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We welcome -you as readers to this most recent feature of The Tennessean and ask again for your participation in our selection of areas of public interest in which the Academy may be of service. MEDICAL MESSAGE will appear as a regular feature in The Tennessean each Monday. The series of articles scheduled to appear will be prepared by various physicians of the Nashville Academy of Medicine, these articles are designed to help the people of our community maintain good health and to re Premiere 'Overwhelms7 Earl Scruggs 'U f) By LYNX HARV'EY. Theater in the Jolin F. Ken- also includes conversations correspondent nedy Center for the Per- 'with Scruggs himself.

11 A I forming Arts. Richard Abrams0I1) young ft Country music banjo Scruggs, who was also superstar Earl Scruggs said seeing the film for the first scribed the movie as "a sim- he was "just plain over- time, said he is "very im- piefilmaboutashnpleguy.l on the lawn. "Earl Scruggs has been a significant figure in the entertainment complex in Tennessee for many years," Baker said, "and this is a most significant event in his career. Frankly, it turned into a bigger event than I had imagined. I had people coming up to me on the senate floor all week trying to find extra tickets." The distinguished truest think po-eple responded well," he said following the showing.

"I'm delighted." wneimea nere lasi mgni as pressed wun me producers more than 1000 people at- film work." tended the world premiere of The film spotlights a ten- a film designed as a tribute hour concert at Kansas State to him. University in Manhattan The premiere last night Banjoman celebrates held in Scrucns' honor. In- was co-sDonsored bv Sena what Scruggs calls the high- terspcrsed are interviews tors Howard Baker and Bill light of his musical life. It with concert stars about how Brock and the Tennessee Among political figures corated the red-carpeted present, in addition to those hall, from Tennessee, were Jack Ford, son of the President; Am th "struments Sen. Gary Hart Twere.a hn fa Mrs.

Ethel Kennedy; Mr. Louvm, a gui ar from Carter and Mrs. Charles Robb, son- Stanley of the bluegrass in-law and daughter of the narnleny BrT Johnsons; SS gfS is recover- gJwUh ing from the recent crash of om, 7 his private plane, attended als0 ncludced six the premiere with his wife banJos. one from Scruggs Louise and members of the ouTn, lccf10n: Earl Scruggs Revue-sons Thefilmischmaxedwitha Steve, Randy and Gary, and mannce hev Larl drummer Jody Maphis. rfugf Scruggs was also joined by State Leading up to that are hisphysican.Dr.W J.Card, c's Joan gaeJ but the banjo man said was feeling well.

JcTk ff "Really the biggest prob- gekon. Mother Earth, the lem is this full cast on my left leg." He was also hampered son- by a cast on his left arm, Mlss NLe son and Bromberg which he said he expected to able to attend the pre- was shown publicly for the Scruggs influenced their congressional delegation, list at the premiere suDDort first time at the Eisenhower various forms of music. It. and was followed by a supper ed Baker's contention. si i.

Ana.l hmi.i iiiiMt 1,111 Among the 1 000 guests ot the premiere was Jack Ford, son pf the President, who congratulated Scruggs at the reception. have removed about four ulltI 1 ldbl IutIIL WSu" t. The "Tennessee Supper" pos'ts supported the wheels him. Autograph seekers and a on tne lawn of the Kennedy were garlanded with Ten- newsmen kept him constant 1 A it. 11 I 7 7 Center foUow'ttg the showing nessee country hams said, so I can get back to ly from his meal, but he was basking in the excitement of striped tent decorated with picking.

Others from Nashville in- Scruggs sat at a round the evening, table with his family, a full "The food's not really im- plate of turkey, dressing and portant tonight," he said the trimmings in front of with a smile. eluded Scruggs' longtime wagon wheels were lanterns. himself a banjo enthusiast Tennessean net ifiMM JteiP 44 jil rf' Jim JXitjmmk: -23t LlL. 2Z.dSm ruinp From the Country Music Association were new President Ron Bledsoe and the executive director, Mrs. Jo Walker.

