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MARCH 198&WAVELENGnt 3 The Devl's Dream It's a dream, a dream, the devil' s dream Two parts honey and one part cream Stop the world and change thi scene Listen once again to the devil' s · dream It's a big black cadillac Rusting in the weeds of old Manchac Good morning judge now ain't you clean Listen once again to the devil' s dream It's a big fat slot machine Give her a spin I'm feeling mean Su red chernes one good scream Listen once again to the devil' s dream It's a dream, a dream, the devil' s dream When it's midnight in New Orleans They do a dance that can't be seen Listen once again to the devil' s dream The dBs adapt to local customs with ease as they have their (King) cake - and eat it, too, before their gig © 1985 Ed Volker at Jimmy's last month. IRS's ClllliiU Edge TIIPII Hn The North Carolina Carnival bands to cover their shows as well Club returned to New Orleans for as to tape four of our own local their second annual Mardi Gras bands: Dash Rip Rock, Multiple spectacle. The NCCC, which this Places, Reality Patio, and Mamou. year was comprised of the Flesh­ IRS vice-president Carl Grasso, tones, the dBs and Let's Active, who screened and selected the local seemed mighty happy to be in town acts for the show, seemed to be despite a demanding schedule that looking for bands who drew inspira­ included back-to-back gigs and tion from sounds indigenous to this numerous tapings for MTV. part of the country, which may in­ As is probably common knowl­ deed be something for our young edge by now, MTV's Cutting Edge musicians to think about. was in town in tandem with the As for the North Carolina Carniv­ al Club, they must have surely got­ ten a taste of Carnival playing to packed houses at both Jimmy's and the Dream Palace. The gig at Jim­ Will Rigby, drummer of the dBs and leader of Wipe Me Mommy, my's was highlighted by a sincere, parades in the parking lot of the Bayou Plaza with Gilbert Nestor, moving rendering of Elvis' "Suspi­ former sound man of the Nevilles, current soundman for the dBs cious Minds" by the dBs and a and guitarist of Wipe Me Mommy. raucous parade-through-the-front­ door opening by The Fleshtones To the Editor: who played until sunlight bounced Git' down! Just read one of your old onto the puddles on Willow Street. issues (the one with Aaron on the The next night at the Dream Palace cover). It was boss. I just got my th({ boys from Carolina regrouped hands on a copy of "You aint no Hip­ into the bands Wipe Me Mommy To the Editor: py" the Hereys with Mr. Smith in the and Luscious Brown & Huge and We recently received a copy of Band. It's Boss. Please write more jammed with the likes of Chris your excellent publication, and we are deep stories on the deep cats. Huey, Stamey, Mitch Easter and the Love pleased and flattered that you chose to Aaron-Hawkettes, Lloyd Price, Delegation. review the L5 News. as well as the Frankie Ford,Dale Hawkins and Peter Holsapple of the dBs pro­ Society. Speaking for myself, and ... Duran Duran. Here's my sub­ mised the tradition will continue - other pencil necked over-bright geeks scription money. Set me up with the and we all know New Orleans is a everywhere, we say thank you, and hot line to swingsville. Only 'zinc as town that loves tradition. offer the latest instalment of the News. Boss a-; yours is "Kicks" outta New The ever ·so-serious Peter - Nick Marinello I hac also enclosed a copy of "Elf­ York. Git one. Ncvilles Rule! To hell Zaremba under wig and in­ hive,'' the continuing cartoon about a with the Boss! cognito, weaves through the .Note: The Cutting Edge filmed in New mutant and his yeast batch. Enjoy. · - Dan Mulholland .crowd at Jimmy's unnoticed by Orleans will be shown on MTV the - Aleta Jackson Ann Arbor, Ml no one. last Sunday in March. Tune in.

4 WAVB..ENG'mMARCH 1986 Jm Fest sets Dates The 17th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which will run from April 25 through May 4, 1986, has announced the initial line-up of artists scheduled to per­ form this year. The Festival tradi­ tionally schedules returning favo­ rites and first-time performers who are drawn from a wide range of lo­ cal as well as international artists. The first round of confirmations in­ cludes: Pete Fountain, B. B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rockin' Sid­ ney, Miles Davis, the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Nina Simone, Jose Feliciano, Black Uhuru, Dr. John, Butch Thompson (host, Prairie Home Companion), John Ham­ mond, Betty Carter, Neville Broth­ ers, Allen Toussaint, Koko Taylor, David Murray Octet, Irma Thomas, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Sippie Wallace, Ladies Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, and the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra. These 22 artists are just part of the 3,000 musicians who will per­ form over the 10-day t:tJn of the feature dozens of food booths where several concert halls and night clubs Louisiana 800/662-1930. Eastern Festival either in the evening con­ over 90 Louisiana specialty dishes, around the city. Airlines, is returning as the Official cert series or at the Heritage Fair in~luding various preparations of This preliminary series of artists · Jazz Festival Airline. To take portion of the Festival. The daytime crawfish, shrimp, oysters, crab and _ will be added to in the next few advantage of special low festival outdoor Louisiana Heritage Fair, alligator, will be sold. Hundreds of weeks. A full color Festival fares call 800/EASTERN. held on the park-like infield of the contemporary and folk artisans will brochure with a complete list of There will be two special Jazz Fair Grounds Race Track, is slated demonstrate and sell their hand­ performers, schedule of events and Festival issues of Wavelength this for April 25, 26, and 27 and May 3 crafted work. ticket mail order form will be avail- year. April will have updates on the and 4. Along with ten stages of Evening concerts take place able in mid-March. To receive the artists slated to appear this year as music performances that run sim­ aboard the Riverboat President as it brochure, send a self-addressed and well as inside information for out of ultaneously, the Heritage Fair will cruises along the Mississippi and at stamped envelope to the Festival at town visitors and previews of all P.O. Box 2530, New Orleans, the events surrounding the world's Louisiana 70176. . largest music festival. May will be Festival performers will once an issue to keep, with the again be staying at the International Wavelength staffs full coverage of Hotel, the Headquarter Hotel for the the festival and the most complete Festival. Located at 300 Canal and knowledgeable coverage of ac- Street, the International offers a tivities around the city. For special rate fc::>r Festival patrons. advertising rates, call Elizabeth Call toll free: 800/535-7783, in Fontaine at" 895-2342. ------~ --~

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Artists of a different feather, Cousin Joe and Jim Gabour, wor!ed well together in one of several episodes of Music City screened at a party thrown by WVES last month. The occasion Legal Weapon, a Los Angeles-based band, was in New Orleans was the national premier of Music City on the Arts and last month stopping in for a gig while on their way home from an Entertainment Network. Among the musicians taped by Mr. extensive eight-week tour that took them all the way toythe East Gabour are The Nevilles, James Booker, The Golden Eagles as Coast. The group opened for the Circle Jerks, another L.A. band well as new music acts like the Cold, Lenny Zenith and the who was, coincidentally, in town on their way out to the eastern Back beats. seaboard.

MARCH 1986WAVB.ENGTH 5 MADE THE AMERICAN WAY K COLEMAN

From 1949 to 1952, New Orleans' one with "Goin' Home" and never first black disc jockey and the first look back. spokesman for New Orleans R&B, '' Painia' s Show 'Heftiest Bonanza' Dr. Dad.dy-0, wrote a column for the In Three Years'' was the headline Jan­ local black newspaper, The Louisiana uary 19 over a story about Willie Mae Weekly, titled "Boogie-Beat Jive." Thornton, a 200-pound blues siren in tribute to Dr. Daddy-0, this col­ from Los Angeles, with -comedian umn will present time capsule Sam "My Ding-A-Ling" Rhodes and summaries from the history of New the house band of Edgar Blanchard at Orleans rhythm & blues, as chroni­ the Dew Drop Inn. Other weight­ cled by The Weekly. related gaffs in the story about Thorn- • ton, who would hit big in 1953 with The Louisiana Weekly- Winter (January­ "Hound Dog," included the line March) 1952 "she warbles (sic) onto the stage." he year 1952 opened with a bang Sugarboy would have loved it! for Professor Longhair. Finishing Of interest in the January 26 Weekly Tthe last six weeks of an eight-week was the death of 75-year-old Frankie stint every night at the Club Hi-Hat, Baker in a Pendleton, Oregon, mental he went immediately to the Club Cal­ hospital. Said to be the woman whose donia for three weekends. At the end murder of her man in 1899 was im­ of Fess's blitz, Dr. Daddy-0 an­ mortalized in the ballad ''Frankie and nounced on March I: "Hooray!! for Johnny,'' Baker sued Republic Pic­ Prof. Longhair, whose newest record­ tures unsuccessfully for $200,000 in ing 'K.C. Blues' is another hit!!! 1942 for defamation in the movie ver­ ... so is Roy Brown's 'Brown An­ sion of the song. Her life was made a gel.' " The Caldonia was so hot to get living hell, she said, by the incessant Longhair that it announced his move a chanting of the song by children in week too early. A filler below the front of her house. announcement (2/2/52) summed up Fess in the words qf our beloved 20th Buried in Dr. Daddy-O's March 8 president, James A. Garfield: "If you column was his discovery of Sugar­ are not too large for the place, you are boy Crawford: "Have you ever heard too small for it.'' of the Cha-Pawka-Cha-Wee musi­ We're )'here were no New Orleans rec­ cians?? Say, they're tops! ... A new Back! ords listed in the list of 1951 group 's top of youngsters (all are teen­ R&B records in the January 5 Weekly agers), these fellows have given (which did include Dinah Washing­ themselves a wonderful start in the ton's "I Won't Cry Anymore," the music world . . . Who are they? .. . ·and Open Daily for: Dominoes' "Sixty Minute Man," well, there's James Crawford .. . NatCole's "BecauseofYou," Arnett Warren Myles ... Alfred Woodard Cobb's ·:smooth Sailing," and Jack­ ... Irvin Bannister ... Nolan Black­ ie Brenston's "Rocket 88") but Roy well . . . Gus Lavigne . . . Alvin Good Food Brown was named Metronome maga- · Cooper ... Edgar Myles ... and Lunch • Dinner zinc's "most booked act" (a $750 Eric Warner ... ! a groovy bunch ... prize) for the second year running, (didja hear them on the Daddy-0 & Sunday Brunches with only 21 open nights. The (1119) Show last Saturday morning?)." Weekly announced his New Orleans Little did the good doctor know that outfit will be in the metropolitan area just five days later the record would for four months until Brown's physi­ re-ignite the New Orleans R&B scene cian gives him the okey for road work. was to be recorded- Lloyd Price's Brown, who underwent a throat op­ "Lawdy Miss Clawdy." eration last year, was ordered to New Other Gigs: Jessie Allen with Spid­ Orleans to rest after he had taken a er Bocage (Eddie Bo), Albert Scott, relapse.'' Before hitting the road May and Buddy Williams at the Tiajuana 10, Brown played Landry High (January-February); Johnnie Otis School (1/26 with Fess at 65¢ a tick­ with Mel Walker, Little Esther, Gate­ et!) and the San Jacinto (2/2 and Mar­ mouth Brown, and Willie Mae Thorn­ di Gras, 2/26). Dr. Daddy-0 said ton at the Rowenwald Bym (2/17); Brown in the .latter show was Billy Eckstine and Count Basic at the ''spreading rhythm like a sprinkler Booker T. Washington Auditorium truck." (2/20); Ruth Brown with Paul "Huck­ In 1952, Fats Domino was still . lebuck'' Williams at the Rosenwald working the "chittlin' circuit," play­ Gym (2126); Dave Bartholomew with ing the Pentagon Ballroom (l/12) af­ "Thomas" Ridgely at the Hi-Hat 8324 Oak St. 866-3223 ter a tour of Texas, Mississippi, and (March); Buddy Johnson with Arthur Lunch: 11-2:30 M-Sat. north Louisiana. In March, Fats's Prysock and Ella Johnson at the Dinner: 5-10:00 M-Thurs., 5-11 Fri. & Sat. bass player, Billy Diamond, stated Rosenwald Auditorium (3/9); Wyno­ Sunday Brunch: 9· 3:00 they were going to Memphis, Atlanta, nie Harris, Larry Darnell, anrl Annie and back to Memphis again. In June, Laurie at the Palace Theater (3/ h~wever, Domino would hit number 22). 0

6 WAVEL.ENGTltMAACH 1986 s1reet An Old-Fashioned Movie An interview with FIX lead Bryan Brown; Sting and Fats star in a mus.ic documentary; and it's Oscar Time!

