The Macon News from Macon, Georgia • 35

Tht Macon Telegraph and News Sun Oct 31 1971 lit Folk Rock Now for Rick Nelson By LISA ROBINSON Tstegraali -News ipaclil Writer NEW YORK Despite Rick protests that it wasn't a rock roll revival but 9 rock roll spectacular when be went onstage at Madison Square Garden at Ri-chard Nader's seventh such show it wae the old songs the crowd wanted to hear It a songs such as ravelin "Be-Bop Baby" "Hello Mary Lou" Rolling 1 Stones' "Honky-Tonk Woman" a country-influenced version with Tom Brumley on pedal steel guitar When Rick and his band finished that song there were boos "Sometimes people just want you to a Rick said want to think that they are the only ones moving BUT RICK Nelson Is instinc- saying could you let your boy sing that terrible Ricky recalled "But my parents were terrific they had always been involved in music themselves so they under stood Besides I cut a record one week sang it on TV and that week it went over a million so they be too negative about it" Hie years following that incredible exposure were difficult for Rick The change from being a pop idol who sold millions of records to a fully developed musical performer did not come easy The hardest thins tor me was to find some direction for myself Before I got into what doing now I felt I had nowhere to go no room to grow It was very depressing so I stopped nightclub a and things like that that realized he had nowhere to express himself properly no room to grow So he began again He put together a band now called the Stone Canyon Band with Steve Love on bass Pat Shanahan on drums Tom Brumley on pedal steel Alan Kemp on lead guitar and Rick on guitar and piano and vocals Rick made a conscious decision about two years ago to play smaller folk-rock-orient-ed clubs such as the Bitter End in New York Tfcoubador in Los Angeles and the Cellar Door in Washington DC that 'usually billed top folk and rock acts And as a consequence he had a hit record with Bob song Be-1 to That brought him to television "WHEN I first started singing on TV- we'd get letters Re-elect Carson Wallace City Council Ward 5 -Post 3 Republican 1 Experience 2 Economy in locql government 3 Better recreational facilities 4 Large and strong Law Enforcement Department 5 Strong drug abuse program I will continue to serve all of the people with a prayerful and dedicated attitude enrevery issue YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT APPRECIATED show them? Nader was after me to do one of his shows for a long Rick explained since Madison Square Garden there are a lot of people who can see you who normally might new material is good: slightly rock and roll slightly country Influenced perhaps because of the sound of the steel guitar IN THE IS years been in show business gone from that sulky little brother to an adult a quiet and incredibly handsome man who is a husband and a father of three children been to a few movies and plans to do some more owns a publishing company that handles his own songs and will soon include those of other songwriters and he will still keep on making music He has a 20-year contract with Decca with 13 years to go went through being a pop idol and it was a lot of says Rick Nelson in 197L hopefully gettingtothe point where I can stand up musically with Story of Blind Youth Are Updated for Film IMMMt) make me feel comfortable" WHEN HE did re-appear at the smaller clubs some called it comeback "People do that to he said nothing you can do about that except to get your music together so that the same people who thought of you in one way will think 'Wow that was really Even when Rick began making his own music he always included some of his old songs People always wanted to hear them Why the rock roll oldies laxation he and his dad garden but for deep concern about ecology and for money the Alberts have gone into organic farming in a big way "I GUESS about the biggest in the field Edward asserts He lives at home with his family becausehenot only thinks they are the greatest people in the world but he admits that his concern for survival can be relegated to second place now that concentrating on acting "We Proudly Endorse The Re-election of Mayor Ronnie Thompson1 Eleanor Tommy Alexander PDKXMV BILL HARDEMAN REALTY COMPANY Bill Hardeman Realty Co proudly announces the addition of Ernest Lowell Croom To its staff Mr fresai Is mOvs sf Msrisaea fisnfs and has Kvd la Mscss fir iha past him ysn Ht is IP40 (radvata sf Merida Stats Uaivarsity ad has baaa aayleyed by lbs Natisaal Wsalhar Stnrica tar tht past alavsa took the sighted actor by the hand and showed him