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Wavelength (December 1984)

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NOONE UNOER18 ADMITTED ISSUE NO. 50 e DECEMBER 1984 "''m not sure, but I'm almost she1o's positive, that all music came from New Orleans." -Ernie K-Doe, 1979 D EPARTMENTS LIVE BANDS EVERY December News ...... 4 Golden Moments ...... 8 NIGHT OF THE WEEK Flip City ...... 8 (NO COVER EVER!!!) New Bands ...... 10 Caribbean ...... 12 ENTRANCE ON SOUTH PETERS BETWEEN JULIA & ST. JOSEPH Dinette Set ...... 14 Rare Record ...... 16 Reviews ...... 16 shei Ia's features local, national, Listings ...... 23 and international groups such as ... Last Page ...... 30

FEATURES Number 50 ...... 19 Dear Santa ...... 22 Lady Rae New Orleans 1984 ...... 25 Neville Brothers The Cold Records ...... 31 One-Stops ...... 35 Radia!ors HooDoo Guru's Hanoi Rocks Tim Shaw Cover design by Steve St. Germam. For informa­ Belfegore Java tion on purchasing cover art, ca/1 504/895-2342. John Fred & The Playboys Mrolberof f Habit JD & The Jammers Force o . . The Times NetWork & The Publ ~htr. ~auman S. "K:tlU , t..dilor, Conntt Atl.tn,on. Mnjor Editor. Bunm· Mike Max1ms . \1 auh~~'· Orfiu \tanaatr. Otana Ro,enberl. F:ditorill As)iJazz Quartet Jonc,, Jon ,"ir'"' hn. Ru.: ()II, tcr. O~ana Ro,cnbtrg, lr-.alamu ~a Salaam. Shepard Samuel,, (,cnr S.:aramuuo, tiammond S4.:ou. Almo't 'ihm. 1\tlth Tv.tu:hrll, \ian~) Weldon. l c' Y.:hnc. Wtlham D Wh•tc

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December 1984/Wavelength 3 DECEMBER NEWS New Digs For 'OZ

On October 28th radio station Joining the parade at the park WWOZ moved into its new studios gates was the "90.7 Brass Band" located within the Jazz Complex at which consisted of ninety march­ Armstrong Park in the Treme ing musicians and one determined district. seven-year-old. The move began in typical 'OZ At some time around 3 p.m., style with a parade that left the engineer Steve Pierce was given the venerable old studio atop Tipi­ go-ahead from headquarters to tina's at the corner of Napoleon activate the turntable and the and Tchoupitoulas streets at l :00 Neville Brothers' "Fire On The p.m. The processional included a Bayou'' became the first official number of 'OZ volunteers, song to be played from the new friends, and a Mardi-Gras-float­ studios. The day before, Pierce sized replica of an old Zenith radio and Co. had spun an unidentified built by sculptor David Wagner. Son Seals cut from Armstrong to

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4 Wavelength/December 1984 test the ne'" equipment; this mys­ terious cut will no doubt be an essential answer in some future 'OZ trivia quiz. As the records twirled away, guests mingled on the downstairs courtyard and quickly drained the well-stocked open bar. Those crafty enough to slip past the towering guards stationed at the studio doors could step upstairs to marvel at the sleek control room architecture and picture window vista; a far cry from the old place indeed. ' A few steps away in Congo Square the WWOZ Rhythm & Blues Revue blasted out an even­ ing's worth of energetic standards and played host to a variety of guest performers including Ernie K-Doe, The Rebirth Brass Band, and Johnny Adams. The move to Armstrong Park signals the end of an era for WWOZ. A palpable mood of re­ spectability and responsibility emanates from the new surround­ ings as an eager corps of staff and volunteers looks to the future with pride and enthusiasm. -rico Cruising for ·oz: Frankie Ford and two Dixi-Kups.

especially for the occasion. Sartor­ ially resplendent in long-tailed white tuxedos, the "Reflections" ~roup included Bill and Rev. Freddie Dunn, Alvin and Edward The Gospel Thomas, Nolan and Sherman Truth Washington, Allen Butler, Edward Lewis, and John Lee, Jr. They An historic musical event took sparked the sympathetic crowd place in the New Orleans gospel with "the sounds of yesteryears " community last month when Rev. including a capella renditions of Freddie H. Dunn hosted a "Night traditional battlesongs like "This of Quartet Reflection" at New Heart of Mine," "Working On A Hope Baptist Church. About 900 Building," "Standing In The people gathered to pay homage to Safety Zone," and the Golden the city's traditional gospel quar­ Gates classic, "Noah." tets of the Forties and Fifties. The singing was no doubt high­ Trophies and plaques were lighted by the presence of Edward awarded to several local singers "Pastor" Thomas, whose power­ "The Sisters" (left to right): Alma Jackson. Clementine Emery. from gospel's "Golden Era," full baritone voice was resurrected Lucille Labeaux. Mercedes Robertson. Marjorie Kelley. including Rev. Benjamin Maxon, from nearly twenty years of Jr., who founded the original Zion obscurity to climax the "Reflec­ Harmonizers in 1939, and Rev. tions" programs. Thomas' E.L. Cooper, who revolutionized reputation as the hardest hitting the local quartet scene, also in traditional gospel quartet lead 1939, with his "rough-and­ singer that new Orleans ever tumble" Loving Four Quartet. produced as reflected in his early Vernon Winslow and Bishop Fifties commercial recordings with Herman Brown were given special the nationally famous Fairfield awards for their respective efforts Four and Skylarks quartets-was in gospel broadcasting and reaffirmed in his gripping promotion, and Sherman Wash­ rendition of "Standing On The ington was recognized for his work Rock.'' Accepting a special award as gospel's ambassador to the for his work with the Fairfield community-at-large. Four, Thomas attributed his artis­ Rev. Dunn assembled and re­ tic success to the fact that he "kept hearsed a representative group of a sharp axe." songsters-veterans of such mem­ Another highlight of the orable local quartets as the Glory­ program was an unrehearsed land Gospel Singers, the number by "the sisters," former Consolators, the Revolators, and members of the city's two most the Robinson Humming Four- popular female quartets, the

Rev. Freddie Dunn (left) and the legendary Edward Thomas· "I kept me a sharp axe.'' LYNN• ABBOTT

December 1984/Wavelength 5 Jackson Gospel Singers and the Southern Harps. Led by Clemon­ tine.Emery, the group sang "Lord Delta Boy I Tried'' in memory of Mother Mary Goleman, the Jackson Lewis Dies Singers' unforgettable basser (WL42). Emotions peaked when News has reached New Orleans Alma Jackson, namesake founder that native son Harry Lewis, an of the group, who was not original member of the world expected to participate because of famous Delta Rhythm Boys Quar­ a recent stroke, arrived in time to tet, recently succumbed to throat join Emery in walking the aisle and cancer in Far Rockaway, New trading verses. Anyone who has York. He was buried August 11. heard Alma Jackson and As a teenager in the early Thirties, Clem ontine Emery bucking leads Lewis balanced his training in the on the Jackson Singers' Okeh label staid school quartet of McDonagh recordings from 1952 can appreci­ 35 High School with the informal ate the poignancy of this moment. harmonizing that rang from the An overwhelming response to the Dryades Street YMCA. He also program has given hope for a served in the Elks Club Quartet, renaissance of traditional-style Winter Capital Lodge 595, as well gospel quartet singing in New as the Straight College Quartette Orleans. The Zion Harmonizers of 1934. When Dillard University are already busy listening to old opened its doors in 1935, Lewis T~e Delta Rhythm Boys. direct from Dillard University. Southern Sons recordings, and a joined the Choral Club directed by spin-off quartet from the "Reflec­ renowned composer and musicolo­ Dillard; as the Delta Rhythm Boys, Brooklyn and raise a family. While tions" group is in the making. gist Frederick Douglas Hall. He they launched a soaring the Delta Rhythm Boys continued Also, talk of another quartet was inducted into Hall's select professional career. Appearances with Hollywood film spots, Las reunion has begun to circulate. Dillard Quartet in 1936. After a inHellzapoppin' and The Hot Vegas revues and Scandinavian This is all very good news for a successful goodwill concert tour of Mikado with Bill "Bojangles" tours, Harry Lewis got behind a music-conscious city that has South America in 1937, this Robinson were complemented by desk at the Anaconda Copper somehow allowed its venerable Dillard Quartet sailed into New plush night club engagements, a Company's Manhattan office. He tradition of flatfooted four-part York and won a spot in the Broad­ CBS radio show, and a Decca label leaves his mark in the musical soul-saving a capella harmony to way production Sing Out The recording contract. Then, in 1942, history of New Orleans. wither on the vine. -Lynn Abbott News. They never returned to Lewis left the group to settle in - Lynn Abbott

The debut LP from llOilill/ Elllf liND TilE tREW he trumpet sound of Bobby Ellis has T been a part of Burning Spear's music for years. rom ska, to mento, to reggae; people

"SHAKA" The debut LP from Bobby Ellis F who know the Jamaican sound know DA 102 Bobby Ellis. Also avaolable on CHROME cassette (DA 102cs) owhear"Shaka," "Pep-Up," "Cutlass," N "Three Finger Jack," and more great songs written, produced, arranged and c 0 M N G s 0 0 N directed by Bobby Ellis. Burning Spear drummer Nelson Miller turns producer with The Two Ton Machine debut album "CHINATOWN. " This great dance record features five new vocalists and a thunderous rhythm section. Enjoy the reggae versions of "Guitar Man," "Broken ONLY ON Hearted Melody," and much more.

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6 Wavelength/December 1984 Warn1ng The Surgeon General Has Determmed That C1garette Smokmg Is Dangerous to Your Health. GOLDEN MOMENTS ALMOST SLIM The Price Is Right

SPRING 1952-Lloyd Price, a 17- year-old singer from Kenner, Louisiana, rushes down to the J&M Studio, after hearing on Okey Dokey's radio broadcast that Art Rupe is holding an audition for his Specialty label there. Rupe, however, is dis­ appointed with everyone he sees, including Price, who is last in line. Shattered by his rejection, Price begins to weep uncontrollably. Touched by this emotional out­ Lloyd Price. burst, Rupe allows the teenager one more chance. Stifling his tears eventually rising to number one on of misery, Price proceeds to deliver the national R&B charts. The an impassioned song he had song, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," recently penned. Impressed with becomes not only a New Orleans the lad's emotional delivery, Rupe classic, but sells over one million reconsiders his initial opinion and copies and is cited by all of the decides to record Price a few days major record trade papers as the later, with Dave Bartholomew top R&B record of the year. producing and none other than Price of course went on to even Fats Domino on piano. greater success, but today he is an After the initial single hits the emissary to the Nigerian govern­ market in New Orleans, it begins ment and he runs a limousine to catch on all over the country, company in New York City.

FLIP CITY CAROL GNIADY

It's kind of strange entering Sheila's from the South Peters Street side, The Fair to say the least. You might pass a few undesirables on the way in, but After there's a doorman there that looks like he might help you. With the here's how you get I Fair closed, there's no other way to there: If you're get in. Too bad they couldn't have 0 K' starting from any the side door open during the Fair, point in the city, get on otherwise people wouldn't be Tchoupitoulas. Coming from having so much trouble finding the Uptown, go all the way down placenow. · towards the CBD. As you come As you walk inside you can see around that curve by The Ware­ that not much has changed from house slow down to about 30 mph. when the Fair was open and Sheila's Go past the Carmen and Blue was the only Australian bar in the Streak Rice factory, over the rail­ city. Well, it's still the only Aus­ road tracks and just about then tralian bar in the city . . . the you should be able to see the green Aussies seem to have taken a liking banner and flags on top of the to our way of life and staked a Federal Fibre Mills building. claim on their little piece of New That's where Jed's Lookout is. Orleans. Back in October the first Go a bit further where the neutral cardboard signs saying "Yes, we'll ground splits Tchoupitoulas. Keep be open after the Fair" could be going two or three blocks u11til you seen behind the bar. Good thing, see St. Joseph Street. Turn right. too. Now there's another place for Go up to South Peter and take a locals to go for live music. left and in the middle of the block On the first weekend after the on the right is Sheila's. It's Fair Sheila's was still kicking. between St. Joseph and Julia They had a five-piece band playing streets. Of course, if you're covers like Lionel Ritchie and The coming from Downtown, take a Pointer Sisters, andpeople. People left on St. Joseph. Julia is a one actually remembered that Sheila's way. Now you're in the prime area would still be open. And the curi­ where the next big music surge ous were out. Sheila's didn't do should take place: at Sheila's and any advertising ... just the hand­ close to Jed's Lookout. Since made signs and their pre­ we're already at Sheila's, let's go promotion before the Fair ended ... in. and fans reappeared. That's en­ Park your car on either side of couraging! Although it wasn't the street. Just watch out for the packed like it was with the tourists, "No Parking Anytime" signs ... and all the activity the Fair gener­ but there's still plenty of room to ated, Sheila's made a bold state­ park. Getting out of your car and ment with that first solo weekend. into Sheila's might be a bit scary. Sheila's is going to stay open,

8 Wavelength/December 1984 ~even night'> a week with live music worked up Andy Capp's rather on at lcaq three or four of those short-lived "Attitude Parties" that nighh. The owner'> arc buying the used to be on Wednesday nights. store next door and they're plan­ Sean has a flair for getting what he ning to knock down the wall wants. H e's already lined up some behind the stage to enlarge. They impressive aet.,-for a new pro­ could pos\ibly fit up to I ,500 moter-some of which might be people in there for concert~ with all shared with Sheila'' ... Greg All­ that extra ~pace. Sheila's is even man. The Fabulous Thundcrbirds, checking out a new promoter in Tht' Red H ot Chili Peppers and, town to get them some decent possibly, Eartha Kilt for that fes­ bookings. I f they shake their pres­ tive period between Christmas and ent arrangement that has booked New Year'~. Right now there's a $800-a-night bands in there that lot of energy flowing between the don't draw and instead stick Mul­ two clubs ... not in the least bit tiple Places or Final Academy, or rival, but every bit chival rous. any number of combinations on Hurray! A new music community <; tagc, it could be a gigantic boo•a is happening right in the middle of to the music indust ry here. Actu­ the World's Fair rubble. ally, that's the positioning they're Now let's beam over to another looking for; a place to feature local part of town for a daiquiri or two. bands that aren't too expensive. Just because the weather's getting cold doesn't mean you have to hibernate ... c'ipccially when there's a band p!aying. Out in Nc11 Orleans East, across from the Lake Forest Pla7a, there's Daiquiri East. It doesn't look like the other daiquiri places and you won't feel like you're sitting in an icc cream parlor. Daiquiri's East is just a trailer sitting in the middle of a parking lot, and they've got a qagc set up on their patio. Force of Habit is one of the bands that has played there regularly. Whenever there is a band playing, the parking 'Anyone lot fills up with mu'>ic fans. When there isn't a band playing, Dai­ anywhere quiri's East quietly operates a., a drive through: there'' a '>Crvicc in Jed's will window that you ..:an dri,·c right up to order a daiquiri. The bartender hands you a daiquiri through the be able to window. you ray, and leave. Just like Burger King or McDonald'.,. see the band.' H opefully the<.e daiquiri drinkers have enough '>en'>e to rark it and but will draw. It' <; a two-way street drink it. that look~ very promising. Daiquiri's Laq has a counter­ Now if you'lljump back in your rart across the lake called car for a ~hort trip up the ~trcct. Daiquiri's North. Trmting that the come '>C'C what Jed', lookout i~ cars coming toward' you aren't doing. You might have noticed coming directly from Daiquiri'., that Jed'\ had clo.,cd for awhile East after a full c1cning. the fi,c after the l·air''i laq weekend. That mile bridge is a sl.ort trip to prac- ''a' to recuperate and clean up . t it:ally a not het world. Gard I cwi'>. .led'\ has had every wall repainted one of the operator\ of the c'itah­ and the) 're putting Uj1 \CaffoJding li,hmcnt. brought l·orcc of Habit 01 cr the \tairwell for a \I age. The acrm.., the lake to a Slidell cro11d ' tage 11ill be high enough '>0 that and they drc11 a bigger crowd than anyone anywhere in Jed'\ will the Sheik'> did- with acllcrtising! ~ll'l 11ally be able to sec the band. Gard has outright stated that the A nc11 production/ booking Slidell crowd ha\ been ovcrexpmcd company has been put together to the few and far between Slidell called Phy~alia Product ion' that 'II hand\ and is a receptive audience he hooking national and local to any New Orlean<. band that hands in .led 's Lookout and pm­ makes the effort to perform in · sihly Sheila's too. It s prc'>idcnt, their town. At fir-.t. Daiquiri's Scan McYoung, is a ,·ctcran of the North had outdoor concert., close film indu~try. He'' worked as an to the canal behind the bar. How­ assistant ca'iting director on some ever, the neighbor,, 1110 \lacks of major movie production~ and ha' apartment building... rang up the family in public relations and the police a fc\\ times and put a '>top to national mu'iic industry. Sean has that. Even though it's ;oncd hea1y done '>Omc work in 1he pa"t for commercial they'll ha'c to fight 1\lcncfec'., and Chap's ... throw­ some red tape before rc,uming ing "Scan's Drink and Drown" t hci r outdoor concerts. Pcrhap.., [)artiC'i where you'd pay a COITr it''> be'it ''ith the cold weather charge then drink a' long a' you coming on ... it.lltake a couple of want for free--or until you drown, month'> at lea\! before things get whichever comes first. He also <,~raightcncd out.

