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Show The Intermountain Acoustic Music Association P.O. Box 520521 Salt Lake City, Utah 84152 A non-profit organization October 1994 Volume 11 No. 10 Board of Trustees Leonard Coulson Mer Gause Lonnie Hockett Scott Iverson Barbara McCusker Paige Meriwether Sharon Mitchell David Norton Megan Peters Dave Pinelli Tony Polychronis Brian Salisbury Richard Schmelling ~ Jay Toups ·Gillian Tufts Dieter Wachtel Steve Wesson General Officers David Pinelli, president phone: 801/943-6521 David Norton, vice president Gillian Tufts, secretary Anne Ibach, treasurer Concert promotions: Tony Polychronis 801/468-2312 For membership or activity information, call: 801/468-7664 Messages picked up daily . Magazine staff David Eskelsen, editor Carla Eskelsen, associate editor phone: 801)451-7076 · ·Business manager: Leonard Coulson Mailing; Sharon Mitchell Distribution: Lonnie Hockett Printing: Copyright Printing Contributors to this issue: Larry Pattis, Dave Pinelli, Tony Polychronis, Jim Sorrels, Bangs Tapscott Intermountain Acoustic Musician is published monthly by the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association, a non-profit, tax-exempt organi.~ation dedicated to the preservation, furtherance and spread of acoustic music, including bluegrass, British Isles, folk, old-time ahd related forms, by mea_ns of concerts, community performances, workshops, jam sessions and other musical activities,. and by dissemination · _of musical information through the pages of this magazine. Deadlines: 15th of the month prior to publication for advertising and editorial material. Articles may be submitted by mail to the editors: , 876 S. 50 East, Farmington, UT 84025. Advertising: $6.50 per column inch. For information about discounts, call: . 801/451-7076 M_ember, International Bluegrass Music Association :_arid- Folk Alliance, the_ North American folk music and dance alliance From the · Bridge ... David Pinelli, president, lAMA "I know. It's only rock 'n' roll, but I like it!' Like it! Like it! Yes I do!" Indeed I do. Got your Stones tickets? Blasphemy you think? Heavens no. Not , - many of us who enjoy or participate in the various styles of folk music we strive to preserve and spread through membership in lAMA can lay claim to a legacy or heritage in that music. Our influences are varied and likely include what has "traditionally" become known as rock 'n' roll. At some point in my musical endeav::ors, the high lonesome sound of bluegrass began to speak to me. ·But, along the road were many other voices. Especially, the rock 'n' roll from the British inyasion through to the mid seventies. One of my first musical memories was accompanying a friend on a mission for his older brother to the local F. The Front Porch In an admittedly impulsive move, we went to Stateline, Nevada, to see Gordon Lightfoot. Now, Stateli-ne isn't a community exaCtly. It's mostly an excuse for three casinos that exist for the convenience of Californians who don't want to be bothered by the extra 40 minutes to Las Vegas. Anyway, this trip reinforced the notion that Las Vegas is where performers go to die. Actually it's 'more like a living death. Gord was in remarkably good voice, ~ lOoked healthy, although his face seemed to .carry the years particularly heavily. He played old songs and new; well. Terry ·clements on lead, Rick Haynes on bass created that s·ame great sound we knew and loved from tne Sunday Concert days. · But the whole thing wa? incredibly rushed, and the show last barely over an hour-including enc.ores. I think I'll give Gord the benefit of the doubt and chalk it up to the get-'emback- to-gambling philosophy that pervades everything. But all-in-all, it was a very long way to go for a performance that the left the sold,.out crowds unsatisfied. · W. Woolworth-store to pick up a copy of Between the Buttons .. The Stones have been· performing for most of my cognizant life. Some early Stones recordings tell of their influences. A definite "twang" can be detected through their inter- - pretation of Chicago blues and Rockabilly. Although the Rolling Stones have mastered a musical art form that differs enormously from those encompassed by lAMA, this is one concert ticket I'd like to have. 'Call me it you have one to spare. (The views expressed in this column are solely those of the writer and do not...r VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: lAMA recognizes BANGS TAPSCOTT for maintaining a solid bluegras? ,presence in the · IAM through his monthly column "Blue- _ grass Clippings." Great job, Bangs. Saaalute! Ther.e were plenty of hard-core Gord fans, too ... recognized intros with eager applause ... most knew not to clap uQtil the very, very last of Canadian Railroad Trilogy. .. They stamped and shouted after the encore, but one curtain call was all they got. It might ~e interesting to compare this performance with one in Abravanel Hall, _if he ever plays there again. · Makes me wonder though, about something I've said here before.' Hunger is good for folk music. Success and mainstream existence seem to suck some life out of it. .. I dun no .. . Turning toward our lAMA shows this_ month, it's the BEST. Bill Staines is always an un'common pleas_u~e; and Patty Larkin ... well ... I can't help but wonder if she'll soon outgrow the ability of our little organization. . Consider stretching yourself a little and catch David Norton's concert Oct. 15. Besides being an excellent classical guitarist, and a wonderful human being, Dave is one of the folks that keeps lAMA going-and he:s hard at work in the Utah Classical Guitar Society, as well! Don't miss these shows. They're quiet, and we take our time to get it right. -DE 2 Intermountain Acoustic Musician, October 1994 |
