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WOODS: for Ronnie's EUROPEAN BY LAURIE HENSHAW RHYTHM TOP American stars are being lined up for British appen MACHINE ances later in rhe year. Current Pop 30 art COMING ists Martha and the AMERICAN altoist Phil Vandellas and Canned Woods has been booked Heat will be back in into London's Ronnie Britain in 1969. Scott Club for a two CANNED HEAT MARTHA AND VANDELLAS week season commen DATES tour later this year three-week tour plus TV dates cing March 31. He will appear with h11 European Rhythm Muh,ne, Martha, whose cur joins forces with the 1;omprilin1 Daniel Hu,nair rent chart hit " Dancing Count Basie Orchestra (drs), C.Or1e Grunts (pno) In The Street'' is a Canned Heat again for a package u1d Henri T ..ier (lta•t) . " revived 45 ", will which kicks off at the start a three-week tour Hammersmith Odeon this month. later in year on April 19. Dates are being set in London and through Howes also has high European tour later this TREK out the country between hopes that Aretha month. Full details of March 17 and April 12. Franklin will top a dates are on pace 2. The Basie band has The tour will also mammoth concert bill take in TV appearances On the iazz front, four dates on its own, at London's Royal Al the Harold Davison beginnin1 at the Wake on ATV's This Is Tom bert Hall in November. Jones and BBC's Top Of Agency's 1969 import field Theatre Club on The Pops. procramme swines into April 18. Impresario Arthur action when the Mod Woody Herman and Howes, who nerotiated ern Ian Quartet start a his Swincin1 Herd start the deal with Martha, is Top US underground 17-day tour at Cowen their 1969 British trek also finalisinc details of group, Country Joe and try Cathedral next Fri at the Pnilion, Hemel a tour for Canned Heat the Fish will also play day (7). Hempstead, DII Friday, later in the year. Britain H part of a Since, Tony Bennett April 25. { PECIAL INSIDE
AIETHA : All,ert H•II concert COUNTRY JO E FOR U.K. DATE I (I) HALF AS NICE ...... Amen Corner. Immediate COUNTRY JOF and It>< 2 (3) WHERE DO YOU CO TO ...... Peter Sarstedt. United Artosts Fish are- to tour Rrit In 3 (4) l' M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME th15 month 1.1 pa" ('If a Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations, Tamla Motown Europtan e-nb of t>n 4 (9) PLEASE DON'T CO ...... Donald Peers, Columb,a mtnts The toor hh bttn l U.P 5 (2) BLACKBERRY WAY ...... Move. Regal Zonophone b) Noe1 Ga) rtbt and 6 (5) DANCING IN THE STREET starts at Houlds\\ orth Hall, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, T amla Motown lanchestf'r, on March 12 7 ( 15) THE WAY IT USED TO BE ...... Engelbert Humperdinck, Decca The Bnt1 h datt" fiMhsN 8 (6) ALBATROSS ...... Fleetwood Mac, Blue Horizon :~[hGG':.'~ha ,}2t~h); ~:~, 'l 9 (7) YOU COT SOUL ...... Johnny Nash. Ma jor Monor tham Cross Tt-<"hnical Col• COUNTRY JO£ 10 WICHITA LINEMAN ...... lege (27); London· Room.I (17) Glen Campbell, Ember [ ~top.Nfll M"ftti 11 ( 12) I 'll PICK A ROSE FOR MY ROSE Marv Johnson, Tamla Motown House- (29) Datt· on larch 12 (8) FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE ...... Stevie Wonder, Tamla Motown 23, 26 and 28 ha\i:• MIil tll h&,r N"\'f\ r~r,.•rlrJ h1 t-. be fl.,ed. N~•k.lns \Ir- •h« th,, h\Ur \'1\11 13 (18) SOUL SISTER BROWN SUGAR ...... Sam and Dave, At lantic Thr ,:roup unvl" ln Fuwrc I 41m fh•1 ,ur1" tlwit tht", WIii 14 (10) TO LOVE SOMEBODY ...... Nona Simone, RCA on Mareh J:? Thl"\ n, d1tN'l Th<, "'11! \',-tl&lf\h ~ t • •fthr1 15 (13) ICUESSl'LLALWAYSLOVEYOU lo Ge-rm.an,· ror a tun{""e-J1 ,tate \lntil af1t"r ttw ..... 1"n,.,rn,ffll" and foJlo\\ up "1lh appe-ar ha,c" bttn c-.\fl,r-l•t<-J ·• Isley Brothers. T amla Motown ances in S\\i"den (H, Ul. DM Th, &1''~' m•, al , hot,-. a 16 (14) PEOPLE ...... Tymes, CBS mark (16. 17) and ('( ,bl) nc-YI Jil~m rrl\'14,t,t {\\ \,,in Holland (IM. <"tJt" "' llh lh• 1t,ur 17 (11) OB- LA - DI OB -LA - DA ...... Marmalade, CBS Tut-)· fly bad, 10 m~rlll llll 18 (26) MONSIEUR DUPONT ...... Sa nd,e Shaw. Pye ~uc-h JI 1.nd may thf"n N"l"• DANKWORTH CLASSES 19 (-) SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SORROW up Bri•n Hutch of IM' N Cilia Black, Parlophone JOll'-'-l\ lH,'\h.\\ ORrtt ,,,11 Gay oHk~~ IOlJ '1\t Th~~ ta to ma ti:-rl'la ... C' t,•t l.t • 20 (20) MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER ...... Harmony Grass, RCA 21 (28) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING Righteous Brothers , London 22 ( I 6) FOX ON THE RUN ...... Manfred Mann. Fontana DONOVAN COLLAPSES 23 (30) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye, Tam/a Motown 24 ( 19) SOMETHINC'S HAPPEN INC ...... Herman's Hermits. Columbia WITH INFLUENZA AT 25 (24) YOU AIN 'T LIVIN' Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Tamla Motown 26 (-) GENTLE ON MY MIND ...... Dean Martin. Reprise LOS ANGELES AIRPORT 27 (22) MRS ROBINSON (EP ) ...... Si mon and Garfunkel, CBS DONOVAN COLLAP FD on rm·.,I at L(', An&\'lt'", airport 28 (-) FIRST OF MAY ...... Bee Gees, Polydor last week. He was sufft-r1 n,: from 1nftue"nu and \I.I nnt tt'I Nod It tu 29 (21) PRIVATE NUMBER ...... Judy Clay and Willia m Bell, Stax hotel. 30 125) COINC UP COUNTRY ...... Canned Heat, liberty Dono, an v,as on his wa, to thl' We t cast I«.\ •PN'lf (In an Andy W1lhams colour TV SPtt-111 with Jo•t- f; hctan\l anti l?O\P 30 PUBLISHERS thr SrrothHs Brolht"rs He nu NI fir t r.t!Nrsala fN \be 1how~1~~r .::.-=I~ I Cyul Shol"IC! ; 2 Morhmer; 3 Flom1ngo Musrc; ~II.,: _17 Northern Sonos. 15 Corhri : 19 Peter w~~ ::r::n !t ~•:l :m,._ ,_ • Oouna, ~ Un,ted Art1sh ; 6 Jobel e / Cort.n; 7 Mounce, 20 Cyril Shone, 21 Screc,r\ Genu; 22 Morib.i, 8 Fteelwood lmmcd,ole, 9 Teepee; 10 Moon M u'\1c· 23 Jobete Corl," , 24 Cu,I Shcv,e, Corhn 0 ·, I Jobctc /Corhn, 12 Jobcle _ Corlm; 13 25 Jobete1c ·o,I'"; 26 Acvtl Rose: 27 Polle'". B.B. TOUR OPENING Corlm 1-1 Ab•OO•I; I) JOOl'fl.• , Corhn, 16 Chop 28 Ab,go,1; 29 Eosl . 30 Metr,c: T HE Flrrt,,., \'IOd Mac-B II King to ur or Britain, v. h1{"h also features Sonny Terr,• and Brownie MtGhee, optns at Lo ndon's Royal Al~rt Hall on April 22-and not Mareh 22 al stated in last wttk's MM The dales are; Ro ·al Albe-rt Hall (April 22); e wcastl t Town Hall (23); Camhrldit 11 g;~ ea~!~mi ~~~ia cc:~~~ 6.); <;olston Hall. Bristol top twenty albums 27); Birmingham To ...,n Hall gf.); Manche,;;lrr Free Trade I Hall (29) wrrn A BLUEBEAT HOT 10 GREAT 1 111 EVERYBODY NEW NEEDS LOVE SINGLE .. . SI "" Sm•h UN ITY - 504.
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• WHICH OF THE SIX FINALISTS WILL BE THE SONG TO REPRE SENT BRITAIN AT TH E 1969 EUROVI SION SONG CONTEST? WE SHALL ALL KNOW ON SATURDAY BILL WHEN LULU ANNOUNCES THE WINNER FROM THE SIX SONGS SHE HAS FEATURED IN HER TV SERIES. BUT WHICH WILL IT BE ? MARTIN IF ANYBODY IS CAPABLE OF AN INSPIRED GUESS. IT MUST BE BILL MARTIN WHO. WITH PHIL COULTER , WROTE BRITAIN"S ONLY EUROVISION WINNER TO picks the DATE, " PUPPET ON A STRING •·. AND ALSO "CONGRATULATIONS .. • FIRSTLY, 1 think Lulu h,1 s a great winner chance of winnrng the Euro vision, no m3tter which song is picked, as her personality could win her almost anything, .ind this is why 1 would like to see "Come Septem ber ·· win, as it h.ts the best Euro pean melody and Lulu sings 11 with terrific verve and personality. It is between three songs-the above, " March " ~1nd " Room Bang-a Bang." This is a run-down of the six songs as they are sung:- " ARE You Ready For Love?" Alan Hawkeshaw and Ray Cameron. This song is too similar to " Me The Peaceful Heart·· and if you lis ten cl osely to the introduction of the PETER GREEN defends Fleetwood Mac Lulu Show you will hear almost the snme bongo drum jnrroduction. I think this is too muc h of a "pop ·• WHIL:l:e~:~<:ire~,n~~ sang-for the Eurovision. played to enthusiastic Stateside audiences, « MARCH " - Ken Howard and British blues fans ac SOLD OUT ? Alan Blalkley. cused the group of de· lf anyone knows how to write for serting the music that Europe it is these writers. All the MARTIN: bvo1.u-s ' Come Sciptembet ' made them. Dave Dee hits etc. lt is by no means " Oh! How could you, Fleetwood Mac," they a great song but it is a good Euro ~o"~\, i{~onL~~~~ GERROFF! vision song because it hits you in "I ~ ;v~~h;::I! screamed. "You've sold Paupin. out, jumped on the com the first eight bars and that is what mercial b a n d w a go n , J~!~k:~rn:~:ta~~u~hih~~ ~~:t °r:ia~fn;r~o~~~e~~ particular when I'm writ- is needed. My original favourite and It would be hard to get this title 1 deserted the blues. . . . " own personal pleasure just want to be musically ~"fi·nesi~m~~~!!d, still a very good contender. on a postcard when voting. A very ~~ft1~~ unimaginative title for what is just Peter Green read the which is a bit sad. satisfying. down and then come bock a dull and uninteresting song. Mailbag headlines, sipped " People should want " We'll have a new to it later. ' Albatross ' " come September-Don Black & a glass of champagne, Mark London. the best for everyone British LP out in the started with just •hrct u BET YER!" - John Shakes and replied : " Sold out else. I want to get some middle of April. I'd rather notes but that number I personally pick this for three that's just a stock phrase, land-a farm-and grow record in the States be- was such a big thing reasons. First it is the best Euro peare and Derek Warne. John Shakespeare unfortunately we're still playing the crops and vegetables. It cause they seem to be in it just had to be the pean melody and melody is the most same stuff on stage and would be an open house, it more, they're more single, it was so powerful important thing in the contest. did not live up to his famous his whenever we play 'Alba torical name. To me this song was no locks on the doors, advanced. The best and peaceful Secondly it somehow conveys Lulu's tross ' it just brings the which is surely the way sounds are on American "The title? No, J bubbling personality at its best, like a never-ending middle eight the place down every time. things should be. J want records, no-one's ever wasn't thinking of an which must sway the judges and best thing about it is the title. There " These are just narrow people to be happy. matched Phil Spector or albatross, somethng else. lastly Lulu looks and feels comfort the story ends. minded people. I'm going "The main thing I Tamla. The sound they I don't really know what. able when singing it, and this is a to play what I like, when want to do is to make get is really something. Something very peace- I hke. We've always been good r eco rd s that " Idon'tthinkl'minflu- ful." - ROYSTON ELD- necessity. These writers have tasted P. S. ON THE SHOW commercial. Blues is com success with Lulu before, they wrote musically satisfy. We just r-e_n_ce_d__ b;.y _ •_n.;.y_th_i_n;;,g_ i_n__ R_IDG,;_;;,: E,:_. ______CANNOT understand why the mercial-before we made want to make good LP's her multi-million single "To Sir ' Albatross ' we drew With Love." I BBC after discovering the and singles. We won't winning formula two years running crowds and crowds. make anything for the OOM Bang-a-Bang - Peter decided to change the song pre " It seems that people chans but we will pick HAIOLD DAVISON ,auons THI sentation. very are trying to keep us something out of a bunch B Warne and Alan Moorehouse. To me it is unfair down as much as possible. on the writers. One minute Lulu that's best for the charts. Undoubtedly the dark horse of ' AJbatross ' got very We'd be silly to pick out MODERN JAZZ the contest. It has everything a sings Bacherach and David, next few plays even though it something that would Eurovision songs needs from minute an unknown. The songs ob made number one. make a bad single. arrangement, gimmicks, catchy viously come in for comparison. " I don't think we lost " ' Albatross ' w i 11 QUARTET chorus and picture title. Altogether Surely Lulu, questing on a major any fans through ' Alba never date. It's like one it is a weH manufactured Eurovision show as Cliff and Sandie did, w01· tross '-these people who of those great old instru JOHN IIWIS, PIANO MIT JACISON, VIIIS song. The great British public could have created much more interest don't want us or John m~ntals like 'Apache.' It PIRCY HEATH, BASS CONNI KAY, DIUMS and, as far as the songwriter is con Mayall or Aynsley Dun might even become a pick this one. I like it but I feel bar to get success aren't Europe has heard it a ll before. cerned, a better chance. standard. " Our new single will SAT., 8th MAROI 6.15 &9p.m. be called ' Man Of The World.' It's in the same LONDON • ROYAL FESTIVAL HAll vein as ' Albatross • but 6. 15 ,.,.., CONCHT1 STARLITE ARTISTES · PETER WALSH it's a song. It's a sad Tick- 1/., 10/6, 13/6, 16/ 6, 21/· song so it's a blues but t ~-- CONCIIT, SOlD OUJ SOLE REPRESENTATION FOR THE FOLLOWING ARTISTES people will say it's not because it's not a 12-bar. MON., 10th MARCH 8 p.m. "It's got a really great BIRMINGHAM • TOWN HAll TREMELOES • FLEETWOOD MAC· MOVE •MARMALADE melody and I've got some TICKITS1 II•, 10/6, 13/6 16/6, 21 / . good ideas to make it 0 more complete. lt"s very SPENCER DAVIS • TROGGS • EASYBEA TS sad, it WU the way I lelt THURS., 13th MARCH 8 p.m. ::::.me. It's me at my NASHVILLE TEENS • EPICS • DREAM POLICE • LINDA KENDRICK • MUD CROYDON• FAIRRBD HAil " It's a blues record but TICIIITl1 1/., 10/6, 13/ 6, 16/6, 211• DUSTER BENNETT • DANA GILLESPIE • DUFFYTAYLOR • RICHARD FOX• MICHELLE and MYLES because it's my own melody, my own chord SAT., 15th MARCH : Ip.& sequence, people won't take it u blues but if II MANOIESTER • Fl& 11ADE HAIL ~ii:c.~ TYMES r::~~~~h CHAMBERS BROTHERS M~:~~'~F,, doesn't ma1!e a hit, II ncun. 1/,, 10/6, 131'4\, W I, I doean't really matter. If we w--.ted to make a lot ...... ,_ b SO UTHAMPTON PLACE, W.C.1. 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_It W~s Simon's recent Dee 15 OF ~rg~P: \~~~s~~n ot:~~ i~~~':1iJ Party, that had the papers rushing In to print that Simon was heading for the Con. servallve Central Office. " All I said what that I would like to become an MP, and how would I go about it " said Simon over coffee ot the CHAIRMAN London Hilton. So he ls not taking the step - yet. But he wilhng\y expanded on the subject " People in the world of en ter~ainment do gel a social conscience," he said "For instance, many show' b_usiness personalities in Ame• nca have entered politics. DEE