December 1984/Wavelength 9 NEW BANDS ALLISON BRANDIN OUR COMPANY HAS marked by gentleman drummer Sandra Dee Mr. Perroux a nd splashed with MOVED! II Goes Diabolic spicy superb sax solos lovingly supplied by Ms. Bennett. Bass and guitars provide a sure foundation, bove an environmental though Wehr occasionally shakes the THE NEW office and down an attic house a bit with a few Ahallway stacked with glass experimental guitar tangents. (I've tubes filled with murky water is a come up with "tango rock," you marc1a wehr & co LOCATION IS practice studio brimming with are welcome to call it as you -hair designers- equipment. While the Swamp choose.) Thing sits quietly cultivating, with Cannatella has an interesting plans to conquer the world, the voice, well suited for several of his 1530 WASHINGTON band Uncle Stan and Auntie Vera songs. I prefer the harmonies sit in the studio not so quietly between Barr and Cannatella. Tel: 891-9337 preparing to do the same thing. And, says Sal, the vocals are Actually they are on the move something they will be working on. already. Having played their first Off stage there is a strong feeling show as recently as early within the group, slashed with THE in this area dedicated September, they have already wicked bantering, especially ONLY SHOP procured prestigious opening spots between mischievous Cannatella exclusively to DRUMMERS and DRUMMING! with the Ramones and the and Wehr, and Barr a seemingly Raybeats, have consistently romantic and serious type. attracted moderately large crowds It is Bennett who most often ~ that increase with every show, and commands attention. A diabolic RAY FRAIISEII'S plans for recording and a two­ vision of Sandra Dee in black lace, week tour of the East Coast are she swirls her sax as if a feather DRUM CENTER possibilities. All right, so it's not boa. In the corner, surrounded by quite the world, but it's a a bevy of handsome men, the beginning. ~ The band consists of Liverpudlian Sal Cannatella on SALES ... SERVICE ... INSTRUCTION lead vocals and rhythm guitar; ALL MAJOR BRANDS e COMPETITIVE PRICES Elizabeth Bennett on saxophone, COMPLETE TEACHING FACILiTIES keyboards, and vocals; John Barr e on bass and vocals; former RZA 2013 WILLIAMS BLVD. guitarist (and doorman for Andy Capp's and Bruno's) Charlie Wehr on lead guitar and vocals, and Canadian Glen Perroux on drums. A foster member is manager Elizabeth Fontaine, an integral part of the group. picture is a distorted scene from Fora Several factors contribute to the Ziegfield. New Orleans fast-paced success of the band: a At any rate, their business manager offers an objective ear manner is working. This approach Christmas and relief from paperwork, Sal should lead the band to be wary of Cannatella was previously a a contrived appearance or loss of member of the critical and popular innocence. Yet, says Bennett, ALL ALBUMS $5.99 successful Waka Waka from which "Our music is from the heart, and he garnered a respected name and good music and success are the following, high visibility came same thing to us.' ' The band is Neville Brothers quickly as a result of a scattering overflowing with ideas, songs, and of photos in most of the local print things to do and all of them seem media not to mention flyers excited and a bit overwhelmed with everywhere, and, most coveted on the whole prospect of being in this the club circuit, the group owns its band. own P .A. system. Lastly, since two of the members The not-so-youthful band also are also natives of the Royal professes a creed of dedication, Empire, I was infinitely interested commitment, a professior.ctlism, to know if this band dealt in with practice held as often as political issues (Reagan Youth possible and a weekly band have absolutely no cares of Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band meeting to iron out problems course). A resounding "yes and which, according to Ms. Fontaine, no" shouted the band. "Yes" said has caused the band to form a real Cannatella, "many of our songs bond. Everyone has day jobs are political." "No," said Barr, because any money made by the "our songs just reflect our band goes right back into the opinions." It's probably the same band. ,Their goal is to live, eat, thing. Perhaps excerpts of lyrics breathe and pay bills as musicians. from the song "The Things I've Of course good music Seen," written by Cannatella, will is their main goal. As with any self­ clarify the dispute. respecting artists, Aunt and Uncle "People falling everywhere. deny any comparisons to other Bullets flying through the air. people's music. When asked to It seems we're immune to shock -the gift of music- describe theirs, all jump in with They've got us all running "Well it's ... possibly, uh ... scared." 5500 Magazine St. • 895-8713 with plenty of . . . and a lot of Uncle Stan and Auntie Vera 9am- 8pm Mon.-Sat. • 12- 6pm Sunday ... " The music is characterized obviously have lived in my by a consistent, intense beat neighborhood. 0

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ON SALE AT NEWSSTANDS NOW The one drawback to co RighfNow, 12" 45's is the high cost for jUSI FOR QUALITY SERVICES EVEN YOUR GROUP CAN AFFORD two songs and the uncertainty as to Reggae45s what one is getting for the money But at least this uncertainty can bt easily overcorr e by reading th\ ast month in this column, as I column and lis:ening to wworr was bemoaning that so many Caribbean Show. Lreggae records reaching New With all this dance hall talk i Orlean~ arc not the real thing, but mind, let's look at a fe\\ of the a product designed specifically for latest that are available in town the international market, I didn't Best new bet is "Dance Hall We have the space to say that although Deh" by Sugar Minott. This ont I always give new albums a few not only has a great disco riddim, listenings, I strike gold most often ir also signals future reggae sound1 with dance hall 45's. These records with some nice synthesizer wor~ have the live, urgent quality that taking the place nr the horn was present in early reggae, an section. Out .of the o;amc stable element sadly lacking in most of comes the hot Frankie Paul who the records packaged for inter­ keeps producing one hit after national distribution. another. This time it's "Them a Reggae made great headway on Talk 'Bout," which features the FREE DEMO P.A.l. SERVICES the international scene when slow dance "Trickster Loving" TAPE P.O. BOX 8868 rockers style gave way to the riddim with an01her version oftht 1st SERVICES, INC. N.O. LA 70182 current dance hall riddims in which age old Caribbean debate of BOOKING 288-8067 the drummers play an R&B whether it's better to marry an ugl) • Professional Sound Reinforcement backbeat. Even though the other woman or a prelty woman. Nota Jamaican elements (the skank, the very deep meaning, but fun none· • Professional Stage Lighting heavy bass riddims, the bubbling thelcss. For those who would like • Remote Audio Recording organ) never changeJ, the drum to hear one by Billy Boyo, there'sa • Remote Video Recording cha::ge to the R&B bad.t"lcat made "Live and Learn" 45 rpm that ha1 the music more identi f1abk as the boy's "Badness a Madness" oa • Professional 35mm Photos dance m usic. This great new ,tyle one side and Tristan Palma on the • Complete Promotionai Pack<'lges aJ:.pears on both dance hall records other side with "My Love." Both and on the records shipped inter­ songs use the riddim from a great • F,xperienced Personnel nationally, so what makes many song called "Big City" that 45's more interesting? It's .the appeared on last year'\ 833-6534 • for more info • 288-8067 lyrics. On the 45's the singers and Meditations album called No Mort DJ's are talking about 1984; Friend. "My Love" is all right, bu1 they're describing events listen to Billy Boyo liven up the happening right I/O II' in the dances, same riddim with hi~ youthman on the island and in the world, style. from a Jamaican point of view, CO\" boy stylee appcarc; to be ~til some with humor and some with a frighteningly ~trong in the dan~t directness that is at times chilling. halls. A recurring theme in man1 The dance hall 45's to be found on records is badness is a madnc''­ 7", 10" and 12" discs are the true with lyrics telling the youth to 'lt'1 descendant~ of early reggae, not themselves straight before it's too these calculated albums that sound late. "Gunshot a Bust," a recclll like someone sat down and said Michael Palmer release is one sue~ "Let's see, now, we'll have two song that dealt with violence in thl songs about Jah, two about dance halls as doc~ a <;Ong called THE FUTURECOPY PLACE ~moking sens.cmillia, two about "Saga of 'Too Kool' "orr the nCI Copies · Reductions · Enlargements repatriation, etc." Mutabaruka album. Most cffccti\e Passport Photos · Binding · And much more! Yet dance hall might have a bad is "Gunshot" by veteran singer connotation for tho~e who Horace Andy. This one is intcn\C. associate it with slackness and folly one of the most powerful pairin~ style DJ's like Yellowman and of words and music to come out ol Eck-a-Mouse, and the repetitious, Jamaica, ranking up there wit• indecipherable ramblings of dance Dadawa's "Zion Land." Hugh hall records like the dee-jay Mundell's "Run Revolution explosion discs that were getting a Come" and just a handful ol lot of airplay here for a whiiP others. To a slow riddim that i1 HOT H aving to li~ten to an entire eerie and foreboding, Andy sin~ album of D.l rantings is definitely in a sporadic, choking style "Gun an overdose. Even Yellowman and ~hot ... me don't love dat ... gun Eek-a-Mouse can have a great shot ... me 'l"raid a dat." This ont PRICES single now and then, but wilo features Sly and Robbie's TaXI wants to listen to 30 minutes of it? Gang, can be found on the Ta11 I don't, and 1 love OJ style. The label, and contains an ..:quail) point i~. there arc some great OJ powerful version-side. ;·ccon.h that have a lot to say either Counter to these records (which. about the world or about dancing, in the \pirit of the soundtrad I~ and they lyric<; are 1101 the film T11e /larder Tl~e_r Comt•. indecipherable. And beyond OJ' ~ . arc trying to mal-.c a statcmen any dance need~ <;orne great ~low against lootin' and <;hootin') and dance~. so there have been some I he win ncr 0 f I he C'arihh<'dl great slow dance record~ this year, S/unr \ folly award i~ a 12 " 45 b1 like "Rock and Come On" by Papa Levy calkd "Bonnie and Leroy Sibhles, "I Can't Stand It" Clyde." Yc'>, it''> the <;amc so­ hy Dennis Brown and "Trickster from year\ ago but \\ith plcnt~ It I

12 Wavelength/December 1984 E •. ·@) . ~ \ t~... , ~. ~·. ~J ' . w ~· ,£ ·~ ~·~~ //~~~ ~~·~ six minutes glorifying the experiment with scratch-dub also 12:30 A.M. to 4:30 A.M. infamous deeds of Bonnie and appears on the album, and while I Clyde, the message that was eagerly awaiting someone to "youthman beware, Jah will do this, this first experiment Luther Kent provide" is weakly given, which in doesn't excite me too much. It was my mind does not vindicate the done by Los Angeles club DJ Ron and Trick Bag '8.4 first six minutes. The song has an Miller, who is really into it, and to Thursday, Friday and Saturday infectious dance beat, which is no really experience scratch-dub, I doubt the reason that it was such a wish I could hear him do a live set smash hit in Jamaica; too bad it in L.A. Level Vibes is the PLUS has to glorify gunplay. "opening salvo" from the L.A. posse, on the Sonic Boom Records Varied Live Music hose who remember the label. We'll be waiting for more. Entertainment albums put out by the Congas The Caribbean Show recom­ Wednesday night, Saturday and Tin the late Seventies will mendations for this month come Sunday afternoons. remember that the group had a from the U.K., Trinidad and unique songwriting style, capable Jamaica. From Jamaica comes the of very pretty, haunting melodies. aforementioned "Gunshot" by ••• Recently released is Level Vibes, Horace Andy, which is so good TRADITIONAL the first solo album by Congo that it had to be mentioned twice in Ashanti Roy, one of the members this column. The U.K. offering is a JAZZ of the Congas. Don't expect the 12" EP club mix disc by Orchestre Every night at 8 P.M. to Midnight high, falsetto singing that was the Jazira. This one features three trademark of the Congas s ound; songs, each in a different style. FOOD surprisingly, it isn ' t there. But The A-side is like a discofied hi-life Varied menu plus a good finger food pretty songs abound, along with called "Love"; the B-side has two selection. A great place for late some unusual engineering cuts, an African-reggae number night or early morning breakfast. techniques that make this album called "Tobibi-Yay" and the best Try our house special. worth hearing. Five of the eight cut, a soca hi-life number called Bouillabaisse! songs were engineered by On-U "Sakabo"(Confusion). "Sakabo" Sounds genius, Adrian Sherwood, has a killer beat, great lyrics (in who adds that synthesizer, bubbly English) and a disco mix by BOOZE sound that he's given to Prince England's Dennis Bovell. From All your favorite spirits. plus Fari, Ranking Ann, the Dub Trinidad, one of the first carnival frozen drinks and house specials. Syndicate and others. albums for 1985 has been released, One drink minimum per set. Lyrically the album for the most by Shadow, and called Sweet, Beer $2.00, bar highballs $2.50 part is weak, but the music is Sweet Dreams. From this album (Other stuff higher.) excellent. The major song that comes a 12" 45 called "Way, Way really stands out on this album is Out" that is fun-kee; a slow soca DANCING "Roadblock," which is definitely with Shadow's trademark dry, One of the very few dance floors in one of the, great songs of 1984. An nasal bass guitar lines. [1 the French Quarter. ~HE-CHRISTMAS PARTY Island Night at Jimmy's SUNDAY, DEC. 9 5:00-11:00 Music by EXUMA Food by CHEF PALMER

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December 1984/Wavelength 13 Tell us the secret of your baklava. It's Greek Many people make baklava bill you have to have the feeling of it. ToMe You have to have your own taste, ~ he Greek Bakery & Deli's you have to put in your own touch. most famous creations, more I can train people here who are n01 reminiscent of Chacahoula or Greek because I transfer my own T touches. Our spinach pie is very Church Point than of Crete or different from Corfu, are its animal breads .. Rare what the housewife would make at home from is the New Orleans party these days a cookbook. I do believe you have to that does not feature at least one of have the feeling. the Greek Bakery's swamp beasts, Are there Greek dishes that havt available as crabs, alligators, never made it to America? crawfish and turtles. Yes, there are some dishes. For Some hostesses, according to example, po ss i~_le proprietor Nicholas Klidas, don't it's not to prepare certain dishes over here even bother serving the animal because the types of fish we have in breads to their guests. Knowing art the Mediterranean are quite when they see it, such customers different from the ones you have in transport the baked alligators or either the Atlantic or the Pacific. crawfish home, where, after a few We don't have those big oysten coats of shellac, the objets are that you hung between Strawberry Festival have over here in New Orleans. We have small ones thai posters and the kids' latest finger­ are from the sea and therefore, paintings. they have a Those familiar only with the different taste. They are more salty. The Greeks eat Greek Bakery's breads are, much them raw and always with lemon to their culinary detriment, missing juice. out an some of the best Greek The Greeks use lots of lemons 1 cooking in New Orleans. There are and honey, too ... five Greek pies or pitas (no relation This is an ancient Greek to a similarly-named product at tradition. The ancient Greeks used Burger King): spanakopita honey in everything. They even (spinach), tyropita (cheese), specialties-they were the people architect, teaching at Tulane. I drank their honey every morniJl8 bougatsa (cream cheese), kotopita who brought those recipes to the tried to find a solution for us. I like we drink milk today. My (chicken) and garidopita (shrimp). Greeks, like stuffed grape leaves wanted her to come to Mexico and father used to be a choir director in There is pastichio (Greek-style and pastichio and gyros. I watched teach but I found it was not church and my grandfather was a lasagna), dolmades (grape leaves my grandmother doing that for us possible. So we got married and I Greek Orthodox priest. Every 1 stuffed with beef and rice) and plus baking all these cookies like moved to New Orleans. Sunday, when they had to go to horiatiki (the traditional peasant's baklava andphenikia, cookies that We decided to do something church to sing, they used to mix salad). There are enough pastries come from the Phoenicians different. This place here-the honey with one raw egg and drink and desserts to satisfy any sweet­ because the Phoenicians were also Greek Bakery and Deli-started in aholic: baklava, yiaourtopita it. . Greeks, living in Egypt about the beginning as a crazy idea. We Besides the restaurant, you'l't (yogurt cake), karithopita (walnut 3,500 years ago. There are many didn't want to go into the fast food been catering ... cake), kourabiedes (shortbread recipes that came from this Middle business. We didn't want to have a We prepare many types of dishes cookies), me{opita (honey lemon Eastern region to Greece. fancy restaurant type of business. and appetizers for parties. People pie) and the deadly Athenian We wanted to bring back the love it because the Greek candy bars. To wash it down, the I came to the States in 1958 and tradition that we have in Greece of appetizers are light-they're not 1 Greek Bakery concocts the most then I went to college here. I the small place, the old European heavy. They're light because 11e exquisite iced-coffee in the graduated in business adminis­ coffee shop. You know the people, don't use butter. All the Greek hemisphere. tration and then I had to return to they know you. You give personal dishes are made with olive oil. Klidas, always searching for new Greece because we Greeks have the attention to the customer and you Olive oil has less cholesterol than delights with which to tempt his mandatory military service for two give him very good food. You butter. We don't use any lard or customers, recently stepped years. They give you an extension out of don't have to cook for 1,000 anything like that. We use quite a his kitchen long enough to answer until you finish college and then people. lot of feta cheese, which is made a.few relevant questions. you have to go back. Then I went We love the Uptown area from sheep's milk- it has a • Were up to the London School of you born in Greece? because we live in the Uptown different taste. It's very healthy­ I was born in Greece. I was born Economics to specialize in area. We found this place here, we sheep's milk doesn't contain as in Piraeus, which is a port about maritime management. I stayed renovated and we just opened, not much cholesterol as cow's milk. nine miles outside of Athens. there for two years and after The I knowing what would hapoen. It Many people think our food city is a small city like New graduated, I started working for has been a great joy for me because looks rich but after they try our Orleans. If you go to Piraeus, different Greek shipping you I have met so many new friends spinach pie or shrimp pie, the) will find many similarities companies. to New and it's really fantastic. taste the difference. Our shrimp Orleans-the port, the ships, the How did you get to New Who thought up the animal pie-garidopita-is a traditional trade, the small little restaurants, Orleans? breads? Greek specialty and there's no the houses with balconies. So for That's a nice question. I came I had another crazy idea. I love other restaurant in the whole U.S. • me, New Orleans reminds me very back to the States about three-and­ seafood and coming from a town that makes it. This is a Macedon· much of my hometown. a-half years ago. The Mexicans that's a port, we also had fantastic ian recipe because my wife comes Did you begin cooking in . had offered me a job to go there seafood there. We said, "Let's from Macedonia, in the northern Greece? and to organize a shipping bake something different." So I part of Greece. We tried to When I graduated from high company. So I u sed to come to asked the baker if we could bake introduce it here and it's vef! school, I was cooking at home New Orleans very often to something new and we designed popular. { because I loved to cook. Usually, supervise cargoes, such as grain, them and started doing them. It If you prepare something and Greek cooking is a tradition that the Mexicans were importing has really been a great success. your client comes to you and say1. coming from the grandmother to into Mexico. Which animal is the most "Fantastic! Superb! Excellent' your mother. I was always curious, I met my wife here. She's also of popular? Delicious!," that's a special joy watching my grandmother cook. Greek origin and she's also an The crab is the most popular, as because you put something fr011 She carne from Asia Minor, which excellent cook. "Cherchez Ia I see it, because many people use yourself into it. It's like a painter was a region in Turkey at that femme," like the French say. We them for parties and they stuff when someone tells him h.! ~ ~~r~~ time. They had all these Greek decided to get married. She's an them with seafood or crabmeat. fantastic. I feel the same way. -

