Show Page November 12 1975 8 Guitarist as performer by Kim Dopp Jim Stafford quickly gained the attention of Saturday night's Spectrum audience and held it for almost two hours with some fine instrument playing and a most entertaining show Stafford's portion of the show was a many faceted procession of pertinent and impertinent patter and melodic but unpredictable music He is incredibly funny and the humourous side of Jim Stafford tends to sustain his fine musicianship on the classical guitar and organ footpedals Saturday marked the second time Stafford has played the Spectrum This time the audience was ready for his unusual show — thanks to the great amount of national attention Stafford has gained from The Jim Stafford Show on ABC (which Jim announced at the concert has a good chance of being renewed) Stafford's early roots were sunk in country music and most of his hits have had at least a taste of country based on the styles of Chet Atkins and Carl Perkins Jim said recently of Perkin's playing "His stuff was simple but it complemented (Johnny) Cash's songs perfectly" Much of Staffords' playing is simple but it does complement his songs perfectly A lot of Stafford's guitar playing is far from simple In one medley of classical material Jim's outstanding ability on the Spanish guitar was evident Speed-laceruns and melodic passages were all played with the finesse of a professional during the solo which included bits of Mason Williams compositions Another facet of Stafford's ability is--a percussion technique of beating his Valdez guitar to make is one more of type sounds His Jim's concepts of the "guitarist as performer" Stafford's guitar playing is augmented by the use of an organ pedal board which takes the place of a bassist and a tambourine played with a pedal that replaces a Jim Stafford (above) and Michael Nesmith performing in homecoming concert d conga-clave-bong- axe-beatin- o g drummer The show consisted of material from Stafford's two MGM albumsrJim Stafford and Not Just Another Pretty Foot extremely funny anecdotes about his early days and on the spot musical and conversational improvisation In a recent interview Stafford said that many performers find it hard to play to an audience because of the feeling of being the focal point "under the crystal" as he put it But his philosophy is that if you're gonna be up there it doesn't hurt to be entertaining The years of struggling as a frustrated studio musician in Nashville are over for Jim Stafford His ability to entertain an audience goes without question His sensitiveity shows through all the clowning and silliness on stage to reveal both an entertainer and musician Nesmith performs solo set by Kim Dopp Michael Nesmith performed sans the First National Band prior to Jim Stafford in the USU Homecoming concert Saturday Nesmith’s show was filled with philosophical comment and mellow concept music The idea of his appearance was to sell his new album and Nesmith will probably sell a number of them in the Greater Cache Valley The bearded Texan played very mellow tunes all the way but even as toned down as the show was only the burn-out- s from football and tiquila came close to being seduced to sleep Since his days with the Mon-kee- s Nesmith has developed his own personality to a style uniquely his own His voice has a rough texture but remains smoothly melodic To listen to him without seeing him gives on the impression that he is years older than he is thus the title given him: Papa Nes Spectators expecting to see The Monkees bring on Jim Stafford had to be surprised by the mild mannered young man who created a coffee house atmosphere in the 10000 seat arena The biggest disappointment of Michael’s set was the missing First National Bank On hanced Nesmith’s compositions Aside from lack of electric accompaniment Michael Nesmith’s opening set was enjoyable from a laid back lyrical point of view especially the from the new album The Prison out-tak- Introductory Discussion of TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION As taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for relief from stress and tension To Mer j ©For ©For 'ir&esEsas increased awareness harmony of heart and mind All It’s easy to make her dreams come true with this beautiful diamond ring She’ll treasure it always for its beauty and for your thoughtfulness See it now 73 No Main questions freely answered For information on advance lectures Call 753-516- 0 LOGAN UTAH Pb Ibohas jewelers Wednesday Oct 12 1:30 & 7:30 pm 752-11- 82 THE RING LEADER Your enjoyment of the mouriains UC & forests is in 327 jeopardy - come and voice your concerns about snowmobiles wildlife peace and quiet to forest service Thursday Nov 13 7 PM UC Faculty Lounge : YOUR SUPPORT IS HEEDED! the studio albums that Nesmith has recorded the musical ability of the band particularly pedal-stee- l player Red Rhodes greatly en- es |