Show The Utah Sutwnun Monday April 13 1981 P1 11 Firefall rocks 'n' rolls small Spectrum crotvd by Cary McVey rrTTTr- r- "A lot of people are surprised when they see firefall in concert” according to Firefall’s lead guitarist Jock Bartley “because they come expecting to see us do our soft love songs and instead we come out with our elec-tri- e guitars and blow them away” Consequently Friday night I was one of those surprised blown-awa- y people as Firefall filled the USU Spectrum with hard-cor- e some good roc k ’n’ roll Firefall has leen together for almost six years and during that time the band has recorded four albums: Firefall Luna Sea tdan and Clouds Amis the Sun During Friday night's performance the band played a good variety of songs from each of their albums The concert began with Firefall performing a beautiful rendition of their hit single ‘‘Cinderella” The song featured the soothing lead ocals of Iarry Burnett and short accomplished flute solos from David Nluse Cinderella is one of three hit singles from the band's first alburn Firefall and after hearing a live rendition of the song Friday night it's easy to see why the song is so popular Following “Cinderella” Firefall performed a few numbers from their latest album Clouds Across the Sun Consecutively the band played “Clouds Across the Sun” “Staying With It” and "No Class By far the first of these was "No Class” During the song Larry Burnett provided some deep gravelly lead vocals and lead guitarist Jock Bartley intermixed some piercing guitar riffs to make the song one the night's most intense and interesting Aftrr an an energetic version of “No Way Out” a chilling song from the band's first album Jink Bartley introduced the memliers of Firefall to the sparse crowd of 110) inside the Spectrum Currently the memliers of the band are: Rick Roberts rhythm guitar and lead vocals David Muse reeds and keyboards Tris Imboden drums Larry Burnett rhythm guitar and lead vocals Kim Stone bass and Jock Bartley lead guitar and background vocals six members of During Friday night’s performance the are allac- that demonstrated they Firefall convincingly complished and versatile musicians For instance throughout the concert the band’s guitarists Burnett Roberts and Bartley constantly switched acoustic and electric guitars traded vocal duties and also managed to provide some percussion by stiking a cowbell and shaking a tambourine Furthermore David Muse exhibited his versatility by expertly playing the electric piano saxophone organ harmonica flute and synthesizers Personally the Firefall member that impressed me the most during Friday night's show was lead guitarist Jock Bartley Amid the show Bartley provided the Spectrum audience with some dazzlingly quit k lead guitar runs as well as constant rhythmic chord work Additionally at times Bartley furnished some entertaining theatrics by holding his Fender Stratocaster guitar away from his body and contorting it as he played an onslaught of lead guitar rifls Bartley and the other members of Firefall played for about an hour Friday night before leaving the Spectrum stage At that time the band made a quick return to the stage and performed “Mexico” for their encore "Mexico” is one of the band's more popular songs from their first album During the encore the members of Firefall once again demonstrated their harmonies and versatile near-perfe- talented musicianship Besides Firefall Friday night’s concert included a short ipening performance by The Bill Browne Band from Salt Lake City The band consists of Paul Howard bass and harmony vocals Dave Clark drums Charlie Tobey harmonica and Bill Browne guitar and lead vocals During their performance The Bill Browne Band jerformed five songs ranging from the old blues tune "Flip Hop Fly” to JJ Calcs "After Midnight” Overall the band successfully entertained the audience and thus proved to be a good opening for Firefall As a result Friday night's concert was one of the best rock 'n roll shows to come to USU in the past four years ff you missed Firefall's performance and judging from the sparse- —‘ —— Spectrum crowd many mt you Nevertheless you may be able to ' ing Firefall’s first album on your turntable tumky volume up to about 30 watts and temporarily escaping realty with lock Bartlev Rick Roberts and the rest of t1- I d half-ho- t- jj 0 o o I the Spectrum Larry Burnett (top center) provides a with (left)keeps Firefall on track M Ml MXU f a Ct C— £1 ‘ - ‘ |