is an old-fashioned they experience in the course of some movie. It is clever and harrowing fights and chase scenes original, but has some were thoroughly enjoyable. very~'X basic elements for entertainment What Bryan Brown lacks in com­ that many modern movies sidestep in plexity, he makes up for in raw, their quest for progress. A suspense­ straight-from-the-gut-of-life deliv­ ful story line, a romanc·e, and an ery. Fine performances are also given ordinary man who saves himself from by Brian Dennehy as the rugged and extraordinary danger' work to keep disliked detective Leo McCarthy, and the audience involved. FIX is also the beautiful Diane Venora who is about making movies, capitalizing on totally charming in her too-short role one of the more popular aspects of the as. Tyler's actress/girlfriend. Mason process in recent years - special Adams, most familiar as the person­ ·A ollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) pretends to shoot Lipton (Cliff DeYoung) before effects. The idea that a special effects able Charlie Hume from Lou Grant, taking some shots at Rosebud. expert can use his skills to stage a real gets a chance to reveal his seamier life pretend murder, get himself in side. The many supporting· players,­ good for Australians to get a bit of - JohnDuigan's WinterofOurDreams. real life or· death trouble, and then whose roles were crucial cogs that clout." But he is not exactly a household face escape it using those same skills, is kept a· complex plot rolling, were ex­ Brown recalled the first script he in the Northern Hemisphere, as most the premise on which FIX succeeds cellently written and cast. The only read for FIX was almost entirely made of his 18-odd pictures have only been from start to finish. exception was Martha Gehman as up of action sequences. Eventually seen Down Under. Played with expertise by Bryan Tyler's special effects assistant. She more personal drama was added, and His roles in international pro­ Brown, Rollie l;yler is the special stood out as a struggling amateur, much of the original action pulled ductions are changing that, however. effects wizard whose professional ex­ looking cute, but reciting her few back. It was director Bob Mandel and In addition to FIX, Brown has recently perience includes creating monsters lines to Tyler as if she'd been studying the story of Rollie Tyler that ul­ starred in the British productions Give for the movies like I Dismember Batman and Robin reruns. timately sold him on the part. "It was My Regards to Broad Street, as Paul Mama , the remnants of which deco­ about a man who was able to survive McCartney's manager, and P(lrker, rate his New York studio. But he can The role of Roll.je Tyler was not because of the skills he had from his the story of a businessman who is kid­ also make people bleed, explode, and written specifically for an Australian job, so you had to get to know the man napped for no apparent reason, and die, or at least look like they do. Whf!:'n actor, but was a part that readily and understand him. The action in FIX after his release becomes obsessed he is approached by the government's accommodated Bryan Brown's Au­ is not machine gun action, but rather with finding his captors. He will soon Witness Relocation Program to stage stralian accent and manners. In an in­ Rollie knowing he can get into a be seen in the title role of Dino De­ an execution intended to protect the terview at his Malibu home last sum­ house, knowing how to muck around Laurentis's $30 million production of life of an ex-mafioso, the repercus­ mer, just after shooting FIX in New with the lights. He has capabilities he James Clavell's Tai-Pan, shot last fall sions of employing celluloid tricks in York, I spoke with Brown about the didn't realize that put him in a position in Cl~ina. the real world begin to snowball. The opportunities he is taking outside his to fight back. The movement in the pace never slackens - Tyler has to native country. movie was always to pusli for the real­ Brown is extremely loyal to the think fast on his feet despite the pun- "FIX was not written for an Au­ ity, not just, 'oh, let's put some action Australian film industry, though, and ches thrown his way. . stralian, which was one of the very in here.' It was always meant to be to what he feels to be the importance The film is reminiscent in some good reasons for doing it," said believeable what this man would of telling Australian stories on screen. ways of Marathon Man and Three Brown. "That's good for me per­ know, which should make it a drama "There are times you move among Days of the Condor, stories in which sonally, but also for the Australian rather than just an action adventure." other communities of filmmaking, but terror originates from not knowing fJ.lm industry. Once you've got to the American audiences may recognize you come back to your own. I'm an who to trust in very dangerous situa­ stage of being a well-known actor at Brown from his roles in Breaker Australian actor, and part of that com­ tions, and where heroes become the home, the next barrier to break is the Morant, Masterpiece Theatre's A munity, with the opportunity to work victims of corporate mind games ~nd fact that, in stories· set around the Town Like Alice, and as the sole Au- internationally, jus; as Matt Dillon much worse. For those usually world, you don't see too many Au­ . ssie actor in the American made, does a movie in Australia, or Robert squeamish about movie violence, you stralians. Getting people used to the pseudo-Australian mini-series The DeNiro does in England ... Acting is may find FIX's violent moments very fact that Australians exist as capably Thorn Birds. Sqme big city film buffs expression, and what I express is the exciting, edge-of-the-seat fun - the as anyone else in the world will help and arthouse patrons may have caught fact that I'm very Australian. I'm con­ bad guys are so bad that every pain - it's getting them used to us. It's his thoughtful performance as Rob in ditioned by the Sydney western sub- JIMMY~SMARC: Sat. 1 True Faith Fri. 14 WTUL Rock & Multiple Places On Marathon Tues. 4 Wall of Voodoo Sat. 15 to be announced Thurs. 6 Rebels Sun. 16 Jackie Dale Fri. 7 Up Front & The Rogues from Jamaica Sat. 8 Barbara Menendez Band Thurs. 20 Four For Nothing Mon. 10 Phantom Rocker & Slick Fri. 21 Petries Tues. 11 Blasters with Bas Clas Sat. 22 Uncle Stan Wed. 12 Johnny Thunder & Auntie Vera Thurs. 13 Mistreaters Tues. 25 Guadalcanal Diary (tentative) 8200 Willow 24.Hour Hotline: 861-8200

MARCH 1986<'WAVELENGT1i 7 urbs, the lifestyle, the country and look at the state's music and heritage politics." Brown is currently de­ by astute outsiders would be of great veloping several projects in Australia, interest to local viewers. Allen Tous­ including a film called The Umbrella saint, the only performer in the show Woman with director Ken Cameron. who had the chance to view the He will co-star with his wife, English finished product, was very impressed actress Rachel Ward, for the first time with its humor and drama, and capsul­ since The Thorn Birds. . tzed its overall quality as a project Despite his sense of roots, Brown's done "with care and pride." beginnings in the acting profession Walking to New Orleans was made actually occurred overseas, and in a with the local assistance of Quint fashion atypical of the NIDA (Nation­ Davis, who organized much of the al Institute of Dramatic Arts) trained music, and Joe Catalanato of In- generation of actors who dominate the . dependent Studios, who supplied Australian stage and screen. After equipment and special effects- yes, four years in amateur theatre, his \ special effects in a music doco. after-hours escape while working a Also made while Holland and fel­ boring insurance job, he decided to low Squeeze member Gilson Lavis give professional acting "a bloody were in town, was a 30-minute tape good run." His goal was to get a pro­ shot at Snug Harbor, called Jules Hol­ fessional job within five years. It took \ land Big Band Plays New Orleans. only a couple of months, but they Along with Holland and drummer were months spent in England. Lavis were locals George Porter on According to Brown, only English bass, and Gregory Davis of the Dirty and American stories were being pro­ Fats Domino with Jools Holland, Squeeze keyboard player and nar­ Dozen on trumpet. This show was duced on the Australian stage at the rator of "Walking to New Orleans." aired in Britain in late February ... time, so he decided to attempt those ... Students of film and interested plays in the land of their origins rather liam Hurt gets my vote for best actor annual convention in New Orleans at parties should take note of the 26th than learning them second hand. for his portrayal of a homosexual in a the end of January, drawing annual meeting of the Society for For all his years in show business, Latin American jail in Kiss, and 'Klaus thousands to the city. The Convention Cinema Studies, to be held in New Brown remains unaffected by what Maria Brandauer for best supporting Center was set up like a giant patio Orleans April 3-6 at the Hotel Inter­ some would call a star mentality. He actor (Out of Africa). Angelica Hus­ sale for the selling of both antique Continental. The Society for Cinema is a straightforward, easygoing man ton, my choice for best supporting sitcoms and new series. I had the Studies is a national organization of who enjoys his work, does a job well, actress, stands out in the greatly opportunity there to view a delightful about 600 film educators. Although and just happens to be in the public flawed Prizzi' s Honor, a movie with hour-long documentary called Walk­ not household names, the speakers eye. He is equally unfazed by the good intentions only. None of the ing to New Orleans, represented by expected are the tops in their field. reputations of others in the film in­ nominated best actresses particularly Britain's Tyne Tees Enterprises. According to Andy Horton, host dustry. "I'm not the kind of person appeal to me. The very capable Jessi­ The semi-humorous travelogue is coordinator and professor of film and who gets very impressed by what ca Lange's portrayal of Patsy Cline in the result of a British invasion of literature at UNO, this is the society's someone has done. I like working Sweet Dreams is perhaps her weakest Louisiana in March 1985, when Jools first conference where active with people I get along with, and ever. Anne Bancroft for Agnes ofGod Holland, keyboard player for filmmakers will moderate workshops whose ideas and enthusiasm I like,'' would be my unpopular choice, but I Squeeze and general funny guy, and along with scholars. There will also he says. "I've liked every movie I've can't imagine the Academy re!Varding TUBE director GeofTWonfor filmed be a large feminist contingent, as been involved with - I never found a nun over a country singer, a down­ a musical trek through the outskirts of women in film seem to be the flavor of people jumping up and down and trodden black woman (Whoopi Gold­ Louisiana to New Orleans. The color­ the month. French filmmaker Fran­ screaming, hating this or that person. berg), or heaven forbid, that Streep ful journey starts as a getaway from a cois TrufTaut graces the conference I've never had a bad time on a woman. (Rumor has it Streep is study­ drab London day, shot in black and poster, an honor to the great director movie." ing her acceptance speech in Amer­ white, where a bedraggled Sting sits who died two months before a sched­ Orion Pictures Corporation. Di­ ican, just in case.) All I am grateful in the street playing acoustic guitar uled New Orleans lecture on French rected by Robert Mandel; produced for is that the over-exposed Sally and singing the haunting ''Moon Over Cinema in 1984. by Dodi Fayed and Jack Wiener; writ­ "Now I know you like me" Field will Bourbon Street.'' In an Oldsmobile The four days of lectures, panels ten by Robert T. Megginson and not have to embarrass herself and her Rent-A-Wreck, transformed into a and presentations will cost students Gregory Freeman; Fxecutive Pro­ audience again with a speech like last convertible by Lee Dorsey who saws $40 and regular people $55. About ducer, Michael Peyser; music by Bill year's. off its roof, Holland l)arrates a music­ 300-400 are expected to attend. Two Conti; starring Bryan Brown, Brian My personal nominations for al odyssey which includes a piano les­ sessions will be free and open to the Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De­ awards never given would include: son at Fats Domino's house, per­ public: American Independent Fea­ Young . Rated R. Aurora, Lakeside, Most Embarrassing: Taylor Hack­ formances by the Gospel Soul Chil­ ture Filmmaking on Thursday, April3 Downtown Joy, Plaza Cinema 4. ford's White Nights - Baryshnikov dren on the roadside, Johnnie Allan at 8:30 p.m. (featuring participants 'Ct'Ct'Ct'Ct V2 and Hines should both stick to danc­ in the Bayou Bar, Lafayette, and the Robert Young, Glen Pitre, and ing and keep their mouths shut, but it Neville Brothers at Storyville. Also David Rosen); and Spotlight on Oscar Time was the direction and the ridiculous featured are Dr. John, Lee Dorsey Louisiana Filmmakers, Saturday, The Academy Awards- the show script that made this film particularly singing as well .as sawing, and Allen April 5 at 8:30p.m., featuring special you love to hate- will air nationally unbearable; Most Overlooked: Toussaint performing his tribute to screenings of recent film and video on March 24. I admit to watching the Albert Brooks's fine comedy Lost in Professor Longhair, "The Old Pro­ works. Contact Andy Horton at UNO whole thing, every year, drained and America, starring himself and Julie fessor," on the still-closed Tipitina's for registration or information- 286- bored and sorry as I always am. As for Hagerty. How many people got to see stage. What began as a conversation 7097 ... predictions, I don't pretend or even it? How many people's lives could in a London pub between Holland and ... British director Alan Parker desire to be able to get inside the mind have been changed and weren't.as a Wonfor became a clever, lighthearted (Shoot the Moon, Midnight Express) of the Academy- a dangerous place result of not seeing this movie?; Most and respectful homage to some of was in New Orleans in February pre­ that would be - to know intimat~ly Overrated: The Color Purple - I New Orleans' great jazz and blues paring for the $17 million feature, An­ the politics involved with the final de­ knew things were getting really out of legends. gel Hearl, scheduled to begin shoot­ cisions. But personally, I hope that hand when one TV reviewer sug­ A 90-minute version of the piece, ing in New Orleans May I. The first the fuss over the recently released gested it be against the law not to see basically the same but with added part of the story will be shot in New Color Purple and Out of Africa will this movie. musical numbers, was seen on Chan­ York in March and April. The film not deter attention from the fine films nel 4 in Britain last autumn. It was will star Mickey Rourke, and rumors released earlier in the year, namely very well received and will be aired of Jack Nicholson signing are yet to Witness and Kiss ofthe Spiderwoman. again in its 60 minute format in the be confirmed ... Witness, by far, deserves awards for near future. Correct me ifl am wrong, .. . Also scouting locations in New best script, best director (Peter Weir), Local Production Notes but I know of no local stations that Orleans in February were representa­ and best film, as it is one of the most The National Association of TV snapped up this fine show for tives of a European production com­ finely crafted movies ever made. Wil- Programmmg Executives held their Louisiana broadcast. I'm sure this pany, who plan to shoot a movie

