Charles Mingus and a Scottish folksinger on the same bill? Okay, the billing seems somewhat unlikely, to put it mildly. Except it really isn't all that outlandish.
TRAFFIC
FREE
JOHN MARTYN
Traffic emerged on the international rock scene nearly six years ago touted as one of the finest groups of the times, and their recent appearance here did nothing to diminish that reputation.
Guitarist John Martyn opened the festivities and did a fine job.
John Martyn, who opened the show, didn't command the attention of his audience until after his audio was turned up.
Traffic gave an enjoyable concert in Albuquerque Jan. 28. The blues rock band Free and John Martyn, an imaginative guitarist, also were featured.
The bill also included John Martyn, an acoustic performer who simply did not come off in the unenviable role of lead-off performer.
Parents with bruised eardrums who hope rock will roll away had better brace themselves. Rock music is more popular than ever in America and England, according to British musicians touring here.
Singer-guitarist John Martyn, a Scot, opened the show and occupied the stage by himself for the first 30 minutes.
Although the delicacy that so beautifully counterbalances the hard edges of its music was totally lost in the Long Beach Arena sound system,
BRONCO, headed out on their latest nationwide tour of mainly student centres, when they topped a bill at Leeds Polytechnic1 which proved a big artistic, if not quite a financial
bonanza.
