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Also in the near future are new vistas for the band to conquer. The members will be composing and performing an originalscore for the Penn Players production of Six Charactersin Search of an Author, anundertaking far different from anything they have done previously,!? . . .lt; ••• . -In a totally different bag is the group's plan to do a about themselves.J I LIf fSays Zeigler, a College junior, We’d produce it, direct it,and act in it, too.* 'A lot of people are doing it these days. We didn’t want to be left off the bandwagon, adds Rice, *v -C; .* ^ *In line with their plans to continue in the music business,the Edison Electric will pursuea rustic idyll in England thissummer. At the present time, there are no plans for public appearances in England — just several months of practice writing.A more recent arrival on thescene is the MarketcampusStreet Subway, an original group with a uniquely Philadelphianname. The group, founded in 1967, was originally conceived in the minds of Bob Simon, a Wharton junior, and Joe Lehman and Buff MacKenzie, both juniors in the College. - ■AUTOCAR TRUCK RENTALBA 2-4250Main Point in Bryn Mawr,The trio, who roomed on thesame floor in their freshman year, later added John Seabrook, a College junior, on drums andDave Ross, a Wharton sophomore, on lead guitar, to their rhythm, guitar, bass, and organ. The Market Street Subway wasThe group, influenced by such bands as Country Joe and theFish, the Cream, and the BluesProject, quickly gained widespread local recognition, playing for parties and mixers. The students at the University were notthe only recipients of the Subway’s many talents, for to date, its members have played at Princeton, Lehigh, and Villanova. Anengagement at Lafayette is set for the coming weekend.According to organist Simon,one of the group's greatest concerts was at an open air party in New York’s Central Park.Thegala, in October, 1967, was sponsored by Adolph Green and his wife, Phyllis Newman: The bandattracted far more than the invited number of guests in the unusqal natural environment. love tore-c ordf* ’ says S imon,** but so fa r we haven’t gathered the amount oforiginal material necessary. At least one song, though, has beenproduced by the Market StreetSubway. Entitled Embryo, themusic was written by guitarist -singer Ross, and the words bySimon. Besides working on ori-, the group members devise new arrangements, concentrating on the music of the newest groups.The vestiges of the folk music cult live on. thoueh. in a muchpanisone i on ei
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Philadelphia Daily Pennsylvanian
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Feb 22, 1968
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