8 WAVEI..ENGl'KtWDi 1986 CELLULQID called Deathless in July and August. and video projects were discussed on Half of the story takes place in New February 22 at a workshop at the Con­ Orleans, half in Bombay. Principal temporary Arts Center. Co-sponsored crew members will be Italian imports, by the CAC and New Orleans Video but post production will be done in Access Center, representatives from \lAGGERIMG California. Tentatively starring three major funding sources - the David Bowie, the film deals with Community Access Corporation. who themes of reincarnation. It involves a give grants for cable related projects; psychiatrist who brings people's past the Louisiana Division of the Arts \EL TON lives to the surface, and makes the State Arts Council; and the Louisiana decision whether or not to reveal their Committee on the Humanities-gave former identities to them ... their two cents worth in the first half ... Producer-director Stevenson of the day-long workshop. Grantees Palfi, best known for the multi-award Stevenson Palfi and Glen Pitre offered winning New Orleans music docu­ their point of view in the afternoon. mentary Piano Players Rarely Ever This fundraising workshop is offered Play Together, is at work on several annually at the CAC ... new projects. In his first departure ... There is still a chance for film from the documentary format, Palfi is production workers to be listed in a finishing post production on a one­ production manual to be printed later man drama about the mythic civil in the year by the Louisiana Film rights movement leader, Junebug Commission. The guide will list your Jabbo Jones. The play. originally ti­ name and a brief resume according to tled, Don't Start Me Talking or I'Ll your skill, be it gaffer or actor or Tell Everything I Know: Sayings from make-up artist. Contact Konita at the the Life and Writings ofJunebug Jab­ Film Commission for the necessary bo Jones, premiered on the stage in forms, which must be submitted by 1980 at the Free Southern Theater. April I. In Baton Rouge. 1-342- John O'Neal, the play's creator and 9167 ... sole actor, wanted to bring the black ... Belizaire, the Cajun, Glen folk character to more audiences than Pitre's feature produced in Lafayette the theatre could reach. In '82, Palfi last year, fared very well at the recent began production of the video ver­ United States Film Festival in Utah. sion, which will be completed by the Although falling short of the festival's end of March. Supported by several grand prize because of sound pro­ grants, including one from the pre­ blems (which are since being cor­ stigious American Film Institute - a rected), it was a festival favorite and $8.98 Lists . . $5.99 once in a lifetime deal - Junebug received glowing reviews in the Hol­ Jabbo Jones will air first on the access Lywood Reporter and Variety. Says $6.98 Lists . . $4.99 channel of Cox Cable, and ultimately the HR: "Superbly paced and brimm­ on PBS networks ... ing with period detail, Belizaire is a $14.98 Lists . . $1 0.99 . . . Still in the editing stage is a sterling example of the type of film documentary, also years in the mak­ that can come from talented regional ing, on sexagenarian violinist Papa filmmakers. The film's potential 12~ Slnglee John Creach. After years of discus­ should transcend regional boundar­ CEL 155 "~ tf fltlrl 2000" CEL 158 fill F"m Fretloly "CIIute die liNt" LPa ...... - sion between Palfi and Creach about ies." National distribution deals will CEL157 Trilll2 '1nlt I Lib" CELL 5002• n. 6.w.. Po'-INa making the documentary, perform­ be finalized soon. Belizaire opened in CEL158 D.ST. "CIItl h u,· CELL5003' ...._,. "K"IIat TIIM" ance footage was shot in 1983, and Baton Rouge February 28th, and ten­ CEL 159 PloaM II "Till !l.xy" CELL 5004 • llllf ... "o.tllae 11 2" CEL181 KHII "KHII hrty" CELL soos• DMill "-"llew Yll'll hw" more recently with Creach and fellow tatively will be available to New CEL182 W1ecllltot,_. "Htmf lllewill" CELL 5008Denllloley/Jelll z.nt/Ge.ti Llwil musicians George Winston and Orleans audiences in April ... CEL183 S...... "ZIIIIIGfMft" "Y..... " Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, among ... The Contemporary CEL184 S...... "S....,...... CELL 5004115001 IMt W• PIR/Hiary Kmltl Art Center CEL 185 r-Z... "n. WiW Style" a-t. leyw "lnhl die s,lrit" others, in the summer of '85. "The will host "Louisiana Stories - A CEL188 LltlttJ!Ioo' RMIJilll HeMrls CELL 5010·,... ~ "O..Itile" idea of shooting musical reunions," Film and Video Festival," a two­ "Deri1111 0. Foon.iee" • CELL 5011 IIMIIIII ...... ,__ ...... CEL181 illleWW "Pruil" CELL 50121rij ...... K*l says Palfi, "through which many week celebration of regional film pro­ CEL 181 I ·SW. W,.._.., flwllr "CW..." .,.._ SIWI Geltlt'" ideas, attitudes and musical styles can jects. From March 13-23, screenings CEL171 ..... 111111111 .... 0.." CELL8100• ..... "ftlllk r.....- be explored, really came about years of six works will be shown (most will CEL 172 1111 lllloiM "Y• C:. 111111 It" CELL 8101• n. lMt ,_ CEL173 D.ST...... II CELL8102• T_..IIIMI ago while shooting This Cat Can Play be shown twice), and there will be IW1ry II h F.... tr -c-• Clllr. l-" Anything, a documentary about tradi­ opportunity to grill, pester, and flirt CEL 174 D.JT./JoiiiHilill .._ hri1WII CELL e1o3• ...... 1Mtw111 ...... _.... FMoy-. s- "Wittl Slttl" tional jazz banjoist Emmanuel with the filmmakers, most of whom CEL178 n.. Z.. "WifW lleltnclila" CELLS104• y_...... Till" Sayles, a tape that Papa John gra­ will be on hand. The lineup includes CEL177 AfricMc-tile,...._. CELL810s•n.lMt,_"1111111 ...... ciously appeared in. What occurred Robert Russett's Experimental Land­ CEL171 I·IWI "S. Hit" CEU a1oe•lMt ,_ "DIIIIIy ...... CEL17t fMiy ... S.. "llerilae" CELLS1011• r...... Kltl between Sayles and Papa John was a scapes; John Huzar's Gouschalk: A CELIIO n. Ult ,_ "llet ...... H "Anty ~ very special musical and personal Musical Portrait, a documentary on CEL181 T...... "T.... I ..." CELL8110• .. Afria CEL 182 IJeM1'- • ...._lied(' CEU 8113• T...... "lltllia" communication. It crossed my mind Louisiana's first internationally re­ CEL113 a....h'-iela " 0tulll" CELL811s•r."hJ~'·Iqllll) at that time to do an entire documen­ nowned composer; Karen Snyder's CEL184 Fill "AniJ ~· CELL8118• r. "Zelollll" tary in this style and trace a man's Urban Anglers, a look at the people CEL 115 D.ST. "Till H-tf Hlfo H.," CELL 8117 • r. "SIItfleriat 1IMI st.lti11" CEL 188 lllu1 Oillla11 "Electric Africa" CELL 8122 • ~ "h ..,_.. career and his attitudes about success who fish the waters of urban New Celluloid Records (212) 714-0033, Telex 669253 CELL and music through interactions with Orleans; Steve Ross's major new 155 West 2 9 Street, New York, NY 1 000 1 fellow musicians whom he respected work The Old Forest; Richard Kilberg and had been professionally involved and Ken Bums's Huey Long, about with." the life and times of ... ; and Rick The documentary is being partially Smith's major documentary Uncle funded by the National Endowment of Earl Long, about the equally con­ the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, troversial younger brother of Huey. and the Corporation for Public Each screening will cost members Broadcasting. Stevenson Productions of CAC $2, and non-members $4. is also making a documentary on Festival cost for all screenings will be Allen Toussaint, which will be re­ $10 for members, $20 for non­ 1017 Pleasant Street. New Orleans. La 897-5015 897 5017 port<:.,d on in a future issue of members. Contact Mark Lussier at Wavelength . .. CAC for further details and screening ... Opportunities for funding film times. 0

MARCH 1986/WAVELENGTH 9 M Bono Rent them! Study them! Tell your friends! And above all, view them with pride! kay, I'll admit. I LIKE TO woman scorned! Or so philandering WATCH! Not that there's any­ hubby William Hudson discovers af­ Othing wrong with that. Mter all, it ter he starts cheating on the little is the most fun you can have with your woman, Allison Hayes, who (thanks eyes open. And, for what it's worth, to a convenient close encounter with I'm evidently not alone in my pursuit an alien being) suddenly grows too of voyeuristic thrills. big for her britches and shows him You doubt me? Just take a look at who's really wearing the pants in the your friendly neighborhood video family. Domestic dischord looms cassette rental store on any given large . . . real large. weekend. You'll see miles of aisles Poster art to the contrary, the Hell hath no fury like a 50-foot woman scornea. jammed with vexed VCR-owners, heroine never does get around to tak­ endlessly prowling the shelves in ing freeway gridlock into her own fat's in the fire!" the entire cast is up Valley version of Apocalypse Now. search of that certain something that hands-she's more interested"in tidy­ to its neck in dirty dishwater, includ­ Released a good five years after will temporarily brighten up that drab ing up the wreckage of her Grade Z ing waitress Terry Moore, a tough anyone last took a mohawk seriously, little comer of their lives they call a marriage than cleaning up congestion tomato who puts two and two together today Suburbia plays more like a T.V screen. And most of them will fail on the nation's highways. No great and comes up with commies in the wake than a celebration of the punk miserably. Just ask anyone who's loss to viewers, however, since this kitchen! What's a red-blooded Amer­ experience. (Vestron Video) ever had the misfortune to cart home pic's shoddy special effects are neith­ ican hash-slinger to do? one of those cast-of-thousands epics er special nor effective and are a good A turgid stewpot of a movie that Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966) like Gandhi, only to discover they've · deal less interesting than the quagmire keeps on getting better with age. As usual, gland baron Russ Meyer rented the video equivalent of an ant of fifth-rate feminism, two-bit pro­ Don't be late for dinner. (Supervixen, Beyond the Valley of the farm. miscuity and torrent of tough talk that Dolls) pulls no punches. And neither So what's a VCR owner to do? precede the small-scale "attack" in Suburbia (1984) do the three anti-heroines of this mid­ Well, take a tip from someone who's the fmal reel. All things considered, a Kids do the darndest things. Sixties must-see. got a five-movie-a-week habit. For large charge in its own small way. Or at least that's true of the kids - A trio of frug-crazed go-go girls starters, avoid all the top hits. (Key Video) uh, make that ''alienated youth''-in (headed by a dyed-in-the-leather mar­ (You've probably already seen them this punkspolitation epic. tial arts man-hater named Varia) roam and even if you haven't, they already Shack Out On 101 (1955) Totally turned off by the hopelessly the desert in their sports cars, looking have been rented out.anyway.) And Or, Hash House Confulential. hackneyed lifestyles of their for trouble in a big way. Armed with let's face it. Do you really want Meryl In a truly bizarre display of no­ bourgeoise parents (who spent a lot of knives, karate chops, knock-out drops Streep agonizing her way across your holds-barred hamminess rarely seen time sitting in front of the TV guzzling and some of the most incredible dia­ living room for two hours? I don't­ on the screen before or since, Lee cocktails), a group of teenage malcon­ logue ever spewed by human mouths, things are tough enough around the Marvin portrays Slob, a performance tents set up housekeeping in a con­ they make life miserable for all who homefront already. that easily outclasses his Oscar­ demned tract home, where they spend cross their psychotic paths, including But they don't have to be. Dare to winning role in Cat Ballou some ten a lot of time sitting in front of the TV a pair of overripe teenyboppers, a be different: head for the boxes that years later. Suffice it to say that Slob, working on their antisocial hairdos. geeky gas station attendant, a lecher­ are covered with dust, the ones that a chef in Keenan Wynn's diner, lives This gang of New Wave mischief ous cripple and a moronic hunk who have never left the store. They just up to his name and then some. makers does a lot of other things, too answers to the name of "Vegetable." might change your life. They changed Obviously not cooking with bo~h - like branding one another over the What follows is a meow mix of may- mine. burners, he slobbers over a sleeping total electric stove, stealing a neigh­ . hem strictly out of an alternative di­ Herewith a random sampling of a woman on the beach, plays a game of bor's Astroturf lawn, terrorizing the mension. cinematic genre I call Mondo Boffo. oral tug o' war with a dirty dish rag, straight sector in Status Symbol Land A true oddity in the Meyer oeuvre, Practically all of them are available at and attempts to get a refund on a -that type of thing. Yep, no Mary Pussycat feature not much more skin any well-stocked video store. Rent waterproof watch after he drops it in Kay party is safe. than you 'II see in a Band-Aid com­ them! Study them! Tell your friends! the soup. And all this in the first fif­ But needless to say, the sins of the mercial and even less sex. What it And above all, view them with pride! teen minutes! As another character parents are revisited on the children in does have is rampaging innuendo and says so succinctly, "That guy's got an a one-two punch line finally just as many laughs as any comedy in Attack of the 50-Foot Woman eight-cylinder body and a two­ encompassing both a punk funeral recent memory. Filmed "in glorious (1957) cylinder mind." (sort of a wry recap of the wedding in black and blue." (RM Films In­ Hell hath no fury like a 50-foot But faster than you can say "The The Graduate) and a San Fernando ternational) 0