how to enjoy tennis by sound Albert says that perception of the game is incredible and a be can call the game play-by-play by detecting slight aural variances "HE SHOWED me how to take a bus and a little old lady actually got up to give me her seat becauseshe thought I was blind I refused the seat of course but I was flattered to think she thought I Albert started by wearing opaque glasses Later he trained his eyes to be open without seeing Albert who prefers to be called Edward to Eddie as his father is known is on leave from UCLA where he is majoring in psychology He expects to return next semester but in no hurry for a degree "I just enjoy he said in his portable dressing room which was stocked with natural and organic foods which just happen to be grown on the farm For re By BARBARA LEWIS TaMarasti- -ttewi Special Writer HOLLYWOOD Since "Butterflies Are made its stage debut two years ago the Beatles have split Jimi Hendrix has died and the voting age in the US has been lowered to 18 What all this means is that playwright Leonard had to update the Broadway comedy now that it Is being made into a film starring Goldie Hawn and introducing Edward Albert I The plot evolves around a blind youth played by Albert who is attempting to wean hjmself from an overprotec-tive mother portrayed by tive mother To assert his independence he moves into a Greenwich Village apartment he promptly falls in hive with his kookie next door neighbor a 19-year-old divorcee played by Goldie Hawn 1 IwHEN THE play was introduced the script called for the kpokie girl friend to give her neighbor some beads saying that Jimi Hendrix wears beads Gershe substituted Ritchie Havens for the late rock star When she talks about her fqneral the line used to be that she wanted the Beatles to Bulf Am ImbbS BaMu fa BMyJa af mm mb wiTif me mtmbt mry mm mwim vi jemmep wig midi at 5t5 IflswaiU Hart TWty bava saa dwrghtsr Aay wha kSyeorsald Mr aad Mrs Cnsai art an whirr at Ntahb Whits IsyHit (hardk Iswtd hwitas his frisads Is al aa bias far bar raal sststa assds MEMBER Viacom Vlutipb aCiilinf Soviet BILL HARDEMAN REALTY COMPANY 333 Cotton Avenue 746-0286 RICK NELSON tively moving ahead After years of being a teen idol then playing nightclubs Ride perform at a memorial mass Gershe changed the booking to Neil Diamond There was also a line that was deleted When the mother meets the girl friend for the first time she objects to the fact that at 19 already been married and And the girl friend retorts "Then you think I should be allowed to "There was no substitute for that Gershe said on the set just had to drop it" THERE ARE few changes in the film except for the cast Eileen Heckart created the role on Broadway and la continuing in the Columbia Pictures production but the principals are all different Keir Dullea played the part of the 19-year-old boy on stage but he was reportedly ruled out of the film because he would appear older on the wide cinema screen And even though Blythe Danner who created the role and became the a i of theater critics producer Mike Frankovich bought the 1 a with Goldie Hawn in mind For young Edward Albert the role was a triple challenge The 20-year-old son of actor Eddie Albert and former JANET CHAMBLESS Coliseum Plans Shows for Youth Why Vote Republican? BECAUSE IRE REPUBUCAN PARTY STANDS FOR 'At A BELIEF that all blessings come from God and not from the State Ar A BELIEF that the US Constitution and American Private Enterprise system are superior to any form of State Collectivism Ar A BELIEF that we must have men of Principle and Integrity in elective office to insure Honest Government A BELIEF that all citizens will have to take a firm stand against Socialism and Communism if our Constitutional Republic and World Freedom are to survive A BELIEF that we need less and not more government controls and more individual responsibility by all citizens A BELIEF that it is dishonest and immoral to mortgage the lives and incomes of future generations of Americans by continued dedicit fina-ancing and spending by our government The Macon Coliseum has scheduled in the coming months a number of performers and groups of special interest to area youth Scheduled thus far to appear at the Coliseum are: John Mayall and Crazy Horse Nov 12 Ike and Tina Nov 13 Aretha Franklin Nov 26 David Cassidy Show Nov 27 Harlem Globetrotters March 5 Three Dog Night March 12 1 Also scheduled to appear at the Coliseum this season on dates to be later announced are the Moddy Blues The Who Glen Campbell the Jackson live the Osmond Brothers Santana the Carpenters James Taylor Neil Diamond the Let-termen