October 27, 1980 page 10 daily nebraskan monday, Ronstadt wins 'mad love' of crowd in stellar show a West Texas rocker. But they also performed some of By Bill Graf Also, the star's long-tim- e musical companion Kenny tunes with a Tex-Me- x flavor and others in a Edwards and former Jackson Brown backup vocalist their original high-energ- y roll k, near-sello- ut rock 'n style. The queen of pop-roc- Linda Ronstadt, wooed a Rosemary Butler complemented Ronstadt's voice, making crowd at the Center to the the one of the finest vocal shows to appear Devaney Sports point performance Hopefully someday I'll be cruising through Texas and of mad love. on a Lincoln Edwards also supplied conversant stage. have the good fortune of catching them in an authentic It's curious how a woman who takes role acoustic and licks. only passive guitar banjo road house, where they're no doubt at their best. in songwriting could reach such stardom. However, after Russ Kunkel on drums along with Glaub made up a Saturday evening's concert any thoughts that she's over- Up to this all the credit for a fine concert has rhythm section that is a state of art. point rated were shattered. From the first beat laid down by the gone to the musicians. However, a word must be said for warm-u- p the Joe to the end of the second takes in his band, Ely Band, The performance maintained unbelievable consistency the soundman, who obviously great pride encore, the show was first-rat- e. alluringly considering that instrument changes took place after work. nearly every tune. Another bit of thanks must go to whoever decided have the at the Center. The .0 Only once did the musicians break for any length of to concert Devaney Sports a bad seat in it. the acous- reuiso time, but Ronstadt filled the time with a tale about her center doesn't have Also, poor tics that Auditorium seem to have been appearance on The Muppet Show. plague Pershing overcome at the Sports Center. Certainly her voice, which can range from soft and She explained that she doesn't care to do television sexy for ballads to wailing for rock 'n roll, is part of the shows because the sound gets "squashed down." But be- reason for her success. But her also must be position part- cause of her long-tim- e crush on Kermit the Frog, she said Dracula ly credited to the all-st- ar cast of musicians with which she she In appears couldn't pass up the offer. closing, she dedicated has surrounded herself throughout her career. Also, her the next song to Kermit and kicked off "Blue Bayou." sex symbol image doesn't hurt either. Halloween treat Ronstadt took the stage dressed solely on a Nebraska as Two encores One of the world's greatest horror stories, "Count women's volleyball jersey and red high heels, which in- Ronstadt closed the her show with Dracula," comes to the Nebraska Educational Network as stantly livened up the crowd. Soon afterward, Linda and regular portion of d Halloween on Friday at 10:30 the band broke into the title track of her latest "Back in the U.S.A.", which gave her still another op- Special pjn. album, The 2 hour rebroadcast "GREAT PERFORM- Mad Love. From that portunity to wail as well as the best of them. Also, Kort- point on the high excitement level ANCES" from the 1897 novel was chmar ripped off another guitar solo that gave the impres- presentation, adapted by unceasing. Bram Stoker, features Louis Jourdan as the infamous Most of the material was from the Mad sion that he was born with guitar in hand. performed vampire king, who has roamed the earth for 500 years. Love album. However, from time to time Ronstadt reach- At the end of die tune, Ronstadt received an instant The quintessential tale of gothic terror, "Count Drac- ed back to older hits such as Hank Williams' "I Can't Help standing ovation. She returned and did "Heat Wave," ula" begins as a young lawyer Jonathan Harker (Bosco It If I'm Still In Love With You," Lowell George's " which unleashed more cookin' vocals and roused Hogan) leaves London for the mountains of Transylvan- "Willin' and Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day." be- the crowd enough to bring her back for another encore. ia and the Castle Dracula. In the tale of evil, Harker comes a prisoner of Dracula, as the Count prepares to For the final Ronstandt and Paine returned. home-Lond- Letter-perfe- ct tune, only leave for his on. Harker Paine sat his newly adopted letter-perfec- down at grand Ronstadt took the Each tune was reeled off in t form. But by piano, eventually escapes, but not until he sees the Count and center and the two did a version of "Des- no means did the band stick strictly to the album versions. stage moving his three brides lying in their coffins, not dead and not and from They took full advantage of being live. perado," bringing whoops hollers the crowd. alive. Harker returns to London and his fiancee, Mina West-ernr- a The warm-u- p band, the Joe Ely Band, from Lubbock, Guitarists Dan Kortchmar and Dan Dugmore took off on is dime-a-doze- but disturbed by his Tex., was a welcome relief from the n bands (Judi Bowker), experiences rockin' but tasty guitar solos. Former Little Feat member on the Dracula follows Harker to and that are usually opening acts for big names. continent. England Billy Paine cut loose on the keys. Even bassist Bob Glaub proceeds to plague Mina and her sister Lucy (Susan Pen-haligo- "You're No while attracted the main spotlight on Good" Their style was heavily influenced by Buddy Holly, Professor Van Helsing (Frank Finlay), an expert red-ho- performing a t melodic bass solo. which isn't particularly surprising since Holly started as on vampires, is called on for aid. Writer weeps over her loss oflease and mind T. Marni Vos school By checkbook, high pictures-m- y first boyfriend-m- y Lose your keys: "Tim, hi ... I know it's one in the first a mistake, pair of glasses with white tape on the nose, morning, but I've lost my keys. I thought I might have Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers. old concert tickets, Band-aid- s, relief- - that's spelled left them there --have you seen them?" Lose your purse: "Hello, Lincoln Police Department? kidding . sorry ... an old retainer, a My name is T. 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