14 Wavelength/December 1984 Narada Michael Walden is producing. Dave Frazer is engineering and Ray Pyle seconding. Finally, Carol Channing and Leslie Uggams were also at the Auto­ matt, recording the Polygram cast album for the Broadway show, Jerry's Girls. Ex­ ecutive producer John Yapp is working on the project with producer Norman Newell and engineer John Kurlander. Hottest Videos In the Studio ••. New videos added to MTV: Eric Clapton was at Amigo Studios in " Hands Tied" Scandal (Columbia) Hollywood recently, tracking and over­ "Tenderness" General Public (I.R.S.) dubbing for his forthcoming release us­ "Still of the Night" Industry (Capitol) ing Amigo's 32-track digital recording " If It Happens Again" UB40 (A&M) system. Lenny Waronker and Ted Tem­ pleman are producing the Oapton out­ "I Need You Tonight" Peter Wolf (EMJ) ing. Lee Herschberg is engineering, with "All My Rowdy Friends" Hank assistance from Steven Strassman. The Williams Jr. (Warner Bros.) studio also played host to Pia Zadora, "Take Hold of the Flame" Queensryche who did some mixing on her upcoming (EM I) LP with Tino Barzie, and to the Neville Heavy rotation on MTV: Brothers. The Nevilles are completing their LP for Black Top records with Barry " Are We Ourselves" Fixx (MCA) Wilson producing and Chet Himes engi­ "Lucky Star" Madonna (Warner Sire) neering. Sharing Amigo with these stars " Lights Out" Peter Wolf (EM I) is Rickie Lee Jones, who is completing ''I'm Leaving You" Scorpions (Mercury) mixes for foreign releases of the first "Strung Out" single from her new Warner Bros. LP, Steve Perry (Columbia) The Magazine ... The Complex in West "Wake Me Up" Wham (Columbia) LA was the site of some recent sessions "Hard Habit to Break" Chicago (Warner with Linda Ronstadt. The chanteuse is Bros.) working on a follow-up to her hugely "Out of Touch" Hall & Oates (RCA) successful What's New LP. The current "Go Insane" Lindsay Buckingham project also focuses on standards, and (Elektra) Nelson Riddle is once again at the con­ "We're Not Gonna Take It" Twisted ductor's podium, directing a 50-piece or­ Sister (Atlantic) chestra. Complex owner and long-time "B Ronstadt engineer George Massenberg lue Jean" David Bowie (EMI) is engineering the sessions. He rigged " Drive" Cars (Elektra) up a special videotape system for the "No More Lonely Nights" Paul sessions, enabling Ronstadt, producer McCartney (Columbia) Peter Asher and all of the musicians to "Who Wears These Shoes" Elton John have full view of Riddle's conducting ... (Geffen) On Tour ..• Ex-Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway "Infatuation" Rod Stewart (Warner Critics who felt Kiss, minus their make-up, would disappear amidst the new crop of is at work on his new album, slated for Bros.) young metal bands, have had to eat a little crow. Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley (pic­ January release on I.R.S. Records. Ridg­ " Missing You" John Waite (EMl) way tured), etc. have been riding high ever since their last LP, Ar~imalize, hit the Top 20 in is co-producing the record with en­ October. Now, with the onset of 1985, Kiss is taking their metal act to the streets of the gineer Joe Chicarelli. Sessions are un­ USA. derway at Lighthouse Studios in LA ... Cyndi Lauper was at San Francisco's Personal Favorites Automatt, mixing a recent live perform­ Roger Hodgson, formerly of Super­ Top of Critic's Choice: ance with Lennie Petze producing and tramp and now a solo artist names his lain Blair Chronicles the Ed Thacker engineering. Meanwhile, five favorite composers: 1. John Lennon; the Charts Aretha Franklin was at the studio cut­ 2. Peter Townshend; 3. Debussy; 4. Ray Everly Brothers Triumph ting tracks for an upcoming Arista LP. Davies; 5. Brian Wilson Brilliant, dazzling, masterful ... mere No. Albums Singles words can hardly begin to do justice to 1 Unforgettable Fire "I Just Called to Say this stunning show by the Everly Broth- U2 I love You" ers. Simply put, it was one of the best (Island) StmtWonder shows (Motown) of this year-or any year, for that matter. After an absence from the scene 2 To~ht " Canbbean Queen" for the past ten years or so, Phil and Don D1 Bowie Billy Oceln (EMI) (Jive Arista) finally buried their well-publicized dif- ferences with a triumphant reunion at 3 Teachers " Let's Go Crazy" London Sollndlrlcll Prince 's Albert Hall in 1983. This show, (Caprtol) (Warner Bros.) part of their current American tour, quickly proved that that performance 4 Born tn the USA " Wake Me Up" 8111CI Sprlnglllen Wlllm was no fluke. Backed by a superb band (Columbia) (Columbia) that included legendary guitarist Albert Lee and the inspired keyboards s· Volume I " Hard Habrt to Break" of Pete ltonlydrlppm Clliclgo Wingfield, Phil and Don took to the (Es Peranza) (Columbta) stage in classy tuxes, effortlessly pro- 6 Phantoms "On the Oar1< Side" ceeding to demonstrate what class is all Flu Jolin Clllllty & about. With their spine-tingling harmo- (MCA) Baver Brown nies blending as sweetly as ever, yet (Scotti Bros.) with a new edge brought on with the 7 Purple Ram " Desert Moon" passing of time, the brothers soared Prince Dellnla DeYoung through such poignant ballads as (Warner Bros.) (A&M) "Cry- ing in the Rain," "Love Hurts" and "So 8 In the Eye of " lucky Star" Sad," and exploded with energy deliver- the Storm Mldonnl ing such classics as "Wake Up Little Su- R('Zer Hoclg10n (Warner Bros.) (AM) sie," "Bye Bye Love" and "'Til I Kissed You." Relaxed, and obviously enjoying 9 Warr10r "Who Wears Sclndll These Shoes" themselves as much as the audience, (Columbta) EIIDnJolln Don and Phil joked with each other and (Geffen) the crowd. It wasn't all nostalgia, but the Warning: 17 mg. "tar", 10 Big Bam Boom " Out of Touch" highlight of the evening had to be a final The Surgeon General Has Determined 1.3 mg. nicotine H1II&OIIa Hill I OlliS encore of "Let It Be Me," which was so That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. (RCA) (RCA) spellbinding that even the crickets shut av. per cigarette Courtesy of The Gavtn Report, a national radio up. A triumphant return by two legends by FTC method. music trade 100ma1 that simply sound better than ever. RARE RECORD ALMOST SLIM Seasoned Rocker

1ody Levins and His Boys Jingle Bell Boogie/Christmas Holiday In Heaven Sapphire 305

Here's a New Orleans Christmas record of extreme rarity. Sapphire was a short-lived record concern, this time of course for Christmas. owned by legendary local record­ On this one, "Boogie" is an man Lou Welsch, which released a uptempoed country rocker with handful of excellent country Levins urging all to join in the western and rockabilly 78s in the "Jingle Bell Boogie," while early Fifties. Welsch perhaps is "Christmas Holiday in Heaven" is best known for penning the rather a dire item of yuletide infamous "Mardi Gras Mambo," smaltz. originally recorded on Sapphire by As Sapphire didn't hold to a Levins, and later covered by the strict numerical sequence of Hawkettes and Meters, among releases, it's hard to pinpoint the others. exact date of release. However, it Perhaps the success of possibly could be the last issue on "Mambo" convinced Welsch the label as to my knowledge it is (who, sadly, died this past year) to the highest number in the label's release another "seasonal" record, 300 series. Any ideas out there?

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John Rankin Eats Out

John Rankin Something I Ate Niteshade Records 222 I am eternally the optimist. Whenever I hear that a local musi­ cian is releasing an album I have visions of huge recording con­ tracts,. world tours (complete with expensive T-shirts) and tons and tons of inspiration for other local Reminiscent of sweaty musicians. Though my optimism at the Maple Leaf. has waned on many occasions, the nights exception being the Nevilles' latest venture, John Rankin's Something plete with hand claps), and a beau­ I Ate has set the wheels of opti­ tiful, solo classical guitar piece en­ mism in motion again. titled "Lucky Dog." All of the dif­ If like most people you listen to ferent elements come together first side A, and then side B of a flawlessly due to the extraordin­ new release, you might be fooled arily tight production work of 1)o ~lA rea II y care how ~iddy yot,{ ca~ get- a by the title cut on this album. Ricky Castrillo and Don Hull. pi-zza "Something I Ate" makes you re­ Even the weakest cut, a contrived pizza TOo you ever vtotice how dlaiY\ member the good times you've had little ditty called "Work Jerk" has a~vertise fa5t, free deli~, ~et ~vev ~vrti0v1 sweating it out on the dance floor a tenor sax that helps drive the at Maple Leaf. It's gutsy and hard song all the way home. For the q,ua11ty of itte piu a?~e~ -Rqt.ire ~ average- driving and just when you think R&B lovers, "Fool for You" gets you've got the tone of this album the "Funkiest Cut" award, and is sY\ovt-a1 patielttce ~ s~ort 011 taie . pegged (another New Orleans for all the folks who have dis­ ~eM grEat (deliveved fast aV1d great-to-listen-to, fun-to-dance-to, covered or are discovering Brazil­ wavtt ptza, but probably won't go national ian music, the light, breezy ) ~ere is -+he on11:1 place to calf ... album), the pace and the tone and "Jonesy" should fill the south-of­ the style change beautifully, and the-border requirement. we get to see Rankin strut every Not only is every type of music ounce of his stuff. represented on Something I Ate, PETEA 'S PIZZA Just above every type of music is but every type of musician. Rankin ·represented on Something I Ate. has gathered some of the best local There's the sad, sweet ballad musicians to be found in this city ICGI ftCW yolk 1lylc "Fields of Green" featuring or any other. Cranston Clements, Alison Young of "Alison & the formerly of the "Rock-A-Byes" 6104 MAGAZINE 1031 PLEASANT ST. Distractions" doing some real fine lends a hand. George Porter of 899-9994 895-5551 harmonizing. There's the gospel­ Meters fame and Ricky Cortez flavored "Bound North" (com- formerly of the Percolators, provide that funky, electric bass Blues Unlimited label. So unless while Johnny Vidacovich, you have a run of his singles, or drummer extraordinaire, provides you have access to the jukebox at that kicking backbeat. Sharing the Slim's Yi Ki Ki, you'll be spotlight with Johnny V. is unfamiliar with the material. The Kenneth Blevins who rounds out Marcel Dugas sides feature the the rest of the album. excellent Gene Morris, whose· Ultimately, what is really won­ soulful vocals take the rough edge derful about Something I Ate is off Dugas' accordion. Alway one that Rankin has produced a sound of my personal favorites, Marcel's locations: not only to native three sides are topnotch, and only that appeals New Orleans-3941 Bienville ears, but one that has the potential make one wonder why this man to reach beyond our local borders doesn't have an album of his own (504) 482-7894 and let other folks know that not yet. Baton Rouge - 11712 Florida Blvd. just "New Orleans music" comes The two remaining tracks (504) 272-1460 out of New Orleans, but good include the familiar "Hey La Bas" lafayette -101 Camellia Blvd. (318) 984-5840 music ... period! by Fernest Arceneaux and the -Annie Metro countryfied "Snap Beans Aren't VISA- MASTERCARD Salty," by Joseph Bob. "Snap Beans" is a real surprise; it sounds FINANCING AVAilABlE-lAYAWAYS Marcel as if it were being played at a fais­ Clifton Chenier, do-do nearly fifty years ago, and is Dugas, Rockin' Dupsee, performed on harmonica rather Fernest Arceneaux than the standard accordion. Joseph Bob This album's not a "must have" Zydeco Blues Volume 2: item like volume one, but if you're a zydeco fanatic, or just like MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The Legendary Jay Miller something a little bit different, you Sessions might consider this anyway. SALES-SERVICE-RENTALS Flyright 600 -Almost Slim This follow-up to the highly CHURCH & NilE CLUB enjoyable volume one (Fly. 539) is a bit of a throw together, but then The Sheiks I NSTALLA liONS-SERVICE again, so is this type of music! She Loves Tracks date from 1958 all the way "She Loves Me, to 1976, which you can view as Me Not" b/w either a distraction, or as I do, as a "Don't Tell Her That" neat sampling of the way zydeco Token Records S-60601 ARIA PRO-I • Arbor LEPREEON has progressed through this album's timespan. Although the Sheiks' live shows * AUDIO TECHNICA LITE·LAB Monsieur Chenier contributes still contain plenty of the straight­ * AMPEG LUDWIG earliest sides with five steaming rock'n'roll that has made the forward LUMITROL items, the best being the storming them one of New Orleans' most ANVIL CASES "It Happened So Fast," where old popular acts, there have been signs * AB·SYSTEMS * MARSHALL Clifton's wife threatens to deck recently of some new influences in MARTIN him with "a Marciano hook!" their music. The new sound is very * AKG "Goodbye Baby" is an excellent contemporary, dance-oriented ASHLY MAXIMA GOLD slow blues, complete with rock, and two examples of how it * BOSE NADY Chenier's wailing accordion and blends into the band's format can some soulful sax work from an be found on their new single. * DEAN GUITARS NUMARK unknown player. Two of Clifton's The two songs, "She Loves Me, DIGITAL KEYBOARDS OVATION remaining tracks are bien as well, She Loves Me Not" b/w "Don't DIMARZIO but since they are alternate takes of Tell Her That," are co-written by * PEAVEY titles released on the previous Michael O'Hara and Billy Stroud. DRUM WORKSHOP * PEARL collection, they are a degree less The first has a Prince-like feel (an * ELECTRO· VOICE PAISTE fascinating, although they obvious comparison perhaps, but demonstate the tightness of valid nonetheless), very rhythmic * ETA • LIGHTING RAPCO Clifton's band at the time. A typo and displaying a variety of guitar EXR RENTKUS·HEINZ credits Rockin' Dupsee as the artist sounds from Leslie Martin. The performing "Run Here To Me lyrics are vintage O'Hara - need, * FENDER RICKENBACKER Baby," but it is obviously Clifton love, uncertainty and heartbreak * FOSTEX * ROLAND giving out with some nimble - his voice a powerful and FURMAN SCHECTER accordion runs over a blistering enchanting vehicle for the words. band accompaniment, complete "Don't Tell Her That" has GHS SENNHEISER with the drummer playing more of Stroud's influence. Now GRETSCH DRUMS * SHURE something that sounds very much - in his second year with the band, like a shoe box. he has added extra layers and GROOVE TUBES SINGERLAND Zydeco mainstay Rockin' textures to the Sheiks' sound, with GUILD GUITARS ULTIMATE SUPP. Dupsee [Dopsie] is represented his additional keyboards and * with two of his earliest couplings backing vocals, giving the music HUMES & BERG CASES * WASHBURN "You Told Me," and "Sweetest more of that "cool" effect. There * IBANEZ WHIRLWIND Thing In the World," from 1970. is even a chorus behind O'Hara's KABLE KING Unfortunately, Dupsee sounds vocal on this one, a new touch as * YAMAHA uncomfortable throughout, not far as the Sheiks are concerned. *KORG ZILDJIAN displaying the wit and sass for And as always, the rhythms of * KRAMER * METEOR which his later recordings are bassist Nick Ferber and drummer known. Rob Sanders provide the perfect LA TIN PERCUSSION Most of the rest of this set is a framework for the frontmen to collection of mid-Seventies operate. singles released on J.D. Miller's -Keith Twitchell

December 1984/Wevelength 17 GNOLIAS JO Y AD MS & AL ER WASHINGTON • .RADIATORS • T HE MIGHTY CHAR OTS & THE HERA LOS OF CHRIST {BEST OF GOSPEL) • THE DYNAMIC MOOTH F MILY & T HE-AVONDALE YOUTH CHORUS {B ST F G SPE ) e PURE L GHT BAPTI ST CHURCH MASS CHOIR & THE FA MOUS ZION ERS {BEST F GOSPEL) OWERS 0 CH IS & T Y STARS { EST OF GOSP IN BATISTE G ROUPe ERNIE K·D ITH OLIVER · HE ROCKETTES • EXUMA •TABBY T 0 AS & THE LUES ROCKERS L TER MOUTON, UCE DAI REP NT & BOURRE {CAJUN GE ERA 10 S) • ROBERT "JUNIOR" LOCK 0 HENRY.GRAY • PLEASANT ·JOSE H {SOLO TRADITI NAL BLUES N GHT) · EV M G LIAS JOH NUMBER

record shop on Dryades Street, that the Saints' dismal record was hurting the sales of Gaboon's Wavelength, Gang's "Let's Get Fired Up!" and that Mel Lovely was in the recording studio with named after a Van Morrison song with no producer Carlos Boll, attempting to cut the flip particular connection to New Orleans, began in side of "Purple People Eater." the late Seventies as a four-page leaflet In honor of Wavelength's 50th edition, we distributed by the Leisure Landing record store. have gleaned our back issues and compiled the In November 1980, publisher Patrick Berry (one following collection of notable quotations, of Leisure Landing's three partners) and editor excerpted from interviews conducted by Lynn Connie Atkinson produced the Volume One, Abbott, Eddy Allman, Allison Brandin, Bob Number One edition of a new, independent Cataliotti, Rick Coleman, Yorke Corbin, Ron Wavelength. Bobby Mitchell's smiling · face Cuccia, Vincent Fumar, Tad Jones, Maurice appeared on the cover of the 24-page magazine Martinez, Bunny Matthews, Rico, Kalamu ya and within were reports on Mitchell's Salaam, Shepard Samuels, Gene Scaramuzzo, pathological research, the Radiators' live-at­ Hammond Scott, Almost Slim, Keith Twitchell, Tipitina's album, the zydeco of Stanley Nancy Weldon and Margaret Williams. We "Buckwheat" Dural, the Memphis Rastafarian­ continue to believe, along with Ernie K-Doe and ism of Brother Zewbwe, Susie Huete's "No subscribers in America, Australia, Austria, More Boy/Girl" EP, jazz at the Contemporary Belgium, Bolivia, France, Greenland, Germany, Arts Center and The Wild Sound of New England, Wales, Holland, Japan; Jamaica, Orleans, an Allen Toussaint album so rare that Italy, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa and even Toussaint was without a copy. The Last the Virgin Islands, that all music came from Page noted Earl King had opened a book and New Orleans.

