The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1973 Page: 7 of 16
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Roberta Flack, Carole King head summer concert lineup
by H. DAVID DANGLO
Local concert production has
hit a new high in Houston.
Wild West Productions, which
formed in January, seems to
have started it with many a
sold-out concert this season.
This local group, formed from
the best rock concert talents
of Twelfth Street Production
(now disbanded) and Southwest
Concerts (a big roadshow-cele-
brity operation), seems to have
gone big-time, and will con-
tinue filling weekends with con-
certs this summer.
But the best concerts to kick
off the summer season will
probably be Roberta Flack, this
Saturday at Hofheinz Pavilion
at 8pm, sponsored by Gene
Odom Productions (Gene Odom,
Executive Producer); and Carole
King, put on by the continuing
efforts of Southwest Concerts
(Art Squires, Executive
Producer) in this field, to be
given at Hofheinz on Wednes-
day, May 16, both for one per-
formance.
Roberta Flack came out a
few years ago when she quit
a music teaching job to be-
come a solo artist — and has
New album spotlights new talent
by DON SHEWEY
.1 am pleased to announce the
arrival of a new phenomenon
to the music world—Joan Arm-
atrading is her name, and on
her new A & M album What-
ever's For Us the music ma-
nages to sound like (without
imitating or stealing from)
what is best in the music of
Cat Stevens, Elton John, and
Joni Mitchell. Born in the West
Indies, she was transplanted to
England, where she came up
with the music on this LP, a
unique, highly-original blend of
contemporary styles.
She gets some help on this
album from some people from
the Elton John factory (Gus
Dudgeon, producer, and Davy
Johnstone, guitars) and from
Pam Nestor, with whom she
shares a John-Taupin kind of
relationship.
But Joan herself demon-
strates her ample talents by
singing and playing piano,
harmonium, and guitars. Her
voice is strong, her phrasing
wonderfully unpredictable, as
are the melodies on the 14
songs on this*album. She writes
about her family, child stars,
Alice in Wonderland, and vision-
ary mountains.
I haven't been this excited
since I discovered David Bowie;
needless to say, I highly recom-
mend that you buy this record
for yourself and a friend.
Todd Rundgren isn't taking
any chances at being forgotten
—without waiting for general
acknowledgement, he has taken
the opportunity presented by
his new Bearsville album to
proclaim himself A Wizard, A
True Star.
What seems at first to be an
incredibly pretentious gesture
turns out to be a brilliant par-
ody of the selfconscious super-
star syndrome.
This album is really a lot of
fun because there are so many
aspects and levels to explore.
Besides the noisy, self-indul-
gent superstar- stuff ('Why
don't you love me?/Is it my
name?"), Rundgren puts out
some straight songs ("Just One
Victory"), a few ballads, a neat
little soul medley (including
"La La Means I Love You" and
"Cool Jerk"), and dazzling,
swirling Van Dyke Parks-type
production.
It seems that Todd Rundgren
is tired of being a pop star
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(remember "Hello It's Me"?
"I Saw the Light"?)—he wants
to be a ROCK star, and by
making himself one on this al-
bum he has also made a good
satire on rock stars, all stars,
even himself.
In his first solo album The
Six Wives of Henry VIII (A
& M Records), Rick Wakeman
has done a distinctly impressive
work. The instrumentation is
rock — not surprising, since
Wakeman plays keyboards with
Yes, some of whom help him
out on the album, a delightful
romp through classical styles.
Wakeman shows off on
piano, organ, mellotron, electric
piano - harpsichord, mini-Moog
synthesizer, and A.R.P. syn-
thesizer. Although there are
other rock musicians who can
match him in electronic wizard-
ry on synthesizer (especially
Keith Emerson, whom Wake-
man occasional resembles
here), but not many who an
play piano quite as impressive-
ly-
But the best thing about the
album is the musical composi-
tion. It is here where the Six
Wives theme really makes
sense. In presenting musical in-
terpretations of these intri-
guing historical figures, Wake-
man is able to display his own
versatility. The album simply
excels.
consequently introduced into
the music world a unique style,
called everything from blues to
folk to jazz. She recently was
involved in an accident (which
is Ann-Margret's bag, but isn't
needed by this performer) and
will soon star in a biographic-
al film about Bessie Smith, late
blues songstress. Tickets for
her Houston appearance avail-
able at Galleria Information and
Foley's. Gene Odom has plan-
ned twelve more concerts for
the next nine months.
Carole King, now ten years
in the music business as writer
and award-winning performer,
will beyin her first headliner
concert, and first public ap-
pearance in two years, next
month, and will perform in
Houston on May 1G. This "most
select, carefully planned" tour
will spotlight the same musi-
cians on her last album
(Rhymes and Reasons, (if she
hasn't put os?c a fifth), notably
David T. Walker on guitar,
who has played for Merry
Clayton, Wilson Pickett, Otis
Redding, Stevie Wonder,
Smokey Robinson, Temptations,
and solo. Tickets available at
Foley's.
Wild West's announced sched-
ule to this date includes Tra-
peze (April 28-29, 8pm, Music
Hall; Boz Scaggs and Com-
mander Cody and the Lost
Planet Airmen, May 5 same
place; It's a Beautiful Day and
The Elvin Bishop Band May
12; and Johnny Winter May
19.
Liberty Hall, a smaller, more
intimate place to view concerts,
will continue through May with
Potliquor this weekend, Thurs-
day through Saturday, April
26-28 and Commander Cody
on April 29, Sunday. Goose
Creek Symphony plus Asleep at
the Wheel comes May 3-6,
Vinegar .Toe from England, with
a sensational vocalist, Elkie
Brooks, May 10-13; and Rory
Gallagher, from Belfast Ire-
land, Best Guitarist of 1972
(Melody Maker Awards), oil
May 17 and 18. Surprise people
like Neil Young sometimes
show up at Liberty Hall, lo-
cated at 1610 Chenevert; beer,
wine, and a picnic-type menu is
sold.
Dallas-based Southwest Con-
certs will produc
this Sunday in
and Led Zeppel
Tull. in twe conc
Alice Cooper
le Coliseum,
and Jethro
ts. later this
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1973, newspaper, April 26, 1973; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245165/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.