VOL 68, ISSUE 1
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Entertainer Barry Drake will make his
second appearance at Mars Hill College on
Thursday, September 15 at 9 p.m. in the
Timberlme. The Student Union Board first
brought Drake to MHC as a Greencard Event
during the Fall ’93 semester to do a
multi-media presentation of ’60s music. It will
once j^ain be a Greencard Event.
This time, Drake will give a multi-media
presentation called “70’s Rock - The Good,
The Bad, and The Ugly,” which will celebrate,
examine, clarify and put into perspective ten of
the most confusing and misunderstood years in
our musical history.
The 60’s were over... but were they really?
As the 70’s began, the Vietnam War, the draft,
and Richard Nbcon were still with us, and so
was what many would consider some of the
best rock music ever made.
By the 1970’s, the Beatles and the
important artists that followed in their had
dramatically expanded the idea of what
constituted Rock ’N’ Roll. Groups like Led
Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd
were just reaching their full potential in the
early 70’s. Singer-songwriters such as James
Taylor, Elton John, and Joni Mitchell would
make rock music more mellow and personal
than ever.
By the mid-70’s, with the end of the
Vietnam Era, music like Punk and Reggae
appeared to rekindle the outlaw spirit of Rock
’2^ Roll. By the late 70’s, these musical forms
triggered a New Wave explosion which
brought the excitement and creativity back to
rock.
Drake has often been called a' walking
encyclopedia of music, a graduate of Manhattan College, he has been totally involved in the world of music since buying his first Rock ’N’
Roll record in 1954. Growing up in the New York City area, Drake went everywhere there was music to be beard. He saw everyone from
Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry at The Brooklyn Paramount in 1957, to Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin at The Fillmore in 1967. When San
Francisco exploded with the “Summer of Love” in 1967, Drake was there han^ng out on the streets with The Grateful Dead and The
Jefferson Airplane.
In the mid-60’s Drake became a performer and songwriter, and in 1970 was signed to Capitol Records. Since then, Barry has recorded
three albums and has toured the U.S. and Europe.
Not content to be just a performer, Drake has successfully started his own record company, booking agency and management firm. He
is also a respected collector and dealer of rare records. Most recently, Drake has been nominated for The National Assodation of Campus
Activities Lecturer of The Year.
Combiiung his extenave knowledge of music and his abilities as a dynamic stage performer, Drake has succeeded in making his Rock
Lectures among the best and most inspiring in the business.
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