Th~~t'\t\~;d~~!~ae~?eaflear:U~the world extensively. and ..------~ become very aware or the lack or social justice fathers separated from their "J feel Germany has been ¥:.isto soh0 : 1~me:p~~~e t~ ll~~j children because they have cauterised, or cnstrated, since w,~r~e.his fe~e~ :hoh:nt~~ immigrants - Irish, Poles, nowhere to live. But this the Second World War. But if an audience of ten million can anyone, not just coloured borough wants a new town Armageddon does come, I be used to more rewarding people. Coloured people them• hall! think it will be either in effect than a vehicle for an selves know there is a "What's far more impor Berlin or Israel." ex-Radio Caro/me leaper who problem." tant is to get the mothers, fathers and their children has become - I hope to thmk • THE POPE • fairly cogent TV e TAXES together under one roof. They personplity. "Ta.Jrntion is essential to should make do with a new " Why should the Pope be •• And of course, TY Js tow11 hall made or bricks and Italian? Give me one reason • tremendously powerful ;~~atti~~ crsun:;r· 18:ot a tin roof! hi~h~"i: "I'm co•operating with why he shouldn't be American medium It never ceases should be reduced. The way or Irish. As for that nonsense t o ama1.e even me For petrol and cigarettes are con• HELP to really blasl them for about the PIil ... don't talk to instance, a t Golders Green on this attitude." me about that. ~~~al~~er~a xi~d s~~h v:ryg rg!,\~g a show recen tly - when we e PENSIONS " Some pnest tells the wife were mentioning pot, 1 s udden army of civil servants, new or a dustman earning £ 11 a buildings have to be 'built to "The,;e could be improved week w ith seven children to ~1l~tur;~du:~ti~~e t~u~h~~:e ,}~~ absorb them if there wasn't such waste on have more. 'God is kind and me the truth.' I said • How things like Concorde and our will look after you.' It makes many or you have taken pot? ' Far East commitments." me sick. "Would r:ou believe it? e BlAFRA ~heevr~ra\ ~eo~ e :!~~aJry R~~~~ 0 " How can they supply the worked TV show! " If only this Government Nigerian Government with "If a politician would go 1 arms? Wouldn't it be lovely ir on TV and tell the truth about ':',~~1 ~a~be T'fo:~d J!~ n!~~ the Prime Minister came on " No woman on earth the position of the country, wasn't the best President TV and told lhe people of should have a child if she I'm quite sure the people America ever had, but he had Britain he would use the RAF can't bring it up, feed It, keep would rally round. But they the courage to admit that the Transport Command and -40 it warm and give it Jove. H don't tell the truth. They say Bay or Pigs fiasco was a goof. or 50 VC•I0s to fly out she can't give a child these the people would panic, t The youth or a country will supplies to save the lives of four things, she shouldn't have don't bt'lieve it always support a man who the children in Biafra? ;, tells the truth •· " And if one wog gun "It makes me mad that emplacement fired on such some stupid padre should try e CAPITAL PUNNISHMENT planes, it would be blasted to to tell them what God will Monev. do.'' "No one has any right to extinction." take another person's life. RHODESIA "What they are sceptical What an advocate or capital e • NATIONALISATION !,bhoeunt they aanr~ (~Flt!her--; h~! punishment is really saying Is " I would like Mr Smith to that a condemned person Is "Free enterprise can pro• to he a tough Budget to get sentenced to his last two i~~P~~s co6~ifKc:ti: o~; wi9J~ bably run things better than the country out or the mess weeks of hfe. Nobody knows Hoose of Commons or their nationalised concerns. The it's in. Then, three months what death is. Legalised own drawing•rooms when way British Rail Is run makes later, the same thing happens murder should never be they don't know what it's like me want to throw up, Why, again" allowed." out there. when I caught the -4.55 train Here are some other cap• to Cheltenham the other day sule comments on subject,; Simon reels strongly about ewAR ~~at~n:nfur~~/I~, anaJI di~~~ " Fighting in defence of coffee cups in the restaurant e EDUCATION one's country,. home or child• car? Then I had to ask the " Primary education m ren, is very different. There's " But I know what it's like. steward for tea four times. All this country is disgracelul. nothing wrong with that H I've been there. And there's • this lethargy that's around. Don't the Government realise anyone attacked my home or no way of understanding My God! that whatever happens at the my children - boy, then unless you've been there, "l'm no anarchist, but moment determines what they'd have to fight me, too." " It's easy to say every man there's so much wrong with should have one vote and then the way th is country's run. haP.~;: i~at;e ~d1::::?1on is • VIETNAM walk out of the room with a That's why so many young people are revolting. There treated is disgusting. There " I know that America is in halo round your head are schools in Leeds and will be some big changes in Vietnam because 1t believes In "But In the emergent ten years' time - by 1979. Blackburn without outside the 'domino theory.' If one countries In Africa, people Joos, nnd with coloured ~b1ld· And I want to do what I can country goes Communist, then who, ten years ago were to help. re~. ~~reca~~~ircrnte E;t1~~~_ed others will fall too. Thal the "As Winston Churchill Communists would to to ~i'~~~~~glittf~a~~ild~~~~s schools run by and admmis• ;;r~ said: ' What Is the point in Australia even But the Com• of the Kikuyu . initiation life ir not to make the world a tered by coloured staff munislS wouldn't go to Aus- policy, arc now in power. " Public schools? Therc'.s better place for those who Whereas, we've got a thou• come after us:' " nothing wrong m public lr~!1~he Americans should get sand years of development schools. As long as some out of Vietnam. I'm sorry, hut behind us." people have more money than I believe in that." LAURIE HENSHAW others, the.y'll wan~ the best e GERMANY 8 ~:" !;~h l~~f~e~h~~ne;an~~d " 1 have had an idol all my ••• and you can 01 Th•rsday, M•ch 6111, at a buy colour TV. You might JU Sl life. I've rend his books, and as well ask why the chairman played records or h,s of JU gets more pay than a speeches Winston Churchill. "It was he who said desk clerk • HOUSING de• onstratio• featltrilg •oted BALDWIN staff "Those who want to pay 'The Hun is either at your rl"lr a better st11ndard of "There's a London borough throat or at your feet.' I must education will find 1I " wiCh the country's . wor~t say _I aaree with him If you housing reco rd, which 11 con51der the history and organist HAL VINCENT AT BALDWIN SHOWROOM e IMM IGRATION building a new town hall development of Germany_ in the last 50 years. And, since "Certainly l think th_ere j~:"~sn ho~ the end of the First World 20-21 GILES HIGH LONDON.WC2 should be a restr1ct1ve pohcy ~~~~=h :~ft War it's amning how trut ST. ST., People should not be allowed la~~ ~ea:e are mothers and that is 1n unleu they have a joh 10 Continuous from 12 noon, wilh a SPECIAL SBSION frolll 7 to 9 p.111. Some random thoughts . . . Baldwin Peopfe thould not In Africa, people On a train I had There't so ...uch to ask the steward wron1 with tit, NI allowH into who te11 years Britain unless 110 w•r• drinkin1 faur time• fo r te,. way this country'• pat', blood .1nd .All this lethar1r run. That'• why ther han • ;. to 1o toor•1111- lf•yh,1 children that', ,round. My so m1ny people • ,. r.woltins. whora1alha • are HW in power, Cod! Pagt' ~MELODY \1AKfR, March l, 1969 THE BLUES PAGE THE MELODY MAKER COVERS THE WIDE WORLD OF THE BLUES A drop of the hard stuff-British style 5ongstyles a nd wa, a very ra,r • Mon of lht tracks on lhl hand .it the hlstorlcal or il Ulo• BLU ES ANY TI ME Volume J biogr;1ph1u1I chat THE LEGEN {lmmediale MLP 01'), wh,ch DARY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS feilturu the gullar playing of SESSION, 1'40 (Storyyllle Eric Cla pton , Jommy l"a,g e and 610116). give, 1.15 lS track1 made J en Beck a nd th• piano or for the archive, In Atlanta ,n Ni cky Ho pkin,, fall Into what October that ye.a, Th1 ICOpe could be dutrlbed as vlnta,ge 1s wide - ,mbracing rnon .. Brltb h blues. The lr•cks with logu,u abo1.1t h,s lire. and m11,1c, gospel ,onus. blu1,. ballads, ii !!': r~h~ =o~d!':r:~t\;;sd :no/k:; : popular :song itnd a railroad olhen that ma kt' up th e •l bum, song - and ,ome or the play. by the Sanlil Bil rbar a Machine 1ng and hoarse-voiced lilcred Ht'ild a nd Stun Smith, Wtrt' recorded In 1'61. Side one, with ~:;,~:: •,te gr~=~~rsh~ndt::e back ln,g rrom the All Stao - " Ch a In e y ," " Murderer'• Carlo Little (dn}, the l•le Chi! Hom1.'" " I Cot Ta Cross The Ba rton (bau ) a nd Nicky Hop Rlvt r.'' " Did Time R•l1glon •• kin s- open, with the lille Cy ril and the short g111tar version or Dil viu on " Someday Ba by " with some s trident singing il nd "Amazing C.r11ce. " Thi, album, guhy harmonlcil . A touch or rewlewed at 1ome length when nostil lgia here for those with initially released hire In ·n, reme mber Cyril pl aylng with : as r;~~~~~ . In Al exis Korner at the Milrquee 0 h::~~ :; ,[e:~::~: some yea r" il $IO . " Steelln. •• be heard by all lovers or folk reatu r1111 J eff Beck a nd the line music. - M.J blues pia no or Hopkins on ii JEFF BECK CYRIL DAVIES slowis h Instrument.al . In reel illl Yintage blue s strident singing the tracks on this s ide ap;ut from Davies' a re instrumenlals JOHN JACKSON The tempo picks up on " L.A tlona l elemenU. The numbers 0 ""•I day or his 5tay In Br ita in, 0 In Ap r il ol ••s, Sonny Boy was ind1.1d o Floyd Jones' " Stock• • John Jackson. a Virglnl1 :~~a.~::w;(~ no ~~~hd ~a: : lo!:: l h e re f o r e recorded by yard BIUl! S " and "On Thi! song,ter with a good guitar the honours Beck takH ove r Clor;lo a nd Bri il n Aug er with a doubl1e11 s till can today. That technique, Is well r1presenled on a rocking " Chuckl es," a nd jan -blue.s group consisting or taleflted traditional singer Vera on Arhoofle's JOH N JAC KSON , In slm llar tempo l" age rl!.lurns J oi Hil rrlott .and All .a n Sk idmore Hiill , who featured on some of VOL 2 (FlOJS), ilptly dl!lcrlbed for " Down In The Boots." (Hns), J immy Page (gtr), the LomilXl!S' Library of a, " More Blue, And Country Hopkins gets his head on Auger (orga n), Rlck.y Brown Dance Tune:s From Ylrglnl.a." " Piil no Stuffle," dosing a ver y (bass) a nd Mick Wall er (dr1) . ~o;::::' o',e\o.;:' ':.Y~.!~~ tsl•~e!: Jackson uys he picked up his good first sid e. Eric Cl a pton The resutt, now released al last With The Devil ," " Stra11ge open tuning, and slide 91.!lt.ar l5 DDN'T SEND ME NO Girl ," " Don't You Lie To Me •• method, done with the handl e :::i!:"':ft:a : : n'!:e~r:;, ;;n~:i':: FLOWER.$ (M a rmalilde •ol004). and an excellent " Sometimes I of ii table knlre, from a wHer Clapton guitar to ope n si de two 0 bll lO u5ly it ha5 yalue as Sonny Cry." The accompaniment, by Th e Sant• Bilrbara Machine Boy's la, t a lbum, and It hotd, J immy Dawkln5, who In fact ~~e ':~~hun~ ::1~~~.g ;~r, :!~! Hea d - Jon Lord (organ) u pa11age1; of typically expreulve plays lead guitar, and ba11ist stylt Is de:mon,trated on the old Artwood, a nd now with Deep singing . some wailing harmo ErnHt Gatewood, drummer Southern hymn. " Near The l"urple ; Ex-Bird and J eff Beck nica a nd ii few noteworthy Lester Darsie and pi.inist L•· CroH," played solo with a bilsslsl Ronnie Wood Is on lead contribution, rrom the help. feyette Leake II hard-hitting chorus or two of humming. gullar ; Kim Gardner (ban mostly from alto and tenor. stuff, a nd the album Is well Among many olher early guita r) and " Twlnk " now with Now a nd again, as on " I See A filled with mo ving harmonica lnnuences Jack1on namu Luke the l"retty ThlngJ., on drums Man Downslalrs" and " She complete the group - are 0 1 Jordan, • llnd • Ml••• • llfld Was Dumb.•• tne ses1/on•, :!::~r1!uih:ur f:~~:"f, !.11"c°,,t Lemon, .Jolfn Hun • IHI •••~ hl! ard with Interesting blues potentialities • re re:ali1ed. •ul convlndn• slow bluH and a fol 1 based material rl!carded In HIil In t he main It Is a date which ::io,t::·~·effe~::n :z·i:: .... ar; All good heavy Jn,trument.a l didn't quite happen B.ilance 11 ~ ':'uuc•~c a':h~~hD:n-:-:"l!touharr:'.~ 1 sturr, o ," track from Sturr a bit rugged and the poorer ilnd " Walte.r' • Boogie.'• In lact, :::~:... ;1,.:e'J I~• ~~~~~nls~-, Smith. agilln a nn recording, track1; hilv e a ,lightly 1tralnl!d, the group feeling Is pretly close tuning . But hh hcrltasici. a1; the round5 out the a lbum . " Howl• eY en turgid charilcter, as throughout 11nd the harp-guitar. 