University of Virginia Library

WUVA and the Student Council
must be congratulated on bringing
John Mayall and Lighthouse to
University Hall this Friday night.
Not only will IFC Weekend have a
first-class concert, but Virginia will
have a chance to see and hear, in
Mayall, one of the truly great forces
in contemporary music. He was
playing the blues years before the
current blues revival. His influence
on progressive hard rock has been
felt in the work of his former
sidemen Eric Clapton and Jack
Bruce; former Mayall guitarist Mick
Taylor is now with the Rolling
Stones.

As a performer, Mayall does
everything: sings, plays several
types of guitar, harmonica, and
keyboard. His sideman for this
concert, Duster Bennett, is a
similarly eclectic talent.

Lighthouse is the Canadian
rock-jazz ensemble that played to
20,000 in Toronto before beginning
their American tour. Skip Prokop,
their organizer, was the percussionist
on Super Session album with
Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield.
Their brass, string, and electric
mixture are reminiscent of Blood,
Sweat, and Tears, but with more
vocal and instrumental virtuosity.

With the calibre of talent being
presented, and with the proceeds
benefiting the Churchill Jordan
Scholarship Fund and minority
recruitment, the John Mayall-Lighthouse
concert deserves to be a
success. Again, congratulations to
the Student Council and WUVA.