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10 WAVEI.ENGlWMAACH 1986 • ~--~~-~-~-;-~_;_;~;· ~--~~-~-~~-~~-~~-~-A-RL_K~NG±I~~il[b;:IIQ c•agne WI From her extended European touring, a New Orleans songstress comes home to entertain at Cafe Sbisa. oing to the Cafe Sbisa for Sunday ragon dressing. And then there are the brunch is like entering a gate expected mimosas, coffee selections, Gthrough a steep wall behind and full bar. which is a sophisticated garden ref­ At noon the focus rises to the bal­ uge, the regular din of tourist-lined cony surrounding the main room. A Decatur Street suddenly far, far be­ piano and saxophone are warming up, hind. Cafe Sbisa is a cafe-society-cafe Real easy-like (it's Sunday morning), in the best tradition. The atmosphere they draw you into the gentle jazz is that of a gracious well-mannered swing of "Exactly Like You" and high-tea held in a simple but elegant "Bye Bye Blackbird." Oh sweet open conservatory. The tea party, music! however, is distinctly New Orleans An attractive detail keeps striking On the balcony at Cafe Sbisa. Ullian Boutte. style. Endless champagne replaces me from every vantage point: a vase the bottomless cup of coffee and in­ of huge coral colored gladiolas placed "Everybody Loves My Baby." The mammy stuff around the floor and stead of a background chamber group, at the end of the bar. It seems I see it atmospheric pleasure is on the rise. finally over the edge of the balcony. you will hear a velvet voiced cabaret everywhere I look. Then I realize it's Ms. Boutte is mistress of a classic The crowd went from contented and singer accompanied by unforgettable echoed in the 15-foot painting of Sbi­ cabaret-singer style evolved from her well-fed to ecstatic and filled with the jazz piano, sax and clarinet. sa (by local/national artist George great talent and experience with gos­ fun of Lillian's show. - The room is quietly done in old Dureau) that hangs above the bar. The pel, jazz and rhythm and blues. She The marionette was made by Harry fashioned dark wood paneling with scene in the painting is dominated by a has showcased herself in concerts, Maronne, the piano player. Lillian dark gold rough-plastered wall above. lusty golden cloven-hooved Pan, sitt­ off-Broadway, film and extensive had never handled a marionette before Bits of the red brick underneath peek ing at the Sbisa bar with a voluptuous work in European clubs and festivals. just recently but as Harry said, "If' through. The while paper tablecloths nymph on his knee and his tongue There is honesty and confidence dis­ anybody could just take to this puppet that lay over the linen ones come with stuck out. This pair is surrounded by played between her and her musi­ and make it dance, it would have to be a bowl of crayons for scratching out top-hatted men, a sylph-like socialite cians. Their dynamic is virtuosity and Lillian.''' graffiti, entertaining portraits of your in bare feet and an evening dress, and effortless grace. Lillian doesn't have During her rendition of' 'I Love My companions, axioms for our age, or a Greek god of a waiter in black tie to belt. Her voice is big and sweet. It Man Like a Schoolgirl" a couple of lines from your novel-in-progress. holding an empty champagne bottle. is pink and gold honeysuckle with a the Pfister Sisters sitting ringside The crayons and paper tablecloths are Around his knees dances a lesser soft midnight New Orleans wind enjoying the show kicked in on the an old tradition in some restaurants in flute-playing satyr. Behind him at the blowing through it. harmony. the theater district of NYC, but to my end of the bar sits alarge vase of coral She really busted out on what she eye Decatur Street definitely qualifies colored gladiolas. "My voice sounds like Bessie called her one "pop" song, "Mus­ as "theater." Not infrequently, the clientele re­ [Smith) today," she told me during a tang Sally." The marionette danced Cafe Sbisa is proud of their service flects to the painting, especially in break. She complained lightly that her forth again, this time hitting the floor as they should be. The waiters are spirit. voice was so scratchy it was almost and pumping up and down doing "the formal, handsome and excellent. I'm able to lay this observation gone. She and Thomas had gone out alligator." Have no fear - no employee will aside as Lillian Boutte arrives up the the night before to, just "see" Pud Then, Lillian sweetened us all up approach your table proclaiming ''Hi, winding back stairway and greets her Brown for a few minutes. She ended again as she sang "Am I Blue?" my name is---· And I'm going to husband, sax and clarinet player Tho­ up singing with him til 4 a.m. So at In a final instrumental medley, the be your ___ ," performed with un- mas !'Etienne, and the piano player, this point the musicians were chang­ musicians showed their stuff. Not­ due eye contact and expectation of Harry Maronne. She begins to sing ing the keys of all the songs to ably, Thomas l'Etienne's dedication some kind of uncalled for delight. "Baby Won't You Please Come accommodate her "altered" voice. I to an undiluted New Orleans jazz style Headed up by maitre d' Ray Brink­ Home.'' witnessed them discuss this transition is such a great treat that it is both a man, the cafe is made of old-world Lillian Boutte is a very pretty but Lillian sounded so divine I almost reminder and an echo of the quality good manners with a back beat of the woman. Dressed in pink, she is back­ had trouble believing the story. original. deliciously relaxed dilettante. ed by the dark gold wall and flooded Boutte sang "They' ll Come a Lillian wrapped up her singing with The brunch menu was a quiet in a wash of delicate gold light (mid­ Time" and then "Mama, You Treat a low low down number called "I Got choice ranging from some excellent day, mid-winter New Orleans light). Your Daughter Mean." Going into What It Takes." So she does. 0 benedict-style egg dishes to a nouvel­ Haloed by this backlight, the aura of that second song she took a two-foot Cafe Sbisa, 101 I Decatur, 561- le cuisine plain grilled red fish accom­ pink and gold suits her. "Mammy" marionette in hand and 8354. Sunday brunch 11-3 p.m.; Lil­ panied by a green salad with a tar- She sings another song right away, danced and shook that puppet's old lian Boutte 12-3 p.m.

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MARCH 19861WAVELENGTH 11 '· n~ Readin', Mn' and Rock 'N' Roll he importance of the community quit school and form a band onlJ to life in and around the universities have the band break up. " Tto the new music scene in New "Right now we're in school and Orleans cannot be overestimated. A school is really important," says large part of the people attending the David Sussman, the band's bass play­ clubs are also attending the un­ er. David, however, seems to be able iversities; a few fliers placed on bulle­ to hannonize with both worlds. "I've tin boards at UNO or Tulane can do had classes that have had absolutely the work of blocks and blocks of fliers nothing to do with music but still they on telephone posts. The smaller au­ can make me think about music in ditoriums found on college campuses different ways. In grammar school are often a perfect venue for touring they tell you that four and four is bands, while outdoor events held in eight, but when you ask whal is four the campus square give exposure to they say 'don't worry about it. Just go local acts - acts which many times along with it.' That's wrong. Any are comprised of musicians who are successful person thinks about what also students trying to balance a life of they are doing." out of place. that playing the club scene is not with­ academics with a life of rock 'n' roll. The other two members of Voices "Music is a way of getting rid of a out its problems. of Winter, John Hondroulis and lot of pressure," says Hans. "I think "Lots of people whine about the Voices of Winter is a band whose drummer Trey Roig are also juggling the material is a way for us to open up music scene here but a lot of the pro­ members all walk this tight rope and their academic priorities with their and show the other side of who we blems are caused by the bands them­ though each is a solid musician there musical ones. John, who co-founded rea II y are. " selves. There's not nearly enough is no doubt to their commitment to the band with David, generates most "We're trying different techniques camaraderie," says David. "Every­ school. "On the inside we live and die of the band's material as we!l as pull­ of doing things. We like to have an one is scared that if they help someone music,'' says keyboardist Hans Luet­ ing duty as lead singer. The arrange­ element of surprise in our music,'' else then maybe they'll let out some kemeier, "but we are also a lot more. ments of the songs, however, are a says John. secrets. Maybe it's like having a girl­ It's important that the guys in the band total group effort. The result is a very "We want every tune to have friend or something. understand each other as individuals tight, integrated sound. No one instru­ something memorable about it,'' says "There are some good bands that as well as musicians. A lot of guys ment seems obtrusive, overworked or Daivd, "something that makes it in­ are easy to work with. Uncle Stan and dividual as opposed to 'here's the ver­ Auntie Vera, for instance - their se, here's the chorus, here's the manager Elizabeth Fontaine is one of bridge.'" the nicest people I know, as is Bill While they are serious about their Brown of Reality Patio. It seems like music, the band is also looking to most bands, though, want to be too have some fun on stage. ''The independent and not willing to accept entertainment in a live act is the help. I'll be the first to admit this band band's combination of personality could use some help!" and ideas," says David. "When I go " If you're in a band," says John, hear a group, I Iike them to l()('k at me. "then generally you have a certain So many musicians get into their in­ circle of friends - the people you struments so much they forget that know are soundmen, or work at radio they're performing for people." stations or recording studios. All of "We want to take fun ideas and add our friends go to college or work in that to really good music,'' says John. clothing stores - with us our first At a recent CYO gig, the band had a concern is school, but we want to play girl clad in a bikini walk across the just as much as anybody else." stage carrying the title of each song. In order to play, Voices of Winter ''Next time we may use a guy,'' says seems willing to set aside the vanities SAVE A FORTUNE. John. that plague many bands. "We don't The band has played predominately care if we play first or last," says In today's world of high prices and service at a at CYO's but are looking now to more John. "Opening has advantages, too. snail's pace, it's great to see an exception to the work in the local clubs. The opportu­ There's no monetary pressure so you rule. At Kinko's you get the highest quality copies nity to do the CYO gigs stems mainly can relax and have fun." available at a price that will save you a fortune. from John and David's involvement "Usually, the band that plays last And if you don't take advantage of our great in the Socials a few years back. says 'so and so is opening for us," service and prices-well, that's the way the ''The Socials played a lot of CYO says David. "We say we have some­ cookie crumbles. gigs and that's something we don't one playing with us." want to abandon now," says David. "You know, the New Orleans au­ "There aren't a whole lot of bands diences are finicky," says John. 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I I ,,.,l'rllut ,, :Address @i§. I I : City Zip I I on Bad Boys From Boston "New" Aerosmith, together again, hits Cajundome like they've never been away. erosmith's back and they're doing members - guitarist Brad Whitford, that same old song and dance as bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Athough they'd never been apart. Joey Kramer. To some, the five-piece Boston When Tyler rejoins the group on band dido 't ever leave the saddle. It stage, he takes the long way, down the just took a short intermission from the center aisle, to perform the band's last original cast and limelight of the single, "Lightning Strikes," then Seventies. from the new album, "Sheila." Now, they're (four of the five ori­ Just as Tyler promised early in the ginal members) back on the road show, Aerosmith played "some new together, back in the saddle, and (songs) and some old (songs)." stronger than ever bringing a mix of But, it was the old songs that most new material and Aerosmith classics, often brought the audience of about like "Dream On" and Walk This 4,000 to its feet. Songs like "Last Way," into arenas with all of the Child," "Toys In The Attic" and sound and energy of their last New "Big 10 Inch," had security guards Orleans gig nearly a decade ago. working overtime trying to keep the The music, though, is not the entire crowd orderly and in their reserved story of the two-hour hard rock show. seats. Aerosmith's brand of raunch 'n' And that's what they did all night roll provides a live performance that long, much to the dismay of band would make Tipper Gore and other member Steven Tyler, who took ev­ members of the ultraconservative Par­ ery opportunity to knock the state fire ent Music Resource Center re­ marshal's enforcement of the "no evaluate their top 10 list of socially standing in the aisle" rule. una~ceptable rock bands. Security at the Cajundome in But, looking past the commentary, Lafayette is amazingly tight. No the bad boys from Boston provide a smoking. no standing in the aisles. No show musically with little distraction standing on chairs. And absolutely no from anything but serious rock 'n' passing out. Getting sick in the arena roll. will get the offender a police escort Even five years of constant per­ out of the concert. sonnel changes is nonexistent when Standing in the aisle, though, is singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist permitted for a coveted few. If you're Gene Simmons of Kiss, Asylum Tour, Little Rock, Arkansas. Joe Perry take the stage in their second a custodian charged with mopping up tour together since Perry left the band spilled drinks and whatever else needs On." The show ended with "Train Orleans fans will never get to see the in 1979. mopping up midway through a rock Kept A Rollin' . " show, unless they abandoned the city In fact, the musical hiatus between show, it doesn't matter who you stand In the final moments of the set, on Endymion night to make the long Tyler and Perry did nothing more than in front of as long as you're diligently lights lowered to form a giant "A" trek to Lafayette last month. plant Perry firmly into the forefront performing your job in the dark. from the chrome that holds the set's The shov. rated four stars, with op­ when the duo met again pro­ Technically, the only downfall in overhead lights as Kramer's drum ris­ ening act Y &T offering the type of fessionally last year. the Lafayette performance was the er moves forward to the stage front. support a veteran band like Aerosrnith Not that Perry wasn't an equal part­ loss of all bass during the opening That wasn't the only movement deserves. ner in Aerosmith, but his own group, song, "Same Old Story." And, ex­ from the back of the stage. Through­ Y &T, though tormented by critics the Joe Perry Project, torced him into cept for Perry running into a set of out Kramer's solo, the long-time for not being "young and talented," -centerstage. mobile lights in the final number, Aerosmith drummer rode in semi­ put on a surprisingly tight show. If So, on the "Done With Mirrors" "Toys In The Attic," the show went circles as the riser rotated at his com­ t-shirt sales are any indication of the tour, Perry has little trouble finding off like clockwork. mand. He actually played "Lines On crowd's acceptance of the opening his way back to centerstage to perform Aerosmith returned to the stage af­ Your Face" to the right side of the act, Y&T shirts seemed to have been an old Jimi Hendrix tune, "Red ter a 16-song set to Tyler on key­ arena. selling at a pace almost equal to that of House," with the band's other three boards for the opening of "Dream Unfortunately, though, New Aerosmith.