1\eelle note says. 11 rlch •nd ing For My Darling " Is In the though this was a rushe.d mar piano-rhythm mix on •• On The 'lilrled. " Muh,,\tlnnar" Is a blues groove and features rlilg l! . In fact, on th• ,lee.ve, R.oad " Is really tlgh\ Chlc•90 well-don11 lnlo~p~eletlon wlth ··Bu~~eu!lan°i BIG JOE WILLIAMS is one ing. But it is one of Bil Jefferson's influence can bluesmen on the way. It is runs and driTing rhythm, of the most infereifing of Joe's ,trengths that his be detected in a few of said he was already adept which underline or some roughly enunciated vocal Joe's recordings-but when at patching up old guitars times swing counter to his traditional country singers a nd converting them to h is vocal lines. He still blow, style, highlr rhrthmical and you hear Williams in full, dill a ctive. He remained a own nine- or ten- string de kazoo u well, and this eloquent, if unorthodox, ferocious flow there can be sign . • Joe bega n recording wandering bluesman, given ·• horn " is feature d w ith guitar and fluent song no mistaking the identity in '29, and he claims to YOice, a nd guita r on his fo diuppe., ring between m a k ing technique add up or authoritr of the perform be the King Solomon Hill " At Folk C ity " (Xtra). bouts of recording, right to a powerful personal er. e Born Joe Le e W il who recorded for Pua e With age, Joe seems to through the Fifties and whole. e He has known liams in Crawford, Miu, in mount in '32, thoug h this broaden hi1; scope. On h is earlr S1•f1e1. And, 10 far and listened to almost all Octobe r of 1903, Big Joe is que,t ionable . He bega n Yisit last ye a r with the Blues H I ca n fell, he's travelling the great and semi- lege n (also known as Poor Joe ) m a k ing record, fairly reg u FestiY.:i l ( h e first ca me t o yet. Because of this, per dary figur,s in blues hi, was one of 16 children in ,1 larly in '35, .1 nd in the la te Europe w ith the '63 feiti haps , he hu kept in hi, tory, .1nd h.u worked with poor family. He picked up Thirties cut titles with h i, va l) he delig hte d fa ns with 1on,cs the abandon, in many of them. He is said songs hom h is mother. friends Sonnr Boy ( No 1) a nice line in bottleneck form .J lity and un,oph11tica to be a mine of informa fathe r .ind sundry relatives Williamson a nd Yank playing , to b e heard on h is ted poetry of the old- time tion about Tommy Johnson, and t,11.1ght himself to play Ra chel. There were g,> ps in country bluesman. e No Tommy McClennan, W illie • home-made g u itar. He h is re cord actiw-ities from ~.e~ a nd l~:do;; ::d~y 5id matter how much time he Brown, Sonny Boy ( No I J, didn't like farm work '49 to '52 .J nd from the n w .alking Stick·• ( Liberty). spends in St Louis, Chicag o , Buddy Moss. Slee pr John and spent some rears in until '56. e He has since M id - period Williams is in Los Angele, or New York, Estes, Jim Jackson, Peetie railroad g.ings .ind levee m ade a goo d number of cluded on " Bluebird Blues" the ,uni fla•our and primi Wheats traw, Charlie Pat umps before lcaYing Craw LPs a nd h .J1 become inte r ( RCA Victor). For more tiw-e force of his music are ton ,1nd dosens more. ford with a minstrel show. n.1tiona lly hmous for h is cu,,ent stuff hear " Blues hardlr affected. He is a pro Sometimes his repertoire, e Through the Twenties he handling of ., somewhat On Highw.1y 49 " and duct of Mississippi's Delta or det.1ils of his perform trnelled the South, doing battered nine- string guitar " Piney Woods " (Del- area, and loosely spealdn1 a ance, bear witness to his warious jobs and playin1 at from which he hits and mark), " Tough Times" member of that regional admir.ition for this artist or dances, rent parties and coaxes an impressive array {Arhoolie ), and " Big Joe 1c:hool of sin1in1 and play- that - and Blind Lemon picnics - meeting other of walking basses, treble Williams" (Xtra). Ten years before the boom lhoH days," recalls Gerry, Harvey Burns and bassist Gerry will be worklna more TE~ ~:-;s ~go, at;;;or:1:e: "and we worked for aboul a Brian Hopkins. or less exclusively in Britain Model B585SA. 1 " I've been thinking about a In lhe coming year and Is POpul,>r p,ir O \/t!<1'0n booms. a handful of slnaers r.:;n: h:11~ :ri a:t~· drdu~ :! / Mod,:,I 8565 group for a Iona time.'' says dropping his residency of the ut11a corns,,1r1s,ze were preachlna the blues of Sonny Terry and Brownle Gerry. " But not the kind of pas( two summe rs in Mus~y. McGhee stuff with amplified 1ospel around folk and )lz.z group that is maklna It In pltar and harmonica. Actual• Enaland at the moment. II clubs. They Included the ly I started off doing Jack will be Jus t two or three Elllotl sluff and then moved late Cyril Dav'5, Alexis on to Brooni.y which really !!7:r~':t~ Pe:~~• :::h 1':u~.lnf The microphone 1s the v1t1I hnk Korner, Lona John Baldry 101 me llstenlng to blues." want lo try something with a your aud ience Follow tht lted .. cooler approach to what I've top e nte rtom ers- tJkC a Shurl and Davy Graham. m1t ro phone w 11h you o n .,.,., Gerry's parlnrrshlp with been doln1 over the> past ten Al10 In thl1 tundful was a He re fire two new Shure Un Royd ended she years a10 and years." youn1 sln1er called Gerry m1cropho m,-. w ith budt-1n pr he continued working solo bul Lockran, who worked with Would the 1roup mean .an agam i, t h,eath ,ound~ wind now Gerry Is getting • 1roup end to Gerry's aolo work. ~,=:.lea player, Rord a ud1 enrf" no ise a nd lo IOltlher wllh planisl Johnny " No, I like playln1 and squeal Yo u can w ork cloN UI\ ~Inf.I:: I can't just slop a t • d 1stal'\ce ,1 nd be , ure of " Thtre was no ltre•d In a~ru~'::!~ ;:!~:.. tr,1"· .ru~~r:: smoo1h re~a>Dn~e lo, bolh and fflU i!C. Ml I OUY MAK FR. Mnrrh 1, 1969-Pap:e 'l It's tea for two AMERICAN song writer a nd poet R od McKuen, A man wh o's written the songs for Frank Sinatra's new album, was In with 900 London this week for the Royal Command Per• formance. songs under Between sips of Perrier water In his Clarldge's hotel suite, he talked of song.s and singers: his belt " Tom Jone5 has lhe pOtenllal of an- other Frank Sinatra but If more than 50 his management keep him cords. like a n overgrown kid ln I asked hlm it there were Ughl pants lhe)•'re going to any portlcular favourites? k lJI him. "Son.2s are like children, .. I like hi$ voice very you tend to fJke the newest much, but he's a grown man ones best for a whiJe, I've a nd he shouldn't keep the written more than 900 songs, teenybopper sex symbol there are some that are Image. It's puhetlc when he genuine favourites which I goes out Into the audience never tire of singing, and with those m\ddleaged there are others that 1 get • I'm getting tired of being hit over the head with the Mama's and Papa's. women after h\m. bored with, "You'll laugh. but I think "l suppose I like • The the best female vocalist In Lovers• and 'If You Go the world ls Petula Clark Away • (a hit for Dusty Jhe can take trash and make Springfield) best." It sound 11,ood , She's a good The 35-year-old American actre!.s, too. ~as written three other fi lm scores besides The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, the Com • • • mand performance choi ce - with Mama Cass BORED Good Old Charlie Brown, RAIN WAS turning the the other groups had been is of • more serious nalurt. Goodbye Mr Chips, and ju.st men or girls. This Involves the Do-It• " I like the Beatles very , oanna. snow to a filthy slush BY TONY WILSON " I th.Ink we pioneered some Now Foundation, to prtvent much. I like British groups "I didn't like the way on the Park Lane thing In American groups. the spread or the use of more than American, but I any of my music was used We wer~ the flrS't group to methedrlne "Spetd" amona think you sent us the Rolling in Joanna, but I do like what pavements as pedes didn't like-sound effects, heard the single with all lntegratl! sexually. The II, 12 and 13 )'tar-Okla Stones to get even with us they've done In Jean Brodie, trians took unexpec· for Instance. But the pro the voices I'd put on, It orl&lnal name of the group In the States. for Bill Haley. I don't think which wlll make Maggie ducer has his eao and he sounded just like tl1e was going to ht Ch e Magic The foundation has a frH the Stones are going any• Smith an International star. ted skating lessons was right In there with me. Marna's and Papa's." Circle. We'd only been l0· clinic open 24 houn a day. where musicall y. " There are certain things trying to negotiate 1 played It to the president Cass left the group because gether a week when we It Is both eduutlonal and "Th~ sad thing aboul I want to say in my songs. their passage on a of Dunhlll Reoords. He just she was gettln1t bored , Cut• signed our roecordlng con therapeutic and is also sup groups is that they haven't I don't want to tailor singles sat there, and I waa ting records took months tract. ported by Frank Zappa, come up with anything un· 10 make money, I don't need d i s m a I Thursday crushed! and months, and she also ,. But, the Mama"s and Eric Burdon and Grace usual or different since the money that badly. The thing morning. "They played It to the pro wanted to do other things 0 0 Sllck. Beatles." • that pleases me most 1s the motion men and they Jun by herself. :~~:•~: :u: t~e l~r~1t'u!~ And the ,future !for Cull-I fact that I wasn't a carbon Inside the plush Dorchester " The music was sounding so Rod has recorded 35 Hotel, ex-Mama Cass sat there too but I knew I quiL Right now, they are Fllm1, 1he think,. albums of his own songs. copy or anyone, 1 didn't pat• that there were some fine over-produced. It shou Id be rehearsing as • trio." " It's the next step If the He has had more than 900 tern mysetr on anyone. Elliott radiated h er own and beautiful songs on It. so simply. Simplicity Is the One of the proje-cts CAss Is television show aoes to a songs performed bv such " If you go alone they'll persona l warmth a nd or I made H In about ten days. answer to everything and undertaking •s a solo singer series. I know a lot of artists as Andy WIiiiams, stumble across you or you'll ganised cups of tea. It wa.s so exciting. when a ft b«omes work, It Is a possible television people aa.y that they want Eddy Arnold, Dusty Spring. kill yourself. They found Despite her mild protest that " The record company pushed Is no longer art. ser5es. ~he thlnks It will go to go Into ftlms, but I'd Ilk• field, Henry Mancini and me." - ROYSTON ELD· It was "too early" - It ft underaround and adver• ''They sar that when the out In April. to go Into II from a pro Glenn Yarbor0uRh, selling RIDG E. was 11 o'clock - Cass was tlse LEE DORSEY: " I'm Gonna S it Right Down And Write Myself A Letter • (Bell). " Dear Me, how would you like to vis it Ame ri ca? Would you ca re for a second-hand, mint condition White Ford Zodiac Estate? Are you interested in Mavis Prawnbucket's favours? Please accept thJs cheque for several tho~ ft:!~;:: f:1:,: '%m~ ,.r:~ send off fo r the above by return post." Well that was a n\ce \ette.r and a damn sight better than Dors e.-y' s cur\ou-. -ver sion of that gh ast\-y o\d. tune tw its in East End pubs BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS: encompasses blues, soul. jazz insist on singing, when the (CBS). Hair was " an and spirituals, conmcting images are conjured . .. the band would be better em Am t' ri can rock musical." opening minutes of " West ployed blowing " Sunshine Blood, Sweat & Tears could Side Story," the vastness ot Of Your Love " or " Flying be called " An American some Bernstein scored West• Home." Music Musical" It is only ern movie, the brassy bril 8 1 their second album. It 1s liance ol a Stan Kenton Yeges:t~ut ~u~ g;eit~~is~~~'.e· superb. As a brilliantly con orchestra, the wail of Charlie ceived consummation 0 1 sixty Parker, the shout of James years of development it draws Brown and Ray Charles 1rom all categories. and defies Complete taste. and authentic finest' categorisatio_n. Nine vital and ity is maintained in Dick diverse mus1c1ans produce an Halligan, Fred Lipsius and Al SARAH VAUGHAN & BILLY a lbum head and shoulders Kooper arrangements, which ECK STINE: "Passln& above all competition. As a are pure and m.:iture. Both Strangers" (Mercury). Two sophisticated _a nd unsophisti of the world's finest singers, h~':b~~rii~d sh~;'Ja/he I :ut~h: cated ears will thrill to the LEN CAMPBELL: "Wich on a tune that really minimal sleeve note it states: sounds or "Smihng Phases," G ita Lineman " (Ember). deserves its standard status. " Their musical tapestries will "God Bless The Child," " And It would be wrong to call stun you. _B rash and exc:ting. When I Die,'' and "The An old recording of course, their music is a wedding of Blues," as the trumpets, ~~e;er, C~hg~~~h athe~~un!