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The Arts Page 8, the Retriever, April 7,1975

The Arts Page 8, the Retriever, April 7,1975

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neard on even the most advanced stations. By the time of his death from overin­ dulgence in late 1973, Parsons had been instrumental in taking the traditions and musical lore of Nashville and adapting Ronstadt, Muldaur and Harris form them to the troublous times today's youth live in. But Parsons' work with the In- . ternational Submarine Band (1968), the new breed of Woman Byrds (1969) , the Flying Burrito Brothers (1969-71) and on two brilliant solo ( 1072-3), was overshadowed when bet­ terknown pop fixtures like Dylan, The Band, Crosby-Stills-Nash-and Young, Poco BY BARR Y HOFFMAN (The Furay-Messina Poco of 1969-71), and _ the , followed his audacious About four years ago, all of the drunkeIl, friends include the Eagles, Burrito stadt, as a matter of fact. In the early footsteps. downed-out excesses of Macho Rock Brother "Sneeky Pete" Kleinow on 1960's. she and her ex-husband Geoff helped enliven the good-timey antics of At one point, the Burritos came within finally got the better of the format. As the country steel guitar, on inches of stardom, gaining the attention guitar-and-mike-as-electric-dildoes· school drums, and the voices of--you guessed it-­ Jim like Ronstadt, Muldaur has spent a long time paying dues. Twice as long as and friendship of Mick Jagger and Keith sunk deeper into the mindlessness of Black and Emmy Lou Harris. Richards, who wrote "Wild Horses" for Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Grand Funk, All in all, could anything possibly go Ronstadt, as a matter of fact. In the early 1960's, she and her ex-husband Geoff the group's second . And the Stones not to mention the still-rising Alice Cooper, wrong on a record like that'? It ain't for got them booked at a huge outdoor rock better, the listener will be in Nirvana oy helped enliven the good-timey antics of a jaded public began to give ear to a daring concert near San Francisco. As luck would . breed of Rock and Roll Women who often the middle of the first cut on the next 's , the ultimate beatnick camp aggregation. have it, that concert was Altamont, where . Her tastes in music run primarily to good old be-bop and swing , and old­ timey , not to mention ridiculously lush torch songs and ballads like you­ know-when-at the you-know-what. She wails, croons, and slithers through these and a few contemporary tunes, dishing out a little something fuf everyone. The first two songs on side two, "Honey Babe Blues" and "If You Haven't Any Hay," stand out, but the best numbers are certainly the campy "I'm A Woman" (Which has to be giving and Gloria Steinem shit fits) and the even campier "It Ain 't the Meat, It's the Motion!" The newer stuff, I'm afraid, is a bit stiff. writes like Laura Nyro's overambitious kid sister, and as a , . Dave Nichtern is a good guitarist. But one forgets such minor failings when one drools over the cast of characters--Doc and Merle Watson, and Dave Grisman of Old and In the Way (Dead Head 's bluegrass band),

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