giddy. September 23. ”66 SCARLET AND BLACK Real Live People Interviewed 5 By NEIL FISCHER Generally speaking, the Blues Project hit the Grinnell campus last Saturday much like the Des Moines Project hit it last year. . . . The two "projects," of course, were radically differ- ent phenomena — the only thing, in fact, that should juxtapose them in the popular mind is the similarity of title. But the projects do share one pharacteristic: we heard a lot from both of them, and we heard a lot about both of theln. But we seldom got to know anything about the people involved. Audiences have a nasty habit oi forgetting that entertainers are real people. Well, fans, I've ot a breeze from the east for ou # the Blues Project con- lsts of people. They are ilesh and blood and genuine hair — o Beetle wigs. And they like he sarcastic and honest al- ternatively, as much as you do. Steve Katz is the hirsute {cling man who alternated be- ween guitar and harmonica during the concert. He really exists of! stage. He was even a tudent once at Long Island niversity, where he read all of R. R. Palmer. Steve's View or the Blue] Swingline Within [1] Divide so by :5 not add 10. What i. the answer? {Army-r. ] You have I TOT Ipler lint input eigM p-phge reports ',I lacks 3| helm” p n pulletin Loud. How old is the lower of iris TOT Shpler‘l This is the Swingline Tot Staple;- (incluriinl 1000 sterile!) his" nit cue Desk ennui only $1.49 No blgcer than n [1an or cliniehnt pick! the ounrh or i. hit: (lei- Refills mono. uverywhcrc. Untamliltennliy runronrrco. Morin in U.S.A. Get. it at [my stationery, yenoly, Imdk ilorcl * 5W.“ Long Island City. NM lllol ions on: not man quu nlnll Ism'mnq or" r, ‘liauad v pun other, MI his in cool _ “loin; my, . mu “DA-i - ’(sz is mm): or Ul" r to WPNP or) on snamsnv Project is really the most in- dicative of the spirit of his group. - “The Blues Project," mused Steve, “is a synthesis of ins dividual overlapping musical tastes and Improvisation com- bining every aspect of Ameri- can music of today and (or marrow. Plus a mild deter- gentl" Individual taste and talent is the keynote tor the “Project." For example, when asked “Why do you use an organ as a major instrument in the group?” (our of the members simultaneously resoundedz “Because A1 Joined us!" 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As such. it is generally regarded.” Andy Kulberg is the man with the flute — in fact, he's one of the few men around with an electric tlule. Andy attended the University of Wisconsin lot a time, but decided that ”neo- classic folk-rock in the Chicago- Butterlield tradition" was more his style than beer blasts at Madison. “A direct link between all different musics" —- that's what Andy wants the Project to be, and his style on the note sure helpsl Roy Blumfield is the drum- mer, and drums very well in- deed Within the basic ar- rangements or the group, Roy tries to “expand and change and eventually form complete images.” Roy has to move those slicks pretty fast; he has to breathe pretty hard. “Like our music," he says, “it breathes too." When you sit down and talk to the Blues Project, they blend into a human and warm and pleasingly s a r c a s t i c and straithorward whole. Mostly they're interested in music, and they seldom are wont to men- tion their popularity relative to the popularity oi Christianity “We Strive to make our sounds bridge the gap between what is bad and what is God," affirmed Danny, “God, of course, being the Beatles.” Groups of Drdi» nary, loud melon-rollers are condemned by the group as merely "the most sophisticated form of muzak to reach the Western world." “If our projections have crossed your interest. we are pleased,” AI Kooper — the ‘poet’ —— concluded, “although Page Three we will continue with ‘lluto thing' in D minor.” Well, muslu lovers, the projections crossed me. And I like. I like the music. i like the people, The Blues Project Vibrales By SUZANNE GELBER Plugged in and turned on un- derstates the sound of The Blues Project in concert. Tile trembling walls or Darby nearly tumbled down during Saturday night’s pertormance oi the liver man folk rock group. The reverberatlng quintet ranged trom the lyrical Pete Seeger song “Alberta" to the s e xual “Sportin‘ Life” 0i Brownie McGhee. But more specifics later. First I want to deal with the sound of the group which calls the Greenwich Vil- lags Cale All Go Go “home." Undoubtedly, the volume of sound produced by the five musicians is emotionally and physically overwhelming — deliberately so. Inlense, un- inhibited rhythm and volume emphasize the sensual innuen- do of the numbers. in a man. ner highly reminiscent of Chis cago Blues. Don’t complain that your ears rang: folk rock ®__, as played by The Blues Pro]- eet is not for weaklingsl Guitar, organ, vibes. tamboln . BLUES PROJECT— (Continued on Page 0) Al. KOOPER SWEDE'S GRINNELL LAUNDRY we SPECIALIZE lN Shirts and Wash Points 816 Commercial TOM'S LONGHORN WANTED Iy Record Club at America Campus Represenrmiv. To Earn Over 5100 In Short Time won: FOR INFORMATION 10: Mr. Ed lienavy College Bureau Manager Record shit. at America ins E. 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