University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO Wavelength Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies 4-1981 Wavelength (April 1981) Connie Atkinson University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength Recommended Citation Wavelength (April 1981) 6 https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength/6 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at ScholarWorks@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wavelength by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. APRIL 1 981 VOLUME 1 NUMBE'J8. OLE MAN THE RIVER'S LAKE THEATRE APRIL New Orleans Mandeville, La. 6 7 8 9 10 11 T,HE THE THIRD PALACE SUCK'S DIMENSION SOUTH PAW SALOON ROCK N' ROLL Baton Rouge, La. Shreveport. La. New Orleans Lalaye"e, La. 13 14 15 16 17 18 THE OLE MAN SPECTRUM RIVER'S ThibOdaux, La. New Orleans 20 21 22 23 24 25 THE LAST CLUB THIRD HAMMOND PERFORMANCE SAINT DIMENSION SOCIAL CLUB OLE MAN CRt STOPHER'S Baton Rouge, La. Hammond, La. RIVER'S New Orleans New Orleans 27 29 30 1 2 WEST COAST TOUR BEGINS Barry Mendelson presents Features Whalls Success? __________________6 In Concert Jimmy Cliff ____________________., Kid Thomas 12 Deacon John 15 ~ Disc Wars 18 Fri. April 3 Jazz Fest Schedule ---------------~3 6 Pe~er, Paul Departments April "Mary 4 ....-~- ~ 2 Rock 5 Rhylhm & Blues ___________________ 7 Rare Records 8 ~~ 9 ~k~ 1 Las/ Page _ 8 Cover illustration by Rick Spain ......,, Polrick Berry. Edllor, Connie Atkinson. Contra<! Adnrtbin& Sales, Steve Gifford, Lyle Mauhews. Conlr1butlna Alllll, Skip Boi<n, Bunny Mauhews, Julia Nead, Kathl..:n Perry. Db lr1bulion, Laverne Kelly, Star Irvine. Co•lrlbutors, c.tos Boll, Jerry Brock, Bill Cat, Yorke Corbin, Ron Cuccia, Steve Cunningham, Zeke Fishhead, Steve Graves, Gilberl Holilawic:k, Coni Joseph, Andy Kaslow, Tim Lyman, Bunny Mauhews, Hammond Scou, Jim Scheurich, Almost Slim, Rhodes Spcdak, Kellh Twichell. lt'IYtltrlrrh 11 published monthly in New Orleans. Telephone (S04) $29-$962. Mail Subscriptions, address chanses to W-/engtlr, Saenger Theatre 8 p.m. llolll667, New Orleans, La. 7017$. Subscription rate, S8 per year. Foreisn, Sl$ per year. The entire contents or Wavelength are ..,...ttt 1981 Wa>"tltntllr. Sat.~ April 25 VIDEO MUSIC John Experience both the VISUAL and McLau8hl~n, the audio intensity of your D~Meola, favorite artist on videotape. AI Buy or Trade for only $5.00 Paco deLuc~a McAlister Auditorium • Fleetwood Mac • Rod Stewart Tulane University Campus • Gary Numan • Paul Simon 8p.m. • ELO • Barbra Streisand • james Taylor • Olivia Newton-john The Clash "Thousands of Titles Available" (Ask About Our Wed.~ April 29 VIdeo Tape Trade Club) AIR SUPPLY ~ AVAILABLE AT: VIDEO SPECTRUM Saenger Theatre 8 p .m. METAIRIE HOURS: N.O. EAST Tickets on sale at all 6601 Veterans Blvd. Mon.-Fri.: 11-8 7166 Crowder Blvd. TicketMaster locations 885-6527 Sat.: 1~8 241-9072 WAVELENGTH/ APRIL 1981 3 April Musicians for Music Elsewhere in this issue, various local musicians comment on the obstacles to pursuing their art in New Orleans. One group of New Orleans musicians has organized to overcome some of those obstacles-Musicians for Music, which is holding a benefit at Tipitina's on Sunday, AprilS. Proceeds from the performance will help further the organization's work in promoting in­ novative music on the local level; "OYSTER DAY" previous projects have included put­ LIMITED EDITION OF 1 000 ting together local concert series in SIGNED AND NUMBERED conjunction with the public radio and SIX-COLOR SILK SCREEN BY television stations. TERRY BAHM AND SUSAN PATENOTTE The benefit at Tipitina's will feature IMAGE SIZE: 24" x 33" PRICE: $30.00 Jasmine, with Patrice Fisher and Sun Kim; Woodenhead, with Jimmy fR~MING Robinson; and soloist Judith Grazaffi. SCHE:URICH- G~LLE:RV & Further information about Musicians 1022 LOW€RLIN€ <iTR€€T N.O ..L~ . 70118 for Music will be available at the per­ (504) 861-8319 formance or by contacting Patrice Fisher at 242-2323. Jazz Excursion WYES-TV expands its commitment to local music programming in April THE with the beginning of its Jazz Excur­ sion series, which will feature five local jazz artists on ten programs. The series premieres on Tuesday, Aprill4, at 9 p.m., with a one hour special featuring all five muscians: Lloyd Ellis, Ellis Marsalis, AI Belleto, Pete Fountain and Luther Kent. Lloyd Ellis will appear on a half hour show on April 21, followed by Ellis Marsalis at TUES. the same time on April 28. The series is 25c DRAFT produced by Emmy Award winner WED. John Beyer, who considers himself a SOc HI BALLS CORNER jazz specialist. THURS. BROADWAY LADIES NIGHT & & ZIMPLE Women In Jazz DOUBLE SHOTS 866·9008 Concert In April The "Women In Jazz/ Nighttime APRIL SCHEDULE Concerts" is a new series beginning Thurs. 