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Number1 Number9 Number 15 Bobby Mitchell, vocalist: "I hate it when people Aaron Neville, vocalist: " 'Apache Red' is just Allen Toussaint, pianist/composer: "Once you say New Orleans music was built off of jazz. a nickname. I've got Indian blood in me. I just hear something you like, it becomes a part of You got more R&B singers and rock 'n' roll dug the Apaches' make-up and took that name. you forever. It's a part of your awareness singers here than you got jazz musicians. I I used to wear my hair with a bandana around through a medium that can't be isolated. I estimated the other day you got over 500 R&B my head. It was just me at one time in my life. mean, no one can do anything about what you performers. The book must be out on New At one time I used to be called 'Moleface,' they accept in your mind, and I'm in the business of Orleans because the big record companies won't used to call me and my partner 'Moleface and selling something to people's minds." touch us." Melvin.' They used to call me 'Carrot Top' when my hair was red, then 'Blondie.' Right Number2 now I'm Aaron but people still call me Number 16 Johnny Vidacovich, drummer: "It's hiptouse a 'Apache.' People say I look tough. In different Allison "Tuddy" Montana, Big Chief of the good percentage of humor so you can com­ circumstances I guess I had to look tough. I'm Yellow Pocahontas: "Ideas, man, I'm loaded municate with the other musicians more readily, not really conscious of looking tough. Like I with that! I could design a costume for and make the music happen easier. Humor's said, I've seen some tough times and walked everybody in this house and wouldn't any of very important in any kind of art, especially an some mean streets." them be the same ... altogether different." art where it's going to take more than one person to do it." Number 10 Number 17 Number3 James Rivers, saxophonistlbandleader: Percy Stovall, booking agent: "See, it was Patrice Fisher, harpist: "We're trying to let "Survival to club owners means packed houses, tough to draw a crowd for a woman, 'cause the people know that there's more to life than and if you keep anybody's nightclub packed, wives didn't want their husbands to go see them. R&B." you don't worry about a gig and that's what it I guess they was jealous. But now, if there was a all boils down to economically. With that in man like Sam Cooke or Bobby 'Blue' Bland Number4 mind, I'll play anything I think the public wants singing somewhere, man, they wouldn't let up Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, guitarist: "One to hear, and then I'll be enjoying it while I'm on their husbands until they got to go. But they time we stopped at a roadside cafe (while playing it. You can't say 'Aw, man, this is a wouldn't go see another woman sing." touring the Soviet Union), looked like a little old drag,' and then play it, 'cause then it won't wooden shed. Real country and funky. Flies by sound good, and John Public will know that. the millions. As I got off the bus I looked across They're not as dumb as some of us musicians Number 18 the road, and I saw marijuana growing thirty, think they are.'' Willie Tee, pianist: "The lady I married under­ forty foot high. Since we didn't take no grass to stood from the beginning that this was what I Russia, we got several pillowcases full, took it Number 11 was going to do and I know that this is a special on to this town we was going to. Put it outside King Floyd, vocalist: "Then we did 'Groove trip because I know cats who have much more the back window to dry. Some of it dried pretty Me.' It only took one take, boom-boom bomp, talent than I have who still go through a thing of good. You'd smoke some of this stuff and be and we did it on down. I was out of there in 30 their ladies wanting them to get 'a real job' and high as a coon for about two minutes, then minutes. I guess it was destiny.'' not really seeing the art as significant." you'd feel like you was dying. Man, that stuff did me more harm than good." Number 19 Number12 Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter: "New Orleans has Danny Barker, banjoist: "Making money, see, a definite cultural vibe that's not found NumberS you have to decide real quick when you're black anywhere else in the world. New Orleans is still Ernie K-Doe, vocalist: "We got the sound here in New Orleans in 1922. You see all the black one of the most soulful places, I think." that groups come from all over the country to people doing the hardest work. They're picking copy, but you have to be a native of New up ships on the riverfront, picking up them Number20 Orleans to-get it. You might come close but they cotton bales. You see big trunks running Willard Watson, a.k.a. the Texas Kid: "I've can't put themselves into the groove. I don't through town. Black men in the hot sun stripped been robbed three times and nearly killed. I've blame 'em, though. They can try to copy our to the waist. Black men and mules, that all you had 82 stitches here across my nose. Stabbed in style but they can't do it." see doing the hardest work. Well, I weighed, the back and I've been shot at nine different what, about 90 pounds. I know there was no times. I've been cut at and had to leave my coat way in the world I was going to be like Big John three or four times. I can truthfully say that by Number6 Henry. So I had to find something to do. Now me being the seventh child, it saved me." Huey "Piano " Smith, pianist: "We had fun there was cigar makers, and side trades like · getting on the stage and playing. To us, when we shoemakers. But I saw that you could get away Number21 were playing it wasn't work. It was just like if from here and travel if you played music. I saw Wardell Quezergue, arranger: "When you sit you went and played golf all day- would that be my uncles, my family is all musicians. I got four down and listen at something, it's just hard work? I wouldn't say it was hard work. uncles who're playing, my grandfather is something that you feel. There's an element of And then you were getting paid, too. Didn't playing. Inter-related we have about 36 temperament in drawing out of the musicians have to put no work boots or gloves on. Girls musicians in the family. So all we talk is music what you want. Some guys think that because a looking at you, one on each side of the piano!" in my family. Who's away and who's coming musician can play, he should do things auto­ back, who's doing good, who can play and who matically. But that's not true because if you give can't play, etc. So everything around me is a musician anything he's just going to give you music." his own interpretation. What you have to do is Number7 convey your interpretation to them. I know Dave Bartholomew, trumpeterl bandleader: Number 13 from when I first started that you can over­ "Don't forget that all of Fats' (Domino) big hits Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John: "Whatever arrange, having horns going in all kinds of were made on two tracks. Years ago at Cosimo's your morals and whatever your ambition directions, but really an arrangement should be old place, the J&M Music Shop, we'd is-and music is a high integrity thing- you got part of a group or singer or tune and not out­ sometimes go in the studio at ·9 or l 0 in the to stay with it when you hit the crossroads. You standing.'' morning and we wouldn't get out until mid­ got to fight for every inch of ground that you night, because we couldn't get a sound, the get, because if you give them an inch, boy, you Number22 board wasn't right or the musicians weren't get wiped off the whole program.'' Lee Dorsey, vocalist: "1 got this attitude from right. Or we'd have to tell the drummer to bear workin' body and fender. If they can do it, I can down more." Number14 do it." Jed Palmer, club owner: "It got so that even a NumberS group like the Neville Brothers wouldn't draw Number23 Pete Fountain, clarinetist/ bandleader: much anymore in my club. I guess people got Floyd Soileau, record producer: "I named the "Lawrence Welk's son heard me on a record, afraid to go where the purple-haired idiots hung label for the rock 'n' roll and R&B stuff 'Jin.' I and he told his dad, and from then on, my out, afraid their girlfriends would get ravaged or named it after my wife-well, she wasn't my career just went up." morphine-up upstairs." wife then. I was just trying to make points."

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Number24 Number 34 Number41 Mike Ciravolo, Models guitarist: "For a city Bob Astor, booking agent for the Beatles' 1964 Kevin Radecker, the co-Cold guitarist: "I never this size, there's really nothing to do." New Orleans concert: "The crowd reaction to say never." them was just crazy, something I wasn't used to. Number25 I just thought they were four nice kids with Number42 Germaine Bazzle, vocalist: "Now that I am funny haircuts from England. I mean they Mary Coleman, gospel vocalist: "Jesus is the older and really understand and appreciate all of weren't great singers and they weren't great solid rock and honey, I want you to know that this, I think it was an important experience for guitar players. They wrote a few nice songs but I'm holding on to Him. I'm not going to Hell. me to grow up in the Lafitte Project. I grew up if someone asked me what they sounded like, I When I go to my car this time of year, open that with a lot of the Second Line.'' couldn't tell them. But they sure made a lot of door, and that heat hits me in the face, that money and drove the kids crazy." gives me double determination not to go to Number26 Hell!" Chuck Carbo, vocalist: "We were Protestants. Number 35 We had to go to church. I used to sing in the Ivan Neville, keyboardists/ vocalist: "What I Number43 little junior choir. Then we tried singing as remember the most about 'Tell It Like It Is' was Earl King, guitarist/Vocalist: "Guitar Slim gave quartets-with different guys in the my friends coming up to me and saying, 'How me the idea to write lyrics from a psychological neighborhood." come you ain't rich? Your daddy's got a big hit approach-saying things that people want to record-you ought to be millionaires.' That say. Like, 'I'm gonna send you back to your Number27 made me realize there was a lot more to making mother, and I'm gonna go back to my family, Tracy Williams, vocalist: "The answers to the records than just music. You got to get your too.' I mean, that hits home. Slim also inspired questions of life are inside each person." business together, too." me to contemplate a marriage between a song and its solo, instead of playing something at Number 36 random." Number28 Elvis Costello, composer/vocalist: "You Alice Byrd, Professor Longhair's widow: "The couldn't really imagine singing like Lee Dorsey, Number44 evening he passed, he was riding around with say-he's so distinctive and so quirky. But with Ed Ward, music critic: "The dream of a major that fellow in the wheelchair, Richard. He came Aaron Neville, you can actually learn quite a lot music capital lives on in New Orleans. Dreams home and laid down. Then he got up around lO about phrasing from him in the same way that I of the past." o'clock and took his little grandson to Picou's learned stuff from listening to George Jones to get a dozen twisters. He got back and I although I could never hope to sing like him. I Number45 thought it was peculiar that he didn't want no have to be a fan of Otis Redding-there's not Bobbie Gentry, vocalist/composer: " 'Ode to coffee, no twister, no nothing." very much I can learn from him about phrasing. Billy Joe' started out as a short story that I But there are things you can actually learn from wrote, then I changed to verse. I started writing listening to Aaron Neville-he's such a musical it about midnight and finished it around 5:30 Number29 singer. He's not just a stylist. He's got such a the next morning. I recorded it in one take later Michael O'Hara, vocalist: "l don't see any musical voice it's like listening to an that day and that became the version we used on conflicts with my beliefs. I can't see how instrument-literally." the record. The question people ask the most God-whatever form He takes-could see about the song is ' What did Billy Joe throw off anything that's bad about what I do. If that's the bridge?' I've never told anybody the answer what it takes, hearing this music, what we do, to Number37 to that one." get people to the point where they can enjoy Charles "Hungry" Williams, drummer: "Well, themselves, how can there be anything wrong dancing, man, like dancing is a rhythm. See, I Number46 with that?" think that's where the word 'funk' comes from. Her/in Riley, drummer: "A family is a family, Because at the time, if you notice Elvis Presley it's a unit. It's like putting some liquid Jell-0 when he'd sing, he used to shake a lot. into a bowl and sitting it in the refrigerator and Number 30 Understand what I mean? And that was rhythm. watching it come together. This is how we've Kevin McLin, guitarist/vocalist: "Music is and they named that shaking 'funk,' 'funky been all our lives. We were raised together, ate probably the smallest part of the business. Let's dancing.' That's where I think the name 'funk' together, slept together. That bond is face it, you're a commodity and you have to sell comes from. And in order to shake like that, unmatched. How can you match the bond yourself to the public.'' you got to have a certain type of rhythm, a between a brother and sister, mother and son?" 'funky rhythm' to shake like that. And I used to dance funky and I play funky." Number47 Isidore "Tuts" Washington, pianist: "A piano Number 31 player had it made in them days. Women would Robert Parker, saxophonist !vocalist: Number38 fight over a piano player. See, the district was "Professor Longhair was very musically James Booker, pianist/vocalist: "Music is a open, women were turnin' tricks and they had inclined and all he wanted to do was just create. mysterious art, to start off with, and people plenty money. They wanted their men to look I'd never met a fellow like him on piano-he'd that's really good at it-at an elaborate, good. I had women buy me gold belt buckles, kick that piano with his foot. Every piano that mysterious art-they get a little taste of the rings, silk shirts, new suits and all kinds of shit. he played on, you could tell it was him because mysterious ... sometimes mysticism, too. In Man, they'd be puttin' money in your pocket you could see the knocked-off paint on the fact, all of the time, they have mystical, myster­ and fightin' with each other to do it." bottom of it." ious attributes but it's whether or not they're aware of it that's important." Number48 Number 32 Ellen DeGeneres. comedienne: "A lot of people Jimmy Anselmo, club owner: "Muddy Waters' dream of being a star. They stand in front of the contract specified a home-cooked meal, so we Number39 mirror and pretend to be a rock star, but how cooked up bisque and a seafood gumbo and -Earl Palmer, drummer: "The engineers always many people stand in front of the mirror and served it to him. About nine months after that I liked the way I play because it gave them more pretend to be a comedienne?" saw him again, and he told me it was the best control. When you're playing real hard and meal he'd ever had on the road. Memories like loud, they have much less control. I got along Number49 that are beyond value-that's the best part of well with all of them, especially Bones Howe, Frank Fields, bassist: "That's who Little the business.'' who was one of the greatest mixers they ever had Richard was down here-he wanted the New in California." Orleans sound along with his. I think it was Number33 about 7511fo or more of his success." Lee Allen, saxophonist: "I didn't try to play Number40 differently behind each individual, I played the Marcia Ball, vocalist: "You can't work in your Number SO way I felt. I got my message from the singer and hometown. Every musician has to be a road Connie Atkinson, editor: "History was alii was stayed close to the melody line of the song. I musician or they have to drive a truck. If you ever interested in. New Orleans music affected never tried to change my playing for different don't want to go on the road, you can't make the world's music-all of the world's artists." it.'' music-and we wanted to document it.'' 0

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December 1984/Wevelength 27 you missed this the first time here's your second Sydney plays all the instruments in this interest­ It's been a very good year for the collector of chance. ing and fun package. Included is his big zydeco classic New Orleans music. Of course the Euro­ One I feel particularly proud of is the new hit, "What's Good For the Gander is Good For pean labels have led the way, but the local Guitar Slim reissue Things That I Used To Do the Goose" which alone is worth the price of the Bandy label also deserves a special pat on the (Ace Ill) as I played a small part in its release. album. back for ambitious projects presenting Tous­ This sixteen-tune classic features Slim without Zydeco fans will also demand Buckwheat's saint, Kenner and Spellman sides. But there's the annoying overdubbed organ and guitar that latest, Zydeco La Louisiane (Rounder 2045), also been some excellent contemporary material marred his earlier Specialty album. There's a which contains a good mix of material. Buck­ popping up from time to time as well. Those few rare tracks thrown in and a few alternate wheat features a number of his stage tunes in­ that missed the list, but which deserve a tip of takes which makes this one indispensible. cluding the tour-de-force "Turning Point," the hat, are releases by Dr. John, Frankie Ford, Down South Louisiana way things are as busy which should appeal to soul fans as well. This James Drew, Ellis Marsalis, his son what's-his­ as ever. Check out the new D.L. Menard makes a nice companion to his last Black Top name, and Windjammer. A number of excellent (Rounder OI92) for some real downhome sampling and his first Blues Unlimited records. anthologies surfaced as well, the best being the sounds. This is the first English album recorded · Our Ville Platte correspondent, Floyd New Orleans Rhythm and Blues album on the by the "Cajun Hank Williams" and a treat Soileau, reports that there will be a new Clifton Chess label. Best single has to be "From The from beginning to end. Chenier album on the market soon on the Heart" by Johnny Adams from his latest LP of Our old friend Rockin' Sydney also has yet Callier label (more on that later). Also a new the same name. Let's hope 1985 sees a recorded another album, My Zydeco Shoes Got the Zy­ Beausoleil is on the horizon and a sampler of appearance from Allen Toussaint and Fats deco Blues (Maison De Soul I009). Once again contemporary zydeco on Maison De Soul. Domino, who are both long overdue for new material. 0 Best Buys of 1984 Being a regular reviewer does put one in an unaccustomed Aunt Sally position. But to choose just ten New Orleans albums out of this year's deluge is still an imposing task. However, here's what I decided on as my Top 10. I. Jessie Hill, Can't Get Enough Of That Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bandy 700I6 2. Archibald, The New Orleans Sessions Krazy Kat 7409 3. Irma Thomas, Time Is On My Side Kent 010 4. Smiley Lewis, Caldonia's Party K.C. 103 5. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, My Feet Can't Fail Me Now Concord 3005 6. Dave Bartholomew, Jump Children Pathe Marconi I54660I 7. The Upsetters, The New Orleans Sessions Charly 1084 8. The Neville Brothers, Live at Tipitina's Black Top I03I 9. Snooks Eaglin, The Imperial Sessions Sundown 70902 10. Johnny Adams, From The Heart Rounder 2044

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CHRISTMAS Various I didn't find it until it was too late traditional without ever getting Rockin' Christmas: The 60's to report it. Everyone should dig corny! Perfect for those cold Once again there's plenty of new Rhino 067 this, if they dig R&B or not. Artists December nights while roasting records geared towards the included are Angela Strehli, The marshmallows over flaming copies yuletide season. If you've still got Similar concept to the above Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lou Ann of The Times Picayune! last year's December issue (WL album, but of course from a more Barton, Paul Ray, Sarah Brown, -Gilbert Hetherwick 38), you can consult it to find what recent decade. I must mention that Charles Sexton, and the Jazz we consider the best all-time the cover on this one, like the Quartet. Most tunes included are Christmas discs. This more Fifties LP, is great, only adding to covers of past hits-"Boogie Enchanted Carols the enjoyment of these discs. abbreviated list of recommend­ As Woogie Santa," "Come Home Saydisc 327 ations includes only new Christmas for the music, it's a mixed bag, For Xmas," "Santa Bring My going all the way from the hard A very unusual album indeed. records released in 1984. Baby Back To Me," etc. The Fab Christmas music performed on R&B of James Brown to the likes T-Birds contribute what I consider 1 of Bobby Boris Pickett, all the way church bells, street pianos, hand their best ever track, "Merry bells, music boxes and barrel to the silliness of Paul Revere and Christmas Various Darling," a slow blues organs. More fun than a floor full the Raiders. If you're spending that sounds Rockin' Christmas: The 50's like a Hop Wilson 78. of thumb tacks! And a lot less Christmas in Malibu, The Turtles' They also do an excellent painful. . . G.H. Rhino 066 "Santa and the Sidewalk Surfer" instrumental version of "Winter I think this is the best of the lot. and "Dancing With Santa" by the Wonderland," made totally Besides containing the inevitable Trashmen will be as indispensible atmospheric with a real live Waverly Consort "Jingle Bell Rock," the fun-loving as a bottle of peroxide. Garage glockenspiel. The best of Austin's people at Rhino bring us fourteen band rock is represented by two of women are represented here (with Renaissance Christmas obscure Christmas hits. Included Seattle's finest the Sonics and the the exception of Marcia Ball), and Perfect for slapping on the are Cathy Sharpe's "North Pole Waiters, who contribute the Miss Lou Ann deserves special turntable at the Christmas party Rock" and Three Aces and a Dylanistic "Christmas Spirit." As mention for "Rockin' Around the when one more round of "Joy To Joker's "Sleigh Bell Rock," for mentioned before, James Brown's Christmas Tree." Charles The World" just might send you those who want to celebrate a great on "Let's Make Christmas Sexton-ex-Lit' Charlie-does a through the ceiling. Wonderful rockabilly Christmas. For doowop Mean Something This Year." The bang-up version of "Santa Bring music that makes me think of lovers there's the Moonglows' previously unknown Nathaniel My Baby Back," for all you Elvis anything but Christmas. I love "Just A Lonely Christmas" and Mayer contributes the LP's real fans. -A.S. it!-G.H. "Hey Santa," The Penguins' sleeper, "Mr. Santa Claus," which ~~~~~:::: =~~~==: ~~== ~~~===:= "Jingle Jangle," and Marvin & really hits home. -A.S. Johnny's "It's Christmas." Also CLASSICAL Herbert Von Karajan and included are the novelty "Santa & King's College the Berlin Philharmonic, the Satellite" by Buchanan & Choir Various Oh Come A II You Faithful Mahler, Symphony #9 Goodman, the hilarious An A us tin Rhythm and Blues "Christmas In Jail" by the Argo 414-042-1 Deutsche Grammophon Youngsters, and the Moods' Christmas Beautifully recorded and sung by 410-726-2 "Rockin' with Santa Claus." Austin 8301 what may be the greatest choral Even though this recording has -Almost Slim Actually this came out last year but group in the world. Real nothing to do with Christmas it