~~ and one that needs no jazz and rock." Best played guitars and organs leap from modern country music introduction to their admi on the fin est hi -fi stereo at idea to idea. Watch for the influences in his singing. He is rers. full volume to extract the full superb drumm'ng or Bobby ENGELBERT (Decca). This really an American urban " The two best vibratos in the new Humperd1nck, which In• J\.108Y GRAPE.: "Moby rewards the recording quality Colomby, the organ or Dick Grape '69 " (CDS). A set that balladeer; singing songs of business" remarked our equals 'the playing in bril• Halligan, and Steve Katz on cludes " The Way It Used To urban a nd suburban America. Max Jones stopped in his 0 Be" and " Les Bicyclettes Do grows on you from the liance As the group (what an _!O~~r~k ja81ciJ Ps.:ena~ smoothest of America's Under He shot to prominence with tracks as the sound filtered outdated expression) move ir~~~r Belsh::e," will sell by the ground groups. A varied pro John Hartford 's " Gentle On in between a mush of through the programme that And Tears lhou£and. Big, lush ballads. My Mi nd,'' and really had a Big, lush arrangements by gramme showing country in blue.beat and Denmark fluences os well as a touch monster hit in the US with Street, pouring from re Mike Vickers, Les Reed, Jim Webb's "By The Time I Sydney Dale, and Ch!!r_les or the Beach Boys here nnd viewing post. there and moments of hard NICE, SMALL FACES, Get To Phoenix." Now he's in Blackwell. And Engel giving rock It's a ll ver} well played the Pop 30 with a very fine it a ll he's gol-th e Nelson ETC: " lmme<:late Lets You and sung-len Making whoopee t Righteous Brothers in the ' classic ' rides again T H E RIGHTEOUS pubs of BROTHERS' "You've Lost That BOB K ERR Lovin' Feelin " is ~London the latest Revived MIX THE Temperance ing on TV, It will be a half hour film, somethlnK similar 45 to return to the Seven, the New VaudevlUe to the Running, Jumping, Band, the Bonz.o Dog Doo Standing Sllll film. Pop 30. Dah Band and what hap •• We really want to build And it's ironic that it's pens? An explosion of up a following before we happened when the make a record, or people wJII laughter called Bob Kerr's think we are copying the duo that made the Whoopee Ba.nd. Bon:z.os. We've aot to jet disc four years ago And this Is no copy cat known first. have split up. The creature of mirth regularly " It's runny, every band I have been In has been accused Righteous Brothers ~! dh~\~fe~e:P::~s wg,mf;J:~~ or copy lnJt. When I was in were not, in fact, ter. Spencers Washboard Kings we brothers. The Whoopee Band are a were supposed to be copying the Temperance Seven and They were Bill Medley from genuine a lu mni from those re Los Angeles, and Bobby spected and successful pur• with the Vaudeville, it was veyors or Jau and humour, copying the Bonzos. Hatfie ld from Beaver who have merged to produce •• I don'I mind really, but it Dam, Wisconsin. something different and equal would be nice to have people just aCCl'Pl us. The original Righteous Brothers, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They've split up now. ly as good. "The band originally got Jr anything the Whoopee together when Tony Cash, a Band are nearer 10 the ideals TV producer, wanled a b~nd and approach of the original for a BBC2 late-night ser1es, Bobby Hatfield teamed up BY ALAN WALSH Boni.o band of Tiger's Head Mr President, which was days before they went electric with another singer about American history, We " Lovin' Feelin'" is in fact made any impression and "ent on to conquer the did about five or thl' show.s, ~=·~efh~i~~tt:~~k'lfr~f:,~ pop world, playing campaign songs like the first or Decca's De Britain . They reature such dlstln• ' I Like Ike.' 8 mand Performance singles But then Phil Spector, the gulshed Bon:z.o Old Boys as " \Ve decidl'd tn stay lo :!dfe~n~tr~sc:noit\n i~ to make the Pop 30, This bespectacled Svengali of Sam Spoons, the fastest gether and play a couple or solo career. pop at that time and the spoons player In the \Vestern nlghls a wel'k, one in Pulney Now both the group and ~;h\~~ ~~~~rebeensinili~: man who had hits with and one at the Duragon in Bill are with MGM Rec over the past few years Ike and Tina Turner, the ~°J:~~• J:!eJIVer:::•01!:u~~~ Hackney, where Ch e Bonzos ords. and which the company Ronettes and the Crys singer or considerable repute. used to play. How dou Bob compare the Des Brown, press officer for feel are still in demand. tals, took over recotding Bob Kerr, leader and h ot the company, told me: It was originally produced the group. cornel and baritone .saxophone Bonzo5 with the Whoopee Band? "The Righteous Brothers by American whizz-kid Bill Medley said at thnt ~~~e;fs~ ;iayeea;l~i~~nti~ ~!~ " Well, I suppose the never ceased. But there producer Phil Spector, time: " Maybe the record Va udeville Band, went to Bonzos have moved into a dir• was a clause in the con and was released at the is commercially a little America with them before rerenl bag. They are more of tract that they could not end or 1964 . In Britain it long, but this is the way quilling the hurd slog of be· an Underground group, and was covered by Cilia we wanted to do it. So ing on the road and opened a we're more like they wied to ~~~r:y '~ca Th~r y:~~~; Black there it is. music shop in Putney. be In the old days. now up and they are re Cilia's version of the song " Anyway, we preferred to Most or the band are teach• "The last time 1 saw them cording a single next - written by Bill Medley th they still continued lo amaze week." and Bobby Hatfield - as :os;ii~~r~~n\ui(~ :::01s .~ n~ha!b'::: is" me. They have chan,,-:ed . so ~~~e ~o~~~~ much using electrlc guitar Bill Medley has had two was the first to take off up the feel of the thing, sultant at the Natural His singles, "Peace Brother in this country, but the tory Museum. They are con and bass now, but they art' "It comes from the tUne tent to remain semi-pro de still brilliant. We are all good Peace," and "Brown. Righteous Brothers' orig when we used to attend spite many tempting offers friend!i. and they come lo see Eyed Woman," released inal streaked past her and us. The Vaudeville band are this Presbyterian church rrom agencies and record since last autumn as well made number one at the in Hollywood and listen companies. always comln~ along as well. as an album, and MGM end of January, 1965. " What J'd love to do Is put to Negro si nging That's Says Bob: " Lots of record say these will probably It was the fifth single by where we first got our companies keep on .11t us to on a concert wllh all the now be re-activated be the Brothers, one of make a record, but we're not funny bands. We could merge, sound. cause of the success or which "Little Latin Lupe " People now come up to us ready, We're still rehearsing or have a contest and see "You've Lost That Lovin' the act really. who was the runniest - and Lu " made the American and look surprised be• " But we have been asked loudest.-CJIRIS WFLCH. F'eelin'." charts in 1963 hut never cause we're white. • How to make a film about the band can you sing like that for cinema release or show• when you'rt whUe'J • they RADIO JAZZ ask us. "It's not a sound that we've BRITISH STANDAllD TIME Show. 2.:,0 p.m. Hl: Joa:i lonlous Monk • 11 • ud. 12.15 consciously );&One out to History. 5.0 Hl: • lg ..nd • eat. a.m. E: J•ir •"d Near Jan. SUNDAY (2) riet - we've Just acquired S,25 Hl: Jon. 5.45 • J: Jan THURSDAY (I) 12,5 p.m. J : Finch aand- Today (Charles Fox). 7,JO E: ~h~.:.1 ~.:lk~l~jv.e~•s ~ (1) ND1l Ork with Don ByH, (2) l.oU p,m. V: Women F .. 11 ~·eg (oou au~~~~Ces w~rea,:; :::o: 1 0 Svend Asmuuen, (S) NDI Big s1"1ers 11 .JO T: SI"•"•• One (Peter Claylo", Denis Pres· • and wllh Tony Scott. 10.JO V: C r • 1 by , Martin, McGuire h_appy about tht.• way Wt' ton Benny Creen). 11 .15 J ; Jan Corner. 10.JO 0; Jon S11ler1. 12.0 T: Narllal lolol amg. When that happen1, Jai~. 12.0 T ; New York , New Journal, 11.0 U: Stockholm JF Trio. TONS OF SOBS York (Pop, Jan and Folk Protrommes 1ullject to ch•n1e. you know you've got (Don Cherry}, 11.JO H2: Jou, something It shows you ALBUM Gue,ts). 12,5 am. Bl .and 2 : 11.JO T: Sinatra, HI-Los, •ut or Jan on llecords Stafford, NarUn, Shore. 12.0 T: tc•Y TO STATIONS ANO can swing." (Humph) Ceor1e • enso", • Illy Slrayhor", WAVILENGTHI IN NST• ES MONDAY (J) A: • TF France 1-1121, Now they're swingina back ••• (5) RELEASED J.45 p,n,. Hl: Dl•letlm•. 10.15 WEDNISDAY up the MM Pop 30. Hl: Jan. 11.0l AJ: Fn• Jaii . 1.15 p.m. 81: Jon Club (Nike :=:::.,:;;r.-· ~~.:iv:::: 11.JO T: Sinatra, Crosby, Shore, Tyne Septet, Coll" Purllrooll E: ND• Hombur1 JOt/ llt. H: And lncldffltolly, Decca re 7th Stafford. II 45 Al: llmou Trio, Nork Murphy, Freddy Hllnrllllffl 1-112, 2-211. J: port that thev expect the James (l'a"anle. 12.0 T: New 1 AFN Ml/>44/211. N: liHrltruc 1ln1le1 by the Roneltes, Jou Jtecords 12.5 o.m. M: Jair ;_c:.~:~ho:.r•1r1 Hi~ T:e~ t:: wen 211. O: • II Munich Jll/llJ, the Crystol1 and the MARCH Corner. vendle CHNt'l, lt,JI t: Jua 0: H• Pro"llrurt JOI. T: VOA TUHDAY (4) Chill. ll,JI T: C.._..y, C"9t,y, 251. U: Radio • remen 221. V: Turner outHt will alao fol, 11.1 • ·"' J r lleltll, Tr-p 11 ...era, Hl•LM. 12.1 T: Th•• llodlo ElrHnn SJI. low Bill and Bobby, ,••..;~_~ • Pagt" 12-MFLODY MAKER, March I, 1969 NOW POP Mary's still not contrary CATCHES probably the mums and MA RY HOPKIN h.as n't an in.-i tation to, Mary to The album consists of dads mainly." changed t hat much si nce go to the opening nigh t of many songs from past de UP WITH she came u p from the val The Merry W idow. " It'll cades. Why had she chosen The a lbum will hne leys for Opportunity be nice, Mary," says pub song1 from the Twenties, immense appe11 I to the Knocks. She 's ve ry q uiet to licist Derek Taylor. Thirties and Forties? mums 11 nd d ads. Has Mary thought of concent rating the point of shyness - " But I ha.-e n't got any " Paul had t he m11in idea, POETRY even after a number one on e to go with.'' De rek pro a nd I liked the t hought of on the older m11r ket by LIVERPOOL Scene is a hit. misN to ring back and tel ls trying t he m. My fa.,o urites having a show of her own, " five-part _ Poetry ?'Old Sitting t n a room at the Mary he knows someone are • Show Busi neis ' and o r going into cabaret? s.how " which fuses J>Oetn, Apple office while her new nice to take her. • LoYe h The Sweetest .. Oohh no," she says an~ . monologues With a album " Postcard ," is Mary really is the shy Thing'. pulling a face. .. I d on't t~l~~~d~~re of pop. played, Mary brushes that girl. You'd think she would think so. I'll just carry on They have never had a hit blonde hai r out of her eyes. have changed with Beatie what I'm doing, just sing re_rord, and Pf'Obably never Whe n she speaks yo u have Paul producing " Post APPEAL ing the songs I like." will. but on the univusity to listen closely because card," Paul's girl friend What about .a new single, and college Cl.tt\llt, they • rt " I think I had the that Welsh voice is very Lin da taking the album the follow- u p to ·•Those becoming a maior attraction. mo1t trouble with George The &roup rons ist of p&in ter soft. photographs a nd with Dono W ere The 0 .tys " ? " W e've t.h rtin's 1o ng • The Came •. poet, Acinan Hen n. author van writing three of the got a few songs in mind I thoug ht • Show Busi ness • of Se\'era.J 'iUetts5ful books album tracks. for a new sing le, but no of_ poetry ( 1ndudin1 one would be very difficult, but MATCH " It's great to sing hi1 thing definite." with Scalfold"s Roger Mc- song1. I've bee n an admirer it turned out to be t he Gough), guitarist Andy As we le11 ve Mary warns Roberts, saxophonist • poet " I don•t like ain1inc of him for a long time. easiest. It's .a very well of the loose carpd on the :'vt1ke Evans, J>e,-rcy Jones on wit+iout my 1uitu bec.• use They're a Ye ry different constructe d song. st.tin . " Someone's going to h.ass, anJ Brian Dodson on I hlft behind it," 1he says. kind of song from the " I didn' t have .t nything drums tall down the re, 1 expe ct " It 1ln1 Me seH- confi others on the album but in mind, the album t urned it ' ll be me. Coodbye." det1ca, l 'n1 a bit more used they match in quality. out like it. The song1 u e ""t';~~;t~~';fie~ie:r !~,~:~ what I want to sing. As Apple s.a y: " She is In l.1\"i'T'Jl()OI In thf' W'l.ke of to it now "'•n I used to " He acco mpanies me on the Mers_f'y Beat _ t h1n1t, ... lte, kt I won't stop using ' Lord Of The Reedy RiYe r ' •· I don 't know who the still only eigh teen .a nd her s• 1d Adrian Henn. " We it on st.., ... and ' Voyage To The bulk of my fans .are- I ge t accent .a nd a ttitudes in wanted to set over " ords, The tel ln&s with Moon.'" letters fro m all agn but it's tact ." poet ry, call Jl what you hke. We wanted to be abie to present Jt an an auditnce, with music.•· "It started,'. said Mike Evans. " because Adrian and I s tartl!d to do poetry read ings ano from tha t we or• ganise-d vane.us th i~ llk t- ~ad~~ncfu5al~-1 ~~,.caf~~ thert- ' We httame a croup wh~n we found Wl Wt"l'e ~ctlln«, a SOUR GRAPES lot of work and nttded to gel n rl."gular hass pl:1yt'r and drummer rathu than srrahhlf' round for tt\.'. 'Tl Just before e\'C·ry R'IJ: .. I he gruup ..., "· m its 1rut1a/ stages. "prettJ d,~" · And; Re>ber1s ·• llu WP improved and MW" .,..._ FROM SI 0 ally RQt to the st• \\t' a~ at now "1 fee\ \t.'s On stage, the girl clings to him . • I and it's a night to remember for Susanne from Huddersfield______, EXPLAINING ENGELBERT ... She sits on the edge of the stage. Engelbert reacht':s down " ENGELBERT' S on tonight, is he ? " s~id to touch ht'r "They tell me the fl rs:t th in& to do when you the taxi driver, as we ~ped through the out come back to Ba tley 1s 10 reel skirts of Leeds and along the roads through yos ~s:~~~e nf:0~ Huddersfield cl ings to him and kisses him snow-heavy fields to Batley, home of the TONY pa.ssionately. En,el e~capes and goes into " Little Bit Me. famous Variety Club Little Bit You.'' I asked him if he liked Engelbert's singing. "I WILSON Susanne is ready to pounce follow• b1elbert to a nd she is now o n the stage don't know much about it," he replied. "I don't the B~tley Variety and sitting there. Engelbert, see telly much. The kids could tell you more about Club 10 concl•• his still s ingin& moves away and study of the singer then back She's got him. it. Does a bit of singing, doesn't he?" Susanne from Huddersfi eld In twenty minutes we were driving through the the hippies love to grim-faced buildings of this Yorkshire mill town h~te, and finds hiM dli~nn'c'e and .