2nd Johnny Allen Thurs. 9th Radiators this April designed to bring to New Fri. 3rd The Meters Fri. 10th L'il Queenie Orleans nationally known top women Sun. 5th Godot Sun. 12th BLOCK PARTY jazz artists, and to showcase locally Tues. 7th James Rivers Thurs. 23rd Wyldabeats involved women in jazz here in New Thurs. 30th Night Riders Orleans. *BLOCK PARTY (Meters, Radiators, James Rivers) Opening up the series on Friday, April 17, will be local jazz vocalist Lady BJ and her band Spectrum, and 4 WAVELENGTH/ APRIL 1981 in from Berkeley, California, will be recording artist Mary Watkins, an ex­ quisitely intricate jazz pianist, singer,and composer, who will be ap­ pearing with her trio. On Friday, April 24, the New Orleans group Jasmine, featuring Patrice Fisher and Sun Wha Kim, and topping this con­ temporary jazz bill will be the jazz THE quintet, Alive!, also recording artists from Berkeley. Other concerts in the works are Flora Purim, Phoebe Snow and pianist Joanne Brackeen. All shows will be held at the Con­ temporary Arts Center, 900 Camp. Admission is $6, $5 for CAC members. Lois Dejean vs. the Jazz Fest According to a report in the Loui­ siana Weekly, Lois Dejean, leader of the Youth Inspirational Choir and associate director of the Gospel Tent at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, is threatening the festival with a discrimination suit and a boycott by 20 gospel groups. Dejean maintains that she was summarily dismissed from her position as Jazz Fest office manager and demoted to secretary, with a cut in pay. Her replacement is a white woman, and Dejean alleges discriminatory prac­ tises, noting that although the over­ DO-IT-YOURSELF whelming majority of musicians play­ ing in the festival are black, most of FRAMING the festival staff is white. Her case is PICTURE now pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­ IS CHEAPER THAN sion, and no one is inclined to com­ ment further at this point. Dejean is FRAMING. not revealing the names of any groups CUSTOM that might be involved in the boycott. RIGHT? Club News We at the FRAMEHOUSE wanted to make a graphiC example of how we make fram1n g affordable So we went and did some do-it-yourself The Boot, uptown, is featuring live frames ( 16 X 20 II 11 silver frame . reg glass and mount1ng) and here music these days. The Percolators, 1S what we diSCovered when our custom pnce 1S compared to the1r Radiators, et al, have made ap­ dO·It·yourself pnce. pearances already. BUSINESS PRICE DIFFERENCE Victor's, in the Quarter, home of • Do·lt·Yourself Creole cooking and the band of the Frame Shop $32 07 COSTS YOU 36°o MORE same name, has become a hangout Gen Persh1ng for musicians after hours. Rumor has • Do·lt·Yourself Frame Shop 30 64 COSTS YOU 30 ~o MORE it that Cooking's pianist, Antoine Adams St. Domino Jr., had a visit from his dad Do·lt·Yourselt recently for a little jam session. Frame Shop 28 85 COSTS YOU 23°o MORE The Dunn Inn is opened and book­ Veterans Blvd ing hot reggae and jazz acts. The pro­ FRAMEHOUSE 23 50 WE MAKE FRAMING AFFORDABLE prietors are calling it "The late night FRAMEHOUSE/1130 St. Charles Ave./566-0949/M-S, 10-6 place for debauchery." They said it; we didn 't. WRONG. WAVELENGTH/ APRIL 1981 5 n By Nancy Weldon and Bunny Matthews I;;HAPS you've wondered-if all these New Orleans to be original, and take the time to create, rather than try­ musicians are as incredible as they seem to be, why don't ing to sound like Earth, Wind and Fire or somebody that's more of them (or any of them) have heated guitar-shaped already made it. .. I think that's his biggest obstacle." Also, swimming pools in their backyards, matched sets of "It's easier for, cheaper for a bar owner or nightclub Mercedes coupes in their garages and diamonds on their owner to spin records or put a tape on." pinkies a bit smaller than your average golfball? We've wondered ourselves and failing to come up with any sound J RMA THOMAS, vocalist. conclusion, we decided to ask a selection of New Orleans "I would daresay, yes, a musician is his own obstacle to music business notables for their thoughts on the matter. success ... because a lot of them are never prompt. .. They Their astute replies follow: don't have any dedication. They like the money, but they don't like to be dedicated to anything .. .Instead of treating it like a job, they treat it like--in fact they don't treat it as Q. What would you say is the biggest obstacle to suc­ good as a hobby 'cause most of 'em treat their hobbies bet­ cess to a working musician in New Orleans? ter than some people treat their jobs .