December 1984/Wavelength 31 belongs at the top of my list. for the love generation, who will Various artists from the 4AD label duction to this style would be this Included with this gift would have get to view the underwater city of do gloomy but not depressing ver­ 1982 release by King Sunny Ade, to be a compact disc player since Managua from glass-bottomed sions of originals and cover songs called simply Juju Music. This this recording is not available on hydrofoils. -Bunny Matthews by such people as Alex Chilton and album contains short samples of LP or cassette and I may go crazy Tim Buckley. -Carlos Boll many songs from Sunny Ade's if I don't hear it! How about one repertoire, guaranteed to stir of those new nifty Sony Discmans? Ram ones The Smiths interest in this music, the African We're only talking around $335.00 Too Tough to Die Hatful ofHollow pop style that is easy to identify for both the player and the Sire 25187-1 with here in New Orleans because Mahler. Come on and be A collection of singles and radio of its percussive, bass emphasis An unsettling . impressive . . .. cough up the revision of the Great sessions from the band that started For someone who is already Rock 'n' Roll bucks! -G.H. Joke, in the days it all. -C. B. familiar with KSA, a similar juju before Vote '84, this set was a style can be heard on any recent spiritual boost; now it is a map of Microdisney release by Chief Ebeneazor Obey, the Jessye Norman aftermath. Having conceded or a more basic, no frills approach the re-election of "Mama's Boy," We Hate You South African Strauss, Four Last Songs Bastards. can be heard on Segun Adewale's Ramones look to the end of the Play ForMe. Philips 6514-322 decade and offer a grim vision of This Irish band is very peculiar - Another non-Christmas recording an America turned upside down by nice pop music with lyrics that but probably my favorite record in reactionary policies-harder times, would even confuse J.K. Huys­ Tabuley Rochereau years. My copy is worn out so I confusion, despair, fleeting mans. Strange but worthwhile. could really use a fresh one. consolation, futility, anarchy. In -C. B. Tabuley Absolute "goose bumps" on this other words a sort of modern day Shanachie 43017 one! Jessye blowing the roof off of urban Grapes of Wrath. Dalis Car The Zairian sound, music of Zaire, the concert hall. There are several -Les White The Judgment Is The Mirror Congo-Brazzaville, Camaroun and Mali, is music with "great" recordings of these songs Mick Karn (ex-Japan) and Pete a heavy Latin influence. The drums of Africa but for my money this one tops Red Hot Chili Peppers Murphy (ex-Bauhaus) team up for sent them all. Hopefully next year I Red Hot Chili Peppers what seems to their rhythms to Cuba, Puerto be the best combo in Rico and Latin America, and the won't have this problem with EMI-America ST-17128 music since the Gershwin brothers. return voyage brought Latin horn wearing out my vinyl ... that is if -C. B. you've followed my previous I guess it does make sense that a sections and vocal stylings back to .advice and bought me a disc· band known to perform in the the music of this region of Africa. nude except for a single sock (not player! G.H. Various Artists While some of this music is dance worn on either foot), would cover Better An Old Demon Than music, much of it is slow & pretty, Hank Williams' "Why Don't You ANew God with beautiful dassical guitar and Love Me (Like You Used to Do)." Phil Spector's Christmas The usual gang of Dial-a-Poem strong vocals. In this vein is this Daring musicianship can account album by Tabu Ley Rochereau. Record for a good bit of mileage, Poets with a few surprises added for good measure. -C. B. Besides the voice of Rochereau, it CBS 37686 especially when it creates a "white also contains some vocals by star Classic boy funk" that gets as close to the arias from the composer of Anyone interested in the music female vocalist Mbilia Bel. "symphonies sound of the east coast 'masters as for the kids." Tell of Africa and the Caribbean is me this isn't we could expect from L.A. classical music and I'll faced with the special problem of push you down the stairs! -G.H. caucasians. The assimilation of CARIBBEAN styles other than rap/runk is unavailability of many of the best releases. For this reason, ,..; .. startingly precise also, the the Congo Ashanti Roy following records derivations altered smartly, were chosen as POP good gift ideas not just because Level Vibes reworked sincerely. I can't say why Sonic Boom SBLP 2001 I'm annoyed they're good albums, but also X-Teens by the group's A reggae album that is sure to gimmicky appearance (goofy, because they can be easily found in Love New Orleans. This, please, this album creates a very And Politics contorted faces, headgear that can of course, Colphin DLP 1010 excludes many outstanding mellow mood due to some unusual only be described as crocheted production techniques (read this In the same league as the bulk of souffle dishes).! can say, though, releases of 1984. Talking Heads or Beatles albums :::~::~~~~~::::~~::::~==:=~~~ month's Caribbean column for that this is the year's best debut more details on this). The as far as craftsmanship, appro­ album, maybe. -L. W. AFRICAN priateness of vision and wit goes. combination of Roy's soothing, Especially on the fake reggae Hugh Masakela reverbed voice and melodies which stuff-"Say It Isn't So" and are pretty and sometimes haunting Husker Du Techno-Bush make this a great album for "Don't Listen To Him," vocal by Zen Arcade Arista (Jive Africa) JLB8210 the winsome Kitty Moses and relaxed listening. perfectly jagged guitar by Robert SST 027S1298 Techno-Bush will please anyone Bittle. Mr. Bittle's celestial Bought this because of a strong rec who loves to dance. Recorded in Gregory Isaacs "Soaring" faces Oblivion head­ or two, because a 'core band from Gabarone, Botswana, this one Out Deh! Minneapolis seemed goes through a variety of dance on: "I've grown accustomed to a curious Dynamic Sounds ILPS 9748 this sinking feeling on mor­ thing and, I'll admit it, b~cause of styles, from South African mbaqanga sounds to disco-rap. Some people don't like lovers' phine . . . '' Keyboardist Todd the cool title. Hardcore is hard to Jones' "Change Gatta Come" listen to; on most, it grows slowly (Included on this record is the rock, the name given to reggae love supposes that if the guns are taken if at all. After a few listens to this disco hit for this past summer, songs, but for those who do enjoy away, we'll knife our neighbors double, I began to hear some jazz, "Don't Go Lose It, Babe~') Most it, there are a few undisputed and if you destroy all the poison, some funk, what I like most in of the songs are sung in English, kings. Gregory Isaacs, in both his "infectious viral imps will be heavy metal, and playing that is so and the recording quality is manner of singing and in the way he steps, is so cool that he is known released." A cheery state of fast and tight and sluggish (and for excellent. If you just buy one affairs, prompting Jones' musical me nostalgic, somehow) all at once African pop album, this is the one as 'the cool ruler', the ruler of cool. His latest album, Out Deh, question, "Whatever happened to that the set keeps getting on my to choose. is another great album, following the love generation?" Jones must table: Probably like nothing you hot get the news later up there in North play-unless you own Trout Mask on the heels of his classic album, Replica-and, as someone has King Sunny Ade Night Nurse. Either of these Carolina-the love generation's albums will satisfy anyone got a bunch of new Pontiacs Fieros said, not for the faint of Juju Music who wants to hear some sexy love and went big for Reagan, hoping heart. - L. W. .Island MLPS 9712 songs ina slow dance style. he's gonna drop the Bomb on Juju music, a lilting, flowing, Central America, creating the percussive music from Nigeria, is world's largest man-made lake. This Mortal Coil available from several different The Mighty Sparrow It'll be a cheap new vacation spot It'll End In Tears artists. The best overall intra- Sparrow-King of the World

32 Wavelength/December 1984 B's Records BSR SP-002 make this a good buy, even at doubt attract more slam dancers featuring some super Wayne The calypso and soca music of import prices. -r. than square dancers with this Shorter compositions. Good Trinidad is dance music at its best. bristling debut LP, due mostly to playing, good writing and Blakey's The rhythms are infectious while leader Greg Davis, whose brutal usual maniac on the loose behind the words are always fun, telling electric lead and slide is the horse­ three bottles of MD 20-20 stories or making statements that Johnny Burnette whip that cracks this band through drumming. Blakey has sustained suggestive, sarcastic or irreverent The Rock 'n Roll Trio a variety of neo-Wild West themes: all these years by coming up with to those in power. So many great Listen To Johnny Burnette! death, marriage, cars, landlords, developing young players who will calypso records came out for MCA things like that. "Ghost On My submit to going on the road for Carnival '84 that it's hard Heart" reveals a valuable twist of to single Telecaster-Master Paul Burlison "lousy bread." The concept of one out, but you can never sensitivity, intelligence and musi­ go picks up where Perkins leaves off Blakey's band as being some sort wrong with a record by the cianship, while "Car Mechanic's calypso and co-captains his musical of jazz school or stepping stone to king, the Mighty Sparrow. Blues" is lewd and punchy. His last motorboat to rock nirvana Vital greatness is just a legend in some album, Sparrow-King with music of the present, if not the of the help from one of the genre's most music writer's minds. The young World, covers all styles, and most impassioned and hormonal fu~re. -~ ones will go on the road cheap. So, notably, contains "Doh Back singers, the late Johnny Burnette...... Blakey manages to fill his groups Back," the song chosen as road This album is a re-mastered with players who care about the march for Carnival '84. ESSENTIALS compilation of the R&R Trio's old music, who want to play "real jazz" even if it means Decca/ Coral sides and boasts a spending a number of hard hitting, laced­ John Coltrane Quartet lot of time being worshiped by ALL-TIME with-sexual-innuendo rockers: Chim Chim Cheree drunk Germans. -M.B. "Eager Beaver Baby," "Oh Baby God how this man's music haunts ROCKABILLY Babe," and the sappy "Touch me! For those who have never Me" leave little to a young girl's listened to his music, this LP is a Rahmnad Krishnan Elvis Presley imagination. "Tear It Up" is one good place to start. It comes at the Carnatic Vocal Music The Sun Sessions minute and fifty-one seconds of end of a cycle of Coltrane's . (the music of South India) playing RCA dancehall sweat. You'll have to get and the quartet's develop­ Southern Indian music is akin to Volume Two of this series to hear ment as an ensemble. For those not Southern American Before tainting his regal reputation music. It's gems like "Train Kept 'a Rollin' " interested in jazz but who enjoy their soul music. Unlike the heady with an insatiable hunger for burnt and "Sweet Love On My Mind," heavy metal-check this out. You music of well known Northern bacon, girls in little white panties, but this is a good place to start. -r. want some fire, you want some practitioners of Indian classical and large calibre handguns, Elvis intensity, you want some raw music, Krishnan is very down to Presley did what no man had done power? Well, this is it. Thousands · earth. I'm often put down for before: he invented rockabilly - of saxophone players and other listening to this stuff. ("Too music. This record is proof. The King Federal Rockabillies instrumentalists have imitated Sixties" and "he sounds sound, or rather, the feel of these like a King Trane's approach but rarely has goat.") In reality this music could sessions, with Presley's awesome The fact that your average anyone come close to the untainted be of the 960s as vocal spontaneity and inventive easily as it could rockabilly compilation album· purity of his sound. One possible be of the 1960s. Nothing is time­ instinct, Scotty Moore's prototype sucks is well known by anyone who difference that separates John less, but this comes close. Not country/blues/swing fusion ever invested a nice chunk of their Coltrane from the rest of the recommended for fashionable guitar, and Bill Black's percussive paycheck into these invitingly pack-practice. My sources tell me settings but fits in well next to slap-bass all welded together by packaged little beauties. The usual that the man was totally dedicated, Clarence Carter records. Put on Sam Phillips' visionary echoed scam is to give you one or two that he could take any chord, any your Madras jacket, light up some production is as timeless and hard-to-find classic cuts and eight scale or any standard tune and rip incense and exciting Mudra on today as it was thirty years or ten boners. This album, it to shreds with every substitution, down. -M.B. ago. "That's All Right," however, is an exception. Two of inversion and retrograde possible. "Mystery Train," "Baby Let's rockabilly's great unsung heroes, I believe! Not only did the man Play House," "Milkcow Blues Mac Curtis and Charlie Feathers, have this knowledge at his Michael Jackson Boogie," "Blue Moon Of have some of their best material command but he could execute his Kentucky," and (forgive me Thriller Roy here. Curtis clocks in five songs ideas at an unbelievable speed. The Brown fans) "Good Not nearly as rich textured or fresh Rockin' including the jumping other players on this LP are also Tonight" as Off The Wall, this LP is my pick have never sounded "Grandaddy's Rockin'." and beyond reproach. I know any better; in all probability, they number of people who think that as World's Greatest All Time Feathers proves once and for all Lowest never will. -rico after Trane and Elvin, nothing Common Denominator that when it comes to that thin, Record Album. Everyone should whining, essential rockabilly tone notable has happened in jazz. Well ...... maybe. -Mark Bingham have this in case: Your Aunt Inez Carl Perkins steeped in lyrical eccentricity, from French Lick is in town and nobody can touch him. "Bottle To your friend Jesus from Miami The Original Carl Perkins The Baby" and "Everybody's Never Mind The Bollocks ... stops by, then some Heberts some Charly Lovin' My Baby" are topped only Cohens some Robinsons some It would be hard to find a guitarist by Feathers' unparalleled master­ Here's The Sex Pistols Krishnans some Alis and some whose style has been more piece, "One Hand Loose." Hank For those who missed out on being Smiths all stop by to party and you influential than Carl Perkins' in Mizell's off-key drone, "Jungle a punk when it was more than a .need something to play that every­ the development of rock 'n' roll. Rock," and good cuts from Joe pose. This LP has the sort of one will be comfortable with. This album makes a good Penny and Bill Beach round out frightening primal aggression that Michael Jackson is the most introduction to Perkins if you this energetic collection; at $5.98 makes sense in today's absurdly comfortable guy in the universe. can't afford to spring for the three­ each, I'll take a dozen. -r. wimpy pop/rock music scene. Possibly the most imitated, too. album Sun boxed set. Included are Chain saw guitars forever! I doubt 'Check out any radio station if the Sex Pistols would have straight country numbers ("Turn Blood On The Saddle playing black popular music. I Around"-check that fiddle!), choreographed their videos. They hear direct cops from the rhythm signature Perkins boogies Blood On The Saddle might have made snuff films tracks of various cuts from ("Boppin' The Blues," "All New Alliance featuring London heroin addicts. Thriller. Caribbean Queen, my Mama's Children"), and, in suc­ There's only a handful of bands John Lydon now lives on the lower ass! That song is 7711fo Billie Jean cession, three of the finest rock 'n' today who can scramble the break­ east side of Manhattan. His teeth with a new melody and story. All roll songs you'll ever hear ("Gone, neck energy of hardcore with the are still bad and he dances on his artists steal from one another, but Gone, Gone," "Blue Suede endearing melodic traditions of videos. -M.B. especially from Michael Jackson. Shoes," and "Honey Don't") all country and western and come off Still, if you don't have this record, in that primitive straight-ahead sounding legitimate. Is this the you're crazy. (I also own Johnny mono sound! A Carl-At-His­ rockabilly of the future? Who Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers Mathis' Greatest Hits, Frampton Dreamiest tinted cover photo and knows? Who cares? In any event, Free For All Comes Alive, Saturday Night in-depth historical liner notes Blood On The Saddle will no My favorite post hard bop record Fever and Tapestry.) :J

December 1984/Wavelength 33 Band and Booking will publish its annual In JANUARY, Wavelength the working bands and a comprehensive list of Agent Guide, area, with all the pertinent in the New Orleans what kind musicians numbers, members' names, phone want to add. information-addresses,and anything else you might of music, agent's name, for last year's Guide we still receive requests After almost a year, and since Wavelength who are looking for bands, bookers from people South, club owners and Louisiana and the Gulf they read goes all over want to find the bands cities and states often a club in other miss out on a job because in Wavelength. Don't · about can't find you! owner and send fill out the form below To get your b!lnd listed, and white photo can, along with a black It to us as. soon as you in the Band Guide is free if you have one. A listing (non-returnable)of course.