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The band's strongest moment was New Orleanian. the long instrumental leading into Opening for Kiss this time around "Forever," although live versions of is Wasp. both "It Looks Like Trouble" and Not neceessarily for the hard rock "Go For The Throat" were equally crowd, but worth mentioning in the impressive. three-month lull between major And, if the music wasn't enough, shows: The Jimmy Buffett Dance/ WE HAVE BEEN I the band's 10-foot mechanical mas­ Party at the Rivergate did nothing INVADED BY THE cot, Rock, lightened up the usually more than fill the gap for native New tedious audience participation portion Orleanians hot for a concert and an YELLOW TAG of the show. Y &T is one of the few excuse to partake in pre-Super Bowl opening rock acts that command an , partying. CREATURE! audience as well as the bands that fol­ The primary problem with the gig low them. was the location. The concept of an HE HAS BEEN Given the combination, the "Done indoor beach party, starring Jimmy SPOTTED ALL OVER With Mirrors" tour is one no rock fan Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, is should do without. commendable; except if you were THE STORE, there to listen to the music, it just HANGING HIS Meanwhile, Kiss is making its seemed to rumble and echo the further second swing into Southern Louisiana back and the more expensive the SPECIAL PRICES March 2. This time the band will play seats. ON SELECTED ITEMS. the UNO Lakefront Arena for the first The acoustics in the Rivergate, like BEA hard rock show there since Motley the Superdome, are not good for con­ I Crue on December 4. certs, regardless of how the act is YELLOW TAG BUSTER As Mardi Gras and Super Bowl billed. BYCOMINGIN leave the spotlight, Kiss returns to the Yet, sound didn't bother a majority AND TAKING ADVANTAGE city again on this, the "Asylum" of the 6,000 Buffett faris who filled . OF HIS LOW PRICES. tour. the city's first major convention cen­ ® On the road since December, Kiss ter. What did bother them, though, CHECK OUT THE TIMES PICAYUNE visited the Cajundome in its first week was the early finale ofthe "all-night" CLASSIFIEDS FOR OUR WEEKLY SPECIALS of the tour. Like Aerosmith, it's the . party for which most of the Hawaiian­ SALES • SERVICE classics, like "Rock 'N' Roll All clad party-goers came to see. MON·FRI 10AM to 6PM BEN CHARGE Night" and "Like It Up," that the The show began nearly a half hour SAT 11 AM to 5 PM predominately young audience wants before the advertised II p.m. curtain most. time and the lights were turned on :E Ill 4417 Bienville Ave. The 16-song set offers the group's before 2:30a.m., an unpopular move I AMEFUCAH I 488-2673 488-267 4 new audience a taste of old and new, among many concert-goers who paid I EXPRESS sprinkled with solos by each of the $20 and $25 for the event featuring the gorup' s four members - Gene Sim­ Neville Brothers and Buffett and the mons, Paul Stanley, guitarist Bruce Coral Reefer Band. Kulick and drummer Eric Carr. On the bright side, special guest Carrying its traditional20-foot Kiss Steve Winwood performed Van Mor­ logo in lights, the sign seems to get rison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" and his taller and brighter with each tour. own "Gimme Some Lovin'" with With the "Asylum" tour, Sim­ Buffett and the Neville Brothers. Ju mons and Stanley shed their black It wasn't the first time Buffett and garb for the brighter shades of day-glo the Nevilles had performed "Brown­ P.O. BOX 148, LONDON W9 lOY. ENGLAND pinks and greens. In a three-song en­ Eyed Girl" together. Last year at the core, Kiss performs hit songs, hurricane-plagued Give Today for THE NEW QUARTERLY "Heaven's On Fire," "Won't Get Tomorrow benefit for New Orleans' BLUES MAGAZINE • Fooled Again" and "Lick It Up." homeless , the Nevilles backed The show also inclurles the band's Mobile's son of a son of a sailor on the Issue no. 1 of this profession· most recent single, "Tears Are Fall­ same number. ally-produced, A4·size 36- If the page magazine includes ing" and others from the Asylum special guests on stage at the articles on Classie Ballou, album. January dan.s:;e/party were lacking, Muddy Waters and Son To date, the tour has been drawing backstage attractions included actor House, Eddie C. Campbell , crowds between 4,000-6,000 each and former Saturday Night Live star Elko Records plus a host of show. according to Wayne Sharp, Bill Murray and 60 Minutes' Ed photos, news and reviews. assistant tour manager and former Bradley. 0 Juke Blues no.3 is set to appear in early Decem­ ber 198.5 (with articles on Eddie C. Campbell Part 2, Lionel Torrence, Flash Records, The Joe Davis Story, Shack Bullies and NEED BAND PROMO? Levee Contractors, Memphis and Mississippi Have your band or act professionally photographed on location - The Blues Today­ plus all the latest news or in our studio. Within two weeks we will deliver 500 8 x 10 and up·to·date reviews). B&W prints and 500 typeset bio/songlist sheets for a special Send *£2.00 for one package price of $300.00 plus tax. We also supply satin tour issue or support us with *£8.00 for a four-issue, one­ jackets, t-shirts, buttons, stickers and other promotional mate­ year subscription. 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For instance, singer Rebecca Armstrong chants "Dunstable, John Blow/ Teleman, John Blow/Henry Purcell, Henry Purcell" and continues listing other ancient composers in ''The Continuing Story of Counterpoint, Part Three.'' Recorded in Arizona, with session help by David Van Tieghem (percussionist for Laurie Anderson) and ECM guitarist David The Top Torn, Anatidae is apparently an artis­ tic statement, but it would take a wild guess, and perhaps a wild goose, to figure out what that statement. is. D . Presents Dancing Hoods, Twelve Jealous Roses, Relativity. At their best, this Long Island quar­ TYNER. FREDDIE HUBBARD tet rocks with the intensity of the Del Mceoy Fuegos and the Del-Lords. 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16 WAVE1.ENGTKIMARCH 1986 band, puts out that hard driving rock by the Fellini-esque costumes the LIQUID GLASS 'n' roll that infiltrated AM radio band wears on the album cover. As throughout the mid-Sixties - crank familiar as the style seems, Salem 66 out the right chords, fill in the vocals has recorded a simply mesemrizing later. "In and Out of My Life (in a follow-up to their 1984 debut EP. Day)," the lead cut, is a great pop "Love and Truth" and the lighter song that borrows the Who's "Sub­ "Carry a Torch!" are the best cuts stitute" riff to make an automatic col­ because the vocals seem less forced to lege radio hit. The Pandoras cut find a melody in the music. Further through the bull to update the Sixties kudos are awarded to the band for sound while keeping it short and covering Wire's classic 1977 song, catchy. B. "Fragile." B +. Plasticland, Wonder Wonderful Wonderland, Spirit of Memphis Quartet, Traveling On, Pink Dust/Enigma._ High Water. This is imitation psychedelia. En­ The Spirit of Memphis Quartet is closed in every record sleeve is a pair one of the oldest names in gospel mu­ of Mr. Rainbow glasses that makes all sic. The group has existed since 1930, the light reflections look like far-out and by continuously recruiting new rainbow land. A minute later, you put members, the quartet has stayed in on the record and this ridiculous song touch with the ever-changing styles. begs for your attention so that the This recording, made at Memphis vocalist can begin his chant: " Straw­ State University, is a gospel classic. berry, blackberry, raspberry, cranber­ This extraordinary effort is high­ ry, etc.'' Am I supposed to be en­ lighted by ''Jesus Traveled (Story of chanted by this? Plasticland calls Jesus)," a moving testimonial made themselves "America's premier psy­ more powerful by the twin lead vocals chedelic band." I hope the whole of Melvin Mosley and Earl Monroe. thing is a joke. C-. "If it Ain't One Thing, It's Another" is an a capella number the quartet IISONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS" Salem 66, A Ripping Sun, Homestead. rehearsed with Elvis Presley for a rec­ A Ripping Sun is another one of ording that was ultimately cancelled those highly-textured efforts that by Presley's growing illness. The in­ plays off somber yet literate vocals strumentation is reminiscent of the with overlapping guitar lines. Again, great Memphis Soul Era and is worth there is an overwhelming mood of the price of the record alone. Buy this 599 LP OR CASSETTE mysticism that is further embellished album if you can find it. A. 0 SEE PHILLIP GLASS If You're Part of the IN CONCERT Recording Industry ... Sat., April 5th at Loyola Concert Hall You Should Be Part of the Recording Academy. OTHER RELEASES Membership Information BY PHILLIP GLASS: The Grammy8 means a great deal to all of us who are members • GLASSWORKS of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and we extend a warm invitation to qualified individuals involved in • THE PHOTOGRAPHER recorded music to join us. Active (voting) Members may nominate and vote in the annual Grammye Awards and in many • EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH of their local chapters' functions. Active and Associate (non­ voting) Members participate in various Recording Academy activities throughout the year on the local and national levels, plus receive many benefits. r------,For more Information, fill In and retum the coupon. I Please send me more informat1on about JOining I The Recordmg Academy. 1 I ONLY ON CBSRECORDS Name------I I Address ------1 I City ------~------1 State ------ZIP ___ I 1 National Academy of I I

MARCH 198&WAVELENG1li 17 Get It In Writing Does a band really need a manager? What does a booking agent do? Here's an invaluable-guide to band management questions.

oday's subje.ct is the many aspects arrangement with a reputable booking and attributes of agent and man­ agent may be what the doctor ordered. Tagement contracts f()r f~rward Most agent and booking agency moving bands. There are some great contracts are short in length and can local bands that have been able to get be' quickly reviewed by an attorney for time saving tip I can pass on to in­ ing the amount due to the manager. their music exposed, enjoy them­ clarification or further negotiation. terested readers is that prior to con­ Are you talking about gross or net selves and pay the bills without You should expect a booking agent to sulting an attorney, all band members profits? Such sources of income may engaging an agent or manager - the take ten to fifteen percent of the gross and their manager sit down, discuss include payments derived from live Radiators, Woodenhead and Johnny amount paid to the band per perform­ and examine what each party expects appearances, all recorded or 1. and the Hitmen for example. So at ance engaged by the agent. In addi­ and wants from the other and the time videotaped performances, compensa­ least some level of success may be tion, under agency contracts, the band frame for such obligations to be un­ tion for radio, film and television achieved on your own. However most will be obligated to pay the agent their dertaken and completed. It never appearances, song publishing and bands and musicians, given their percentage for any additional or return ceases to surprise me how many times monies paid to the artist or group for artistic inclinations, either lack the performances at any new sites found a band member (usually the lead their endorsement of products or the ability or desire to handle the dollars by the agent for the duration of the vocalist) or manager will approach me use of their likeness. (There were and sense side of their musical care­ contract. Another consideration in about drafting a contract without fully rumours of Barbara Menendez dolls ers. No band thrives on rejection signing an agreement with an agent is consulting with all parties concerned long before Madonna's boy toy.) whether they be post-pubescent pop­ that of exclusivity. Some agencies re­ thus making necessary repeated re­ As an incentive for the manager to sters, hardened punkers or born again quire that a band only accept employ­ writings of the contract. Keep in mind further the band's career and increase reggae Rastas, which is what a group ment through their auspices and not that attorneys, like singers, charge for its revenue, a provision in the contract trying to get jobs and record contracts seek bookings on their own or throt\gh their time as soon as the words flow may provide for an increase in the on its own is likely to encounter on a any other agent. Obviously this is a from their mouths. percentage to be paid to the manager daily basis. One of the most valuable condition that warrants negotiation. The first item to be considered in a upon the achievement of a specific yet unseen functions of agents and management contract is the duration goal such as increasing the band's managers is to provide a layer of in­ The two most common questions of the contract. One to two years is a gross receipts by fifty percent or sulation for the artist. about management contracts are: reasonable amount of time for the obtaining a record contract. Alterna­ What is the distinction between the Does the agreement have to be in writ­ parties to initially be bound together. tively, a band may require that the role of an agent and that of a mana­ ing and isn't there a standard form Additional time may be granted by manager must obtain such goals wit­ ger? There is no legal definition for contract for bands and their manag­ allowing for consecutive one year re­ hin the duration of the contract if the either occupation in Louisiana, ers? The answers address many of the newal options to be given the manager manager is to exercise any option of although California has stringent underlying elements in the .band­ who has fulfilled his or her obligations renewal of the contract. registration requirements for musical manager relationship. Band managers under the contract. Some of the most To protect both parties a clause agents. An agent or booking agency is locally are almost always friends and/ common obligations undertaken by a should be included that stipulates that engaged primarily to secure perform­ or fans of the band. So at the inception manager may include the exclusive the manager should furnish the band ing dates and new venues for a band of th~ relationship it seems awkward right to decide all matters relating to with receipts of all expenses incurred and usually works with a large roster if not downright rude for either the publicity, public relations and on their behalf for purposes of of musicians. Managers are con­ band or the would-be manager to advertising in addition to the selection reimbursement and in turn that the cerned with both the tedious day-to­ request a written commitment from of the proper format for the presenta- ' band will furnish the manager or vice day developments of a band's life and the other party. Unless your band is . tion of the group's talents. If the man­ versa with a full accounting of all re­ working towards the achievement of playing entirely. for the fun of it, a ager is also to act as booking agent for venues earned by the band. Such the group's career goals. A band man­ written agreement delineating the dut­ the band, the question of exclusivity accounting periods should be speci­ ager usually works with one band and ies and responsibilities of both the becomes crucial. Although this ques­ fied. In addition a mechanism for should not be associated with more manager and the band and specifying tion must be answered according to requesting an accounting or the show­ than several groups at one time. At the how the group is to compensate the each band's needs, experience di­ ing of all financial data such as by local and regional level many manag­ manager for work done is a necessity. ctates that a band that speaks through fifteen days advance notice by certi­ ers act as booking agent for their While oral agreements are binding in one voice on business matters is at a fied mail should be agreed upon. This bands depending on their contractual Louisiana, proving their existence in definite advantage. A group that provision should be extended to in­ obligations. court is difficult and likely to end in leaves itself open to double bookings clude the presentation of complaints Booking agents and agencies have little more than a swearing contest. at different prices is begging for trou­ by either the band or manager that the decreased in visibility recently Even among the best of friends words ble and internal division. It's de­ other party is not· abiding by the terms refle.cting the slump in the New can take on different meanings and finitely in both the manager's and the of the contract and that unless within a Orleans music industry. But such memories can honestly differ as to oand's best interest to keep the band's specified time the problem is re­ agencies as diverse as PBL Pro­ promises made especially when the image and presence as cohesive as solved, the named party will be con­ ductions (quaintly listed in the Y~llow aroma of money is in the air. possible both on and off stage. sidered in default of the contract. Pages as an Entertainment Bureau) Band members and their pro­ Another major objective of the Managers would be well advised to and the Louisiana Jazz Network are in spective' manager shmlld view their manager should be the securing of a add a clause protecting their rights in business matching individual per- contract as a blueprint for the develop­ record and/or videorecording contract the contract in the event of a change in ~ formers and bands with such venues ment of the band's musical career. As for the bimd, especially if the group the band's name or personnel. Such a as conventions, fraternity parties, pri­ to the question of a standardized con­ consists of seasoned musicians. Here provision· may also indude any vate dances, and regional clubs. tract even in today's world of AM the specifics should be written as reservation of rights regarding the use Nationally known groups or strong lo­ top-40 radio and MTV-cloned bands, realistically as possible allowing for of ownership of the band's name. cal bands with albums out utilize such no two configurations of musicians signings with independent labels such Above all, agents, managers and New York based agencies as Frontier and managers have the same per­ as Enigma, Rounder or Celluloid or bands contemplating these agree­ Booking, Triad or Venture. Local sonalities, needs and dreams, so band one of the major labels such as W amer ments and the attorneys drafting them booking agencies are not particularly management contracts must be in­ Brothers, CBS or RCA. should be as realistic as possible. interested in getting groups dates in dividually tailored by an attorney to All band-manager contracts must Once signed it is to all parties' mutual local establishments; there's too little suit the collective desires of the con­ specify how much the manager is to advantage to be flexible in observing money to be made and bands and their cerned parties. However there are be paid by the band for his or her and utilizing the covenants contained managers can get these jobs them­ common issues that most band man­ services, usually in the ten to fifteen in the contract. A contract can only selves. However, for a new band in-. agement contracts address as will be , percent range. Where such contracts work like the musical relationship it terested in keeping monetarily sol­ shown shortly. vary are which sources of the band's reflects and should provide s~ce to vent, some sort of contractual Probably the greatest money and income are to be included in comput- breathe and room to grow. U

