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...came to the climax of the evening: an execution. After slaughtering a dozen or so mannequins and being overcome in a fake fistfight Alice stepped forward to pay for his crimes. Out rolled a guillotine, and Alice's ugly little head was ceremoniously placed to the block. The snare drum rolled, the audience hushed, down came the blade and Alice's head seemed to drop away...
DeDe Pierce's trumpet leads the touring group, which takes its impulsive rhythm from Billie Pierce's constant piano figures and from the steady drumming provided by Cie Frazier on snare, cymbals, bass and woodblock. The music emphasizes collective improvisation, with Willie Humphrey harmonizing the upper voice on the clarinet and Big Jim Robinson filling in on trombone below, with the lowest harmony coming from Allan Jaffe--who runs Preservation Hall and manages the group--on bass horn. The earliest groups has other instruments, like banjo or string bass, and these can be heard on the groups' two most recent...
...TITLE SONG is instant deception. Harder rock than anything since "Medicated Goo," as well as the first song based completely on Rebop's congas. He's way up in the mix, leaving Hawkins to keep the band in place with fundamental bass drum and snare work. The rhythm section is pure and simple; the emphasis is on drive and pace, rather than distinction in style or riff. Winwood provides the power, emphasizing the drive with fuzz rhythm guitar, mixed way up--rhythm guitar and congas are the two most prominent sounds on the song. That fuzz guitar adds an edge...
...Evening Blue" is the only artistic failure. It's a nice melody, badly realized. The failures are mostly Roger Hawkins's. His snare drum work is flat, and detracts from the overall lightness. So do Rebop's congas. Wood's sax solo is short, disjointed and cliched. The song's saving grace is Steve's guitar. "Evening Blue" is a mood piece, with a pastoral opening out of "John Barleycorn." It would have been successful given the same spare treatment...
Sophomore John Keough reduced from 167 to 158 pounds to replace Hinkel but was too weak in his first two matches to salvage any wins. Yet Lee remains optimistic that Keough will snare some wins at 158 before the season ends...