and the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar Monroe Academy Queen The homecoming queen for Monroe Academy this year is Janet Chambless a senior cheerleader Jan Harrison and Susan Fordham are on homecoming court Macon Girl Semifinalist Claire Hodges of Macon was a semifinalist in the homecoming queen contest at Georgia Tech last week Kathy Coldren actress Margo who now conducts drama classes had never before had a starring role in a film He had to learn how to be blind and he was keenly aware of the rave notices that Dullea had received for the part Learning to be li Edward admits was perhaps the most difficult of the challenges BEFORE TRYING out for the role he took lessons in Braille at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles He observed the actions of Ids fellow students After getting the part it was Harold Krents the technical advisor who helped most Krents who was blinded as a result of a childhood injury inspired Gershe to write the play Despite his handicap he has been graduated from Harvard law school and is a junior member of a Washington DC law firm now on a sabbatical to study at Oxford on a Rotary International scholarship He plays football and enjoys going to tennis matches In training Albert Krents Lowdown On Youth By ADAM DIPETTO Ws wars rapping absut rock roups and a friend said that Three Dog Night gats a bonus for ovary album they finish in a required time I never heard this Is it Tina DILeo Niagra Falls Yes at least for their latest one released this month The boys were paid a bonus of $200000 to deliver a master tape of the lpbytheappointed time When the final recording session ended the managers rushed the tape by armored car to the ABC-Dunhill studio arriving there a half hour before the deadline I saw a prtty young thing passing by the other day who was wearing a button 1 1 the letters YCDBS-OYA Do you know what it Kermit Fhcler Macon Ga Do Business Sitting on Your I saw John Lennon and Yoko One on the "Dick Cavett Show" recently and during the interview John said he was plenty put out about a certain writer who attended Sarah Lawrence School with Yoke and who years later turned around to make a nasty remark about her In a magazine article Can you ted me what her remark Ruth Engels Ft Worth Tex looks like Ernest Your recent answer on the whereabouts of Beatles' ex-drummer Pete Best (who was replaced by Ringo Starr) had me wondering Wasn't there another Beatle prior to Sally Anchin Columbia SC Indeed there wae hut he was a member of the Beetles with Best His name was Stuart Sutcliffe who played bass with them in the early days When the Beatles started out in Hamburg Germany he was IS wore dark glasses on stage and looked defiant An excellent artist Sutcliffe was a delight to the German girls who thought he resembled James Dean In April 1962 Sutcliffe suffered a brain hemorrhage and died The Beatles remembered him fondly and pictured him on their Lonely Hearts Club album ti MAYOR RONNIE THOMPSON LAW ORDER IN OUR GOVERNMENT VOTE REPUBUCAN NOV 2 nd LOWELL CROOM A "Cappie" DURDDEN Ward 2 Post 3 Steeley Ward 4 Post 1 CARSON WALLACE Ward 5 Pest 3 CLAIRE HODGES KEEP CARL DOHN Ward 1 Post 1 DR SANDERS Ward 3 Past 1 A FREEMAN Ward 4 Past 2 HAROLD McGEE Ward 2 Post 2 GLENN HENDERSON Ward 3 Pest 3 THUM Ward 5 Pest 2 SYDNEY PYLES Ward 1 Post 3 MARSHALL KEEN Ward 3 Past 2 MRS RHEBA HORTON Ward 4 Pest 3 ''Bill'' Massey Ward 2 Post 1 FOR A RIDE TO THE POLLS can 742-6464! DR ANDY LAWRENCE Ward 5 Pest I PAID pa ADV BY BIBB CO REP of Rabun Gap was named homecoming queen and Paula Driggers of Dalton was named Mrs Homecoming Lanier A Officers The sophomore class of the Lanier A Building at Central Complex has chosen new officers for the 1971-72 term They are Melissa Jamieson president Daphney Holmes vice president Mitzi Cofer secretary Althea Ball treasurer Susan Gory director and Carol Kennedy Brenda Andrews Sherie Lawrence Ann Rogers and Sherry Jones representa- lives at large football Tournament ii fraternity flag football tournament held recently was won by SEDARMOC in a 6-0 victory over- POB which was undefeated in regular season In the consolatknb game XD best KPG the defending champ to give these teams third and fourth places respectively SEDARMOC now has five points toward the Interfraternity Council aU-sporta trophy awarded at the end of the year Willingham A Officers Douglas Frasier has been elected president of the sophomore class in a recent election at Willingham A Building of Southwest Complex Others elected were Mike Hubbard vice president Larry Cochran secretary and Mike Brockman treasurer -Ar.