18 WAVELENGTH/MARCH 1986 of singles and their B-sides released Hitchcock is a former member of by the band between 1983 and 1985, Britain's Soft Boys and has another lp thus engendering a brief dissertation out with the Egyptians. His vocals Big, Bold and Brassy on the back cover explaining why the remind one of Gary Neuman or Brian woman on the front cover is not the Ferry, and his lyrics don't remind me lead vocalist for the band on all tracks of anything as they conjure up images The Excelsior Brass Ramble,'' after a rather theatrical and and why there's a drummer in the of dead wive's ghosts, removable Band unnecessary dirge-style introduction, band now even though the frrst singles heads under buckets of cement, and develops into a really satisfying rock­ sported a nifty synthesized rhythm various other unrelated topics. This is Jolly Reeds and Steamin' solid march, featuring excellent track. To avoid this confusion one a good lp for the curious, British art Horns drums and sousaphone. "Whooping may simply fail to pick up this album rock fans, or other people who laugh a Great Ones 1011 Blues'' which follows, includes a fme at all. The music is nice, pleasant, and Jot in public when nothing seems to be David Grillier saxophone solo backed well played but the eight bucks would funny. s an admirer of New Orleans by some swinging riffing. One mis­ be better spent on old Joy Division or - Ivan Bodley Abrass bands for some thirty-five ses, however, the usual "whoop" of Byrds greatest hits albums. years, dating from the days of the Eu­ the second line, as opposed to the sub­ -Ivan Bodley reka, it has been really exciting in stituted trombone musical figure. The Pandoras recent times to experience the resur­ Side I ends with a version of Stop Pretending gent growth and appreciation of ''Saints'' which is pleasant, but rather Cocteau Twins RNLP 70857 marching band music, both traditional routine. The Pink Opaque as well as more contemporary and in­ Side 2 opens with a very strong, 4AD/Relativity Records 8040 ay-glo, miniskirts, Vox amps, novative, such as that of the Dirty ::;olid hymn, "Amazing Grace," not Dteardrop guitars, paisley. 1966? Dozen. A really fine example of the previously recorded by a marching eautifully haunting melodies, No, 1986! former, more traditional, brass band band, and played with much power. Bmysterious poetic imagery, and The four Los Angeles women who music can be heard on the recording Walter Payton, Jr. in particular ex­ Jots of echo typify the Cocteau Twins' are the Pandoras play a rough-edged Jolly Reeds and Steamin' Horns, by cels. This is followed by "Down in sound on their debut American re­ blend of garage and psychedelic rock. the Excelsior Brass Band. The record Honky Tonk," one of the session's lease. The Pink Opaque is a collection Stop Pretending, the group's second is outstanding in every respect - in high points, a rollicking, joyous num­ of songs from their six previous re­ effort, contains some catchy melodies the quality of the recording technique, ber featuring insistent riffing sax­ leases available only as imports. Their and hip-shaking rhythms as well as in the musical excellence and pro­ ophones stating the theme in the back­ sound is synonymous with a group of some harsh sentimentality about rock ficiency of the musicians involved ground, behind various instrumental post-punk British dark-rockers in­ 'n' roll's favorite subject: love. and, most of all, in the relaxed but choruses. The next tune, ''Tin Roof cluding Joy Division, Siouxsie and "In and Out of My Life (in a day).'' strongly swinging exuberant feeling Blues,'' although not a parade num­ the Banshees, and a score of bands on the new single, features a riff lifted communicated throughout the ses­ ber, and thus out of context, is the UK's Factory records label that straight from The Who's "Can't Ex­ sion. nonetheless really outstanding. It fea­ are too pretentious to put any credits plain" but that doesn't make it any The digital recording is superb, the tures stop-time choruses backing a on the sleeve of their albums so no one less of a great tune. What the Pan­ instruments being recorded in a well beautiful, movmg clarinet solo by knows what their names are. doras' style lacks in originality these balanced, satisfying manner, with a Michael White, rell)iniscent of the The Twins at least write their chicks make up for in talent. musical sound of great immediacy, classic clarinetist Johnny Dodds, and names on the sleeve and give full The group has lost all of the original clarity and brilliance, yet with a full­ emotionally very poweltul. A very, credit to all on the inner one which is members except lead singer/ ness and richness as well. very fine number. This is followed by also interesting to look at. songwriter Paula Pierce since last The session invites comparison a powerful, rock-steady marching The semi-obscured black and white spring's release of It's About Time. with recently recorded and also very version of Milneburg Joys, with some cover photo is an enigmatic one of However, since Ms. Pierce is the driv­ good Young Tuxedo Brass Band ses­ excellent brash, solid, "gut-bucket" texture and shadowing not unlike their ing force behind their nco­ sion (British label 504, LPS-10), trombone by Fred Lonzo. "When My music. The female vocalist conjures psychedelic sound, the band has there being a significant overlap of Dreamboat Comes Home,'' which even stronger allusion to the Banshees changed for the better. both musicians and tunes in the two follows, has a rather sweet, lyrical -though the Cocteau Twins' lyrical Even if you don't dig the Sixties recordings. The sound fidelity on the quality, despite being played in the scope Jeans toward the more hopeful sound, you've got to check out the Excelsior record is, howver, con­ parade manner. The next tune, the and emotional bliss end of the literary cover of this LP! Unlike most women siderably better, which gives the mus­ perennial "Just a Little While to Stay spectrum. Their rich sounds and lush in rock, these ladies are not afraid to ic greater impact and power, and the Here,'' swings along nicely, pro­ production make this lp a fine in­ be female. The cover of Stop Pretend­ band in general also seems to be in a pelled by fme drumming and by Wal­ troduction for American audiences ing features two exposed stomachs, more relaxed, easily swinging mood. ter Payt<'n, Jr.'s rhythmic syncopated without the extra four dollars for post­ long legs in short skirts, more flesh Other assets on the Excelsior record ascending and descending baseline age and those groovy plastic out­ and lots of flowers. are the superb, creative bass drumm­ patterns. The session ends with a very ersleeves of the imports. The Pandoras are the perfect band ing of Freddie Kohlman, providing a strong "Bugle Boy March," which - Ivan Bodley for those who can't get enough of the driving force for all the tunes, the develops an almost wistful feeling Sixties sound but the talents of these strong trombone section of Fred Lon­ during the "trio" section, and groovy chicks render them an accept­ zo and Clemont Tervalon, as well as finishes with sparse, punching, stac­ Robyn Hitchcock and able addition to any music fan's col­ David Grillier's excellent tenor sax­ cato trumpet figures as the song fades the Egyptians lection. ophone. Micahel White again plays out and ends. An unusual but quite Gatta Let This Hen Out! -Kathy Harr very weJJ, and with extraordinary effective ending for the session. Relativity 8056 beauty on "Tin Roof Blues," and This recording is outstanding on Walter Payton once more provides a many levels•, a joyous, swinging, ex­ his is the nearest thing English art Swamp Thing highly effective, rhythmic, and musi­ uberant session enhanced by superb Trocker Robyn Hitchcock will ever Learning to Disintegrate cally proficient sousaphone un­ fidelity. The Excelsior lives up to its have to a "greatest hits live" lp. Flaming Pie derpinning. name. Drawing on the sounds of the psycho­ Side I begins with two dirges, - David Wyckoff Sixties, the new wave of the late wamp Thing is a great band. "What A Friend We Have in Jesus" Seventies, and occasionally the avant SThese engaging musicians from and "Just A Closer Walk With garde art-poet dudes who sometimes Madison, Wisconsin, exist in a world Thee,'' both played nicely and en­ The March Violets say silly things just to be different of their own. It's a world where learn­ hanced by the excellent fidelity of the Electric Shades though one in a while rip off some­ ing to disintegrate is possible, where sound. One might have wished, how­ Relativity Records 8039 thing profound, the Egyptians are a communists are more concerned with ver, for a choice of Jess frequently strong unit of semi-skilled but very hot fashion than cold war, and where played and recorded tunes. The two ne may correctly infer and pre­ effective musicians. Their live show children are the tasty new specialty at dirges are followed by an exuberant, 0sume a great deal of the Violet's is high on energy for the most part McDonald's. driving "Bye and Bye," sparked by sound by their name and lp title, un­ falling in the danceable but listenable Swamp Thing is a great band. the really fine, solid, "second line" fortunately. This is another British category of music to tap your toes to Learning to Disintegrate, their first drumming and including a highly based psycho band that seunds like a while wandering through bizarre new album, is filled with amusing twists enjoyable, intense, dancing clarinet cross between Joy Division and the age art gallery happenings with your and turns. It is so extraordinarily di­ solo. The next tune, "Oh Didn't He Byrds. Electric Shades is a collectior. Walkman on. verse it could easily have been dis-