• ~~s .. The ::d sclf far fro,n the " Aaahs " and no doubt there which is the home of the leading Northern night world of pop-Out in are jealous thoughts amonc a11 audienu whose some of the girls who weren't ~ l~~ple were queuing in alleg,iance to Engel 50 bert is • nwanrin&- E~~\~~-/:t~acates himself the foyer, as they would be and reluctanUy Susanne from every n ight for Engelbert Huddersfield returns to her Humperdinck's two-week seat - but wh•t a tale for stay which started on this the cirls tomorrow. bleak Sunday n ight. "rd like to have the lut "You can't come in," said walt2 with her," says F.n,e:I· the Man-On-The-Door. "You berL Cue for a song, ·• The haven't cot a tie on." 1 La~lr:~:z.. ~ere 11 a hne of ~~: f!:,\i, :~al~eJd fu~~io~r:i in the icy North. " Oh-well, f~~iin:orm~~~k-~laaet,he sdoC::~ I didn't realise about the tie clutching albums bought at - I'm from Melody Maker, the record bar I'm up here to see Engelbert There are shouts for " R ~ _ " Finally it was sorted ouL \e11se Me" En&elbert sin1,s The first Man-On-The-Door " The Way \t U sed To Se ., e)f.pf•ined to another Man-On- and follows it with • --.- "The-Door that I'd "come aJJ 0r-..• ... rhe wa v u p from London " and hoadbrchlef, " w..... dwl -r that it was OK for me to go Bui Ille •udl- _, a. in "improperly dressedO ~e~j{!•;cebe •=· They satlded until they have beard H w as S 15 and already the ar~nJ~Y~jfe~e~~I~. lass " Release Me ... ""You have to roulder and hanJkerchlef down, 3:ere r-" i~a.\ c\u~est\~~~- a H~\1e-s~,r;t 0 tables and chairs, was over 0 r,_~~~~:: °':in~~- ;t. Ap- three-quarters full. ~ea~ ~:e ~r~be l~~~t!,r c f~o~ plause, cheers. and wh11tles. People had come from Gerry" shouts a self• " More, more! " Leeds. Bradford, Huddersfield. The line of &iris has arown Heckmondw ike - all over =~~:~.te~o;•firn~·h,~~~ us a and stretches around the ed1e Yorkshire - and this opening Taking t.he microphone of the tables. Backstaae night was obviously going from its stand, he ban«s the Engelbert changes. to be packed despite the stand on the noor. "No on e " Your Ufe Is not your own. sleeps while I work," he jokes You have to con1kler your we~\t;!rk up pos1t1on at one of and goes into "II Mondo." public all tbe time. "Does a bll of singtn1 doesn•t ~~d ~~:~~e~w~ ~f;[. ~!fl. b;o~ he . . ." "I prefer the can hardly ask for anyt.htng Beatles, meself . . ... ••1 el5e when a.II about you are think he's greal . . ," PALMS downini foaming heads Al the end or " II Mondo " The Balley Showband we~ he says to the a_udience: " 1 There are autographs to be playing a selection or: sLan ; ~n~~~~o:;~:~f ~~~,.1 took sianed. It lasts half an hour dards and on the m1 m-dance 1 floor a lone couple .bravely The band breaks into "The ~~~t~ Yf~~mdafift~~~• toof fi1:'y~ foxtrotted to a d ntieland Stripper '' and. amid cheers stand with palpitating he• ru, " Dark Town Struttcrs' Ball " and laughter, Engelbert goes sweaty palms, and dry and afler a few more num into a mock-strip lease, stop- mouths ber-; the three-girl Deb Set ping after his Jackel and They are handed a picture took the staie and I took waistcoat are removed Shouts for si&ning as they move In another pin! of " More!" and "Get 'em line into the dreasin& room off" from the audience "Oh, thank you "You're ''I have to put these wonderful . " can you trousers on with a shoehorn. l make it 'To Maraaret.• BRISK don't know how I'm 10101 to please." get them off. No comment!" Engelbert a11na. his face The Deb Set launched into Loud lauahter "That was a staring back up at him. " son Of A Preacher " and I dirty laugh." "Since rely, En1elbert Hwa• launched into my pin t. They After a couple of Jokes perdinck - ~m~rely Ena.el• followed up with " Don't Stop about astronauts and Tom bert Humperdmck - Smcere- The Carnival " and " Make Every Day A Carnival ~ay" !~::C~'an~":~bef~tos~tsne!" Le! ~n~:r~~~be.rt Humperdinck _ and I followed up with a Reed-Barry Mason composi- "You can't afford IO let It 1et. couple or hearty pulls at my lion. "Marry Me." JOU dowa. If ,- do. ,- beer 1 th and a packet of crisps ... " lo\1ith "King Of The Road," "I'd like to sing a song off "A.."~.•. •ho~9t "- • .._... Then they persuaded three on the whole evening. ~.°'.,::.n~'; :.; :. ; men to join them on stage for 1 0 1 1 By now almost all the 1,700 wh!t1asw~nstt :!~sti:;e ~~ ~fish~~~ln~s:,not,~tree~~g m~, 1~C:n~he:~bu:~ C:pies of ~ . . t;:5~1be~:p~ a mock square-dance as part patrons had installed them :i b~~~ :r:~ !1r ~ ." ·. -~ ~ 11 0..: of their " Make Mine Country selves. They were of all ages 1 Style.. routine. A . spot of and types and all .intent on ~\~ge!~~~te~t ;~bii~i!t~h~~ wh~:l~~iles his thanks. "And re:cir~e~: :t ~~~k a~r ~: ;..s:~=- C~PI twkt, =d•'•"v:o.iu%•",e •.~!?... i-:8_,.,.0: ..iachYo•:'i homely run. bnng1ng the having a good time. . The Hutchins. " Ah, you made it now I'd like to sing a ballad club . . .'' 'the audiencf:. ~e wilh him 0 """ De "' people to the people. scampi and chips flew 1n a then." for you . . .'' More applause " . . . if you like it, sing it." all the way now. "And now me. "You abouk!D9t hli'fe Behind me a man in a blizzard of batter. 1 01 0 mi~~~t ru~~~hr~i;~ng 0~ or'i~,hThet~ee ~sen~~ Tn11iod~~1I6~ce a~J n!:1a~d~ to w~r:-.:.Let W::rur'u::-:. cardigan said to a group of " think he's lovely," said a ~1; ~~~f~! ~~~ke ~if~~ :-e '£t. ~~ friends, " Eh, rve never ~en 1 number with MD Tony Evans, Everything." The audience "You're just too good to be "'But before he does h~sa• He looka tlishlly exhausc.d.. to a ·do• like this before. . motherly lady from Leeds as whose band was to back him. sing along on the chorus and true, can't take my eyet off he wants to ask a you rl Finished for tooipt The drinks were fl owing she sipped her vodka and and the bar was doing a brisk lime " Mutch better th~n all asJh1o/r~~m~~~!iein!~ru~~ ~~a~~e end whistle. cheer and yoThe w·~itresses have all but ~ ~!: :!':'ct1;n 1!tta~C to=~...!f :::::·.~ them Jong-haired pop singers wo= .. when I asked what she tr:-::~t ale do you want, Bill v;ri~~~be~um~:~lai;~: •• •:: ;~~:a:=½:•~~t~·:: .:: n!u~£tt:~•£~.1i?~~ ~~i-w!/';:,r'iiferea::'ae ~:c " -~- : ..• • ~- ••• ? " "Two pints of Tar ~l::l ~~:~; ~ ~ ~ C ihiug;~uanb;u~i;in,~~~rtBatle,Y said, " Don't worry - I'm . 85 "'I prefer the Beatles, to the aide of the 1ta1e u if bun!t In to be la,b ~• • ." : •.: "",.; ....,_--::; tan a sin and tonic and a told me: ·•1 think hes smashing He's a nr~~ singer 1 ~f;~~~s as you on lhe opening wlmy:e1yr;;~ ha:~? ;,what ale. ~r~na. e..ut no/ hw•••••••••.. ckdon rem:m~r \or Sus!n:e ~: ...... _, ...... , -•.• -.. ~.•. Ml• :~• a Pt!::s~f ~!!~~ ..•; :, . 1 0 11 5 0 0 0 st~~. h~ ~~:~re\i~ ff ~~ r------•"••d•d••"• ft•••ld•· ______;. ______"And now it's Dancing Ilk.~ tis :~:r'crrds the Beatles, Time!" announced the hand meself," co,:nmented her boy leader Couples swarmed on to the fnend in m1d -pmt floor "All of me. why not Ont' of the dnnk'i . ~a1t take all of me " resses paused in_ her m1ss1 ons BUDDY RICH Wffi\ll~iTIL~OO~ STICKS of mercy to thirsty dnnkr rs !~J~~Jt:·~;~::::~~~: 1 .. Righi," says somebody. SIJMJ,>t/Md pe!~e~n bef~~:i: m!u:d:l~~~n . a8; ~~Ps•tt:e -~~:~el~!s ri~h~: ~~til~ " You're on now" Out front Sl.N WAISTED FOR by was ii? No, it was real enough, Fnr a moment I ~a1do ld;~oc:r~t:d, ha,'.rfd t~i):k t~e~~rro:~;;ei~g~l~r[e~~J~!f BETTER GRIP once in a while show buinnt'ss :~u1:n1d lhthe ht-5~1~:d ofo'r:! helo!r:;i~~ Lenny Rennet! produ<'es a ,:real star . . " North had ri s.en up to mock hu;:gel~a::~ks 'ke staf:O~~ my 1ffl1clio n But no, it wu a.n:d1;:~ Juat a 11h11rt , bespt"ctl clt'd man ~:;:~efn ~~u~~a~~e immaculate 1n three-piece wearing a Clc-,th Cap And with material that at umcs evening suit, brilliant white was as blue •s the buttocks shirt and patent leather shoes ::•7orw::~n~tH~~~~• a t~elet mt' of an Icelandic nud11t (" I w~s The hand plays the openln& I suppoH wt had bo1h, in 1 hars of ''Release Me.'' :i::rn~~ t~C:~i~~y'r1~ EnR~lberl moves to centre.• =:-.w~:fii/~~J\h~ ~~sf~~ !nx.:ayio:: r:r.:: broWn I.ht Common Man And true J :~a•M:nds!,~:~p !:!to •~:.= . _." .. A 1.....-. a wllllll•r Co hi• cause. he kept that cap Pqe 14-MELOD'i MAKER. March l, 1969 BLIND DATE . - _ ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW 5 DIG BROTHER AND THE OL}~~ ~ne" " U HOLDING COM· 1-1 (~:rf:. PANY: "Ball and Chain" phone). from the LP " Rocle: Mach Hollies! Great! Jt's just ine 1 Love You " (CBS like some of their very old 63392). ones. It reminds me of that ls it live? It's the same one they d id- " Here I Go fF Again." They're one of old riff that you've f!I those groups who ca n't help heard so many times - but J still like it. Yeah, I hke having hits. Yeah, I can see this - even though it's this as a hit. I was sorry played out now. I'm trying about Graham Nash leaving to figure out who it is. the group but I suppose it Sister Rosetta Tharpe? It is was one of those things ... from one of those com something not working out. munal LPs. Janis Joplin? This is very very good. You must be joking. She They have their own dis has a lot of character in her tinctive sound. I had voice, even though it's trouble deciding about the basically a simple song. I Beach Boys, though J like this. thought it was them. But I knew this was the Hollies. B EACH BOYS: "I Can Hear Music" (Capi tol). T°~ It's ~~;KB~~,; There's touch of the (MGM). Ronettes, Crystals and Phil I thought this had been Spector in there, isn't there. released already? We did a Is it the Beach Boys? Great. gig in Scotland recently Jt's a hit. They always seem with the Love Affair and to come up with something Tony Blackbum and he did different even though they it there and I've heard quite JIMI HENDRIX - ,~ always sound the same. a few radio plays on it too. (~ This can't fail to be a hit. I think he was unfortunate like Eric Clapton, with his first one. There It's what you expect from • Artdy Fairweather- Low is used to hurin1 music 11, the Nice, the Pink tbe Beach Boys. They get circumst.artces which .are leu th,1n idul. So he showed was a bit of trouble about that marvellous Beach Boys it and it didn't get the Floyd and many SECOND DIME 10 rto surprise when he WH ushered into the MM's own 0 1 0 promotion it deserved. This : J)t'iw.ate Bl.ack Hole for this week's Blirtd O.ate session. others - is faced f:elt ib~ 11~ez~~~, ~hy.~ Lookin1 round at the er.amped, .airless room, he com is the best he's done. A hit. (looks at record) ... I was mented: " It's just like being ilt home. Commun,11 li,-irtg He's very popular. If with one major right. Spector did have 11 hu its .adnnt.1es .and diu dnnt11ges-we help euh everyone who likes him hand in it. other. But we 11II hne our own record pl,1yer 11rtd the buys it he'll have a monster problem. on his hands. KASENETZ.KATZ SUPER noise sometimes is bntHtic. " The other night, I w.n He is trying to produce they come to expect to " I just cross off -.se CIR KUS : "Em• pl•ying • record on my pl11yer. In the nut room, some music with claims to see you doing certain people who are just •ng brasse " (Buddah). one was pl•ying .a Shirley B11ssey 11l bum ,1rtd on the NEY:, t:zzD~J~~::;sT'::: permanent value, yet things on stage that you it for their own ~tic ls that a fella? I thought other side, one of the group wu pl11yin1 • Ob - Lai-Di • can get hung up." at first it was one of those by the Be.ties. The result w.as somethin1 unbelienble." L'Herbe" from the LP "Le the outlets for that DeJeuner Sur L'Herbe " music are the mass Jind dislikes D'llfflina OIi TV. ::!e !;tt;.~~t~~t= ~~ French birds with the (Vuve SVLP 1236). husky voke,.,. Nol much of a media which, as yet, " ff you play Jive, nobody .. Say. wou____ p, at lilted their last one " Quick my mind enough. But I This sounds like an LP can stop you or dictate production on this. Who is Joey Small." This is bad don't like it. Sounds like I've got al home call ed seem unable to dis it? Kasenetz-Katz. Oh, s-t enough to be a hit, I they're singing about "em• what you play beyond to take over the studos " Music For Brass." It's got tinguish between a 1--ik e they do in Cuba. selling a time limit." ... you better not put that. I suppose - it might plague brassiered." J . J. Johnson, Miles Davis Jimi Hendrix or a and a few others on it. J'm A good example was his We'd call it the Jini not that well up on jazz. Is Donald Peers, recent appearance on the Hendrix Show - Or it British? The name that Lulu show when he Eisel And there would be comes to mind is Ronnie STAY IN surprised everybody in no smoking in the gas Scott. Not him? The brass the studio by suddenly c hambers while we were album I've got gives me a on." lot of ideas. At night, when BUSINESS shifting from " Hey Joe" I get home, this is the sort into " Sunshine Of Your of music I like to listen to Love " as a tribute to the - this and classical. Pop is This means that a Hendrix Cream. A PERIOD ~New from CBS music to do things by. But must continually com " Jt was the same old you have to listen to this. promise in order to When I get home at night, I thing," explained Jimi, OF CHANGE can't listen to pop. J play conform to the patterns "with people telling us New Singles this sort of thing. demanded by his means what to do. They wanted J imi admits that be feels a of communication. to make us play ' Hey little restricted by · the To stay in business he must Joe.' I was uptight about Trio format. 