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very porter, pullman conductor, beauty Today I dare say most of you readers pur­ and barber shop was selling records in those chase your albums, cassettes, compact discs, Edays," said record mogul, Leonard Chess, music magazines and videos at a spacious, well referring to the record business of three decades appointed mega-store. In the New Orleans area ago. genre of designer record stores, one can find When my mom bought me my first single in anything from a coffee shop and big screen 1959, "The Witch Doctor" by David Seville, it videos to the latest in computerware and studded was in a neighborhood A&P grocery store. leather gloves. Let's face it, for better or worse, Years later, after I'd succumbed totally to things have changed from the "mom and pop" record addiction, my rounds included weekly days. stops at a number of one room record shops that The days of the small one-room record shops stocked the usual fare of Top 40 hits, and the have not ended entirely, however. Today most obscure R&B discs, usually confined to the of the small shops specialize in one particular three-for-a-quarter bin. Usually the owner was variety of music. Invariably their owners are en­ the shop's only employee and they were named thusiastic about music and don't just know appropriately something like Sam's, Grant's, or about catalog numbers and unit sales. They're maybe something witty like The Music Box. usually off the beaten path, because rents are "Mom and Pop" record shops if you will. low, and because location isn't as important to By the late Sixties, the LP boom was in full their regular clientele. stride, and the record industry began experienc­ One might well ask, why spend the time trying ing major changes. Not only were the major to find an out-of-the-way shop, when most of labels squeezing to death the under-financed the large stores have an impressive selection of independent labels, but record retailing became most types of music? Well, quite often the spe­ big business. One by one the Ernie's, the Ruthie's cialty shops have records unavailable at the big­ and the Modern Music Shops fell by the wayside. ger stores. Also they offer personal service, as

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most often you're the only per~on in the store. money so I told my husband I'd run it. if she didn't have the record. she knew by when Not only can you ask questions but you get ex­ "We stock blues, pop, disco, jazz and gospel. she could have it. "I love the record busine<;s," pert answers from proprietors who are familiar Albums, cassettes and 45s. I do all the buying. she conclude<.!. "It give., me something to do with every record in the store. Usually I can tell when a record's going to be a anJ it's exciting." The following is a handful of <;to res that qual­ hit after just one listen. I keep my ear on WYLD ify as specialty record shops. They are owned and I read the Bill/ward to see w_hat's in the Top Noi~e An. 624 Dumaine St.. 5:!.~-7-t~:\ and operated usually by one person and they 20. After awhile you get to know what the According to Brian Burke, who worh at offer a small but concise selection of records. people like and that's what you go out and buy. Noise An, "the shop grew out of necessity. No Right now we've been doing well with the Wiki one in New Orleans had a good sclec:ion of Rollim & Sons Record Shop Inc. Wiki and the Billy Ocean records with the kids. dance and new wave music. The shop opened 1604 Basin St., 524-5251 The older people have been buying z.z. Hill this year in May and we've slowly begun to huild Mr~. Mabel Rollins has kept Rollins and Sons and Solomon Burke. up a regular clientele." Records a healthy proposition ~ince the doors "I wish I could sell more local records but Noise An specialiiC'> in carrying the 12" dance opened on Carnival Day in 1981. Perhaps the they don't play them on the radio any more and mix singles. current disco hits and alhtHll'> by the smallest record shop in New Orleans, Rollins the distributors don't let you know when they likes of Hucy Lewi\ and Tina Turner. MlN stocks one of the most up-to-the-minute selec­ get them in. We haven't been open long enough often .:ustomers come in to hear and buy Ultra tions of black mu-,ic in the city. Located in the to have a large stock of old records but if some­ Vox. Bronski Beat and Human LLaguc. Masonic Building, ncar the corner of Claiborne one wants something I try to get it." "We order tnO\t of our records from dist rib­ and Orleans, the !>hop draws heavily on the two !V1r\. Rollins has five sons who occasionally utors in New York and California bccau'>c t h3t ·., nearby housing projects for its clientele. stop by the shop (one or them. . i<, the .,, ill where the <,cenc is. I read Melody f\,faker Although Mrs. Rollin~ alway'> loved music, drummer with Multiple Places) to tell her about and NAtE out of England to find out what ne" she didn't know much about the record businc-,s new records. She also keeps a stod.ed Coke records arc breaking there." until just a few years ago. "My husband started machine and a couple of containers of candy to Noise An aho stocks a good selection of the shop. He was working for Gus Mayer and service the neighborhood kids and shoppers. greeting cards and appropriate reading material retired and wanted to stay bus}. He'<> a Mason During our conversation the telephone often in­ for the dance ~ct. They al\o have no qualm., and he found out about thi-. <,pace and wa-. able terrupted Mrs. Rollins, who was quiued by about opening records and playing them for you to get a reasonable rent. We hired a few people callers interested in knowing what was presently on the spot and you can't a\k for much more to run the shop but we weren't making any playing on the radio. Invariably she knew, and than that.

December 1984/Wavelength 37 Barbara DeSoto: Memories and metal in Metairie.

Gospel Land Music Store, 1504 Dryades St. 523- record is by the Greater St. Stephen's Church he got out of the dancehall business in 1980. He 5178 Choir." advertises the shop in many of the various The store is also a base for Gospel Land's tourist publications dispensed in the downtown Just about every major American metropolis other activities. Presently they are promoting hotels and reports that he gets a lot of out-of­ has a downhome gospel shop in an older the first of what they hope to be several gospel town tourist business. "Some people come in neighborhood that sells the always popular concerts. On December 8, they will bring the here and buy $75 worth of records at a time. I gospel records. Located in the same building great Albertine Walker to the Municipal guess since they can't buy Cajun records outside which once housed Johnny's Music House Auditorium with a host of other gospel talent. of Louisiana they stock up while they're here. (where I used to stock up on Muddy Waters and Of course Allen still leads one of the city's Little Walter singles), Gospel Land keeps not Allen's Cajun Records and Gift Shop, 7939 most popular Cajun groups, the Country only an honest stock of the latest gospel albums, Airline Hwy., 737-7007 Cajuns, which play four or five nights a week. but they also sell sheet music and choir robes. If This is another record shop that grew out of Fontenot's records are displayed in the choicest that's not enough, you can also rent a piano, an necessity. Of course everyone is familiar with spots in the shop, but he also carries a good organ or an amplifier for your gospel needs. the owner, none other than the New Orleans selection of South Louisiana LPs with a Stephanie Staves, who runs the shop for Don Cajun entrepreneur Allen Fontenot, who has sprinkling of country hits. His Cajun 45 and Thea Bourgeois, can be found behind the been selling records since 1976. The shop got its selection is also unparalleled for a hundred counter from 10 am until 6 pm, six days a week. start as a sideline to Allen's bar and dancehall miles. "Monday and Saturday are the busy days," business that was located in Kenner. Besides records, Allen's offers a wide range of reports Stephanie. "We've been open for a "People kept asking me where they could get Cajun souvenir items-toilet-shaped ice couple of years now. Ever since WBOK started Cajun records," he points out. "There was_no containers, outhouse pencil sharpeners, etc. broadcasting gospel full-time we've been busy; place in New Orleans to get French records so I Most amazingly, he also stocks one of the we advertise with them too. decided to buy some from Floyd in Ville Platte largest selections of hoodoo and voodoo "Gospel music has always been popular in the and put a rack in the bar~ Well, they sold like supplies in the area. Goofer dust, devil's shoe­ community. It gives people a feeling of security crazy. When people found out they didn't have strings, black candles and john the conqueror I think. We do well with some of the older to go to Lafayette to find that kind of music roots- they're all here. According to Fontenot artists like Reverend James Cleveland but some they came to me.'' he does a brisk trade with such commodities of the newer artists like Andre Crouch have Fontenot opened the shop in a new location, with the residents of nearby Bunche Village. been real popular too. The best selling local in the Hugh Green Shopping Center, just before This fact was confirmed when two rather large

38 Wavelength/December 1984 Margret Innis: Calypso and yams in Gretna .

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middle-aged women came in to purchase some "I keep up with the music by reading the the name of the shop you should be able to fast money powder and an aerosol can of good papers from home. I buy a lot of records from determine what the shop specializes in. But they luck vapors. So if you want a Nathan Abshire some distributors in New York that I got to also stock most of the current hits-yes heavy record or a hex removed check out Allen's. Oh know when I lived there. Also when I go home I metal too-"which help to pay the bills" yes Allen also can do income tax returns as well. always buy a lot of records and stock the shop. according to the owner Gordon DeSoto. I'll be going home in December so I'll have all A record junkie almost since the word go, The People's Choice Record Shop, 315 West the 1985 records when I'm back." he boasts'one of the country's most extensive Bank Expressway, Gretna 392-6918 The People's Choice has a wide range of "oldies" collection, which he gathered from The vivacious Margret Innis has maintained Caribbean music from the popular strains of years of combing thrift shops, record stores and this Caribbean record mart for the past two Third World and Bob Marley to the more garage sales. He got into the record business in years. Besides the latest hits from the Islands, obscure pop sounds of Trinidad from Sparrow. 1976, after buying out the original Memory Ms. Innis stocks the latest reading material from There's an entire wall filled with recent Lane on Elysian Fields. You also might the Caribbean, and various West Indian cooking Jamaican 12" singles that never see the light of remember that he hosted a popular "oldies" supplies, from yams and plantans to fresh day in larger shops. Incidentally if you're radio show in the late Seventies. ground spices. wondering where Gene Scaramuzza gets his After moving to Metairie, Memory Lane soon Originally from San Fernando, Trinidad, she obscure releases for his column and his radio established a reputation of stock of both has lived in the United States for the past five show, it's likely here. original and repressed oldie 45s, as well as years. Upon emigrating, she lived in New York, The shop also sponsors various social carrying the latest European reissues. but found the climate far too harsh. "I love functions, such as West Indian discos that are A couple of years ago Memory Lane ex­ New Orleans," she reports in her soft, musical held nearly every month. Ms. Innis is also panded to a second store in Chalmette and re­ island accent. "It feels just like home to me. We hoping to bring a live group, possibly Sparrow, cently to Slidell into a new shop on Gage Road. eat a lot of the same type of foods and we think to the New Orleans area for Carnival next year. DeSoto shuttles between all three stores but now the same. spends most of his time across the lake. His "The shop has been doing pretty good. It's Memory Lane, 6417 Airline Hwy. Metairie 733- wife, Barbara, maintains the Airline store while real popular with the people in the community. 2120 Juanita takes care of things in Chalmette. I'd guess there's maybe 5,000 people on the This is perhaps the most sophisticated record "There's always been a bigger demand for West Bank from the Indies, so we get a lot of store of all of these featured, as they have added oldies in New Orleans than any other place in regular customers. two more shops in recent years. Of course from the country," reports DeSoto. "How many

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December 1984/Wavelength 39 oth~·r (itte'- lunc three or four oldies ~hO\\'- a day The rooh r1f thi~ shop go bad further than wall full of bygone R&B treasures. nn the radio and a full-time oldies station. any other New Orlean~ shop. Owned by the Oldie'> arc a good busincs~ in Ne,,· Orleans." Man(u'>o· rami ly (theM in the old J&M ~ tudio Goldminc Rare Record' and Comics, and record shop) they also operated two shops 6469 Jefferson Hwy., 737-2233 The folio\\ ing '>hops also can be categorical!) on South Rampart Street back in the glory days. or 1343 Westbank E\pwy., 347-7447 ocferreu to as spc(ialty shops. Th<.:y arc listed in Thi'> shop keeps a well stocked New Orleans Goldmine specializes in used records and ll\l part i(ular order. music selection to satisfy the tourists, and sur­ they've sure got enough of them . Trouble is prisingly also one or the city's top selections or -,ometimes it's like looking for a needle in a Brn\\ n Sugar Record'. 2334 Louisiana A w., reggae music. The hits of course take up most of haystack. Still I've found some great record\ ~95-XO:n the floor space but there's also a great selection all hough the prices have escalated of late. Good lo~·ated lo­ f' hi" o,hop is in Walt Boatner's old or oldie 45s to browse through. selection of "new" oldies as '''ell. c.•tion. It offers an 11p-to-dat~: seic(tion of con­ ~election or temporary blad. music with a good Eddie's Three Way Record Shop, Jumpin' Jimmy's Record Shop, ia11 and gmpcl, too. If you get tired of brows­ 2703 Washington A\C., R91-40 11 3504 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 822-5037 ing through the albums you can check out the ! can't honestly say if Eddie is still open as his Jumpin' Jimmy has been in the business. si nce product'> get ,·our hair done i n the beauty nr phone has been disconnected and the last couple the late Sixties. Besides being a great guy he also back. of times I've been by, the doors have been has an excellent selection of black music which Canal St reet Record C.:ntcr. 10!2 Canal St. locked even though there's still records in the en com passes three decades. 01 course he's :'23-3506 place. Open since the late '50s, Eddie's still has a heavy on the hits to keep the do~1r~ open, but there's plenty of blues and gospel in stock as well.

Musica Latina, 42 14 Maga1ine St., 895-4227 You can guess what k111d ol mu~1c thr\ \hOp carries just from the name. They stock the hits from Central America, Mexico and even the Lu' Angeles barrio. Yes you can even buy a Julio Iglesia<> alhum here. In the Sixties they were almost squeezed out, but though endangered, this species of New Orleans record shop remains, selling yams, voodoo, choir robes, and lots of personal attention.

Record Ron's, I I 17 Decatur St. Ron deals specifically in u.c,ed rcconb. He al'l' generally has promotional copies of the late'' releases for sale at a few dollars beiO\\ "hat a r.~w LP would retail for. Ron has racks jammed with just about every type of music and his \\ails .. arc filled with pri/ed collectors' item,. He also has one of the mo\1 impressive collectiOil\ of lunc·h rail~ f',e ever encountered. "hich tells you I uon't know what. .Jim Ru ssell Rare Rec,>rds, 1837 Magat:ineSt., 522-2602 1% Jim Ru ssell is somewhat of a sclf-ord.1incd legend in New Orkam. lksidc" L'laimin!! hl' has to: Wavelen=--t..,L.. ~ 3 P.O. Box 156'67j NO~A.70175 the tenth best record 'hop for rare re::ord~ in the l'Ountry he also claims to ha,·c gi\Cn Allen Freed, Profes<>or' Longhair and fats Domino .~-:-:.-::==--=~:::::::::::::===_-.:=:::::=. firo: listening to one of Ru'­ l ro~ their first breaks. After I o,cll's <,e rmons and checking out his strato,rhcril: prices. it·, hard to tell just "hat he spcciali1c' 1 Address: Address: in. Nonetheless there'-, hard!~ a record you can I City. State, Zip name that he doesn't ha'c in stocL -·· -~-..=_ __ ----- ~ Ci t y, State, Zip L J . * u tll-ti&Jt1 ~,W.W«lt l fPiZI II I "'-;' 111 ·- 1_, i I !II II I lUIIIS,.

40 Wavelength/December 1984 l DECEMBER LISTINGS COMPILED BY JON NEWLIN & DIANA ROSENBERG

formation from the Natchitoches Parish CONCERTS Tourist Commission, 318-352-8072 or Frl.30 352-4411 . Lerry "Bud" Mellman, Steamer Presi­ Sat.1, Sun.2 dent, 10 p.m. Pl•quemln" Pllrlah F•lr •nd Or•nge Sun.2 Featlv•l, taking place way "down the road" where some of the best of these Bruce Sprlngat.. n, Baton Rouge, LSU oranges are made into wine; information Assembly Center, and Sold at Out, so why are 504-656-7752. we bothering to tease you with this horse­ and-carrot foolishness? Sat.& Mon.3 Chrlabn•• •t M•dewood, the holidays as they used to be at the grand plantation Frank Zappa, first seen by us at the Gar­ in Napoleonville; information from Dorothy riCk Theatre 1n New York at the dawn of Brown at the Madewood Foundation, 530 lime (same weekend we saw the Blues Pro­ Chartres, New Orleans 70130; 504-524- ject at Cafe au Go Go-does that date it 1988. for you?) and we were mystified at the deliberate lack of structure: how could Sat.15 anyone, after a few snotty preliminary Gumtte.ux G•tor'a T•ll remarks and one doo-wop parody, "play" Cook·Otf, Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles; rock music for two hours into dawn's early obviously light? Well, we found out and have chang­ one of the culinary events of a lifetime as Calcasieu Parish matrons ed somewhat ourselves in the past nearly­ first wrestle the huge saurians to the ground (or two-decades but fortunately Zappa hasn't. not!) and then skin and clean them before your very Sat.& eyes before submitting the tail meat to a variety of cooking methods. And they tell Gregg Allman; Scott Detweiler Band, us bread and circuses were something. In­ Jed's Lookout, Fulton Street. formation from Shelley Johnson or Cathy Sun.e Tempie, PO Box 1912, Lake Charles 70602; 318-436-9588. REO Speedw•gon; Zebra; Survivor, UNO Lakefront Arena. Tues.24 Exuma, "l•l•nd Night" Caribbean buf­ Bontlrea on the Lev.. , from Lutcher to fet by Chef Palmer of Jamaica (this Gramercy; recent reports of Yuletide doesn't mean 67 things to do with braised human sacrifices at bonfire sites in St. goat, of course); Jimmy's, beginning at James Parish have been hysterically exag­ 5:30. Tickets at Metronome or else by the gerated, despite the door. disappearance of a party of Yale anthropologists somewhere Mon.10 near Garyville last Christmas; information at 504-869-5823. REO Speedw•gon; Zebr•; Survivor, Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, 7:30p.m. Sat.15 SYMPHONY Barry M•nllow at the Saenger, or how you kissed me and stopped me from shav­ Sun.9 mg, or is 11 shaking? Fang me. they oughta take a rope me: Holld•r Concerta, at 2 and 7 p.m., Or­ Sat.2e Snakebite and the Cottonmouths. venom sacs swelling. at Gibson St. pheum; the Symphony and its Chorus are conducted by Larry Wyatt; program rang­ L•• Gr-nwood, Saenger, 8 p .m. in Covington, December 8. ing Willie Nelaon & F•mlly, Mississippi Gulf from Handel to Rudolph the Red-Nosed pearance by Santa Claus; on Sunday, Way or Reindeer. Information Coast Coliseum, 7:30 p.m the U.S.M.C. Toy& for Tots-you at 525-0500. children from 2 to 15 are invited to search wouldn't turn them down would you? I know for walnuts at the Hibernia Pavillion. bet­ I'd hand my new Madame Alexander or Tues.11·Thurs.13 CONCERT ween 3 and 4 p.m. with the inducement of Cabbage Patch creatures right over George Manahan, conductor; Paul Randall, winning tickets to The Nutcracker at the trumpet soloist; works by Haydn, Reich and SERIES Theatre for the Performing Arts. Quote• of the Month: "And the more Schumann; Orpheum, 525·0500. frightened the human race becomes of the Cathedr•l Concerta, ChriSt Church Sun.2 Thurs.13-Sun.16 Cathedral, 2919 St. Charles Ave. Sun .2: things it makes, the more it calls for the Botanical Chrlatmaa vocal mus1c for the Advent season at 4. Decoration• things of which it should be frightened; the The Nutcr•cker, performed by the New Workahop, Longue Vue Gardens, 3 p.m. French Market Concert•. Sundays 1-3 more terrified we grow of the possible Orleans City Ballet and the Symphony, and Information at 488-5488. p.m. Dec.2: Conme Jones' Crescent City destruction that can be wrought by air­ 80 young New Orleanians (Tchaikowsky's The Leteat 1n Jazz Band. Sat.9: Danny Barker, who like electronic musical In­ planes, the more stridently we demand lurid ballet deals of course with the struments and computer-based music Mamie Sm1th is accompanied by a pr1de of more airplanes to destroy our neighbors depraved fantasies, brought on no doubt by systems, Landmark Jazz Hounds. Dec.16: Chester Zardis. Hotel, Metairie, 6:30 You can see many women who would run indigestion, of a Russian girl of good family p.m. Dec 23: The Des1re Community Cho1r at the mere sight of a mouse, regarding w1th at Christmas time); Theatre for the Perfor­ complacency Dec 30: Hall Smith. some tank or cannon, erec­ ming Arts. Performances at 8 p.m. Thurs­ Sat. a ted in a public place as a memorial. Hard­ day and Friday; at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Loulal•na Authora' Day, C.A.C., 10 a.m. ly ever, in any country in Europe, will you Sunday. Information at 525-0500. RANDOM to 4 p.m. 30 to 40 Louisiana authors will be find an inscription under such a monument \ there to mscribe their works (inexplicably of a kind to discourage war."-Sir Osbert Sun.16 DIVERSIONS yours truly was not invited to this evenl, I Sitwell, "On Progress," in his book of Concert of Celebration, presented by assume because my only work has been essays, Pound Wise . Tikvat Shalom Conservative Congregation If I Were A Vanlahlng Animal essay O.P. for years now) and to meet the1r "Truly art is a sort of subterfuge. But with the Symphony, conducted by Andrew contest: the competition encourages publics Free. thank GOC: for it, we can see through the Massey; 3737 West Esplanade, Metair~e , 8 seventh and e1ghth graders to investigate subterfuge 1f we choose. Art has two great p.m. Information at 525-0500 or 889-114" the plight of endangered species, us1ng Sat.&, Sun.9 functions. First, it provides an emotional ex­ T1ckets from Ticketmaster research, creativity (empathize, children, Chrlatmaa W-kend at Longue Vue, perience. And then, if we have the courage empathize!) and good wr1t1ng skills (these w1th decorations and music in the manorial­ of our own feelings, it becomes a mme of Tues.18, Thurs.20 last not what they're cracked up to be). En­ baromal tradition, and refreshments as well. practical truths. We have had the feelings The Meaalah, with the Symphony con­ tries to the Dept. of Education, Audubon 1 to 5 p.m. ad nauseum. But we've never dared dig the ducted by Andrew Massey and the N.O Zoo, PO Box 4327. New Orleans 70178, by actual truth out of them. the truth that con­ Symphony Chorus directed by Dr. Larry Dec.21 ; further information from 865-8194. Through Sun.9 cerns us, whether it concerns our grand­ Wyatt; soloists are Marilyn Bernard, Sund•r Poetry Readlnga, Maple Leaf Chrlatmaa Com•• Alive 1n Acadian children or not soprano; Judy Beach, alto; Steve Dupre, Bar, 2·30, all free and open Dec.2: Dick Village, Lafayette, with Santa Claus, elves. "The artist usually sets out-or used tenor; Raeder Anderson, baritone. Or­ Bo1ce and Chris Buhler Dec.9 Sharon carolling, and tours of this authentically fur­ to-to pomt a moral and adorn a tale. The pheum, 8 p.m. Tickets from Ticketmaster Olinka and Melody Davis. Dec .16: Benjamin nished recreated village along Bayou tale, however, po1nts the other way as a Sher Dec.23: Maxine Cassin and Andy Alleman. as well as a live Nativity and a 35' rule. Two blankly opposing morals, the art­ Amster Dec.30: Michael K1ncaid. Christmas Tree; mformat1on at ist's and the tale's. Never trust the artist ~ OPERA 318-981-2364 or 318-232-3808. Trust the tale. The proper function of a critic S.t.1, Sun.2 is to save the tale from the artist who Dec.4, 6, 8 Audubon Zoo Holld•r Celebration, in­ Wed.19 created it."-D.H. Lawrence, Studies In Hanael und Gretel, Engelbert Humper­ cluding the dedication of the Camel Exhibit, World'• Lergeat Office Party, Hyatt Classic American Literature. dinck's treatment of the old story of child camel rides, balloons and buttons; the baby Regency from 3:30 until 10:30 p.m abuse, bread crumb trails in the forest, can­ camel will be officially named with the an­ (Although this is a favorite topic tor nibal witches, houses made of pastry, incin­ nouncement of the Name That Carnell con· "spreads" in the pmk sheets, we doubt 1f FESTIVALS eration, and the other usual ingredients of test. Also Andrew Hall's Soc1ety Jazz Band, Larry Flynt or Gloria Leonard will have the1r children's bedtime tales; conducted by a pinata party, Cajun story-tell1ng, the camera crews there.) Celebrity bartenders. Sat.1 Thomas Fulton, stage direction by Dav1d McMain Magnet School Jr Cho1r, an ap- booze. food, everything going to the United N•tchltochea Chrlatmaa Featlv•l, in- Morelock; with Cynthia Munzer, Eric M1lls,

