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University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO Wavelength Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies 6-1983 Wavelength (June 1983) Connie Atkinson University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength Recommended Citation Wavelength (June 1983) 32 https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength/32 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at ScholarWorks@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wavelength by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DEVELOPING THE NEW LEADERSHIP IN NEW ORLEANS MUSIC A Symposium on New Orlea Music Business Sponsored by the University of New Orleans Music Department and the Division of Continuing Education and wavelength Magazine. Moderator John Berthelot, UNO Continuing Education Coordinator/Instructor in the non-credit music business program. PROGRAM SCHEDULE How To Get A Job In A New Orleans Music Club 2 p.m.-panel discussion on the New Orleans club scene. Panelists include: Sonny Schneidau, Talent Manager. Tipitina's, John Parsons, owner and booking manager, Maple Leaf Bar. personal manager of • James Booker. one of the prcx:lucers of the new recording by James Booker. Classified. Jason Patterson. music manager of the Snug Harbor. associate prcx:lucer/consultant for the Faubourg Jazz Club, prcx:lucer for the first public showing of One Mo· Time, active with ABBA. foundation and concerts in the Park. Toulouse Theatre and legal proceedings to allow street music in the French Quarter. Steve Monistere, independent booking and co-owner of First Take Studio. Cyndi Christian. general manager. Orpheum Theatre/New Orleans Symphony Society. Ed White. president, White Oak Prcx:lucllons. Inc.: talent ccrordinator for New Orleans Steamboat Company/ Riverboat President. 1118 Importance Of Management 3:1S p.m.-panel discussion on music management in New Orleans. Panelists include: Bill Johnston, personal manager for the Neville Brothers, former association with Gino Vanelli, originator and ccrowner of • Beaver Prcx:luctions and The Warehouse. Bill Cat, personal manager for the Radiators. Bruce Spizer, former manager of the Cold, attorney with Stone Pigman law firm. Eduardo Young, personal manager for Kidd Jordan and AI Fielder and the Improvisation Arts Ensemble, consultant to Kent Jordan Quintet, agent for Sam Rivers. Hamiet Bluiett, and Bobby McFerrin, consultant for Tony Dagradi. How To Get A Record Deal 4:30 p.m.-panel discussion on recordings and video. Panelists include: Pat Berry, former owner of Leisure Landing and former publisher of Wavelength, presently doing independent video prcx:luction Cosima • Matassa, recording engineer for J&M studio, founder and owner of Cosima Studio, owner of Dover Records, White Cliff Publishing, currently with Jefferson Music, Slidell. John Berthelot. president of Great Southern Record Company, St. Expedite Distributing Company, independent record prcx:lucer since 1970. Kevin Mclin, prcx:lucer and member of Windjammer. MCA recording artist, television engineer at WDSU. Ellis Marsalis, jazz artist, president of Elm Record Company. DETAILS Date: Sunday, June 12 from 2 until6 p.m. Place: Liberal Arts Building, University of New Orleans, Room 140. Registration: No admission charge. For free registration, call UNO Continuing Education, 286-7110, 8-4:30 Monday through Friday. Open to the public, especially those persons interested in careers in the performing arts. management, record and video prcx:luction, and any and all other interested individuals. ~~'RECORD RON HITS 40! % ISSUE NO. 32 • JUNE 1983 ~ Join the birthday celebration ~ "I'm not sure, but I'm almost positive, that all music came f rom New Orleans." /// June 7th /;8 Ernie K-Doe, 1979 Features Musical Excursions ............ 12 Sam McClain . .. ............. 13 Ralston Crawford .. .......... 16 Columns June . ........ .. ............. 4 Bunny Matthews . ........ 21 Caribbean ............. ... .... 23 Art .. ...... .............. ... 25 Zek~peak ....... ............ 27 Reviews ... ..... ............. 29 Listings .................. .... 32 Cl~ij7eds .................. 36 Last Page . .. .. .......... .... 38 THE OLD ... THE NEW ... 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WAVELENGTH/ JUNE 1983 3 ~ JUNE , ~ STI~KS AND STONES Those of you with pachyder (moribund, to him, but why mous memories might recall that should he miss it?) institution, in the November 1982 issue of the Jazz Festival; he told us that Musician Magazine, Brian the response to his article was Cullman wrote a scathing "Let unprecendented in Musician's ter From New Orleans" (see WL history, between 700 and 800 25 for details) castigating all of letters, most of them local and us roundly on our city and our irate. One local woman even music and also explaining in said she couldn't take anything the process that we locals were so he wrote seriously because his dumb that anything worthwhile band was all dressed as nurses musically that happened here and he beat them onstage. Not was sheer cosmic accident. true, but as Brian said, "an idea Recently, we talked to Brian worth thinking about." Who when he was in town for that says local creativity is dead? -J.N. SNOOKS COOKS "Ya gotta keep movin' to get would like to remedy. As she ex the best pictures," camera plains: "We're working on a dangling Darrell is telling his record deal for a French label friend Bob, "See, ya go from and he's writing some new stage to stage, always movin', material that'll definitely be always shooting' , plus that 'a more New Orleans-sounding. way ya get to see the whole Jazz Snooks is one of the most power Fest, ya don't miss nobody." ful and original instrumentalists But as they enter the sunny am ever to come out of New bience of the Festival Tent to Orleans, but because of a lack Snooks Eaglin belting out of professional management he "Lipstick traces, on a ci-ga hasn't really received the ex rette," at 1:40 p.m. on May 1, posure he deserves. He's an Darrell turns to Bob and says American genius .. there's just no with a smile, "Sit down cuz we one like him." ain't goin' nowhere." Eaglin gets fantastic dirty The combination of Snooks guitar tone by using a funky red Eaglin's wailing soulful voice Truetone electric, the kind you and lowdown electric guitar get from Western Auto, run tone, and Allen Toussaint's dis through a Fender Twin Reverb tinguished piano accompaniment amp, amply over-driven. When was enough to inspire a perfor he used to sit in with the Rhap mance of magical proportions at sodizers everybody else would this year's Jazz Fest-a historic have to turn up because Snooks set impossible to walk out on. would always want to play wide This wasn't the first meeting open. His popping-finger picking of the two R&B masters, style and stinging tone can bring however; the pair had a band tears to the ears of a blues fan called "the Flamingos" many hungry for the real lowdown southern nights ago. Eaglin also sound. worked regularly with Professor As if his playing and singing Longhair, both live and in the weren't enough, Snooks is just studio. as nice a fella as you'd ever Eaglin's musical reputation want to meet. Complimenting BOSS GUITAR has been built on his solid folk/ him after a gig, he'll put both Ever wonder what the mayor back and strum a tune on his ..