MARCH 198&\YAVELENGTli 19 guised as a compilation album. Watson's, multi-faceted talent is playing modern New Orleans music in own time." In the tradition of the jazz Sometimes Swamp Thing sounds illustrated by the ease and gentle England.'' saxophone, Nicholas is widely rek­ like the Minutemen, with funky, touch on the ballads, "Orange Blos­ nowned as an influence on the late, abrupt guitar and assertive bass. som" by Lundy and "Jewel" by Johnny Adams innovative giant, John Coltrane. The Sometimes they call to mind Frank Watson. The Tan Nightingale album's title tract was a tribute to Zappa, sometimes the Modern Lov­ Beatitudes is a first rate album of Charly 1058 Nicholas written by Coltrane and re­ ers, and, yes, sometimes even those cohtemporary music by four young corded in the 1960s on the Duke icons of modern pop, R.E.M. musicians who are bringing genuine ell, this one's a bit of every­ Ellington/Coltrane collaboration. They're a real "people's" band. vitality to the jazz idiom. Wthing then, isn't it? The 15 Coltrane recorded the soft-shoe-like, They've got something for everyone. (New Note Records can be con­ tunes presented cover nearly 25 years happy-go-lucky melody on soprano Each member has a strong personality tacted by writing 2170 Century Park of Johnny's up-and-down career. But saxophone, and now Nicholas finally and is quite talented. When they play­ East, Suite 1009, Los Angeles, CA The Tan Canary (sorry Charly you've sets down this unique musical honor ed to a small crowd at the Maple Leaf 90067.) got the wrong bird) has a style that on tenor. early this year, the boys ran into the - Bob Cataliotti amazingly varies little over the time The saxophonist's broadbased audience and incited people to join in span. approach to musicmaking is evident their absurd antics on the dance floor. The Nevilles Most of this one originates from the in his selection of material. Nicholas In fact, Swamp Thing is such a Shaw Theatre, London "big hits" waxed on SSS in the late explores his roots in the big toned, great band I want to tell you about December 1985 Sixties - "Reconsider Me," "Re­ Coleman Hawkins school, with a every song. But alas, Wavelength lease Me," and "I Can't Be All reading of "Body and Soul." While only has thirty-two pageS!Sufice · to he formal atmosphere of the Shaw Bad," etc. Also here are a couple of this tune has been served up many say that the songs are all catchy, very, TTheatre at 7:00 on a cold English his early Ric hits "I Won't Cry" and times, this rendition stands out thanks very funny and full of word play winter evening is never going to be the "Losing Battle," which any self­ to the inclusion of the rarely heard worthy of Elvis Costello himself. same as Tip's used to be on a hot respecting Johnny Adams supporter voice-part of the composition. Nicho­ For more information, or to order N'awlins summer night. Neverthe­ will already possess. las has a solid foundation in the jazz Learning to Disintegrate, I'm told less, The Neville Brothers - over Personally - being a flip side tradition but also exhibits the ability to you can write Swamp Thing, P.O. here on their first visit to Europe - addict - I find the more obscure expand the music's frontiers. This is Box 303, Madison, Wisconsin raised the temperature from cold to tracks on this one much more fascinat­ seen in his selection of the young, 53701. boiling point and made it clear that if ing. Listen to "Real Live Hurting New Orleans-based pianist Mike Pel­ - Kathy Harr/Brian Wayson you "feel good music in your soul, it Man" and you'll know what it's like lera's original tune, "The Reincarna­ don't make no difference where you to be a man and be hurt. Kudos on tion of Sonny Clark." A couple of Robert Watson/Curtis are"! "Proud Woman," also- really the years ago, while in the Crescent City Right from the opening bars of man sings with a conviction that is for a series of performances with Pel­ Lundy "Hey Pocky Way" the English audi­ deep and believable. Other great SSS lera and saxophonists Earl Turbinton Beatitudes ence was won over, goggling in tracks include the unreleased "You and Branford Marsalis, Nicholas New Note Records KM amazement as the Neville ably Can Depend On Me'' and ''Let Me Be heard the pianist's song and was en­ 11867 demonstrated just how fonky New Myself" - why weren't these re­ thralled by its surprising harmonics Orleans can be. And, though the first leased when they were recorded?­ and angular structure. Nicholas slows he players on Beatitudes, alto sax­ show contained few surprises, it pro­ and the stunning "Something Worth down the tempo from Pellera and Tur­ Tophonist Robert Watson, acoustic vided first time listeners with a chance Leaving Fof," a paramount Adams binton's usual fast-paced version, and bassist Curtis Lundy, pianist Mul­ to hear older Meters cuts- "Fiyo," performance. seems to have a great time delivering grew Miller and drummer Kenny "Africa," "People Say" as well as Locals will remember "Love Me this intricate piece of writing. Washington, come from the cream of Little Willie Johns' "Fever," Fess' Now" and the theme song for the Blues mama Denise LaSalle's X­ the young generation of new York­ "Big Chief' (still unsure about the Eighties, "Hell Yes I Cheated," rated cover of Z. Z. Hill's classic, based jazz artists that paved the way ungainly guitar and synth'lines) anp which got worn out on New Orleans "Down Home Blues," is covered for the emergence of the Marsalis "Iko Iko" amongst others. radio just a few years back. here by Nicholas with a tongue-in­ brothers. The collective background Their sound is very tight, very In retrospect, I'd have to say this is cheek braggadocio, which features a of this quartet includes extended stays polished- so much so that at times it probably the most representative col­ captivating display of searing, gut­ with such veterans as Art Blakey, was in danger of losing the "uncut lection of Adams' recordings. There's bucket tenor saxophone. With his one Woody Shaw, Johnny Griffin and Be­ diamond" quality so particular to something on here for everyone, hits, original contribution to the album, tty Carter. New Orleans. The guitar, though flip sides, unreleased master works, Nicholas takes a lesson from Col­ Watson and Lundy take the helm tasteful as part of the rhythm section, shucks, even country music. Typical­ trane, and dedicates a tune to a special for this recording, and in drawing tended to be overbearing and unneces­ ly scrambled liner notes on this one, I person. His swaggering, bop, swing­ upon the talents of Miller and Wash­ sarily busy at other times, detracting mean even Miss Verra from across the er, "Reverend John Gensel," is a ington have put together a vibrantly from the over-all effect. Certainly its street knows more about Johnny than tribute to the New York-based minis­ commanding, hard swinging quartet. delivery was technically very com­ Charly Records, I think. But what the ter to the jazz community. The program includes five Watson petent, but I couldn't help feeling that hell, I bought this so you should too The remaining tracks on the album originals, one composition from Lun­ its style has been added as an un­ bro. are ballads which showcase Nicholas' dy and Gigi Gryce's hard bop necessary hook in an attempt to catch ~ Almost Slim gorgeous, emotion drenched tenor warhorse, ''Minority.'' Watson's an American Rock audience that sound. At the opening of Leonard Be­ compositional skills have an ingratiat­ otherwise might not appreciate the rnstein's "Somewhere," Nicholas ing, personal stamp that provide a subtleties of what the Nevilles do. Big Nick Nicholas playfully instructs the band to, "play challenge to the musicians' formid­ They do appear to be making a few Big Nick this one funky, not straight like able technical talents. The result concessions to commercial demands India Navigation IN-10066 Broadway, like !25th Street." He throughout the album is a large por­ since the A&M album - good for fills the tune with haunting, bitters­ tion of eminently pleasurable listen­ them if that means they can attract an hile the tenor saxophonist Big weet mystery. ing. audience outside of New Orleans, but WNick Nicholas is an over-forty­ A supporting crew of pianist John The Lundy/Miller/Washington it would be a shame if, as a result, they year veteran of the jazz life, this Miller, ~assist Dave Jackson and rhythm section provides unflagging had to dampen some of the Fiyo. album is only his second as a leader. drummer Billy Hart provide the sax­ energy, telepathic support and daring They have proved in New York, As a follow-up to Big and Warm, his ophonist with an unobtrusive fire originality, but without a doubt, Wat­ London and Berlin (where they re­ 1983 debut, Bit Nick illustrates the throughout the album. They not only son's strong, fluid alto saxophone ceived four encores) that their music saxophonist's enthusiastic desire to deliver a solid backdrop but inspire lines are the focus of the album. The has wide appeal -so, let's see this expand his repetoire and performing the saxophonist to greater heights. Pa­ saxophonist's "To See Her Face" reflected in some positive major rec­ skills as a jazz artist. After all these tience has paid off in Big Nick Nicho­ and "E.T.A. (Estimated Time of ord company interest, and maybe we years, Nicholas is still reaching to las' career, and this second recording Arrival)," both of which were staples will soon see the Nevilles' Fiyo is attain greater articulation and soulful­ as a leader further reveals that the of the Jazz Messenger book during raging way beyond the Bayou! ness as he tells his stories with that tapestry of his musical psyche is filled Watson's tenure with Blakey, testify -Jon Cleary legendary, big, round tenor sound. with eloquence, warmth and good to his ability to take off like a rocket Mr. Cleary, also known as King Legendary is certainly apropos in humor. and handle blistering tempos with Kleary ofthe Savage Mooses , once of referring to Nicholas. He truly aplomb. The band's, and particularly Diz and the Doormen, ''earns a livinf? embodies the phrase, "legend in his - Bob Cataliotti

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Midweek midnight, over a city shrouded conversations with their hands thrust deep in their in Lent. pockets, like some hillcountry Missourians on the Step into Jimmy's on Willow, three-buck cover, midway. and move to the bar for a ten bit Dixie. Only one stool One guy sits on a plastic chair, and next to him splits the long bar in half. Along the back of the bar is kneels a rumpled young; young chick- Was this a long string of pennant~, purplegreenyellow, pur­ girl carded? - seeking absolution from some teen­ plegreenyellow, guidons for a Mardi Gras army that aged sin. has now moved far away ... She has to yell over crashing renditions of ''Long The stagefront sheet, printed upper left to bottom Cool Woman in a Red Dress," "Get It On" and right, proclaims "Yesterday" and behind it three "Roll Over, Beethoven," and then one of the boys guitarists pyramid to a pounding drummer, all trying in the band announces a 10-minute break. "Please grimly to shake down some joy from the rafters. don't go off, because you may not come back,'' he A dozen overhead fans swirl dutifully on an equal pleads·, kidding on the square. number of customers. Two girls are hopping around The band wanders to the bar. Drummer Paul with each other, but the males move to and from Ha~fhausen, Holy Cross '73, sets a coke with some

MARCH 19861WAVELENGnt 21 ice and says "We play BeatJes and stuff ... you different colors. know. Yesterday. We usually play around Gt>r The door to Jimmy's opens from the inside, allow­ Later, after all the bars have opened This is our first time here ... Just not a go<'d nt~: ing some jukeboxed Mr. Mojo Rising to slip into the their veins, the last few droplets are trickl­ The singer comes up and says "We're gonna ~u t lukewarm air. Out steps a long-time swank in a ing ... the next set short. About six songs. I'm losing my blue-floral shirt. holding hands with the youngest The lonesome rent-a-cop standing in the parking . voice." htppie ch1ck in town. Her face is a blank. but the lot between Shoney's and the St. Charles Tavern is "He's gotta be careful of his voice," Paul says. s\ ank · s gotta be jovial for what he must do next ... acting very curious about the scene on the neutral The two chicks who've been hopping giggle up to "'Hey." he says to the band, "any you guys lend ground of Melpomene and the Avenue. Just a couple the bar, and one says loudly enough "These old me a buck? For one of them beers in there. Is that white chicks sprawled on the grass, smoking and people could chill out!" what beers cost in there?" laughing. waiting for the streetcar. The band moves to the sidewalk. Nobody says · · Jeez,' · mutters Drummer Paul, digging deep for Inside the St. Charles Tavern ("We Never anything about the way the gig is going. They point the dollar. Close"), a sweaty young man is trying to do it all. to the busbarn across the street, where streetcars "The band's gotta subsidize its audience." Freshen glasses at the bar. take orders from the sleep with their doors folded penitently outward, and "Thanks," says the swank, ducking back inside candlelit tables, hop behind the grill to whip up a wonder if in the old days the cars were painted with his hippie in tow. "Keep the faith. baby!" little omelette, hash browns and chewy biscuits. At the bar, aging juicehounds. knowing that their remaining nights are all going to be much like this one, drink their Buds with pallid deliberateness. At one end of the bar, a white Rasta and a redneck are making eyes at the two waitresses from Shoney's. The black waitress is shy and sober, so the white one, the one with the crowded eyes, uses her country accent to order her com pam on a Coke. At the other end of the bar, a slender black man waits for a takeout order with an imported beer in his • IT'S AT! hand and has to listen to the travelogue from the guy next to him: "It's rural. Lotsa trees. No kidding, 25% of the state must be state parks. Along the coast, plenty of lobsters ... I ain't relaxed since I hit New Orleans, know what I mean?" After two gays get up to leave, the only people at the tables are a big bearded cabbie and a skinny guy with barely enough shoulder to hold up his orange­ and-blue Hawaiian shirt. For a white, they watch the giant TV screen, where Alan Aida is playing George Plimpton play­ ing like a pro football player. Then they start to talk. with the cabbie doing most of the talking. THE ABBEY CENTER PARKWAY TAVERN " ... so Wayne's driving me a thousand miles an hour on the interstate. and this cop comes up next to FRED & ETHEL'S PEACHES AHEAD OF THE TIMES us. Wayne rolls the window down and says I'm ALIJED MUSIC FUTURO PENNY POST having a heart attack, so we get a police escort to ARCADIAN BOOKS THE GAP PETER'S PIZZA Charity. AUDUBON ll GOLD MINE RECORDS PITT THEATRE "Well, it turns out it ain't the heart at all. It's my BARD ELECTRONICS GRAMOPHONE PONTCHARTRAIN esophogus or something, having spasms, and as BASTILLE'S GREEK DELI HOTEL soon as they give me this green stuff and Maalox, I BAXTER'S HYATT PRIVATEERS can feel it relaxing and I can start to breathe again." "So what the doctors say?" asks the Hawaiian BAYOU RECORDS IS MUSIC PROUT'S CLUB shirt, smearing apple jelly on his biscuit. BONGO'S JAZZ FEST OFFICE ALHAMBRA ''Cut down on the booze. And all the uplift drugs. BOOT JIMMY'S QUE SERA If I wanna keep living. I don't mind telling ya, I was BORSODI'S K & B CAMERA CENTER RECORD & VIDEO scared. Man. I was trying to breathe. but I couldn' t .• BOURBON ORLEANS KINKO'S CONNECTION get no air and it was like some giant had his fist on BRAZILIAN COFFEE KRUZ RECORD BAR my heart. I thought I was dying. But I'll say this: I . LA LIBRAIRIE RECORD RON'S never called for God one time. I ain' t no hypocrite HOUSE Even J.C. hisself woulda been proud of me for BRUNO'S LE BON TEMPS ROULE RIVERBEND that.· ' CAC LE GARAGE RESTAURANT "I dunno," says Hawaiian shirt. "In that spot, I CAMELOT MUSIC LOYOLA DANNA JIM RUSSELL RECORDS mighta had to pray." CANAL RECORDS McALIJSTER'S SHANAHAN'S ' ·I 'II tell ya. When I was a kid, we made mosta our CAPPS MAMA ROSA'S SHERATON pocket money selling used coat hangers. But the best CARONNA'S MAPLE LEAF SHOWBOAT day of the year was on Palm Sunday. Me and my brothers usta peddle our bikes over to City Park and CARROLLTON STATION MAPLE STREET BOOKS SIDNEY'S NEWSSTAND we'd peel the trees and go back in front the Church CHANCES MARTIN'S WINE CELLAR SMITH'S RECORDS and sell the palms for 15 cents each. But then the CHAPS MEMORY LANE SNUG HARBOR church started getting the palms and giving 'em COLUMNS RECORDS SOUND CITY away free. They put us kids outta business. That's COOTER BROWN MERRY GO SOUND SHOP when I lost my faith . . . '' CROP SHOP ROUND/SOUND SOUND WAREHOUSE They get up and pay the bill and move to the WAREHOUSE STAN'S HARD ROCK sidewalk. They stand there a couple of minutes. The DEVILLE BOOKS streetcar comes and the two chicks climb on. A guy DIPPING STATION METRO CAFE walks by, escorted by two stray dogs. A maroon DREAM PALACE METRONOME STORYVILLE JAZZ HALL Chrysler Fifth A venue pulls up to the light, kissing EAT NO EVIL MUSIC STOP THAT LITrLE SHOP ON couples front and back .. . EATS NAPOLEON HOUSE DUMAINE As the Chrysler pulls off, the cabbie makes a face THE ESTABLISHMENT NATURE'S WAY THEO'S MUSHROOM and says "They got a Iotta nuts out this time of the morning, huh?" F & M NEW YORK PIZZA TULANE UC "Yeah," says the Hawaiian shirt, unlocking_ his FAIRMONT HOTEL NEXUS TYLER'S bike, climbing on and adjusting his Walkrnan ear­ FANDANGO'S OLD ABSINTHE BAR- UNO STUDENT UNION phones. "I'll probably see ya tomorrow. " FLAMINGO'S ORIENT EXPRESS VERA CRUZ The cab takes off down Melpomene, towards the RAY FRANSEN DRUM P.J.'S COFFEE WERLEIN'S river. The bike heads towards Dryades Street. 3:20a.m., in a city shrouded by Lent. 0