December 1984/Wavelength 41 Anthony Laciura, Janice Meyerson, Marc than they do on my front steps). Mon.17: Embree. NOCCA Choir. Tues.18: Ursuline Academy High School Choir. Wed.19: McDonagh 15 Elementary School Choir. Thurs.20: LIVE MUSIC Academy of the Holy Angels Choir (see The Arches, 7437 Lapalco, 348·2945. remarks for Friday 14). Thurs.21: Thomas Sat.1 : Irma Thomas. Wed.5: The Sheiks. Edison Elementary School Choir. (Health Thurs.6: The Blue-Eyed Soul Revue. Fri.? note: try not to ingest too much of the bales and Sat.8: T.Q. and the Topcats Annual and bales of angel hair with which they've Reunion. Wed.12: The Sheiks. Thurs.13: . decked these halls.) Blue-Eyed Soul Revue. Fri.14: Nifty Fifties Fat Cats, 505 Gretna Blvd., Gretna. and the Rockin' Fifties. Sat.15: Deacon 362-0598. Call for listings. John and the Ivories. Wed.19: The Sheiks. Feelings, 2600 Chartres, 945·2222. Thurs­ Thurs.20: Blue-Eyed Soul Revue. Fri.21 : day and Fridays, Kenny Ard. Saturdays, Bobby Cure and the Summertime Blues. Harry May.ronne. Mondays-Wednesdays: Sat.22: Percy (it's not an overnight thang) Phil Kaplan. Sledge. Thurs.27: Blue-Eyed Soul Revue. 544 Club, 544 Bourbon, 523-8611. Fri.28: Nifty Fifties. Sat.29: Peter Delise. Wednesdays through Saturdays, Gary Mon.31: New Year's Eve Party. Brown and Feelings. CMS from 9 to 9 Augle's Delago, West End Park. Fridays through Sundays and from 9 to 3 Nov.30-Sun .2: Odd Couple. Wed.5: Ivory other evenings. White. Fri.7-Sun.9: Generics. Fri.14-Sun.16: Pete Fou~taln's, In the Hilton, 523-4374. Perfect Strangers. Thurs.20: Yesterday. Pete Fountain and his band, at 10 nightly; Fri.21-Sun.23: Rainstreet. Fri.28-Mon.31: one show only and reservations probably Penny Lane. Upstairs: Nov.30-Sun.2, a good idea. Fri.14-Sun.16, and Fri.21-Sun.23: Rare Gazebo Cafe and Bar, 1018 Decatur, Blend. Call the club for additions to the 522-0862. Alfresco: ragtime piano each above. afternoon and again as night is falling. Beau Oeste, 701 1 Read Blvd., 242·9710. Gibson Street, Covington, La. Sat.8: Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9: Lau­ Snakebite and the Cottonmouths, from 10 rence Muntz with Stepping Out. Fridays and p.m. Saturdays, 10-3: Spice of Life. Hen's Den, 4311 S.Ciaiborne, 821·1048. Blue Room, in the Fairmont Hotel, This used to be the Beaconette but now has 529·7111. Wed.5 through Sat.22: the Bot· the name of that ladies' shop on Caron­ toms Up '85 Revue (What can this mean? delet. Hmmm. Reggae music Saturdays. has Julius Monk come out of retirement or Ike's Place, 1701 N. Broad, 944-9337. from beyond the grave? Is it a show put on Sundays: Chuck Jacobsen and the Wagon by the staff of the Bottom of the Cup Tea Train Band. Room on Royal Street?) From Wed.26: that Jed's Lookout, Federal Fibre Mills, least institutionalized of local institutions, World's Fair. Sun.8: Gregg Allman and the Sam Butera and the Wildest. Reservations, Scott Detweiler Band. Wednesdays: Selec­ dining, new decor ... tricution, which I guess beats lethal injec· Bronco's, 1409 Romain, •Gretna, lions, being a computer dating game. Call 368·1000. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays the club for additional live music dates. and Saturdays, Mississippi South. Jimmy's, 8200 Willow, 866-9549. Call for Cajun Country, 327 Bourbon, 523·8630. listings. Thursday through Sunday, the Gela Kaye Le Moulin Rouge, 501 Bourbon, Band at 8. Mondays through Wednesdays: 524-4299. Mondays and Saturdays: A Night Mike Casico. in Old New Orleans, with Becky Allen as the Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow. Sat.22: Casket Girls. Call for listings in the Stage ·the Scott Detweiler Band. Live music Door Lounge. Saturdays. Maple Leaf Bar, 8301 Oak, 866·9359. Chaps, 1401 St. Charles, 522·1849. Live Sundays: the Wabash Company (sans can· music on Tuesdays. nonballs). Mondays: The Catfish Hotel Or· Chinatown, 1717 Canal St., 525-7937. chestra (from, we gather, one of Des Nightly(?): Vol nhung chuang trinh dac sac Allemands' three-star hostels). Tues.4: do cac nghe si thoi danh tu San Francisco, Paula and the Pontiacs. Tues.11 : les Up­ Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston .. .ve trinh tights. Tues.18: Alison and the Distractions. dien. Voi cac loai thuc pham kho dac sac. Wednesdays: Mason Ruffner and the Blues Co ban va cho muon bang nhac, video tape, Rockers, whose band t-shirt is the best cassette. we've seen of the local variety in some Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles, time. Thursdays: Bruce Daigrepont and 899-9308. Wednesdays: Andrew Hall's Bourre. Fri.Nov.30: Anson Funderburgh and Society Jazz Band from 8 (horn charts by the Rockets. Sat.1 : The Radiators. Fri.7: Ex· Nell Nolan). uma. Sat.8: Beausoleil. Fri.14 and Sat.15: Dorothy's Medallion, 3232 Orleans. The Killer Bees Reggae Band with a salute Snake-dancing, examples of adiposa dolo· to J.H. Fabre with peanut butter and royal rosa in motion for Bolero-eyed girl wat· jelly finger sandwiches on the house. Fri.21 : W. Steve Rucker's "Water Table" construction at the Arthur Roger Gallery. chers, and Fridays and Saturdays, Johnny The Radiators. Sat.22: Li'l Queenie and the from Saturday. December 8 through the day after New Year's. Adams and Walter Washington with the Skin Twins (known in Cajunland as the Peau House Band. Pair). Fri.28: The Radiators. Sat.29: Marcia Dream Palace, 534 Frenchmen, Ball. 943-6860. Sat.1: John Magnie's Continen­ New Storyvllle Club, 1100 Decatur St. tal Drifters present their On An Island With 525·81-99. Mon. Teddy Riley and the Jazz You revue (or, Floe She Don't Know!). Fri.?: Masters. Tues: Placide Adams. Original Dix­ J.D. and the Jammers. Sat.8: The Radiators. ieland Hall Jazz Band. Wed.: Chris Burke Fri.14: The Radiators. Sat.22: The Radi· and his New Orleans Music from 8·12; the ators. Fri.28: Li'l Queenie. Sat.29: The James Rivers Movement from 12 'til. Thurs.: Radiators. Mon.31: Uncle Stan and Auntie The Camellia Jazz Band from 8·12; Luther Vera, the latter of whom is quickly becom­ Kent and Trick Bag '84, from 12 'til. Fridays: ing the L'Ana Webster of Marigny which Placide Adams until midnight, followed by needed one anyway. Luther Kent. Saturday: The Camellia Jazz 1801 Club, 1801 Stumpf Blvd., 367·9670. Band until midnight, followed by Luther Kent Wednesdays through Saturdays: Janet and Trick Bag '84. Sundays: Luther Kent Lynn and Ya Ya. and Trick Bag '84 at 3:30; the James Rivers Fads, 1100 S. Clearview Pkwy., 734·0590. Movement from the witching hour. Live music Mondays, but you can do the Memo's, 2001 Lake Shore Dr., Mandeville, cotton-eyed-joe almost any time here. 626·8273. Heavy Metal Oust like that Fairmont Court, in the Fairmont Hotel, building across from MOMA on West 53rd 529·7111. Tuesdays to Saturdays, Judy 1n N.Y.): call for info. Duggan occup1es the piano bench from 9 Nexus, 6200 Elysian Fields, 288·3440. to 1. Sundays and Mondays: Pat Mitchell Fridays: Wanda Rouzan, Fred McCoy, at the same hours, and again dunng the Julian Garcia, Chris Sevenn, 6·9. Fndays week from 5 to 7. and Saturdays: Willie Tee, Julian Garc1a, Fairmont Hotel, in the lobby: Christmas Chris Severin, from 10:30. Carolling throughout the Season, at 11:30 Old Absinthe House, 400 Bourbon. a.m. (so bring a Butane tank, Jeanette Wednesdays through Sundays, Bryan Lee Isabella). Wed.12: Dillard University Choir and the Jumpstreet Five. Mondays and Thurs.13: Elm Grove Elementary School Tuesdays, and also Saturday and Sunday "Listen. dear. they're slaying our gongl" Or. The Pfister Sisters' Choir. Fri.14: Francis T. Nicholls High afternoons: Mason Ruffner and the Blues New Year's Eve Extravaganza at Snug Harbor. School Choir (hope they s?und better there Rockers.

42 Wavelength/December 1984 Old Oper• Houae, 601 Bourbon. Wheels (in honor of the Early Martyrs) and 522·3265. Sundays-Fridays from 4:45·8:30, Cherry Bombs and Satsuma Bombs and ab­ Kathy Lucas and the Loose Band. Mondays­ solute founta1ns of Veuve Clicquot and Wednesdays, Chocolate M1lk. Thursdays· Mumms, and a cup of k•ndness-yet'• Sundays, E.LS. The club will be Cerrado for auld lang syne. para NatiVIdad from the 17th until the 27th. Sq•r Houae Hotel, 315 Julia St., tt.nnr Poat, 5110 Danneel. Sundays, 525·1993. Mondays-Fridays, from 6 to 10~ always open m•ke . Check the board as you and Saturdays, from 8 until m1dmght, Bren­ go ln. da Mac 1n cabaret ass•sted by Prince Ed· Pontch•rtr•ln Hotel, Bayou Bar, 2031 wards at the piano. StCharles Ave., 524-0581 Bruce Versen TJier•a, 5234 Magazme, 891-4989. from 5 until 9, dunng the week, save Satur· Modern jazz, good raw oysters. Mondays: days and Sundays. M1chael Neal takes over Unfixed and disarranged as yet. Tuesdays post-cocktail and post-prandial keyboard and Thursdays, Leslie Smith and Co. dulles and plays as late as 1 a.m. on Wednesdays: Ellis Marsalis and Steve Saturdays Masakowski. Fndays and Saturdays: The llr•••rv•tlon H•ll, 726 St. Peter. James Rivers Movement. 523-8939. Along with Galato1re's, one of the The Yer•nd•, in the Intercontinental three places in town that consistently draws Hotel, 525·5566. Mondays through Fndays, a lOng and deserved line outside; the only LeRoy Jones from 7 to 10. amen.t•es are the musical ones. Sundays: We••eJ'•• 1610 Belle Chasse Hwy., Harold Dejan and the Olymp1a Brass Band. 361-7902 Tuesdays-Saturdays: F1rewater, Mondays and Thursdays. Kid Thomas until 1 a.m. during the week and as late as Valentine. Tuesdays and Fridays: K1d Sheik 2:30 a.m. on the weekends, when the Le Colar Wednesdays and Saturdays The Blanc Brothers follow w1th a jam session Humphrey Brothers. gomg on until6 a m. Sunday and Monday lllrtYeteera, 6207 Franklin Ave., 288·5550. the Luzianne Band, from 9 until 1 Sat 1 Uncle Stan and Auntie Vera. Sat.8: Multiple Places. Sat.15: Yesterday Sat.22: Genencs . Sat.29: Force of Hab1t Mon.31· CINEMA Genencs and Exit 209. lll.I.Y.P., 1700 Louisiana Ave. , 891-RSVP. Contemporery Arts Center, 900 Gamp. Call the club for listings Wed.5: The Life and Times of Rosie the lllran'• 500 Club, 441 Bourbon, Riveter, a documentary, and Swing Shift, 525·7269 Sat 1-Sun 16, and this latter IS, we assume, the mostly-Ill-fated Wed 26-Mon.31 . the Celt•c Folk Singers and period piece directed by Jonathan Demme Danny Doyle. (Melvin and Howard. Citizens Band) about ...port C•fe •nd Ber, 424 Bourbon, women on the home front, which turned 568·0981 . Wednesdays through Saturdays from a backhanded bit of feminism into a from 9 to 1 a m., Sundays 2 to 6, Sally star vehicle for Goldie Hawn and Kurt Townes. call for Sunday night and Monday Russell, as a 4-F music1an who also works hsungs. 1n the plant; the film is ultimately less in­ 711 Club, 711 Bourbon, 525·8379. teresting for 1ts defiantly noncommercial Tuesdays through Saturdays, Randy politics than for the glorious naturalism of Hebert, Thursdays through Mondays, AI Christine Lahti's performance as Hawn's Broussard neighbor, co-worker, nval-in-love, best lllell•'• Pub, Fulton Street Mall, at the fnend and asp1nng band smger, the brief World's Fa1r, 569·5025. Sat.1 : Lady Rae. glimpse of Ed Harris 1n the altogether (his Sun 2· A talent show. Mon.3: The Sheiks. acting isn't bad e1ther), the epic sense of Scott Detweiler and Organized Noise bring their superior brand of Tues.4 Force of Habit. Wed.5: The Neville Women At Work, the sight of a man walk­ impudence to Jed's Lookout on Saturday. Dec.8 and to Carrollton Brothers. Thurs.6: Hanoi Rocks, fronted by ing a cat during the blackouts, and a Bellegore Fn.7: Java (which I thought was Fassbinder-like Dutch-interior-gone­ Station on Saturday. Dec.22. either coffee or a dreamy waltz-like dance neurotic framing of the more intimate much favored by French bistro patrons domestic scenes; a failure, disowned by all about hall a century or more ago). Sat.8. concerned, when it opened earlier th1s year. J D. and the Jammers. Sun.9 TBA. Mon 10: Wed.12 Open Screening. The She1ks Tues.11 : Brian Lee and the LoJol•'• Film Buffa lnatltute, Jumpstreet Five. Wed 12: The Neville 895·3196. Tues.4: Close Encounters of the Brothers. Thurs.13: Lady Rae. Fn.14: Ivy. Third Kind (Spielberg's 1977 UFO­ Sat tS: The Cold. Sun.16: TBA. Mon.17: The production number which, until Richard Sheiks. Tues.18: The Radiators. Wed.19: Dreyfuss starts fooling w1th h1s mashed The Neville Brothers. Thurs.20: Mike and potatoes, conveys a sense of magic and the Max•mums. Fn.21. The Tymes Sat.22· mystery about what may be out there­ Lady Rae. Sun .23: TBA. Mon.24· TBA (wish especially its spooky Charles Burchfield-on­ I could thmk of somethmg clever to say mescaline midwest-night panoramas; the about these guys). Tues.25: TBA. Wed.26. additional scenes add nothing but the God· The Nev1lle Brothers. Thurs.27 Los Rad•· Bless-Us-Everyone Frank Capra silliness of ators. Fn.28: M1ke and the Maximums. the end1ng is a dud). Tues.11 Teorema, Sat 29: John Fred and the Playboys. Sun.30: Pasolini's reasonably nsible non-verbal 1M•ke and the Max1mums. Mon.31 The allegory, a sexy version of things like The SheikS. Passing of the Thlfd Floor Back in which a lftut Her1»or, 626 Frenchmen, 949-0696. mysterious stranger (Terence Stamp Sat.l Johnny Adams and Germaine Baz· poured into and out of his jeans) lays zle, With Ellis Marsalis-one gathers the net everyone in a haute-bourgeois household effect •s someth•ng like heanng Melba and and they're never the same again; Silvana Jean de Reszke sing accompanied by Cor· Mangano manages a few moments of des· tot. perhaps. Mon.3: Ironing Board Sam perate hauteur, and her pickups are Sicilian Thurs.6: Mason Ruffner and h1s Thirty· pinup-boys supreme; with Anne Wiazem­ Second Degree Masons. Fri 7· The Zebulon sky, Laura Belli as the levitating servant, Sextet. Sat.8 Lady BJ and Ellis Marsalis. Massimo Girotti. Wed.12: La Marsel/aise, Mon.10: the Ray Bonneville Blues Band. Jean Renoir's great 1937 Popular Front Thurs.13: Li'l Queenie and the Four Skins epic of the early days of the French Revolu­ {well•t sounds better than the Four Hides tion, an incredibly ambitious, stirring, poig­ or The Pelt Quartet). Fn 14 Ruben "Mr. nant film which takes on topics such as the Salsa" Gonzales. Sat.15: The AI Belletto messy politics of the times. the dance steps Quartet. Tues. 17: Johnny Adams and done by emigres at Coblenz, the Provencal Walter "Wolfman" Washington. Thurs.20: soldiers bringing the tomato to Paris, and The Shepherd Band. Fri.21 : The Delfeayo almost more than is with•n the scope of the Marsalis Quintet. Sat.22: Ad1eu and the average film- one has the feeling here not Sounds of Brazil. Thurs 27: John Mooney of the usual horsehair-stuffed historical film and h•s Blues1ana Band. Fri.28: The Sur· (like Gance's Napoleon, despite its VJVOrs. Sat.29 the LeRoy Jones Quartet and techmcal razzamatazz) but elegant news­ Lady BJ. Mon .3 1: The Pfister Sisters New reels; not to be m1ssed . Jacques Becker Year's Eve Extravaganza (for those who and Claude Renoir assisted on this. With m1ssed the1r Feast of the Immaculate Con· Pierre Renior as LOUIS XVI. Use Delama•re, cepbon Extravaganza and their Boxing Day the great Louis Jouvet, Gaston Modot, Jac· Extravaganza) featuring- and on New ques Gatela1n, A1me Clanond, Maurice "Portrait of a Young Girl w1th a Butterfly... I 848. by Theodor Year's Eve just as well-Susan Malone's . Escande, Jenny Helia as the woman at the Blatterbauer. from NOMA's exhibit. THE PRECIOUS LEGACY: JUDAIC s•ngmg for the heanng·lmpaired, as well as Marseilles Club des Jacob1ns Tues.13: M, TREASURES FROM THE CZECHOSLOVAK STATE COLLECTIONS. balloons, paper moons, confetti and serpen· one of our favorite Christmas mov1es- Fritz tme and Bengal Lights and Catherine Lang's 1931 film based loosely on the which opens December I 6.

