Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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,fl w - .fit x a 1 '-B 'ig' t ,g 23? ' f 5 -J jf if v. . The Butterfield Phenonmeno Old man Butterfield, still on top of his music after lives years of hanging on to his public. The face hasn't changed, but the flowofband members and the subtle change of influence has affected Butterfield's music. Ever since the radical addition of brass, the new blues of Butterfield has become more intro- spective. The fervent desire to copy Negro blues men has become less intense. There is no aping of style in his two most recent releases. The mood is high and the tempo fired, the soul comes from the self. But the phenomena fand it does existj is one of attraction. Bodies who never thought they would like anything off the TOP40 are alternately repelled and lured by Butterfield's music, his band, his white soul. Butterfield is a kind of free replacement soul brother. His colour, white, is undeniably contrary to a real soul brother. The white audience accepts the replacement, perhaps finding it too low to stoop for Muddy Waters or Lightnin Hopkins. Butterfield is not just a white soul brother, but also a boss man. The band is under his constant W' directiong he is much like a symphony orchestra conductor. Nobody steps out of his particular job. There is no shirking - if there is shirking of duty, the band member is fired. Through this process Butterfield has lost upwards of six excel- lent musicians, the absence of none apparently damaging the Butterfield Band's reputation. Sometimes blues fans object to the controlled atmosphere and restricting image of Butterfield, the leader of the band. They complain of a lack of spontaneity, fostered in the souls of all the musicicans by Butterfield himself. However, this control and direction does much good and is a factor in Butterfield's great popularity across the country. One cannot deny the very beauty of his music - he may be a white replacement, a second-hand Muddy Waters, but his presence is felt. Now there is a magic to the name of the man. His ability to lay white blues on the line, no punches pulled, impresses his audiences. Thecon- stant selling of his L.P.'s is surely an indication of the phenomena. Butterfield is on top of the white blues scene and will remain until someone of greater power and discipline can gain the lead. - C. A. G. McCulloch .gt 'e ' --Q1 -Q '-if-fi' '39 . In A ,, . fx E Page I6

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Editorial This year, Comment and Criticism has broken away from the traditional approach. Since its beginnings, three years ago, the section has mainly been a voice of expression for the negative element of the school. The articles rarely approa- ched any topic from a positive viewpoint, and even the negative criticism very rarely went beyond the school campus. This year, however, there has been a great influx of objective and positive articles dealing with every- topic from philosophy to student power. Hopefully, this trend will continue so that we will be able to achieve a balance between positive and negative, on and off campus articles. - D. C. 0. Page I8