Thursday, March 24, 1983The Daily Tar Heel7
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English Beat tunes
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By DAVID SCHMIDT
Assistant Arts Editor
Guitarist Earl Klugh is no clue at all,
but rather a mystery musician who defies
the jazzy labels critics have stuck on him.
Members of his Memorial Hall audience
can judge for themselves when Klugh
visits UNC Saturday for an 8:30 p.m.
concert sponsored by the Carolina
Union.
"Just don't call me a jazz guitarist. It
causes a lot of confusion," Klugh told re
porter Robert Palmer during a 1979 inter
view in Saturday Review. "People come
up to me in clubs or after concerts and
ask me, 'Why are you playing this stuff?'
Well, this kind of stuff is what I grew up
with. I mean, I've listened to classical,
jazz and everything, but when I go home
and put on a record, I'd just as soon listen
to Barbra Streisand or Johnny Mathis."
Unlike most contemporary jazz
guitarists, Klugh plays a non-electric,
nylon-stringed acoustic guitar. Instead of
the stream of melody produced by rapid
plucking, Klugh's chords and melodies
flow simultaneously using the finger-style
of Chet Atkins.
Palmer described Klugh's style as
"somewhere between pop and the lighter
side of jazz . . . On its own terms, as
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mellow, easy-listening pop, it is charm
ing." Raised in Detroit, Klugh was a child
prodigy who at age three played the piano
by ear, and he could accurately strum an
acoustic guitar when he was 10 years old.
Klugh was teaching guitar at a Detroit
music store when jazz saxophonist Yusef
Lateef discovered him and invited him to
record. Klugh has since performed with
George Benson, Ray Parker Jr. and
Chick Corea's group, Return to Forever.
His own recordings have met with
crossover success. His hit record Living
Inside Your Love, which was repopu
larized by Benson, rapidly followed his
debut album, Earl Klugh. His fifth album
lightly tugged a Heartstring of the adult
contemporary market, reaching as high
as the 40s in several major Top 100 album
charts during 1980. Klugh not only wrote
but also produced his most recent release,
Crazy For You.
By JIM CLARD Y .
Staff Writer
The English Beat, along with
R.E.M., will appear in Memorial Hall
Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
From Athens, R.E.M. is part of the
burgeoning Georgia music scene
which includes Love Tractor and the
B-52s. R.E.M.'s first single, Radio
Free Europe Sitting Still made the
New York Times 1981 Ten Best
Singles list. In 1982 R.E.M. released
Chronic Town, a five-song E.P. pro
duced by North Carolina's Mitch
Easter. Chronic Town, with its power
poppunk blend, placed second in the
Village Voice's prestigious 1982 music
poll. '
The English Beat will bring its ska
happy brand of infectious dance tunes
to I Memorial for its first North
Carolina appearance. After three
alburns, two of them in the U.K. Top
10 the English Beat has emerged as
one of the most intelligent and critical
ly acclaimed bands in England , as well
as one of the most politically strident.
The English Beat began as a four-
piece outfit in 1978. After a joint tour
with the Specials, another ska-infected
British band, the English Beat cut its
first single, a cover of Smokey Robin
son's Motown classic "Tears of A
Clown," which climbed into the U.K.
Top 10 charts. The English Beat form
ed its own label, "Go-Feet," in 1980
an apt title. And the next two
singles Hands Off . . . She's Mine
and Mirror in the Bathroom also
reached the U.K. Top 10, prompting
critics to take notice.
The English Beat's first two
albums, Just Can 't Stop It and
Wha'ppen? showed some pointed
political commentary with songs like
"I Am Your Hag," "Get-a-Job" and
particularly "Stand Down Margaret,"
a vitriolic attack on Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher which was subse
quently banned from airplay. Special
Beat Service, the band's latest release,
is more personal than political, but its
unique blend of ska, reggae, calypso
and pop remains the same.
Tickets for the concert are $10.50,
and are available at the Union box of
fice and at the door.
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This band of wholesome youths plays a mixture of music
the English Beat performs at 8 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Hall
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