The Kennedy Center lobby outside the Eisenhower Theater was filled with milling crowds long before the 8 p.m. curtain. Photographic displays, one by Senator Baker himself, and instruments of Scruggs' kind of music de- 27 THE TENNESSEAN, Monday, November 17, 1975 AP Wirephotos Still in a wheel chair from his recent plane crash, Earl Scruggs is greeted at the Kennedy Center in Washington last night by Sen. Howard Baker right, and Sen. Bill Brock, after the premiere of Banjoman, a film about Scruggs' career.

His son, Steve, looks on. Despite Crowd, Setting, Stephen Stills Satisfies George Jones Tommy Wynette, no longer partners in marriage, renewed their singing partnership Friday night at Jones' Possum Holler Club in Printers Alley. During the evening the couple took a turn on the dance floor i i cna laugmngiv reasea eacn wi lib i wii jiuufc wiiu vii lit A ennt fin Lit tliAu sang tour songs together iiiuuuiny nc re wunnu forced to abandon the high harmony because of his strained vocals. Three songs later and halfway into "Wooden Ships," his voice began to clear up, and when he returned shortly thereafter for his solo set, he was in better shape to carry it off. That middle section was without doubt the best.

Surrounded by the erect necks of his instruments, he played slide, banjo and twelve-string as well as the acoustic. Unlike many performers, especially those whose names are so closely associated with a group, Stills is secure enough to use other writers' material, even well-known Hold Un (to each other), aha stf tUa mnnu mnlfAiin duefs they recorded during 4 fef rt- By EXE ZIBART IF -THERE IS SUCH A THING as a rock aristocracy Stephen Stills must surely rank high. Look at the list of credits: Buffalo Springfield, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nasn (and Young) credentials spanning the progression of what is now a crucially important field of contemporary music. His appearance Saturday night a Vanderbilt's Memorial Gym should have been an unqualified success. That it was not (unqualified, that is) is due much more to the technical aspects of the concert and to the audience than to any fault of Stills'.

The flock of the faithful seemed to number about there were a couple of thousand more who were more interested in the fraternity parties down the street and the dope down the aisle than the music. It's one thing to whoop OA Review spar-rtfied six year mar nage that ended in March. Later in the evening, Miss Wynette soloed on "Slight lu 1 1 04 Waman" ftttA fin. numbers. Two of the best pieces of the night, for example, were "Everybody's Talking," by Harry Nilsson out of red Neil, and "Blackbird," by the Beatles out of the white VIIIWII W.HM III!" album.

ished with a chorus of "fstnn Ru Yam Mn Afterwards, Miss Wyn- kt- ette sn'iA she intrndt to I siunu oj iici -nuDong in upcoming recording ses- sions ana live pertor-f Seated in the spotlight in his No. 18 football jersey, Stills conveys a kind of naivete hung over from the sixties. His encore, "The Cost of Freedom," has the same sort of simplicity and directness, an idealism, however sorrowful, that may have passed from the scene with the protest generation. Find the cost of freedom, Buried in the ground; Mother Earth will swallow you, Lay your body down. Repeated over and over a capella, as the band joined him at the microphones, it became a lament and a remonstrance for the growing apathy of students.

After all, Stills' iiiuiucs, uui iiiui nw marriages ore in offing. it up when someone mentions Charlie Daniels one expects that as the crowd did when a member of the opening band, Mama's Pride, mentioned that Daniels "sent his love" to the audience. It is quite another to let loose with a rebel yell in the relative quiet of asolo set by the headliner. And the tossing about of Dalloons, giant footballs and Frisbees is growing old (one would think, rather, that it was a bit young for a college crowd). Nevertheless, Stills' overcame what appeared to be hoarseness, fuzzy acoustics (there's nothing much one can douith a gymnasium, admittedly) and the heavy weight of Photo by i.

Clark Thomas believed for What It Worth, too. As for the opening group, the known facts include onl 1 7 I I "7 i ijl 4 I' i I I 1 1 that they are called" expectation to execute a satisfying concert. There were basically three sets. Beginning with about 20 Louis and that thev wore iust sicned. reoortedlv with a minutes with his back-up band.

Stills'chose to open with his large bonus, by Ahmet Ertugcn for Atlantic. Hot stuff for a one solo top ten hit, "Love the One You're With," but was lukewarm band..