University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Music resounded from every corner during the home foot- ball weekends. The melodious notes ranged from the blaring stereos on every floor, to the local bands on hall porches, to the more formally structured Saturday night Student Union concerts. This fall saw an amazing revival of all the old Beatle al- bums after the supposed death of Paul McCartney, as well as the rise of such new recording favorites as the Three Dog Night, Credence Clearwater Revival, Blood Sweat and Tears, and of course Father Hesburgh ' s Insight in Sound. Each hall tried to outbid the others in attracting visitors by having a band in front of the hall. Those that consistently drew crowds every weekend were America ' s Stop, Captain Electric, the Thymes, the Brand X, and the First Friday. And, the last home game saw the arrival of a new musical force on campus the Badin Hall 52-Man Marching Kazoo Band. The Student Union Social Commission presented a fall con- cert season that can only be characterized by the word un- believable. The concerts, five in number, opened with Dionne Warwick, who was only on stage for a total of thirty minutes. She sang her repertoire of hits, but some say she failed to bring a great deal of excitement to the audience. 24

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Above, Mike Higgins has seen better deals. Opposite above. Bad news from the Northwestern game. Opposite left. A post-game gathering at Steve Strachota ' s. Opposite n ir. Steve Bud Bialek enjoys a brew. 23

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MUSIC The Chambers Brothers concert has been called both a dis- mal fiasco and a fantastic success. While they didn ' t entertain, the audience was worked up into such a frenzy that they ended up entertaining itself by dancing in the aisles and on the stage. The biggest concert of all was the appearance of the much heralded Blood Sweat and Tears. The Convo was sold out weeks in advance. St. Mary ' s was booked months in advance. Their performance, while very good, offered no more than an evening of quietly listening to their records. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles would have been great were it not for an unruly gaggle of teeny boppers from South Bend who brought the concert to an early end by rushing the stage. The Association was perhaps the best concert of the season and ranks with the memorable performance of Fifth Dimension, the Four Tops, and Ray Charles as one of the best concerts in recent memory. Probably one of the few groups of today with a repertoire of hits, they came to entertain and succeeded. They closed out the year on a well played note. Far left above. Blood, Sweat, and Tears at the Convo. Far left, two- fifths of the Thymes. Above, the First Friday at Sorin. 25