Boston State College - Bostonian / Lampas Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Music that once filled the pubs of the Emerald Isle flowed freely from the five lads known as the Irish Rovers. The crowd, about four hundred and fifty strong, was treated to a songfeasted evening. Bawdy and racaus ballads were the order. The songs performed sent that compulsion to grab a wench and a flask of ale and join in the singing. The knee-slapping music and laughable lyrics extended the comradery of the Rovers to the audience, until all were bound up in the laughter, cheering, clapping, and happiness. This event, for those who attended it, brought an old-fashioned good time. 28

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The man from Edgartown arrived on time tinougin his sound equipment didn ' t. His bass guitarist got sick and his aud ience waited and waited. Through the crowd he sauntered up to his platform and with a smile and some tremendous songs captured the favor of three thousand people. Tom Rush is a twentieth century minstrel. He sings songs about the land and earthlings. Songs of love and the beauty of nature float from his guitar. It is pleasant to hear a folksinger who remained a folksinger and didn ' t get lost in acid rock. His rendition of Joanie Mitchell ' s The Urge For Going was an especially beautiful poetic song, tastefully done. Those who persevered through the technical difficulties were truly rewarded. 27

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The Xmas party held in the new North Lounge was, to say the least, a bad scene. Many saw a brief, but excellent performance by the artist Jamie Brockett. Due to swarming hordes of beer freaks all those, including Jamie, who wanted to get into the music found it difficult to contend with the show being put on in the back of the hall by these people. With the show over prematurely, the scene was set for the next disaster— the Annual Winter Ball. Approximately only three hundred of the student body turned out to see Glenn Miller ' s Band, which treated the audience to many of its famous hits. Unfortunately, most of which were too old for this young audience to actually remember. Also on the bill, as a rock interest, was the Park Street Under. The evening was enjoyable— from the corn to the bubble-gum. 29