4052 The Gun WA~~~:E" Day 'ii!,';!!S' make singles, he fi nds he it, so I caught Noel's and " It restricts everybody - Drives You Mad (Parlophone). is forced into acts of Mitch's attention and we Noel and Mitch, too," he This reminds me so much showmanship to get his went into the other thing. 3969 Judy Ginn & Jim of some guitar thing J said. " Now and then · I know. Who is it? Where are music across, he must like to break away and Reach in' Far Too High they from? This sounds like make use of publicity do a bit of clulital a bit from " Swan Lake " or machines geared to the IT'S HOW blues. Mitch wants to go 56-4043 Vera Maria something like that. The needs of teenyboppers. into a jazz thing and voices have enough charac Before his Albert Hall YOU FEEL Noel has this thing called Martha My Dear ter but the backing contains concert last Tuesday - nothing. You get used to Fat Mattress and wants Taj Mahal reviewed on this page by to go on an English rock 58-4 044 the voices, you go into Chris Welch - he told them, but I don't like the .. I dream about having thing - how about tbat, Ee Zee Rider backing very much. But 1t me: " I just hope the our own show where we Anglo Rock, A pl " Generally, I don't do other " They killed him and then people's songs unless twisted so many of the they really say something best things he said. to me." Human hands started Jimi laughed when I said I messing it all up and now thought l could detect so much of religion is church music influences hogswash. in some of bis things. · " So much of it is negative "Spiritllal mu~ic, maybe," - Thou Shalt Not. Look he said. " But if you say at sex. It's been screwed ff tl>os, immensely and play our best and he said. " I don't mean you are playing electric around so much I"m ' What are the surprised babies are still tst doiol " Hey Joe" the blues they don't dig it, then my lyrics to be clever. church music people problems being born. egotisoc facing an artist influence of " Foxy they just don't dig us and What l want is for people go • gasp, gasp' or • ex ing to Lady: • And listen to the that's all there is to it." to listen to the music and claim, exclaim." " Don't get me wrong. I'm side of like Jim i way guitar and voice not trying to stop people Hend rix Jimi is rather underrated as words together, as one " The word church is too complement each other a songwriter the thing. Sometimes you get identified with religion going to church. But as surrounded by on something like "51st imagery of the lyric of wrapped up in the words and music is my religion. long as I'm not hurting the paraphenalia Anniversary." Or the way " The Wind Cries Mary," and forget the music - Jesus shouldn't have died anybody else I don't see of pop in he shows blues can be for example, could not in that case I don't think so earJy and then he why they should tell me 1969? In the utterly contemporary on have been written by the song can be com could have got twice as how to live and what to second part of " Voodoo Chile." anyone else. pletely successful. much across. do." a t hree-part series on Jimi, A REAL " I~~:~ ot ~~=n~e:::~~ r, ------;,;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:,------he discusses he told me. " Most of with BOB HANG UP what I have done will OAWBARN come out on the next LP his attitudes to in the late summer. I his work, his "You have to make people don't try to make a thing audiences. the identify with the music," about my songs when I explains Jimi. " You put them on record. I try methods of to make them honest and communication make a record in the hope that the public Jllay there doesn't seem too he is forced to want to buy it, so you much point in talking adopt. He have to make it present about them. talks about the able in some way. They The people who listen to way his have to have an them are the ones who attitude is identification mark. will know whether they changing "The trouble is that a are successful or not." towards his single has to be under six own stage min utes - it used to be performances - and the restrictions under three, which was a BROKEN imposed by the trio format of real hang-up. It's like you the Experience. Next week, in thE! last used to be able to give TEETH them just one page of a International of the series, the Third ,. book, now you can give Dimension of Jimi Hendrix is " T he Man them two or three pages One or the things Jimi set·t ion - but never the whole seems to be cutting out of his personal appeu book. ances is playing guitar ARCHIE SHEPP doubt a time of transi disciplined by a f OU r "The music is what with his teeth. British sel't ion minute track. The longer tion. matters. If an audience "The idea of doing that DON RENDELL IAN CARR thmg1 on the " Electric Nobody is better at co!1• are really digging you on COUNT BASIE Ladyland .. album don't veying an atmosphere in a show, then naturally came to me in a town in always come off, his a few phrases - there you get excited and it Tennessee," he recalled ideas seem to get was the menace of helps. But a bad audience " Down there you have to diffused But this is no "Purple Haze," the raw, really doesn't bother me play with your teeth or RAY CHARLES that much because then it else you get sboL There's STAN TRACEY is a practice session, a a trail of broken teeth all chance to get things over the stage. JIMMY WITHERSPOON together. " It was another way of Mr. ACKER BILK letting out things and you have to know what you es to life FRINGE are doing or you might JOE HARRIOTT hurt yourself. The trouble On nveral occasions they failed BENEFIT was audiences took it as BEST JAZZ LP to swing or rock, and seemed something they must see OF THE YEAR ~ru!~erdrav:~c\ '1:!as bej!; " I always enjoy playing, or they don't enjoy the _EMl"S JAZZ LP subdued form . whether it's before ten show. So I don't do it __ OF THE YEAR They may have been handicap people or 10,000. And I much any more. We don't ped by poor acousllcs. Al· do too much of anything lhouah baffle ahfeld1 have don't even care if they been hun1 f~m the roof, the boo, as long as it isn't any more, except play Hall la always 4 difficult out of key. music." place 10 play. especially for loud electric banda. ·• J don't try to move an It could ba•e been drummer audience - it's up to MIich and baulst Noel had them what they get from SPIRITUAL ~=u!3'.e~e!r"~fm{hem1e.lves, the music. If they have MUSIC Now they hawe 1enerally cooled paid to see us then we all tlletr approach, like nnny are going to do our thing. ·--= bands who have explored J1mi says it is usually the Hlusne and vlolence to the " If we add a bit of the trampoline aide of enter lyrics that attract him to full, die addlUon of an extra a song. Instrument, for example, ano tainment then that i1 a DDN llllDlll/lAN CAIi ther 1ulLar or oraan, would fringe benefit but we are " Maybe a lyric hu only alve the• Hlra llcOpe and ,,_..,..._DI and •Dow •ore there to play mu&Jc. If we ftve words and the music to1 ..~i1 SX1214 I> SCX1214 stand up there all ni&ht takes care of the rest." E.M.1. Raconla -··llho en-,llw Ca. LILI E.111.1. Hwa, 11 IC I 1$ Young stars pushing through Miles Davis., was voted both THE NEWER names top Bassist and New Star. who are injecting a Chris Pyne became the first trombonist since Ke 1 1 h healthy serum of en Christle to beat George Chis• thusiasm into the re holm among the trombcM"iists and Tubby Hayes lost his viving body of British vibes crown to Frank Rlcoltl. jazz are well repre John Surman had a notable sented in the British double with the Baritone title and also the Miscellaneous section of 1969 MM Instrument title for his work Readers' Jazz Poll. on soprano. Tony Oxley Jumped from sixth last year The winners, in fact are a to be voted top dnrrnmer in nice blend of th~ new place or Phil Seamen. with the established stars One curiosity was the choice of -it would, after all, be the reissued ten•year--old Stan RENDELL-CARR : combo winne rs once again Tracey album, .. Little Klunk," as foolish to discard the as LP Of The Year. proven giants of the Brit Among this year's new winners over the past year have been or o ld and new races. Stan was again voted top among ls the Mike W estbrook Band few and fa r between. Dave Holland, who must have ish scene as it would be stopped the Jokes about both Pianists and Composers to ignore the multitude which has taken the Big Band Second place In this section while Dankworth retained his title from Johnny Dankworth went to another new band, British rhythm sections when Arranger title as compensa. of new talent. - whose jazz appearances Ronnie Scott's, with It 's blend he went to the States to Join tlon for his demotion among the big bands. There Is still none to seriously chaUenge Tubby Hayes as Musician Of The READERS ·· po(L:\~-BRlffilSM~SECTION Year, though John Sur• • • • ... ~,'"' ',,r.,:. ,J,u"•_..rf1:....-"ff..,., '-'~ •-, '~"' • •• • • . man rose three places to second this year. Tubby also retained his Tenor title. TOP MUSICIAN MALE SINGER BASS 1 TUBBY HA YES I CEORCIE FAME 1 DAVE HOLLAND 2 DAVE CRE'EN 2 JOHN SURMAN 3 RON MATHEWSON Others who repeated last 3 JOHNNY FEMAU SINGER year's victories were the DANKWORTH Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet (Small Group), I CLEO LAINE DRUMS Georgie Fame (Male BIG BAND Singer), Cleo Laine (Fe I TONY OXLEY male Singer), John Mayall BWES ARTIST (Blues), Ian Carr (Tnun MIKE WESTBROOK 2 PHIL SEAMEN pet), Sandy Brown (Clari net), Joe Harriott (Alto), 2 RONNIE SCOTT 1 JOHN MAYALL 3 JON HISEMAN Alan Haven (Organ) a nd Terry Smith (Guitar). 3 JOHNNY 2 ERIC CLAPTON Georgie Fame, Cleo Laine DANK WORTH 3 CEORCIE FAME VIBES and Dave HoJJand (in the New Star c.wtepry) (C!ICtlc I FRANK RICOTTI :,-c"u,e• e': ==-: SMAll GROUP ll;Ul,',lil 2 TUHY HAYES that it was not worth 3 BILL LE SACE while listing the runners• DON RENDELL/ IAN CARR up. IAN CARR SANDY BROWN JOHNNY BARNES 2 KENNY WHE'ELER 2 CHRIS McCRECOR MISCELLANEOUS INST. 3 HANK SHAW DAVE HOLLAND 3 TUBBY HAYES IOHN SURMAN The more traditional Jau PIANO styles were poorly repre-,. (Soprano Sax) sented with Acker BUk (second on clarinet) and I TUBBY HAYES STAN TRACEY 2 JOHNNY BARTON Sincere Thanks 1 CHRIS PYNE (Banjo) banjoist Johnny Barton 2 RONNIE SCOTT 2 MICHAEL CARRICK from the Alan Elsd~ 2 CEORCE CHISHOLM 3 DON RENDELL Band (second Mlscel• 3 DON RENDELL 3 CORDON BECK (Soprano Sax) laneous Instrument) the -3 KEITH CHRISTIE highest placed. An ~teresting poll which agam proves that the ALAN BARITONE : : ' MM's readers know their ClARJNET ORGAN i liilii\::F Jazz. I JOHN SURMAN 1 ALAN HAVEN 1 IOHNNY I SANDY BROWN DANKWORTH 2 RONNIE ROSS 2 BRIAN AUCER 2 ACKER BILK 2 STAN TRACEY HAVEN 3 IOHNNY BARNES 3 MIKE CARR 3 TONY COE 3 MICHAEL CARRICK ALTO GUITAR THANK YOU VEIY MUCH SINCERE THANKS COMPOSER FOR AU YOUI VOTES 1 JOE HARRIOTT 1 HAROLD McNAIR I TERRY SMITH 1 STAN TRACEY FRANK PETER 2 PETER KINC 2 TUBBY HAYES 2 LOUIS STEWART 2 MICHAEL CARRICK 3 BRUCE TURNER 3 JOHNNY SCOTT 3 DAVE COLDBERC 3 JOHNNY RICOTTI KING DANKWORTH MANY THANKS THANK YOU HANK KEN 1 DAVE HOLLAND SHAW WHEELER LP Of THE YEAR 1 LITTL'E KLUNK Stan Tracey VERY MANY THANKS 'i.4ANy THANKS 2 MEXICAN CREEN Tubby Hayes LOUIS JOE 3 PHASE Ill- STEWART HARRIOTT Don Rendell/Ian Carr IOHH MAYALL THE NAME GUARANTEES SATISFACTION . .. 91CBELY THANK YOU JAMES ASMAN'S IECOID CENJIES ~:.!n;!::,, ~~ ~•;. -:.-o :~.,---- I ~. :~;~ :-;.,~ ~ot.o~ TONY CHRIS fCITT) 61 <.-s..._.. Mo,,...,~.t-...... fC•012l6927• Wnte..., _,...,. Jou Pop/fol,. htt OXLEY I PYNE MM a.a.• c.-...a. S..-, l.U !•-,..,.__I WELL DONE, CHAPSI HAROLD McNAIR from RAY and GILL ..... hpt. COLUT'S RECORD SHOP 70 New o.-·-· w.c.1 - - MELODY MAKER, March l, 1969-Page 17 Once again Duke proves that jazz 1s for all ages 0 The J969 New Star ls the Ellington, Ella Fltz.gerald ----*·---- J A;~~n: n%en's ~si:: y~ Impressive young tenor and Buddy Rich. Duke Ellington, In his saxist Joe F.rrell who was Roland Kirk again took both 70th year, continues to In England (or the J968 lhe Flute and .Miscellaneous dominate the World sec• Jazz. Expo. Instrument categories and lion of the MM Readers' J.J. Johnson has regained his another who retained two trombone crown from I 968 titles was MIies Davis Jau Poll. Once again he winner Roswell Rudd and (Small Group and Trumpet). Is Musician Of The Year Jimmy Hamilton retums u Congratulations as well as leader of the the top clarlnettlst - last Br~:~esi~!