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Thursday. April 21, 1977 The Daily Tar Heel 5 By JEFF GRIFFIN DTH Contributor Mike Cross makes his living writing plays, plays which only last about three to five minutes. He performs these plays also alone. That is,; alone except for his guitar or fiddle:; ' ...... . v. ; Startling tools for a playwright, no doubt, But then, pleasantly astonishes people. Over the" last four.or five years. Cross has become a familiar figure to music lovers in Chapel Hill, Long-time Cross fans and new converts alike brave the elements for hours waiting in; Une to ' catch hijs ; monthly : performances at the; Cat's Cradle. He's :b"TeiffrctO:;a;?pcirVja.nd a "down.": Writers trying tp; fit Cross and his music into capsule terms have iabeled him a v mountain . mihstrer . teller, (master, mus hei.'cails tiimself "hippW folksinger Mike . Crpss v . v 17; 'A. ;:-: ".;r r M ike- Cross is all "rtiesethings and "more. He's a man with a remarkable insight into life;- his lyrics display a vision that is seldom found in songs today. Cross's songwriting scope is not limited but refreshingly diverse. " He writes serious, reflective songs like "Lord Let Me Die" and "Leon McDuff." His repertoire includes ironic songs whichend wuhjeyet .Ditches? jttdiir in vyehi: " soui(;;fahjgin .: gfi3 Ll ideas gefm eVentUy veyolvs; Cross; . says.Tfe?- seed gets planted, down in your no your conscious andsubx6nsei6ui,Vahd the thing lflorighti& ' - 'This : .m.asteTsr-teller' ; brings'; the chMacters ; ih : bis - songs :: : to . life. When perT6rming: these vsbnes, Cross . is :v.::-:-.-,-:-:-X-: - , , - - Mike Cross is pinging about; : "When I . sing 'Leon McDuff, I try, to become that old farmer when he speaks Cross empathizes with his characters and tries to project the image he feels they would project. .- The personal : touch comes through. Listening to Cross sing, one feels as though he is ; glimpsing at people's lives from the v Mike Cross's songs don't fit the ordinary mold. He feels that: "people are barraged with Move roe or leave me' or 'my heart is cracked, " so love s ongs d o not abound in his act. He has assumed the role of someone who will deal with other experiences. v The experience of dying is treated in several of his sprigs", ; ! figure death is as laughatfle as anythmg'e in life.' His songs about dc$ti have il : ; been humorous beVCtdss :-says: :T.d6n't want people to . be so ;con'cejrned aoiit it" "Disco Death" pokes fun at a brand' of music which has become popular. "I didn't write it to try to capture the wave of the disco movement and catapult myself to. fame and . fortune.'' ; . ... ' v Fame' and fortune : haye 'never really v concerned: Mike Cross. "I've never. had any ; .aspirations to be a star," he says. "I just like; being able, to play, music and making ;riiy .-. living at it." . '.. ; :'. .: - v v. . Music has not always been a majorpart of : M ike Cross's life As a youngster, ;grpwing; up in Lenoir, he : was "an. intense, ': hard w o r king, aspiring young . golfer," H e attended college here at UNC.but he says, "1 -; really wasn't very interested in college, except . as a - location a geographic spot ; where 1 could relate to a lot .of peopled -; Reflecting oh his days at UN C, Cross says: "1 see the flashing lights of pinball machines; t he unders ide of barroom tables and countless, .countless cans of beer." ,;,: : -; Cross started playing guitar while he was a : ; student at UNC as "an outlet, something to do." He soon began playing in small clubs around Chapel Hill as part of a folk duo: In 1972, he began to work as a solo act, on weekends. -:. Two years later, Cross and his ; wife, Laurie, moved to Atlanta, Ga,,. where he started law school. They continued to return to Chapel Hill once a month, so Cross could " earn some money playing, at local clubs. : After the successful release of his first album, . Child Prodigy, Cross left law, school and began to play music full-time. . , ; Cross is beginning to get more exposure by playing in various places along the East Coast. Although "basically a rocking chair cowboy," he says he is beginning to enjoy touring. Child Prodigy, released last July, is selling well locally. Songs from it have gotten air play from radio stations all over the state. Cross has completed a new album, which will be released soon. V.";.'; Cross says he feels really good about the .sec6nd album.. It features more massive. ;.production.and instrumentation. "It wasn't ::- like going into the broom closet, singing . ;. ;some songs, then saying, 'Okay see you next year The:. new album reveals different, aspects of Cross's musical taste and has lots." of variety on it. "It touches all kinds of basesV ; ? that I real ly 1 ike," he says. ; , vv xU-W-'; Only rarely does a performer come along : whose: music transcends the barriers of age : : and trend! M ike Cross is such a performer- he offers pure, untamed entertainment. ; Run A Tar Heel Classified.: Med students perform own musical comedy By l.IBBY LEWIS Staff Writer Don Fidler is a myth-destroyer: a psychiatry resident who writes musical comedies can be nothing less. Ten years ago, a doctor who could be found anywhere between office and home (or the golf course on Wednesdays) was under suspicion. Here at UNC, Fidler is only one of the medical students who are showing the other side of their talents a side that has been hidden by those in his profession for years. "Medicine Show" is a full-scale musicals written and directed by Fidler, starring an assortment of medical students, secretaries and other NCMH regulars. "It's easy to find talent in med school," Fidler says, "because administrative committees choose 'well rounded' people many of the cast- members : have studied acting and singing, and about half of the musicians in the show are med students." Fidler himself has a rock-solid background in the arts: he had his First professional acting job at age ten, in the out-door drama "Horn In The West." He's done summer stock, and that's not all of it. He studied acting, directing and . playwriting as an . undergraduate, and confesses that Doris Bett-;still has a strong hold on - him after taking creative writing with her. (After note: he " was in the concert band, too.) "Medicine. Show js; Fidler's. third f.-rtductip.n'Vfor":Student-Fa'culty Day, :;;ivoIvingjForn-rHeaier'.-Man in 1973 to ;: Tiei:Meicine;. Show?; in 1975. 'kHT-hi::l show - follows- ari apprentice's ; (Mike Parker) experience with the three ' "firsts" the first physical (featuring a . pelvic ballet), the first baby delivery and I :" 5 J 1 W Ca . ft yrs v " t tvHifey I " .5 , ; , ; jf Sc . .-..... -:'..v ' . . ijw. . s Med students rehearse for the production of "Medicine Show," to be performed Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Union desk, $1 in advance, and $1.25 at the door. Staff photo by Joseph Thomas. the first death. Other castmembers include a stereotyped surgeon, played by Joe H oracek, who sings the "Surgical Blues"... Up three days in a row'i got home last night Dog up and bite me, w ife started to fight... . . .a" pregnant prostitute, played by Grey Therrington (when she's not lamenting her sad state in "Medicine Show," vou can find her singing at Gryphon and a seductive nurse, played by Patty Fisher. The list goes on and on. But the show is running for two nights only in Memorial Hall. 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