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PAGE S-8-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1990
Blues guitarist Buddy Guy is masterful in Cambridge
By EUGENE A. SYLVESTER
CAMBRIDGE - What docs il
take to make great music? Pure and
simple: one lone blucsmastcr who
can make his guitar gently weep.
And Eric Clapton - who as leg-
end has it played the lead guitar
solos on George Harrison*s "While
My Guitar Gently Weeps" - was
certainly right when he proclaimed
blues guitarist Buddy Guy "as the
greatest guitarist in the world." And
that's because he is.
Recently, at Nightstagc in
Cambridge, just down form Central
Square at 823 Main Street, Guy
proved just how right Clapton was
as he went about the business of
playing the blues the way it was
meant to be played: with convic-
tion, with passion and with an
abundance of soul.
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Guy makes his guitar more than
a musical instrument; he makes it a
living being that can take on a life
of its own due to the talent of a
man who has yet to receive the
public acclaim and commercial
success he so rightly deserves.
But as Buddy said during his
set, a true blucsman doesn't play
for money, he plays because he
loves the music.
From the moment he played his
first lick to his highly original and
climactic version of The Cream's
"Sunshine of Your Love," Guy
played like a man who was pos-
sessed by a spirit that wouldn't let
him do anything wrong. God was
watching over Buddy that night
and He gave him the inspiration
and fire that he needed to totally
electrify a capacity crowd that was
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mesmerized every time Buddy got
"real funky."
With a beautifully wide smile on
his face, Buddy just went wild on
his guitar. But he did it with such
grace and class that he made you
realize that only someone with this
type of gift can truly call himself an
artist.
Playing traditional blues most of
the evening, Buddy played rendi-
tions of a number of blues stan-
dards - such as "Knock on Wood,"
"Sweet Home Chicago," "I Just
Want To Make Love To You (by
Muddy Waters)," "Sweet Little
Angel," and Ray Charles's "What I
Say," - in such a new and refresh-
ing manner that the originals pale
by comparison.
When Buddy's up the stage, you
just know he's loving every minute
of it because he's doing what he
was meant to do: giving his audi-
ence their due. It's like he was say-
ing through his music: "You came
to listen to the best, and that's what
I'm going to give you."
Ironically, despite the fact that
the blues chronicles how low and
desperate you can feel during any
given crisis in your life, it still lifts
your spirits and makes you feel
good about feeling so bad. It
renews your home and allows you
to dream again.
And as one individual in the rel-
atively unknown movie "Cross-
roads," put it, "the blues ain't noth-
ing but a good man (or a good
woman) feeling bad" about some-
thing that's gone wrong in his (or
her) life.
Of course, David Brombcrg
once facetiously put it that "You
Gotta Suffer To Sing The Blues;"
and while he was only being half
serious, singers like Janis Joplin
and B.B. King, Muddy Waters,
Howling Wolf. etc. have proved
just how truthful that statement
really is.
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During his performance, while
Buddy did very little talking during
his set, he did manage a few quick
quips. For instances, he said on a
few occasions: "If you don't like
this music, just say so; I can play
(junk)."
Also, one of his better lines was:
"I'm going to play some blues that
so's funky you can smell it."
And to prove his sincerity as an
artist, he said, "I came to play for
you. Tell me what you want to
hear."
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A list of the September activities
is as follows:
World Dance party
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The New England Chapter of
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Two local dancers perform with
summer "Dance Caravan" group
Susannah Collins of Billerica Attending Dance conventions
recently returned from a tour with is one of the unique opportunities
the professional Dance Caravan. Ellens offers its students. Various
While Stephanie Miller of fundraisers are held during the
Bedford was being selected for year to help defray the cost of
this same Dance Caravan tour in these trips. This particular trip the
the summer of 1991! Miller is a students had the added bonus of
student at Ellens School of Dance seeing Collins perform,
and Collins is both a student and a
teacher. Ellens School of Dance
has two studio locations in
Billerica and Tyngsboro.
The Dance Caravan is operated
by Mr. Danny Hoetor who is an
acclaimed dance teacher and
Dance Entrepreneur. Mr. Hoetor
was recently featured in the
National Dance Teacher Magazine
for lifetime dedication and contri-
bution to dance. The Caravan
tours the country for six weeks
each summer and features the
finest professional faculty nation-
wide. In 1991 they also plan lo
tour Europe.
This past summer Collins
toured with Caravan and was the
only "Caravan Kid' from the New
England area. Caravan Kids take
lessons, assist and perform with
these master teachers. It is the
opportunity of a lifetime for
young aspiring dancers.
Stephanie Miller was elected
this year from thousands of
dancers nationwide lo be one of
the approximately thirty 1991
Caravan Kids. She auditioned
while at the Dance Convention in
Orlando with other students and
teachers from Ellens School of
Dance.
SUSANNAH COLLINS,
.left, and Stephanie Miller
chosen for Dance Caravan Tour.
Stephanie Miller is 17 years
old; resides in Bedford and has
been dancing for ten years. She
will need about 57,000.00 to
cover her travel expenses and
Ellens School of Dance intends to
assist her in holding various
fundraisers.
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