December 1984/Wavelength 43 Ul career of the Dusseldorf mass murderer Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp, = Peter Kurten; Peter Lorre's per1ormance as 523·1216. Through Sun.16: Dark Humor: the terrified psychopath hunted by both the Southern Narrative, or Laughing to police and criminals (who resent his disrup· Keep from Crying (quite a mouthful with its tion of their ordinary activities) is one of the echoes of Evelyn Waugh's Black Mischief great ones; with Otto Wernicke, Gustaf on the one hand and Virginia Liston's 1921 Grundgens (on whose semi-nefarious hit, the You Don't Know My Mind Blues on Ton West career the novel and film Mephisto were the other), Randy Ernst, Gerald Cannon and Bon are shown in Alan Gerson "explore the love/hate relation­ ~ or less). Films based, more "Good time music for all occasions" Bobet Hall, on the third floor; admission by ship that people have for the region." Dec.1 ~~ . season subscription ($15) or $1.50 at the is the deadline for entries in the Festival of P.O. Box 8406 Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060 door. New Works. Sat.15: Christmas Creations, ;![ Prytanla, 5339 Prytania, 895-4513. a children's gift-making workshop. Wed.12: Through Thurs.6: Another Country, which . Open film screening with super 8 or 16mm (408) 425-5885 although it deals with gay men is based not film or 3/• • cassettes, 5 minute limit. Fri.21: I ' on the James Baldwin novel of the same A showcase of collaborative works by ~~~ ·~~ name, but on the Burgess-McLean defec· Roger Dickerson and John O'Neal. Sat.22: WEST COAST CONNECTION FOR lion of the early 1950's (which resulted in A New Orleans Christmas Carol. LOUISIANA FOOD AND MUSIC-CLUBS, the explosion of the Anthony Blunt bomb· Davia Gallery, 3964 Magazine, 897-0780. ~ . FESTIVALS, PRIVATE PARTIES. shell not so long ago). Directed by Marek From Fri.14: Marionettes of the Bozo­ Kanievska, with Colin Firth and Rupert "Sexual and Political Satire," achieved Everett. From Fri.7: Gabriella, from Jorge through the medium of puppets from Bali . Amado's comic epic, with (among others) and Haute Volta. Marcello Mastroianni as an old roue. Call DeVIlle Gallery, 132 Carondelet, the theatre for the balance of the month. 522·2363. From Thurs.6 through Fri.21: Prints and Printmakers, a selection of graphics produced by New Yorker Kevin THEATRE Pantry. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp, Duplantler Gallery, 818 Baronne, 523·1216. Mon.3 and Tues.4: Preacher 524·1 071. Through December: a group Man! Preacher Man! show including works by Joan Mahoney, Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter, Kristin Struebing-Beazley, Lucille Reed, 522·2081. Call the theatre for information. luscious Lois Simbach, artists surnamed Theatre Marlgny, 616 Frenchmen, Wright, Overton, Townsend, and last and NEW YEARS EVE PARTY 944-2653. Through Sat.22: Phaedra-you certainly not least. George Rowan who can always depend on this troupe to do tried, oh how he tried, to teach me a few­ something really fun for the holidays-but just a few, not very many, he used to is it Racine's? Euripides's? Call the theatre insist-of the rudiments of sculpture in col­ with the Pfister Sisters Show for information. lege which I defiantly refused to learn. Celebrating their 5th Anniversary Mlnacapelll'a Dinner Theatre, 7901 S. Galerle Slmonne Stern, 518 Julia, Claiborne, 888-7000. Through Sun.23: Sam 529·1118. From Sat.8: new collages tJ.; CHAMPAGNE- BALLOONS and Bella Spewack's My Three Angels, George Dunbar. about a trio of implausibly sweet former in· A Gallery For Fine Photot~raphy, 5432 BUBBLES habitants of the Devil's Island penal colony. Magazine, 891 ·1 002. Through Mon.31: Festivities Start at 9:30pm From Mon.31: Marne. photographs by Willard Van Dyke. Players Dinner Theatre, 1221 Airline Gaaperl Folk Art Gallery, 831 St. Peter 626 Frenchmen St . 949-0696 Highway, 835-9057. The Stingiest Man In St., 524-9373. Through Sat.8: an exhibition' Town, who sounds like second cousin to the of old Mexican masks, of ceremonial type, old Marlene Dietrich/Cole Porter Laziest Gal from the early Twenties. In Town. Historic New Orleans Collection, Rose Dinner Theatre, 201 Robert St., 517-525 Tchoupitoulas St. Seldom Seen II, Gretna, 367-5400. Through Sun.16: The portraits from private collections (local Sunshine Boys, Neil Simon's comedy about ones); at 525 Royal, the exhibit of Boyd an ancient and acerbic team of vaudeville Cruse's Louisiana Alphabet continues with comics who are brought together for an a selection of related paraphernalia. unwelcome reunion. From Fri.21: Chicago, Longue Vue, 7 Bamboo Road, 488·5488. the vaudeville musical about the murderess From Sun.16: Image and Reality: Jewish Roxie Hart and her circus-like trial derived Life in Terezin, an exhibition of art by adults from the Maurine Watkins play of long ago and children in the so-called "model ghet­ and the Ginger Rogers comedy of only to'' during the Holocaust; these works were about four decades ago; the late Mary done in secret and under condition of ex­ McCarty was wonderful in this on Broad­ treme peril. way. Special New Year's performance with Louisiana State Museum, on Jackson noisemakers, bubbly, etc. Square and elsewhere. Through Jan.20: Saenger, 524-0876. Tues.11 through Arnold Genthe: A Pictorialist and Society, Sun.23: La Cage aux Folies, in its national a selection of Arts-and-Crafts-influenced touring company, with Peter Marshall and photographs by the peripatetic lady-killer Curtis Keene as the homosexual protag­ who took the best photos of the San Fran­ onists; in true Broadway fashion. the prin­ cisco Earthquake (it destroyed his studio). cipals are made dashing rather than grotes­ as well as famous photographs of Pavlova, que and there is much appealing to human Ruth St.Denis and Isadora Duncan, and a dignity and much less to the funnybone. number of turn of the century stage stars: Tulane, 865-5361. In the Arena Theatre: Genthe also photographed subjects like Sat.1, Sun.2: Sam Shepard's Angel City. Duse and John D. Rockefeller, Sr., for the UNO, Sun.2 and Wed.5 through Sun.9: (real) Vanity Fair back during the First World Cradles, supervised by Anna Casio who War. wrote it. Marlo VIlla Gallery, 3908 Magazine. 895·8731. A Christmas group show through the end of the month, and paintings by Pam ART Kelly Sills. Aaron-Hastings Gallery, 3814 Maga­ New Orleans Museum Of Art, City zine, 891-4665. From Dec.8, new work by Park, 488-2631. From Sun.9: Painting in the Mike Howard. South: 1564·1980, a large survey exhibit Academy Gallery, 5256 Magazine, derived, one would imagine, in no little part 899·8111. Through Dec.22: enamels on from Dr. Jessie P.oesch's recent volume on copper by Michelle Trivigno Runningen, the same subject. From Sun.16: The whose mother is also extraordinarily Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from talented in this area; monotypes and paint­ the Czechoslovak State Collections, an ex­ ings, largely of landscapes by Dorothy hibition of over 350 historic and artistic ob­ Furlong-Gardner. From Dec.22: paintings jects, most of them confiscated from Czech of Venice (a city which has inspired any Jews early in the last World War, from the number of non-Venetians like Bonington State Jewish Museum in Prague. and Whistler) by Tony Green. Poaaelt·Baker Gallery, 631 Toulouse, Arthur Rot~er, 3005 Magazine, 895·5287. 524· 7242. Contemporary paintings, prints. From Dec.8: Water Table, a ceramic and sculpture and fiber-art by gallery artists: Jim construction installation by Steve Rucker. Sohr, Larry Zink, Martin Straka, Takeshi Arts Council, 522-ARTS: a telephone Yamada, Malaika Favorite, Rick Shopfner. number which dispenses information about Tilden-Foley, 4119 Magazine, 897·5300. local art events of some currency. From Sat.8: an exhibition of large format Bienville Gallery, 1800 Hastings Place, Cibachrome prints, some augmented by 5.23·5889. Call the gallery for information. hand coloring, by Linda Goodine.

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December 1984/Wavelength 45 LAST PAGEl 0 A Recent Fiction: ALE.XANDRIA comrade. Bill: What the hell is this on the Speaking of Popeyes, here's radio?! Robert PLANT singing oNEGREE:...... -kYILLE PLATTE card announcing the opening of a "Sea Of Love"?! What a joke! Hudson "Wolfman" Marquez This is unbelievable! painting show at the Swope Jill: Hey, calm down, what's the Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The matter with you? \LOUISIANA~ show is entitled "Recent Fictions" :. ~~:':j:~~!.!.~~~'~.:4~~:i~.E:VA*;.);~ Bill: Robert Plant! The "Led I and the flyer features a crude Zeppelin" Robert Plant! Who , OP~LOUSAS rendering of Olive and Popeye speeding by a vaguely familiar does he think he is messing with \ 0 "Sea Of Love"? Why, that song is place called "Domino's Mezzanine I probably the most majestic, pas­ oDE QUINCY Restaurant Lounge" in a lime sionate, incredible song to ever \ green cadillac. Our inside source come out of Lake Charles, "Louisi­ I says the painting was inspired by a ana! You can't never improve on I LAKE CHARLES LAFAYETTE cryptic Elliot Snellings photo. Phil Phillips or Cookie and the 0 As our box continues to runneth Cupcakes! Why try? Listen to this ( 0 (BIRTHPLACE of over we pick off the floor an shit! What is that? A sappy string ' PHILLIPS) October '84 issue of Blues and \ PHlL section, I should've known! Look, NEW IBERIA Rhythm from 18 Maxwelton if the original was a Steinway, this 0 Close, Mill Hill, London NW7 would be a Casio, low on batteries! 3NA. B. and R. is heavy on the Jill: Hey, lighten up, would ya? Gospel, heavy on the R&B and Try to see the big picture ... contains a fantastic old photo of Bill: Big picture, my ass! This is the smiling young Clarence Brown yet another scam inspired by and Gibson guitar on page 31. bourgeois, MTV, back-to-the· Turning the pages we come upon Fifties fascist fashion to cop big item after item relevant to the bucks off of our local heroes, center of the musical universe, man! Can't you see it? South Louisiana: a full page Jill: I can see that middle aged Charly Records ad announcing the lady behind the counter humming new Goldband Reissue Series with along, over there, now just calm old sides by Frankie Lowery and down and think about it for a Hop Wilson. A similar ad boasts a second. Sure, it's a pretty mediocre Demons In Brentford sampler LP version of "Sea Of Love," but that includes, Dr. John, James who knows, maybe some suburban Booker, and Johnny Adams. kid will be curious enough after Facing that page is a straight-faced hearing it to hunt down the orig­ review of Sunland LP2001 entitled inal and buy it. Maybe after that Louisiana Blues Anthology, by he'll go buy out the entire Gold­ Ray Templeton. In "L.A. News" band and Swallow catalogue and (that's Los Angeles) Mary start a non-profit artists co­ Bill: Yeah, you're probably ture Day" on December 10, and on Katherine Aldin talks of a Sunday operative. I mean, didn't you hear right. (long silence) But I still think the 6th Werlein's and Roland afternoon Jam Session at the the Fabulous Th underbirds do it sucks! Corp. will co-sponsor a special Music Machine that Lee Allen has Little Walter a long time before Jill: Yeah, change the channel ... showing and demonstration of the recently kicked off. This could go you heard Little Walter do Little latest in synthesizers, rhythm on and on ... Walter? • • • machines, and computer music Chess Records' "Rockin' Bill: Well, uh ... The Red Rockers have systems. The event is free and open Rhythm Series" of reissue LPs is Jill: And do you think those kids completed a new video of the to the public, as they say. in full swing and one of the forty­ who dig "Cum On Feel The Noise" "Blood From A Stone" cut on Digging a little deeper into the some-odd releases to hit the stacks today will know that Slade did it · their recent Schizophrenic Circus mail pouch we come across the is Dale Hawkins (CH9176). just like that almost fifteen years LP. Shot on location in San Fran­ September 21st City Paper from Hawkins, a Louisiana native, is ago? They don't care and neither cisco's Golden Gate Park, the Washington, D.C. that contains best known for his spooky classic do these people. As a matter of video contains footage of workers two interesting articles on New of country funk, "Suzie Q. ", and fact, I stopped in at Khoury's at the Lonestar Cement factory Orleans culture. "R Is For Oyster" a few other minor Checker hits of Records Store in Lake Charles last and at a trailer park in Brisbane. by Irwin Arieff and Deborah the late Fifties like "La Do-Dada" week on my way home from Hous­ "We wanted 'Blood From A Baldwin is a survey of D.C. oyster and "Class Clutter Yeah Yeah." ton, George Khoury wrote "Sea Stone' to represent the real people bars, and one in particular, The This album contains two versions Of Love," you know .. . who occupy this country," ex­ New Orleans Emporium ("walls each of "Suzie Q." and "My Bill: Yeah, I know .. . plained singer John Griffith, "Not tiled in designer gray and pink ... Babe,'' which makes for one Jill: Well, Mr. Khoury just hap­ just the glittery, leather-clad entrees mostly in the double version too many of each. I reany pened to be endorsing a BMI women and designer studs who live digits") sounds like it's a long way, wish they had included a couple of royalties check that day from this in the nether world of so many indeed, from the St. Roch's those upbeat chart entries on this Honeydrippers thing and I didn't rock videos." The cover photo of Market. The selfsame weekly one instead of ballad filler. Young hear him complain one bit. I've Schizophrenic Circus shows all includes a great article on the Dale could rock when he put his heard that Phil Phillips is a deeply four band members in typical blue Nevilles (and then some) by Funky mind to it as "Lulu," "Four religious man and I' II bet he collar work clothes. Joe Sasfy entitled "The Spirit Of Letter Word," and "Wild Wild wouldn't mind somebody reviving Force of Habit will be recording Sitting Bull." The ever-quotable World" demonstrate. "See You his old hit, either ... a single with Glenn Himmaugh at Mr. S. spake thusly: "Anyone who Soon Baboon" opens with a Bill: But if people like Robert Pace Studios on December 8, and, thinks funk was invented by Tarzan yell and "The Hawk Plant love this music so much, why in a related story, Frank Assunto, George Clinton or Sly Stone in the Walks" could use more echo and don't they just leave it alone. who ran for mayor of Fat City in late Sixties has never eaten at less piano. The seco:1d best tune Somebody told me the other day 1976 (and came in second) has Popeyes. Anyone who thinks the Hawkins ever did was "Little Pig" that this whole Honeydrippers EP announced his 1988 candidacy for stuff electronic crack that issues which opens side two and finds is nothin' but a bunch of ripoffs. President of the United States on ·forth from the studios of New Dale getting more than a little Ray Charles, Roy Brown ... the Toga Party ticket. His vice York has never danced the possessive with his big fat girl. A Jill: Yeah, I've heard the record, presidential running mate will be Popeye." This can only mean one large portion, a very large portion, it's pretty lame, but believe me it'll Mo Mancuso ... thing: that young Joe has been of Hawkins' success can be probably benefit those artists Island recording artists U2 will initiated into the coveted attributed to the fantastic guitar­ whom you care so much about a do a benefit concert to launch Am­ Brotherhood of The Greasy Chin ists who worked for him, including lot more than you think. nesty International's "Stop Tor- and Slippery Feet. Bon appetit, James Burton and Roy Buchanan. C

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