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Quatro blends rock

controlled lights, and numer- ous changes in costume.

King Crimson's “In the Court of the Crimson King." For the Tennessee rockfest,

Uniquewanddevice For the Labor Day rock festival which was to have

with classical stvle

' By STEVE COHEN

From a child prodigy on the Lawrence Welk show to promoter of numerous rock concert tours to rock musi- cian, 3-year-old Michael Quatro has returned to his

first love - the performance

of music. The leader of the three-

Quatro uses, he is a dynamic performer. '

Utilizing six keyboard ‘in- struments, Quatro is in con- trol of over 300 keys and 200i dials. His instruments include a specially designed Baldwin piano which took 15 years to develop, a mini-moog Maestro Phase Shifter, a me]. ' lotron, a special ‘bass keyboard. on old Hammond organ, and a moog synthesi-

been held in Benton, Tenn, Quatro added new devices to his electronic stockpile which

enable him to obtain more \ feedback and a wider variety '

of sounds from a ,wand he waves, operating a six-chan- nel moog synthesizer in tape sequence. The wand device is the only one of its kind in the world,‘ ‘ 1

One of Quatro‘s most-en—‘

)oved live performances is

Quatro had developed a new introduction, the mo‘t stunn- ing part of his integpratation of the song, and planned a amask “which looks lin- mne— thing rightwout of hell,{

Uses six instruments

Quatro’s conception of suc cess is “being able to gm: my ery inch of myself to the pub« he as an entertainei.” Even without the theatrical deyises

member Michael Quatro J am, Band was in Evansville re- cently visiting local promo- ters Bob Folz and Bob Alex- ander. His group performed at last year’s Bull Island rockfest and the July 2 all- day rock concert.

Blending hard rock with classical motifs in his com- positions is Quatro’s musical style. What sets Quatro apart from other performers in the rock-classical genre is his in-

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in addition to the fog‘mn- chines and .hunchbat‘it, the band’s performance features flashbombs. flame throwers, I

. ' '< yum-o! a sulfur and but“; "u' have succeeded (includu' )8 m. on the group’s lbw vocals, John Thor drums. VII spe- . , \Ntense theatrlcs. W W gm 3:315:33 "flattens, Susie Quatro, herself formal-1y This fault masked a ht of an Beginsinfos \ my,ng "MW"? '"" of the Jam Band), but she dynamics of the classically in Quatro begins a Perform By NancyBall ssemsreadytotake ona fewot nuanced pieces such as “Ro- ance with a thick fog COV' Even those who Mike thefellowsaswell. Hertouch is We Prehide.” ems me sess- A'ma‘ma“ Quatros previous Kansas City lightandtastemlandadefinite The shooting mums and fog dressed as a lunchbacked- appearances could not have complement to her brother’s bombs. that most-scored strate- been prepared forthesortofmusicalprowess. gcpassages “Com-tofu. show they were given last night Mike Quatro, a proverbial Crimson King"

were in keeping at Cowtown’s annual Halloween musician’s musician, is as noted with the Halloween hysteria.

mad scientist come? forth' I and turns on the amplifiers. .“Someorie has to turn the, amplifiers on and the au- dience gives a standing ova- tion —— just for the amplifiers

party. ThegrouphassnnkaforhismmvadommeledricQuan-omadmcladastho small fortune into costumes .keyboard equipment as for his classic laboratory special effects, and an already writing and performing sill, so gar, made an appearance to _ ed ,, staggering array of musxcal he was not to be outdone on his turn on the stacks of consumers, being mm 03" equipment, so the. element ‘of recent tour. In addition to his and amplifiera which mix and! . V .- surprise was working all In its unique tie-microphone , his push out the sound. The audi- t B d favor. double-keyboard organ. and syn- enoe, clad in all manner of dis- I e More impressive than the thesizer,‘he has added no less submwflsalmost asentataim . , somewhat elaborate staging _was than six Moog synthesizer units ing as the program; and Whine, . v the combination of mm in’a “Quatro Box" which is ac- eVeryone’s favorite clown, was to accompanying Quatro this tune tivated atwill by an intrlgfl a delight as he presided over a grOUp around._1n fact the plat/mg of device called a Wand, w hoodlum . f 1m” TheI’attyQuhtroandJohn Thorpealsosimulates violinandcsilo Oiextremolyworthymention . namic PCT 0mm“ 0“ ’ 3 . on guitar and drums, respec- sounds. Thus, the sound is or- “Brian Bowers, if SUZIe Can Can result is a super-smash hit “"glettvely was in many ways more chestrallyfull despite themes- whoopenedtheshowwith mat. . ' that’s remain“ the Unitc‘l Kingdom notewa than that of the enoeofonlythreemusician‘s. honallybasedmdnwandson Why Not Mike? Ththilihzcizcihtiii swam am Mommy °‘ this“, < V i ‘ ' I. 8 Perhaps talent runs in the family.zi’s brother Michael is turning a few fished Shams performancewas than the music, a osmium trimmers was gay in- It’s happened before with the Andrewhcad‘s of his own. An eX-concert pro expected to be of fine quality. that Quatro himself seemed to stances every bit as inurest Sisters so whv shouldn’t it be hap-motvr from “‘0 DcEl‘Oit am“ “‘k“ But the proficiency of his two give in to from time to time. as the combined power of the mening’to the Quatro kids. Suzie Qua-Quatro}; Jam lint-d zcu‘olil‘-13. 3cm: ff colleagues was senwipity. m}, pm W Wm WM

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