Arts and T^ntertainmePt
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Richard Barone will be opening for the Smither
Smithereens
Prom Page i
^3rlerie Naranjo — Barone added
Smith; group drummer Jay
Daugherty; Richard Hell;
Julian, guitarist for the
oidoids; and bass player
3ddeus Castanis to the band,
^one also recruited the cosmic
^ocals of the B-52’s Fred
Schneider.
Barone's swinging and
^^ying of a serious rocker and a
®P 40 pop performer are sure to
Set the audience in gear for the
J^Uhereens' "Capitol Punish-
tour.
^ob Whiteside, stage
^•■formance chair of SUB, said
tv Smithereens
th^^® in concert. "I first saw
in Maryland at the
^^erriwether Post Pavillion and
^ ® next night, I drove to
^^hmond, Virginia to see them
Mosque," he said.
^e have really pumped this
at
concert. SUB has gone outside
Sr“ommunity u> publics
II selling 2.200 tickets »r
general admission seats,
goes back many years to
Tm^fspe!iallyforyo“-^;^
An Rillbocird's year-end
flist. Th®
f H on Enigma/Capital
w"» ji- >•»■»* “ •;!;»;
• niken on drums, Mike
Dennis peNizio
v^calis.. the
L' newest release,
has really
Smithereens i ■
r«‘s r»,..
currently in the Top 40.
Whiteside said SUB will be
extremely busy setting up the
stage for the Smithereens. SUB
members will start at 7 a.m. to
lay down the floor covers and
then will assist the Smithereens
with their equipment
Whiteside also said security
will be very visible for this
concert. "Besides on-campus
security, Elon College town
police as well as volunteers will
be there to assist if needed,"
Whiteside said.
Tickets for students and staff
can be purchased $5 in advance or
$8 at the door. Tickets for the
general public are $7 in advance
or $10 at ihe door.
Tickets can be purchased on
campus in the first floor lobby of
Long Student Center, Discount
Records in Elon College, at
Spins Records in Greensboro and
Skool Kids Records in Chapel
Hill.
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Despite a rocky start, the
Connels are now rolling
Everybody has to start
somewhere. The Connels started
in Raleigh with only seven
songs. Seven songs they played
over and over again because they
did not know any others. Now
the Connels have three albums
on the market and they no longer
have to worry about repeating
their popular hits.
I caught the Connels recently
in Chapel Hill, where they were
playing to a sold-out crowd in
Memorial Hall. Gee, things have
obviously changed. I talked with
Mike Connel, who plays rhythm
guitar and writes the majority of
their material along with his
brother, David.
The Connels consist of
Mike; David, who plays bass;
Doug MacMillan, who does most
of the singing; Peele Wimberly,
who plays the drums; and
George Huntley, who plays
guitar. However, in my opinion,
I think Huntley does about
everything.
Mike was full of stories
about the "good-ole-days," when
the band had just started out and
had no money. He and his fellow
musicians had set out to
accomplish a dream.
When the Connels were
playing in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
they were not that well-known.
They lived in the back of their
van and would sneak into
dormorities at the University of
Michigan to take showers. One
night, the sheriff caught them
Jason
Graves
In Tune
parked and sleeping in an empty
church parking lot and "chased"
them out of town. But now the
Connels stay in elaborate hotel
rooms.
Their first release, "Darker
Days," was licensed for release in
Europe by the English record
label Demon Records. They then
released the album in the states
with the help of their manager,
Tom Carter, on Black Park
Records in downtown Raleigh.
Last year, the Connels
released Fun and Games, their
third and most successful album.
They sold more than 70,000
copies.
"When we finish with a new
song, we'll try it live a few times
before we head off into the
studio. Being in the studio makes
you focus on the song more and
whittle a way at stuff and
cutaway any superficious
garbage. However, we do try to
keep away from political issues,"
Mike said.
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