LIX No . 18 State University of New York at Albany ALBANY STUDENT PRESS Friday

|he Dclutioy ami Bonnie el. nl. ci>nuerl I inlay niglil was a juke, a eiuel line ill lliiil. In :i way. I hero were six acls in all: lliree nl music .mil lliree nl waiting I'm music and as H turned mil llie |»eil'orui;iriees wereu'i woilh lilt.' walk in Hie lain In llic gym. As usual Hie snuiitl system was partly I" hliiim lull in ilus case, llic IIIIISK «as also weak Kenny l.oggim ami Jim Messina played Insl and although il louk llieiti aliiuil nil evil mmuics In work mil siune kinks i hey evenliially played si line ileeelll music. This Wiis Lupins' show all llic way. lie was ,i ei Ii) cliaiiiclei Willi a good voice iillhmiu.li no pan Is splillei by •my inoiius. Mcssiiui was mi hand solely In leiul his name (ex-inemboi liiilTalo .SpiiiigHeld. ex-niemhei I'ocol so Ihal people would he eulieed lo come see l up in s The best inouienls weie when l o g i n s and Messina lei il rip on guilai and nl I lie same n was a laugh I" walch I lie th inns ami hiiss try lo keep up Willi Hie uuil.insls tlies weie so lai Miind. lite) ii iii > as well have given up I lie chase Alllioue.li there weie some hi lull I spols, il appealed thai I o t i t is was si ill seiii chine I'm a niche In Tail inlo Hill) I'leslon is an iiiimeusel) I.denied oigam.sl hill Ins laleill lies mote in heme able In combine lire styles nl nlhei iiiiisicians ihau in a imisical lileiilil) ol Ins own. Since lie doesn'l ny In disguise this, (in "Suiniucilniic" he even olTeis a iiinnhci nl ini|iiessiniis. including one nl Kay Chalk's) lll.sacl is piesenlahle hill make no tluiibl ahull I II. II is .in A l l 1'ieslou conies oil like a inixliiie nl SI) Slnne and lilldil) Miles. Hie new black dailhf who would like In I ill llie void lel'l h) Jimi llendrix and tantalize llie liciuls ol Hie while audience. I had Hie I'eeliiig llutl I'resimi was playing Willi people's euiolioiis. gelling llie .iiidienee In slaud h) aililieial miiiineiisiiis. llie cricoic. "Higher' was pure iiighl eluh gieil.se Willi I'leslon shutting aioillld llie stage like a da/ed peacock. Hill) I'leslon would kllock'eni dead in Vegas. In songs such ,is "Thai's llie Wa) liod I'lanucd II" and "Them Changes." I'reslon's nigaii Howed hill loo often il slnnped lo Hie level nl ii demonstrator displaying I he wares nl an nigaii ill Maey's. Kit I It I loot. The hand behind bun was useless except I'm a lew hoi licks hull) llie guiliiiisi (die diumnici in p.uliciikn had anil unbelievable lack nl' iniiigin.iiionl and I'm .ill inlenls and pin poses u miglil as well have been liilK 1'ieslnii In his loiiesnine In cnilliasl, Delaney and limiiue's music lias .ilswa) s been depeiideui oil llie euillilbuilons ol Viinoiis "hiends" who cniililhlile Hieii sei vices. When brie Cliiplon wen I mi mill Willi Iheni .1 couple ol yeais ago. Ihey weie leul some badly needed class. I lemembei seeing llieiu in mid '()') wilh a band Ihal included the likes of Leon Russell, Bobby Keys, and Carl Radio and even I hen. Ihey weie only barely passable as euteilaiilHieiit, Delaney Hiauilell must be a pom iuiiingei I'm llie sound is always loose with split ends hanging everywhere. The songs are punrly structured and the present band isn't competent enough to jam. Il your mother walked in on Delaney and Bonnie and complained thai I heir music was only noise, she wouldn't have been Inn far wrong. Good lock should be sharp and snappy, chop. chop. chop. Delaney and Bonnie's hand has absolutely no sense ol* direction and there is no one in the band who could pull a lew strings and give the music some delinilion. As il was. the music was a glob and llie vocal harmonics sloppy so there was mil lung lo hold on lo, the music was anything bin an atlciilion grabber. II I had had In piss during Hie conceit, I would have been in the toilet ptoiiln, if someone suggested I was missing a good, late nighl movie, there would have been no slopping me. I 1 inelj leave before the end of a concert hut I couldn't help hut think how much happiei I would have been it I was at O'llcany's toasting the luck nl llic lush and felt a sense ol relief when D&B and group wiapped il up I'm Hie evening.