~eln wfh! ~ : ~ world's best Big Band and year's winner, Jimmy section this year - the top Composer and Arran Guiffre drops to three. Critics proving much more ger. Muddy Waters takes over patriotic than the Readers, from Jimmy Witherspoon which no doubt proves And most or the new winners among the Blues Artists somethJng or other. in this year's poll have been and Bill Enns rises from Only John Surman (second to round for a pretty long fourth to first among the Baritone) and Dave Holland time. Jon Hendricks, for pianists, with Keith Jarrett (second New Star) were example, is voted top Mate - best known for his work placed In the first thtte of Singer for the first time - with Charles Lloyd, rising any category. last year's leaders, Mel from seventh to second. The victories of Ella Fltzge. ____ *___ _ Torme and Mark Murphy, Earl Hine.s and Thelonlous raid, Roland Kirk and Duke vanishing Crom the top Monk, last yea.r's ·one and Ellington - In the Female three. two, drop out of the Singer, Miscellaneous In• Kenny Burrell has taken over reckoning. Charles Mingus strument and Composer the guitar title leh vacant takes over the top Bass slot categories respectively - by the sad death of Wes from Jimmy Garrison. were so massive that the Montgomery and last year's There was no change at all In runners-up have not been New Star, Gary Burton, ha-. the top three placings listed. And Ellington and finally shown that Milt among the Big Bands, GU Evans took virtually all Jackson can be beaten as Female Singers and Drum• the votes amona the number one Vibes player. mers - the winners belna Arranaers. JOHN READERS':~~POLL': WORLD SECTION • ~ • ._. .._{ •!.i.L. IL'- - ;..- """ , ....._ SURMAN TOP MUSICIAN .,, DRUMS DUKE ELLINGTON BUDD Y RICH 2 MILES DAVI S 2 ELVI N JONES 3 BILL EVANS 3 MAX ROA CH BIC BAND MIKE 1 DUKE ELLINGTON GARY BURTON COUNT BASIE WESTBROOK 2 MILT JACKSON 3 BUDDY RICH SHEPP JOHNSON fLLINCTON 3 LIONEL HAMPTON SMAl.l GROUP TROMBONE MISCEUANEOOS INST. ~.... -~-, MILES DAVIS J. 1- JOHNSON ROLAND KIRK 2 BILL EVA NS 2 ROSWELL RUDD 2 HERBIE MANN ROLAND KIRK (Ma nzello and JOHN 3 MODERN JAZZ 3 BOB BROOKMEYER 3 CHARLES LLOYD Stritch) QUARTET CLARINET MALE SINGER PIANO ARRANGER MAYALL 1 JIMMY HAMILTON 1 JON HENDRICKS 1 DUKE ELLINGTON 2 PEE WEE RUSSELL 1 BILL EVANS 2 RAY CHARLES 2 GIL EVANS 3 JIMMY GUIFFRE 2 KEITH JARRETT 3 FRANK SINATRA 3 OSCAR PETERSON ALTO . COMPOSER FEMALE SINGER MICHAEL ORNETTE ORGAN 1 DUKE ELLINGTON 1 ELLA FITZGERALD COLEMAN 2 SARAH VAUGHAN 2 IOHNNY HODGES 1 JIMMY SMITH NEW STAR 3 NINA SIMONE 3 CANNONBALL GARRICK ADDERLEY 1 IOE FARRnL BWES ARTIST GUITAR 2 DAVE HOLLAND TENOR 1 KENNY BURRELL 3 KEITH IARRETT 1 MUDDY WATERS 1 SONNY ROLLINS 2 JIM HALL 2 JIMMY Little Klunk (LP) WITHERSPOON 2 STAN GETZ 3 BARNEY KESSEL [LP : Of_'.T~~ YEAR ~ 3 BIG JOE WILLIAMS 3 CHARLES LLOYD I MAMA TOO TIGHT -Archie Shepp TRUMPET BARITONE BASS for great 2 INFLATED TEAR I CHARLES MINGUS 1 MILES DAVIS 1 GERRY MULLICAN -Roland Kirk • 2 JIMMY CARRISON 2 DIZZY GILLESPIE 2 JOHN SURMAN 3 ELECTRIC BATH successes in the 3 HARRY CARNEY 3 RAY BROWN -Don Ellis Melody Maker Jazz Poll I•] !Rff ;J group records It 1•111 ·1 ' "" Ml I CIIIV MAKI II , Motfh I, inno THE GEORGE MITCHELL STORY: PART 2 20 dollars a side and no thoughts of posterity TlfERl WJ-.kl recordt round In tho1r day, but th 1• BOB guy I madr th<>IP records di~~:l J~~~tr~~l~~o~~~d! DAWBARN ao much until that guy 1tar trd, you know, didn't think t' 11 "' Top man Melody A new Jon digs Maker star it here arrives and now on vibes FRANK: encour~·meat JAZZ POLL FRA'\K Rk:OTTI a.rr-eatl7 pla)mg in the- West End JOH: • r0u',c ltiddin& ' ptoductJOn ol Han has i'ed "P 1-m&J'tJ) fr S"> 3 last )e&r lO S a I ia the Vibes JON HESDRI( KS Jrttlftt lh,p sectJ0n cl thlS )~S ~\! ,ews that h~ had bttn VO(ed Readtts' Poll :op Ju, S1nctt 1n the_ world ..v1th 1ncr~ulou1 dttbelid Frank. bora n ~nd'lC'I on "Your k1dd1ni1.. hi" said JanUV)- 31. 19-49. was gn-rn t"itt)" e.nC'Ol.rage-tnt"l'lt to like .. Your jtJkmt I've Just sat '69 b)· up rr.:.isac htS fatM:r. who w:fe th: t_ .. l've &Ol l'l played dn.uJU •n ar RAF ~~,rtm? POLL PEOPLE dance hand The news was a n,ce - ,,) father MS aJ..a)S 1nn1vernry pr~t fo r Jon. Watch u a ~""lcl.wn&:!"' at 19 pushed me aJc::wig and J.TI-n •• 11 i1 fun a year since he It wu •·bde lCur,rz Amer.ca me eYtt) ci.coura.ie:-r.ent.," he camt 1£o Brnaln .. I'm no"' with lM band that be first got U)'S .. He botight m) 5..--st lffl.Uestrd' :r. j&Z2. He S.&)"s It vibH and h..a5 bftn the b,ggest ~,'!"(~~ towh~t•\ ~~•:rw: Mt;, I've had• Jon, has all ,Ntr," u.,-, who fir~~ B~~d;n~m ·ra!:!· ~i He was at ma~ic col6eg 11 A R~~~:! 1hc m~~~I~': number On<' jnunmn or the par-.l year hy British Melody critics It seem'i unhelle. vablc, ycl ii ha!I hap A Briton beats the world pened. /\nd John Surman his soprano playing Maker l'i the 11rst Urltl .. h musi Singer) and Sarah Vaug among the Mi"-Ct.'llaneous cian to be so honoured. han (Fema le Slni-( er). Jnstriment,. POLL PEOPLE Surman takco;: over the ~tany of the Critics had The Critics, incidentall)', major title, previously difficulty in find ing some "'ere a sked to vole on held In thC' Critics' Poll one to vote for in the performances O\ler the by Mlle!. Davis and Duke Organ, Clarinet and Blues previous 12 month~ Ellington. And he has Thceatcg~~,1~f~s were, in rather than for all-time been voted the Critics' favourites. In each cnte Getting New Star In add ition to general, obviously lr_n- gory an individual retaining the Baritone pressed by British Jaz7 MILES RUDD ROLLINS c ritic's first choice was crown he won last yea r. talent over the past, ye~r. awarded three points, Surma n apa rt, the Critics double winner mhe ld crown top again f~~';;n s~;~u~:l~c~ w ith two for his second have been fal thrul to past ttrT:!, a nd one for third. 'em back ravourltcs. The only other death, reported last week. Elvin Jones., who came came second to Bu rrell Finally, Horace Sliver can new winners are Muddy Duke Ellington retained second, was unbelievably among the guitarists; be heartened by the fact Waters w ho, as In the all three or his titles - not in the fi rst ten In Sandy Brown was third that his current Quintel Readers' Po ll, has ousted Big Band, Composer and 1968. on c larinet; the West must have sufficiently into JAZZ POLL Jimmy Witherspoon from Arranger. Miles Davis Others who held on to their brook Band was second impressed those wh_o the top of the Blues a nd Roland Kirk were crowns were Roswell among the Big Bands and heard it at Ronnie Artists, a nd Pee Wee again double winners - Rudd (Trombone), Or Westbrook himself was Scott's, for two of his Russell who regains the Miles In the Trumpet and nette Co leman (Alto), In the first three in both skiemen _ trumpeter the clubs clarinet title from Jimmy Sma ll Group sections, Sonny Rollins (Tenor), the Composer and Arran Randy Breckcr and drum Hamilton w ho took It Kirk in the categories for Earl Hines (Piano), ger categories; Graham away last year. Pee Collier was second to mer Bllly Cobham Jnr - HOW DOES it feel Flute and Miscellaneous Kenny Burrell (G uitar), to come second and third when ...Britain's critics Wec's victory heightened Instrument. Richard Davis (Bass), Ellington among the com to Surman among the '69 the sadness felt through Max Roach was again voted Gary Burton (Vibes), posers; a nd Surman name you the best New Stars. out the jazz world at his the world's top d rummer. Louis Armstrong (Male gained second place for jazzman in the world? " It's hard to put into words," admits John Sunnan. "I very much appreciate the gesture but it's a very strong Roy Eldridge 2 JIMMY 3 TONY 3 ORNETTE thing to have to live up TOP MUSICIAN 5 9 COLEMAN 10 lo. HAMILTON 12 pts WILLIAMS Ke nny Wheeler " J can't say really pts 4 Ed Blackwell 7 4 Archie Shepp 9 Cootie W illiams 3 SANDY BR OWN 9 KENNY believe 1t and once you JOHN SURMAN 14 BURRELL 21 Roy Haynes 5 Horace Silver 5 4 Pe rry Ro bi nson 5 start playing your horn 2 ORNETTE 2 JOHN Buddy Rich you forget all about this COLEMAN II 5 Cecil Pay'!.e 5 McLAUG HLIN 13 7 Oliver Jackson 6 ARRANGER , sort of thing. 3 MILES DAVIS 9 pts LARRY pts " I'm too concerned with my own deficiencies to 4 Cary Burton 8 CORYE LL 10 I ROSWELL RUDD 21 PIANO VIBES I DUKE believe it - I know I 32 2 J. J. JOHNSON 9 4 Jerry Hahn 6 pts 'EL LI NGTON have so much to leam, in TRUMPET pts Jim Hall CARY BURTON 35 2 GIL EVANS 9 particular about leading a 3 BOB I EARL HINES 23 band a nd getting the best Barney Kessel 2 LIONEL 3 MIK E pts BROOKMEYER 6 2 CECIL TAYLOR 16 W es Mont gome ry 24 out of musicians. HA MPTON WESTBROOK 8 " Every time I listen to a I MILES DAVIS 32 VIC DICKENSON 3 LENNIE BOBBY 4 Tom Mclnstosh 6 record by Sonny RoJlins 2 DIZZY 5 Lawrence Brown 5 TRISTANO II HUTCHERSON 16 or John Coltrane rea.11:se GILLESPIE 11 4 laki 1yard 10 ph 4 Milt Jackson 14 COMPOSER _ •. ....__ just how far there is y ORNETTE go" C\J\RINET 5 Ka rl Berger 7 Surmnn's poll victories 5 lill Evans 9 CO LEM AN 29 6 Red Norvo 5 pts 8 pts are a recognition of the Herbie Ha ncock 2 PHIL WOODS 15 DUKE new generation of Brit,sh PEE WEE ELLINGTON 30 Jazzmen who have done 6 RUSSELL 25 7 T h e lonious Monk 7 3 JOHNNY HODGES 13 2 GRAHAM so much over the past pts COLLIER 11 year to revitalise the A Third Time Thank You to all our Supporters 4 Benny Carter 11 scent an<.I , promoters will ROLAND KIRK 26 MIKE 5 Sonny C riss 6 2 ing, could, with their JAMES MOO DY 18 WESTBROO K 9 enthusiasm and exciting DON RENDELL-IAN CARR QUINTET 6 Jackie Mclean 5 3 YU SE F LA TEEF 15 4 Ornette Coleman 8 sounds, start packing Dave Green, Michael Garrick, Trevor Tomkins 4 Eric Dix.on 5 5 W ayne Shorter 5 them back into the coun TENOR try's jazz clubs 01-722 1998 or 01-807 7831 Asked w ha t he felt on the pts ORGAN BWES ARTIST subject, John commented: SONNY " I suppose youth 1s ROLLINS 33 pts pts enthusiasm anyway and I JIM MY SMITH 18 2 ARCHIE SHEPP 16 MUDDY WAT ERS 18 really want to retain the 2 LARRY YOUNG 11 2 JIMMY same kind of feeling I get 3 STAN GETZ 13 when I am playing now 3 WILD BILL WITHERSPOON 8 Surman is, as yet, probably 4 James Moody 6 DAVIS 6 OUT TODAY' 5 Albert Ayler 5 3 B.B. KING 6 better known as a side Booke r Ervin man than as band leader. But he works Pa ul Gonsalves MISCEUANEOOS INST. MALE SINGER fairly regularly with a Colema n Hawkins pis pts quartet a nd hopes to get I ROLAND KIRK I LOUIS work for his magnificent BARITONE (Manzello, Strich) 16 ARMSTRONG 21 Octet, which has so fa r only done two gigs - pts 2 JOHN SURMAN 2 IIMMY both for the London Jazz JOHN SURMAN 38 (Soprano) 11 WITHERSPOON 15 Centre Society at the 100 2 GERRY 3 JEAN LUC PONTY 3 JON HENDRICKS Club - in three months. MULLICAN 22 (Violin ) 10 " I've done the backbone of • JIMMY RUSHING 8 the arranging for the thegteatsaccetweeklY! HARRY 4 Ray Nance Octet," he said. "Alan CARNEY 20 (Violin ) 8 5 Joe Turner 7 Here's ''GOAL••. •the best ever fool bait weekly Packed with interest for everybody. 6 Mel Torme 6 Cohen has done a couple 4 Pepper Adams 7 5 Budd Johnson of things and then there * Read Bobby Charlton's weekly (Soprano) 7 is John Warren, a Cana diary FEMALE SINGER dian face living over here Jf,, Great colour team picture of at the moment, who has a Birmingham City pts BIG BAND pts lot to offer and whose Read about the £ I 00,000 on Ken RICHARD pts I SARAH stuff we do. Furphy's he ad DAVIS 30 I DUKE VAUGHAN 13 " I'm also longing to get something from Kenny More colour with Jimmy Husbond 2 ELLA 2 CHARLES ELLINGTON 39 Wheeler and Mike Gibbs and John Osborne MINGUS 13 2 MIKE FITZGERALD 10 "At the moment it's very CHARLIE WESTBROOK 14 3 ARETHA difficult getting gigs with the Octet ;,nd it's the HADEN FRANKLIN 9 3 COUNT BASIE II Quartet which keeps the 4 Jimmy Carrison 11 4 Kenny Clarke 4 Sheila Jordan 8 bread coming," 5 Blossom Dearie 5 Ray Brown 10 Francy Boland 6 6 David lzenzon 5 Don Ellis Cleo Laine Nil)a Simone 6 DRUMS SMAll GROUP 8 Norma Winstone 5 pts pts NEW STAR MAX ROACH 25 1 MILES DAVIS 27 pts 2 ELVIN JONES 19 2 CARY BURTON 14 JOHN SURMAN 16 2 RANDY Thanks to you all for voting me the BRECKER II 3 BILLY TOP JAZZ GUITARIST SURMAN COBHAM JNR 8 FOR THE SECOND YEAR 10 muc .. to lurn TERRY SMITH Ml•\l)llV MAf< l·N, Mnrch I, 1011!) l'ni;t• 'J I : . -...... ' Melody ,. ,.11 Alto. 1!111h: • konlll M1H J,t.M ES ASMA N. lhcords And Dra ft Tmb Nont· Cit : f\; ont· Pno : llnu·, l' r ,n l <11 1 1 lt OVTTHIS Sandy Brown Kenny Wheeler le MONTH George Chisholm SANDY BROWN Lennie Bush &HIS Johnny Mclaughlin GENTLEMEN! BobbyOrr FRIENDS 'HAIR' AT IT'S HAIRIEST SFJL921 Paa~ 22-!1.iELODY MAKER. March 1, 1969 FOCUS ON FOLK OOD roputalion. al G \\ A) pre-cede- p~r• fo rme-rs and for some- time no,, "ord has GOOD NEWS FROM bttn filt•ring through to the outh about Humblebums. a Glas j O\\ duo "ho ha, t no,, had the thane ACROSS THE BORDER to pla) before, and 1h,1r •Pt'M'al to audlt-nt THURSDAY SUNDAY WEDNESDAY impress. dub audi out ldt' lht f1'\IS.. t'luh rlir- ences in the outh. cull, O n featu,;ng TUESDAY'S CHILDREN AL L TOGETHER NOW, IT'S PUSSYFOOT TRAMP : STILL LIFE COLOURS : FANTASY Starts 7.30 Admission 10/- TRIFLE SUGAR Sol• ~ " THI I Oll• T STIOWOOD OIIOANISATION no. Ol-6'29 '121 C.B.S NEWEST RECORDING ARTISTS This young group have lo be seen to be believed Born Musicians - Devastating Musicians ROYAL (Mecca), Tottenham NEW FAME ASS OC. LAT 1850 SWINDON LOCARN O-THURSDAY BLUES 8-11 p rn . 10/ - thh WHk bul 7/ 6d. ne.x, Gall ey Wood Lodge,Aimes G reen,Waltham Abbey. THIS WEEK - FAMILY plu1 MICK ABRAHAM S /f,om Je thro Tull ) BLUES BAND Next Thundoy, 7/ 6 only 1 SHADROCKS MISSISSIPPI JOHN HISEMANS COLOSSEUM feolurlng FRED McDOWELL ONLY lONOON co,-,ccn DAT? DICK HECkSTALL SMITH $Al., I th MAICH - MA YFA IR pl.,. SHAKCY VK: K'S BLUES BAN D lHEAlU, STIATT ON ST., W 1 1 HOU51:S 1300 • c•d• ,...,ID,,nonul AL 50 DUEL ARTISTES llll\S l Olllll wiih to onnounc• thot !SECOND HOUSE ONL'I') •• from Thund• y, PelNvwy 27th th• lrn• w..wr ... 111 JO-MIIIIUY IAI AIDIISOl'S COUITIY ltUIS IAID M.C. MIKE RAVEN ndieh 6p 111 ,-,. •• ,. Nd, I l0 p.111 pffl 17/• Ndl ,,...., C.. ts WIUAIO IICoaDS • ~w.y, NowC.-,1116 and l ay...._ DOIIUS ,Ola SNO, n-. c...... _c. ... a.