A close listen will reveal a jazzlike sax playing in the background on two songs “The Kind of Love I Can’t Forget” and “Time Changes Everything” this sax and show the versatility of the band In the latter song the band gcxs from a have country swing sound to a complete Dixieland feel The bass goes from a one and three style to a wlking one two three four beat with the background boys just “starting to cook” One unusual aspect to the song is that 32 different instruments take the break together at one point The steel and clarinet are also featured O President forties Dixieland his limitations He could get in a by pinch but it was rare that O ooooooooocO from old Records Inc out w a series of platter albums Masters as Legendary Sries Its releases cover music from the classsics to from A to Z to country rock from pop when more of will At least they are released As of now United p'wr: O O Country-blue- s by Duward Bean O trademarks: the taling the kickoff with' three fiddles an upbeat fkrkn Usdersca is dive end ivdL Vets IZ2 Exec Vi5 Blunder Down Under rhe REAL truth pbout Australia? latred for Americans high costf wanes low fnentlivingbusiness flimmornsunemplov-Sounds: true! This A8 paoe Krange-bu- t Aust news articles and and tails of statistics fo prove jt how we were our experiences and taken over the coals by the warm Australia-- A inswing rythm troductions of musicians and tag line harmony You can also hear Bob Wills giving instructions to his musicians (“tag G wake up over there Jody”) A different kind of song is “Blues for Dixie” It isn’t real Blues it isn’t country it isn’t Swing It’s — well — “Blues for Dixie” a special number that defies description but is one of fj Happy Hour the most unforgettable exHlarg© 60 oz pitchers1! periences for a listener The only shortcoming in this II $1 00 album is that the most famous of all Bob Wills’ tunes is missing L and D for C and Yj It’s called “The New San Antonio Rose” The “New” portion in the Yed Nit© title is because the tune was first f played in the early Thirties and pm mt&g&&-recorded At that time it was it fS! called “San Antonio Rose” II g Then in 1940 Bob added words II TERMPAPERS and recorded it with Tommy A U Duncan singing Suddenly the Researched written and professional y M a All have writers tune was a standard in the genre minimum jrt typed 1 BS BA degree Instant Service Bing Crosby recorded it also and had a national hit J CALL TOLL FREE 3i This album isn’t just the recordings of a country fiddler It is the genesis of a new sound or rather sounds A completely When you hear a song like enjoyable experience for the “Bubbles in My Beer” it is easy young generation seeking to see why Wills’ records were on something different (anywhere m the mat i on and rates) for country i nf or frl M 800-638-08-52 or U 2 Call Collet 1301) 656 5770 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INC H 5530 Wisconsin Ave Washington D C n Suite 1690?S 20015 JCs®s$s3ssssssaE®ss&i GOQOOOOOOOQj USU Pageant attracts coeds The annual Miss USU Pageant will be held Friday April 21 at 8 pm in the Chase Fine Arts Center This contest is sponsored by Blue Key Fraternity with all proceeds going to a scholarship fund Fourteen USU coeds will compete for the title Miss USU First attendant to Miss America Karen Herd will emcee the O O O G O o o o G o o o G O o G O Pageant winner will represent G Utah State in the Miss Utah O Contest in June O Candidates include: Karen O pageant Delta Marsha Bastow Pi Sigma Alpha Lynn Tamra Compton Merrill Hall Lorraine Harris Blue Key Teresa Hunt Delta Delta Delta Alledi Jan Kirkwood Black Student Union Mary Lou Lidtka Alpha Sigma Nu Judy Kaye Mendonhall Laura Spurs Robinson Student Productions Cynthia Shields Reeder Hall Sheryl Slack Alpha Chi Omega Julienne Zufelt Angel Flight and Marva Dawn Dalton Blue Key Allen Kappa 'K s ji s M o G O o Phil Morley for Student Relation Vice-Preside- nt A man with Experience irai7a roper EJ a CATHY M MIHLBERGERi Executive Sec Executive VP ihasis on Student Decisions tufwjniw! j mm up a m iminimm Mi rg jg G O o o G G O o A Q“Make it with Morley’pr DDOOOOOGO Admission price is 50 cents VOTE G G G O G O G O Cookie l&on 4iHvifies fidabyslicp movies events casino Wjhr CiubstojaiiT |