-i, we , NOW OPEN : ,, ..e nled by l gndon •lw• • 5ge(.,,. N EW GUITAR STUDIO Profeu1onal Tution, GENO All-NIGHT cl a uico l or modern is coming to Also siring bau and THE RAYE boss guilo r LAMORBEY Daily from 10 o.m.-6 p.m. RAILWAY! DRUMS ART COLLEGE MODERN SOUND 1/ - per word ,_ ALL DRUMS, acccuorlcs pur• .... R&B 128 Chari ng Cron Road Vallien Wo• d load chased - 01·228 4813 CLASSIFIED ADS CLUB London, W . C. 2 ALL CODD quality drums / SIDCUP High sir .., , Feltham, Mhht1 .... Toi. 01 -240 1167 aceeuorles purchHed tor cash .. MONDAY. 3,d MAICH Wl!I call. - Orango, 01-8311 0374 ALL L UD WIC occeu ortca . - MELODY MAKEi BAT 4813 TH~ A P•EM IEII kit, complele, !8:i - BAT 4813, CLIFF CHARLES DIIU M K ITS, clearance prices, also cymbals, all makes, 11ccn, 1 COLIN SMITH ■TOP%i DJ, ❖, DISCSW, JINOLCSi 1'\%ffl, SOUND ~:: ::::e~:~!~e:~~- ~w:r: h1!e~,~~~ AN O LIGHTI NG SYSTEMS 118 New Oxford Street, W C.I. 01 · o ¥all able for oil kl 11d1 o f •"• 11 11 ssi:J!!· KITS, eomplele All + QUALITY PHSENTATION prices - DAT 4813 AROMATIC BALLOON D11:UM S, AC CESSO• IES , chca(' Madiay•Mon,on Pro!l'lotlon, - 01-228 4813 plus LIGHT SHOWS 1011 699 ,..1,1 0 11 4J7 1391 F l• • E o•uM CHCI, a ll Sites. - 01-228 4813 LIGHTNING FIN O I RS IF you are looklne for n t O p.m.-6 o.m. Ad m. 10/- ftAMffl. VIOUNISTI, OUJTA•11n IOS bargain In drum• or acceuorh~II • AU. -1ca.- •., och,. .. qwoc.•• TIID ri~~1"~x c~:; ~ :e : i ~!1d~%'!;cdlo trly - po-.f,,I ~ --.. ,.,,...r...... 1~ RECORDING S ~ .. il'Mlr•"I Ne fuot V,brgll! _,tho 1/4 per word LUDWI G, <'Y mbn la, Cn!ICJ, U SS II • per word do,lr owoy "•"' rho 9 ==., ,.....,.,. :~~Nf~ ~ ~ b!~:~~~J:d~yscl:i~~ - ~JGi3.::: 4 Drum Kil , superh ALL GOOD quall\t, oraan, pur- VOX • 111D, Watkln1, Far1ln or NflNOl1-"hNOl• MAGIC",_ :~d price. Scully 4-track .- the l.'1.l ndlllo n Co mplete, U 0. Cl1 orlcy i~:~~dr, '8l.e:eu:i?c Ill ctll. - ~m~l: o ;m,n• wanted for cub. -• COWi.WO IHII ITUTI 1 0 .. .._o.t...11..._.. ~w.c.1 ~~I I ih~y ;::ceMu •: ~c:;rt~ .• :~~r :x~N~~~~~N:e.. : 'Titc!f n sn~ r~' A MOD I L LIOU0 Hammond Or, WANT• D , ORGAN, '100 CHh Lc:rr~N~icr.~~: Studios. RlnJI' P l lllt'/ ZlldJlnn l Cllt'I Skull1. ~:l i~~o ~:1~'i-h, ~~f -1~~•~\7~~~IM ::r~~:b~e p,;- Uabrldl f' 31417 ro r lnfo rma llo fl and broc hurl' - low ml1c11 1e. 1226 - 021-427 532 1 FAaFISA COMPACT, S/ M. IIOG - 853 2'-45 s,~~ ~r Multi ::~~M~ri" •w a~~t:'~ororc1!~~1II~ fLGAUIT""REl' •INTIOCNO 01J~~Ji01l; £401·~!~ 11 6 HAMMOND, LOWIIIY AND "" .., trackln1. •~~sic O~Ji..~ :TUD10 Kenny (day) IIIV Htll. (evenl n11 PHILACOll:DA OIIGANI. All RECORDS FOR SALE 0 model,. New and 11erondhand lfGINNERS TO ADVANCED u::~:.Lu l h P• II: HOUII, DAV C':H:'~AY rldkulnuN ptlct>1 fo r P 11 r1 nt'h 11 n,i:e1. Euy paymen11 J/ . per word INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP "'s'ouND ORGANIZATION. ,·ou< drnm, , nd "'"'"'"' - Phon, rr)' Ill An l, In d t'B II Wl' are " Old JAU D• LIITIONI. Write for MIKE WILLIS l rnck-~lxtci•n d u rHll'I t•q ulp 0l -22R-41113 ror 1.-nulne barga ins 1 1 1 t,u~rf\'~ D, "~r2°" i~::.~: U~n110;. , D ~~~-..e~d l a:~~!:.~ TAT 5937 after 7 p .m m t> •TU1t.- WOOLWICH POLYTECHNIC, Calderwood Street, S.E.1 8 MORE ENTERTAINMENT ADVERTISEMENTS Will BE FOUND ON PAGE 23 ALL-NITE DANCE, 9 p.m. to 7 o.m,, 28th February THE MOVE .,- ANDROMEDA + :I SUPf'OITING GIOUl'S WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FORMATION DISCOTHEQUE fllM SHOW UGHT SHOW OF A NEW PROMOTION/MANAGEMENT COMPANY lor until 3 a .m. l•fr•1hm•nh ADMISSION 17/ 6 (15/• in od-.) IM•n S.U. Cardi) siMoN·oui>iiE ond THE IIG S OUND EVERY FRIDAY AT THE LABOUR EXCHANGf NEUTRAL H ELING • UG HT 5 5outhlands Cola. p 65 W lmbiadon P'arblde CAPITAL ARTISTS BUNKERS BRAIN S.W.19 Tuba l'utnay lr,dg.. 93 bv• 41-45 NEAL STREET, LONDON, W.C.2 836 3831 JOHN SHHRY ENTERPRISlS 7/- 1, 11.30 01 - 390 0314 TOP ACTS ALREADY REPRESENTED ARE :- 1 COLLEGES THINK p ~-,~ ~-;.,.~c:.ao~>s PATCHWORK QUILT Slr•olham, S,W,16 THE BLUES hi: QJ.6 77 9 739 (24 h,1.) North D•van' 1 llua1 and THE Und•rgraund Graup STRAY JOHN LEE HOOKER -15- TEL IAINSlAl'Lf 2562 01-743 1771 a nd the GltOUN DH OGS GREATEST ar wr1t• PYE RECORD ING ARTISTES plu1 3 iupport g,oup1 37 TRIN ITY STUET, 8AlNSTAPU SHOW CHAMPION JACK Phrido7, 28th FltO. 12/6 000, DUPREE 0 ON OAS SINGLE "BA LA FOOCHE" BOFLHE cp.m. EARTH OUT 21th MAICH Eiw0°0 DRDMi llUE HO RI ZON IIECOII0S &THEJOYCEBONDSHOW Single 15/ -, Double 27/- ENQUIRIES 560 0322 OSTERLEY TUB[ SPENCER'S WASHBOARD "KEEF HARTLEY EAL I NG TC C HNI CAL COLLEGE KINGS ONE Of THE RIOTOUS 1 920-STYLE JAZZ/POPS RAG BALL COMEDY - CABARO BIGGEST NEW THE CRAZY WORLD OF NIAi WHAT WE MEAN ON DAVJON L.P. DJ 1012 NAMES THIS YEAR'' ARTHUR BROWN T S s " IIAT INSTl:UMENTAL' ' flMfR GANTRrs VELVET OPERnfSPafT Of.JOHN MOIGAN ,a,, 1969 THE R 0 H STIIIAPEACH DISCO I U 0 Friday, February 28th A L w RIOT 7.30 start BAR D KEEF HARTLEY SEYMOUR HALL, W.1 NIW L.P. "IIALf •-" IILIASm SQUAD ON DEUM 1037 21 fll., 1969 Tickets l S/ • in advance, £ I ot door MELODY MAKER, March I , l96Y-Pag~ 25 MONDAY cont. THE WAY COOKS FER RY INN BEYOND Angl'I Ro•d ( N. Ci r) Edmonlon 2 Monmouth StrHt, W.C.2 ..nu••••••••••••••• u~M!~~~-· FEB 21th t pn1e •m jcLues IMIKE ABRAHAM S BACK BY DEMAND!! ERI C S ILK Ship H vtrl. Rud CLIFF manguoe90 Wardour Stre London W .1 THE COMMITTEE '"' Monday, Mord! 'Jo"d FEAlURIN (i COLOURED GOTH IC J AZZOAND, Earl 111 CHARLES """'°'· '•"'=" ,,. ~ »-II) * AUDITION NIGHT AM[F'ITZ AN[tOENNiS ~k::~:i;l:LD, lied Llun. Kid * JUNIORS EYES THE SH&.,WCASE NIGHT 1 0 1 COLIN ~~: 2~·;~c~i u~fAUi ss~i~ ROYAL OAK , Touh')' Sim•\, SE J ~::1:~::11 M~~r~:,~~~•*u~~d'b ~l('u: * RAINBOWS ~~'!.~,o,,::~~!s VISUAL ACTS-DON l MI SS M,J .S CLUO, PHIL SEAMAN . Orh•ini~ Fl•J\IY11l Frodoy, fabtuory 28th (i' ,30-11) T~. Morc.h 41h (7.30·111 KEN COLVER'S THI$ fANTASllC S ltOW DANNY MOSS, TERRY S HA N NON, JAZZMEN :,.t~'tli•,t~t:~.t~! REC PETTIT SOUTHERN STOM PEII:$ , Crown SMITH llurl'11umwund Fri., Sot., Sun., 8 p.m.-2 o.m. r ~ nJII'( F,biuary 28th GREAT All-NITER SET SATURDAY * BAKERLOO FrfEDo·v KING * EARTH * THE STEAMHAMMER :::MPJ:OR~I.Gl~;~ ~1•11 ALAN ELSDON'S FUNKY FEVER DLA.CK • OTTOM STOMPERS. ~: ~~ - ~1:~~======i SoNrdoy, Morch ht (I ·11 301 JOHN DUMMER Crl'c-n M11n , Uluckh(•11 lh lll>ud , l,cytun~IIJIH' * JAZZBAND TONY ROCKET'S CALIFORNIA BALLROOM * SPICE BLUES BAND BLUESCENE, Crown, Tw\c kcn Sttu<'\Hly Mtfd'l 111 THE RESURRECT ION Wh p,nod~ Rood Oun,t1>bk t.,so• sth SOUL SHOW OISCTET ham Hl1rk Bull . Whdlhlll<', N.20 * THE ELASTIC IAND wtodne-,,, Mo,ch t7.~lll WASHINGTON TRACK SATUAOAY. MARCH ht •YES! ALEX WELSH WED , MARCH 5th, I pm · 1 • m BLUES BAND ROY HARPER S..,ndoy, Morch '2nd (7 .J().10 lOJ •·*·•···*••···· Tlckl'll nath,bh~ for ALEXIS A.NO NO SMO KI NG *CIRCUS Sunday March 2nd KDll:NEII:, JO.AHN KELLY and PLUS PALE Gll: EEN LIMOUS IN E Thundoy. Morc.h 6rh (7.30-11) THE GREATEST SHOW STEVE MILLEII: DELIVERY. THE HERD •HOUSE OF Admtnlun 81 Membership 11 BRIAN GREEN'S plus THE KIIIING FLOOR ON EARTH WITH CROMWELLIAN LORDS JAZZBAND OSSIE LAYNE MADDENING CROWD TUESDAY tu• •u•k•\upp• n,ni;i G,o.,p, la, .,.,n •TERRY REID ~ ONUV M•rctl 3rd AU GIRLS ADMITTED •· ·~· .,,.._ ... _. ,~ ...., ... EELPIE JAZZ CLUB, Twh'k11.n manqu ee Studios O 10 •,d,-d-.WI 0l-4.J747ll A LMt VOCALISTS WANTED IANDLfAOHS . • HOUDA Y CAMPS J/ . per word ••• HOTC U YOU DO N'T HAVI TO HAICH Al a.I nun FOi YOUI MUSIOANS THIS SU MMH. w,c_,.,pp,11"'"_'...,._' .,oflfOl'IUM-MOMll'ICil•o,I, 0.toilof•- ,CISON.t.UTY su,n IUt lAI.I 51/U 1-.i- ltl, W11t C.eytl- "°"'Y T.t 01 ..HO BANDS WANTED J /· per word ALL Ci llOUPS for Wl't"kdav cir 1 ~~!me~r~;~jl~~~=~ ~~~~~~I; Yo;; Ai<'ne)· . .115 Turnham Green Tcr• race. w • 01-1.M t i-~. ..--!!:_, 1~r1i"~~ •~ft•:,.-.::g•. par• 1 0 :! n1f~~o!: ~~fer~e.~~~~~1· 11~n1· - Ion Aho requlreCS atrt vocaUsU :,~~kd•~~;~!d. M~nli.grtn:~l~~~ talnm,nt1 LU1, 11 w,nllelO Lane NansJ\eld, Notts. T•J llande:ci 21, n. All letten aclmo•led1ed c;o oo CiROUP rl'qulred (or ;;rular work abroad - WEl. 1 Ci ROUP REQUIRED tor rH1dcn· l·y at nelOo club In Che!lhtre from mld•i\prll Croup stloulcl be able lo restrict volume. pl•~ .a sond ~f~~~~=n ;;mr:nc~~~\~ ~~~ I~ numbt"r!I Blue,; Groups. Prv i:re,.~h·c Pop ~r1rnpi. not requLrtd The l(tuup rC'Q111rcd will ha~e J ,man stagl' 1m.11(t· ;ind con"'1!tl VERSATILE VO CALIST wunted. o r at lc;i,1 four m"mlh:r~ Ill.tie 1 Hl•21 ,eml•pro. working group :oul~l'i;;: ~cc::red bl.l~hJ,un~~x.;~ \ucl111nn, thl"' Sunda)·. u to 2 pm be In Chr~htrc - Wrttl' now w1lh ,I 1 ht· Bllll" ("1.,1\ On~· No r ton photograph r II pw,;ubh-• to Dar t·atg•ll' 2 min from L1vNponl Yllll' Entl'rtainml'nU 16 Odord !-,ln·1·I Sl;tlllln ur 11m g ARC ij810 Dnvc. Thorntnn Huu1eh. Wirral C'hrshlrl'. l.1)3 tJQ LEADING ACiENCY rt·qultl'' VOCALISTS s:oud prnh:sswnal i:rnupl re,:ular wnrk - Rn:t sui:; 1 - per word TOP MIDLAND A;!\n(")' ~qultl'll A P RESLEY lypt stni.:er. i:nod soul b11nd, fur 1mmed1.alc modt>rn lma,:r. ' A re•IMcl• re,prlnt for '69, SITUATIONS WANTED J/- per word -te ••r-- to •• .,....,hav• m ...... , etc., a renewed, EXPER IENCED D.J . wllh 200 " a ll~ ol Music Pu wer r equires uteful reference venues li1t of work from May . WUI travel boltraomt. dance holl1 and beat a nywhere. - R Pen1nm. HIii View Hunllc-y . Glo11 vW1ue1 with odd,.He\ ond te 1.. phonto numben, olphobeticolly re::U1r~o : ,a: aedl!. ~ o Rf~:u~1~~~ li1,-d throyghaut Englond a nd a l Much Hadham 2182 IIOADIR. , ttk 5 icroup clean Wal• If you hO¥e 1pore dl>te1, llcl'n«' - 01 -237 9Ul7 • n•d work or wont to 110,1 01 an in the london/Euex/ Herb ogent. thD i, your d iracl contact area, pleas• contact wl~~N~ n:~~::,••or "~K!rl~~~~: St.>e ll: po,ltlon with a r e c:ord EPPING 3541 company or almllar. start 1mme• Plecne enc:lo• chaqve/po1tol WORK AVAILABLE d1atelv 488 S842 order '°' £2 10 0. 10; ALLANTIS RADIO ONE'S NEWEST D,J. PUBLICATIONS JOHNNY FARLOWE INSURllNC£ J 4 per word FRI.OEIIUCKS INSURANCE IJrukrr,. Car,, , 1111,. m~trumrnts. mnr11:.ijlt·~. •·H - ft l 11611 11133 01 lol\3 \HS, ~,1 1'1nr.l•r R1>Ud , Nort h llurru.,. Mldd~ INSTHUMEHTS FOR SALE J/ . (l('r word l . &H. 1..,.....o..i..t. 01-M.-. H..... v.. ...,_ O.,. 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SCARTH l TD. l'tlMlrl: M..,.._r so,.... t2' ( 100 O-..O-. t ... l~ W C. 2 TitlXON, ,t..- o·d ,:9.. , '2) ( to Ol..utn41C.-eldsySoMdo'J (AlltON,, kit.. , •1t""9 ti' ( TS .______, II n,o w.a. u '•";~i~ 1. u " ' INSTRUMENT REPAIRS per f[NOrl PtKttlo,,l•11 1-, J/ 4 word JJw, .,, •. , ... UJH C,J ,ns A IIIAUTIFUL JOI, Overha ul,, INl'HONf 1,...,I l•u CJO tl lS Rrlfll•qurrlnJ. ~-7 cl:ay1 by ap potn1mr111 Suophoru•s / ,ti.MUS St.I l•u •-'"o wood R. NO(I Stratoc••I••· wh,ID UO U IS l"lncl, hr• ~l', - kllN TOOTILL, "' L• sLIE IYANS, 2n Colncy Hal<' h ID < En1rrprl11t' 01-IW tlOO Lane- , 1.ondon, N II 41:17 MAURICE PlACQU(T ALL GUITAR Rt'l):llr!l, r t'frt"I 11111,; nt·\I 1w1k,. tlni;<'rbonr d,. u•r,,111,hlni. - Gr1 m ~h11w Gult11r,, ,1 c;rut Poulll'llt"V S lr('l·t, WI - TW MUSK nt.Grn1 1;~1 400 LILLIE RD., s.w.~ FOR SALE ...... ,.,.. FUL-...... II· per word '"""·"' KINETIC LIGHTING illld l'lt'C ,_....,...... ,...... ,. 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BLUES Scene '69 was 8 most rewardmg and en joyable evening and was without doubt worth every pe~rn: ~~~d J~ sroer it elping Blues Scene '69 to ha ve ~ken place. I do hope there ':"'II be many more to come in lhe future. _ C. SHARPE, St Albans, Herts. MELODY MAKER Blues Scene '69 was a bold effort to present the old and new 1 ~~~ ti~C:se:thu:ra~-:.er eho~ it fu UIJl ed its purpose. - E. ENGLAND, Birmingham. CONGRATULATIONS to the MM on Blues Scene '69 which J saw in Manchester JOHN LEE J must say thal although depth and si ncerity t~! w:~teno~ah~~e w:~: 5::1h IT WAS a trea t t o hear the anJ s incerity of John Lee 0 Hooker a nd Champion Jack faeznz ccgr:b J~! ~it~y. n I!; Dupree. - STEVE MOSS, a lways come up with- an Wigan, Lanes. interesting session. They really care about w~at they I MUST complain at the way play which shows m their Melody Maker·s Blues Scene playing. Humphrey Lyttelton '69 was presented at Bristol called them one of our great No sooner d id the a rtists institutions - he's r1ghL - appear than they disappeared EDWA R D J . LAKER, Surely with such a fantastic Sou thsea, Han ts. VARIOUS Brit ish blues line-up the artists were unab)e factions snipe at each to do justice to themselves in AFTER THE eulogistic com other about the validity such a short space or time. - ments made by well-in- PETER FEENY, Gllllngha m, 1 HAROLD DAVISON PRESENTS of whal they are play DorseL ~~~~:~d, ~t i:~udi~ged,c~~i~ Welch,_ Tonr Palmer, etc - ing. preaching with the zeal of the But Canned Heat, who Three big I MUST protest a t the newly converted, il came as embrace in their music a desecration of Blues at the MM's Blues Scene '69. John an a lm ost brilliant 5urprise to large segment or the bl ues Lee Hooker performed a : ~~r l:aJne~s ?;a~ft,~iJJ. " Ru eben TONY BENNETT field and tum out good, couple or great blues numbers commercial singles like " On but the rest certainJy wun·, TOGETHER WITH 0 The Road Again " and blues. {h!~~e pr:_ "Going Up The Country," Why couldn't Hooker have ::a:h::-·::w; wbo - ---- been ba cked by America n proving that updated ver musicians who know what the ~:~~~~~~ll~ften r~:~~~fi ~ions of blues numbel'3 can cheers for with contempt by those w h o _ blues is all about? - M. 8 . sen in large quantities, are MITCHELL. London, SWl. think th a t pop music startt'd COUNT BASIE in 1963 a lso involved enough to take AND HIS ORCHESTRA more than a passing inter THE BLUES boom will com One is suspicious of th