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Carrollton Ave., 861-7551 225 Bourbon St. 522-0301 3325 Severn Ave., 885-4068 French Quarter Florist open til 1 a.m. Fnday & Saturday 1 a.m. clos1ng lime 223 Dauph1ne, 523-5476 coffee, beignets try the crawfish bisque, steak beaucage good seafood, steaks takes orders 24 hours a day Mother's Russell's Marina Grill Cafe Du Monde 501 Poydras, 523-9656 Fritzel's West End Park, 282-9980 800 Decatur, French Market, 561-9235 733 Bourbon St., 561-Q432 open 6 a.m. til3 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 6 a.m. til open til 3 a.m. Friday & Saturday coffee, hot chocolate, belgnets open 111 7 a .m. 2 p .m. Saturday German food try the Ferdi Special Csfe Maspero Shoney's 601 Decatur, 523-6250 Napoleon 320 S Carrollton, 488-n44. other locations Flying Saucer House open til 3 a.m. Fnday & Saturday 11 a.m. 111 midmght or later 3501 Jefferson H1ghway, 833-5505 500 Chartres, 524-9752 good sandwiches open 5 a .m. hi 1 :30 p .m. Monday-Fnday 11 a.m. - 1 a.m M-Thurs., Fri., Sat til 2 a .m. Snug Harbor good breakfasts, sandw,1ches good muffulettas, subdued atmosphere Camellia Grill 626 Frenchmen, 949-0696 626 S Carrollton, 866-9573 Nathan's Bar B Que open til 2 a.m. Friday & Saturday 8 a.m. hi 1 .45 a.m. 2001 N. Cla1bome Ave., 943-4009 JBZZ in adjacent bar open til 1: 30 a.m. Friday and Saturday Chez Helene good for pork ribs, BBQ bologna St. Charles Tavern 1540 N. Robertson, 947-9155 1433 St. Charles Ave., 523-9823 Fnday & Saturday til 2 a .m. New York VIlla Pizzeria good seafood, a wide menu menu of French, Creole, Soul food 5040 Yale (Metaine), 455-7449 deliveries til 2 a.m. Steak and Egg Kitchen Ciro's Pizza " served by the Italian stallions" 2932 Tulane Ave., 822-2930, other locations 7918 Maple, 866-9551 4 p.m. hi 1 a.m. Georgie Porgies Omelette House Stephen and Martin Restaurant Hyatt Regency Hotel, 566-0000 5740 Crowder Blvd., 241 -8101, other locations 1613 Milan, 897.0781 Clover Grill open til 4 a.m. open til 1 a.m. Fnday & Saturday 900 Bourbon St, 523-0904 good for prime rib Pat's oyster bar good for hamburgers, eggs corner of First and Carondelet Green House Coffee Shop huge plates of red beans and rice, soul food Sudsey's Washaterla Coffee Pot 2700 Napoleon, 891-6637 6215 M1ro St. (behind Shanahan's), 861-8075 714 St. Peter, 524-3500 good poboys, burgers Peter's Pizza and Italian Restaurant 8 a.m til 1 a.m. 6104 Magazine, 899-9994 Takee-Outee full menu Greyhound Bus Station Restaurant deliveries til 2 a.m:, uptown only 511 Bourbon St., 523-6839, other locations 1001 Loyola Ave., 523-6501 Coop's Place Picou's Bakery TallyHo 1109 Decatur, 523-9403 Haagen-Dazs 2501 Bayou Road, 947-0412 400 Chartres, 566-7071 open til4 a.m. 621 St. Peter, 523-4001, other locations good for twisters all night long open 6 a.m. til 2 p.m. open til 1 a.m. Fnday & Saturday good breakfasts Cooter Brown's ice cream Pizza Inn 509 S. Carrollton, 861-9113 5047 Veterans Blvd., 888-9110, other locations Tiffin Inn Pancake House open til 3 a .m. or so Fnday & Saturday Hummingbird Grill phone orders 6601 Veterans Blvd., 888-6602 good for oysters, cheese fries 804 St. Charles Ave., 561-9229 great pancakes all night the classic late mght d1ve Pizza Man He Delivers Denny's 6221 S. Cla1bome Ave., 866-8611 Toddle House 5910 Veteran's Blvd., 887-8007 Igor's open til 2 a.m. 2309 David Dr., 455-8612 serves breakfast, dinner continuously 2133 St. Charles Ave., 581-9603 good for burgers or breakfasts a "highway delight" good hamburgers, tuna melts Pizza Time bring along your dirty clothes: 75¢ a load 401 Bourbon St, 561 -8670 Toney's Spaghetti House Domino's Pizza 9 a .m. til (1i 4 a.m. 210 Bourbon St., 568-9556 4938 Frere!, 897-5033, other locat1ons also lkehorne's (Pitt Grill) open til 12:45 a.m. daily deliveries til 2 a .m. Fnaay & Saturday 3544 W. Esplanade, 454-6189, other locations continual breakfast, lunch, dmner Creole/Italian food Dooky Chase Kevino's Pizza 2301 Orleans Ave., 821 -2294 1040 Toulouse, 524-8095 Tricou House Restaurant open bl1 :45 a.m. Monday-Thursday, 3:45a.m. free delivery 711 Bourbon St., 525-8379 Fnday-Saturday, 2:45 a.m. Sunday try the Ripple Rat Pizza open til 2 a .m. da1ly good gumbo, bread pudding; try the Shnmp " courtyard dining" Dooky Klnko's Copies 1039 Broadway, 866-6156; 801 Howard', 581 - Port of Call Tyler's Eat's 2541; 3300 N. Causeway, Met; 1140 S. Car­ 838 Esplanade, 523.0120 5234 Magazine, 891-4989 702 S. Carrollton, 866-8669 rollton. open til 1 a .m. raw oysters, burgers good breakfasts, poboys 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. M-F; 9-5 Sat., Sun. famous for their hamburgers, steaks 'Plan to go 24 hours end of summer 'k bar, 'k restauront Uptown Pizza Fat Harry's 6207 Miro, 861-o992 4330 St. Charles Ave., 895-9582 La Peniche Quarter Scene free deliveries til 2 a.m. Fnday & Saturday good for pizza, burgers 1940 Dauphine, 943-1400 900 Dumaine, 522-6433 good poboys, seafood, breakfasts good breakfasts, dinner specials Ye Olde College Inn 3016 S. Carrollton Ave., 866-3683 Mama Rosa's Rick's Pancake Cottage open til 12:45 a.m. Fnday & Saturday ·All open 24 hours unless stated otherwise. 616 N. Rampart, 523-5546 2547 Canal St, 822-2630 try the Shrimp Remoulade

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hell of a musician, period." That is how Bocage," was not an easy mug, as he carried a Eddie 8o's former band members Robert shotgun in his station wagon and had been a boxing Parker, Davad Lastie, and James Rivers de­ champ in the Army - "They say, 'This man here 'A scribe him. Between 1955 and 1971, Eddie spins a web around you- hit at him and he's behind Bo, known as " The Maharajah" for his turban, you.' So they started calling me 'Spider.'" Others recorded more New Orleans R&B singles than any­ say he got the nickname for playing the piano so one except Fats Domino. Eddie still wears the turban fluidly . for religious reasons, but he is almost forgotten today. A 1977 album by BruceSpringsteen'scronies IN LATE 1954, Bocage strained to be a blues Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes with one of shouter in the first session for Johnny Vincent's Ace Eddie's songs jokingly refers to a flunkie as "presi­ label with his friend AI Collins. The cool vocal and dent of the Eddie Bo fan club.'' syncopated rhythm of Collins' "I Got the Blues for With his flowing robes and peppered-white beard You" had a big influence on Bo, and late the next Eddie Bo resembles the fabled Magi. When he in­ year he recorded ''I'm Wise," a song with the same tones his jazz hipster's voice "I don't remember any tune, with the help of New Orleans' top-rated disc of the songs I write after a week," he is only halfway jockey, WBOK's Okey Dokey (James Smith). kidding. A lot of things in his life he doesn't want to Eddie recalls, "He sent it to Bess Berman, who remember. owned the Apollo label, and she liked it im­ Edwin Bocage was born September 20, 1930, in mediately." Released by the New York company, New Orleans. Growing up in Algiers and the Ninth ''I'm Wise'' became the Mardi Gras record of 1956. Ward, Bocage picked out notes on his mother's Slippin' and a-slidin', piano and sang in the St. John Fourth Baptist Peepin' and a-hidin', Church. I'm so glad I got wise. After a short stint in the Army, Bocage entered the Little Richard also liked "I'm Wise." '·'Lee Di­ Grund wall School of Music in the late Forties, where amond was Richard's bandmaster and my close he played classical and modem jazz piano. "It was friend," says Bocage. "Lee Diamond said, 'I have a three of us who started out together," recalls Soc­ tune for you that's bad. When he played it for age, "me, Edward Frank, and Ellis Marsalis. I Richard, Richard just changed it around and put his wanted to make some money, so I left that scene.'' name on it." After playing around at the Caffin Theater talent As "Siippin' and Slid in'," the flips ide of "Long shows with Ninth Ward friends like Jessie Hill and Tall Sally," the song has been recorded by Buddy the Lastie brothers, Bocage joined the Club Tiajuana Holly, John Lennon, etc. Even though he shared house band with Robert Parker, Albert Scott, Billy writer's credit with Collins, Smith, and Richard, Bo Tate, and "Hungry" Williams. Bocageremembers, should have received big checks, but he apparently " It was a club like the Dew Drop where everybody sold his rights: "I had the first tune out and I was came and jammed. The greatest thrill I had was one young, so they gave me a little money on the side. time Ray Charles and one time Dinah Washington When you go up to $14-15,000, the kid shut up and came in and sang with us. Awesome! Little Richard be quiet. " was almost like part of the furniture." Bocage hit the road with a band consisting of Bocage also began touring in the early Fifties, first David Lastie and Robert Parker(tenors), Earl Batiste taking the Tiajuana band to Tijuana, Mexico! Soc­ (alto), Irving Bannister (guitar), James Prevost age apparently fulfilled his ambition to make money (bass), and Walter "Popee" Lastie (drums). As part in a tour with the hottest R&B act of 1952, Lloyd of the Top Ten Show of New York's Shaw Booking Price. Charles Connor, who was soon to become Agency, they backed up Little Willie John, Amos Little Richard's drummer, recalls "The first $1,000 Milburn, Ruth Brown, Joe Turner, the Teen Queens, bill I ever saw Eddie Bo had it. We used to travel to etc. "We played a lot of the armories," says David Nashville and Alabama [with Smiley Lewis]. He Lastie, "Either it'd be on a beach, a skating rink, the said, 'I'll never get stranded because I have a $1 ,000 city auditorium, the town hall, the carnival, or the bill.' I said, 'You better watch yourself, man. Some­ regular barrooms." body's.-.gonna hit you in the head for that $1,000 In New York the group made some superb blues bill."' recordings in which Bocage'sjazz roots came to the But Bocage, who was then known as "Spider fore. ' 'The style I was singing was the chord changes --·~·~------

more or less and breaking up the chords as I go Baronne Street, which I built and designed for him, born the second sultan, "El Bo." · along. I was trying to execute some of the things we and I wound up broke again. The first record re­ Despite its classic sound, " Tell It Like It Is" was were taught and [learned from] listening to musi­ corded in that studio was Joe Jones, a million seller only able to "bubble under" Billboard's Hot 100; El cians in the school.'' Bocage lists Fats Waller, Oscar right out. I was on piano for 'You Talk Too Much.'" Bo helps explain why: "He [Ruffino] only put out Peterson, and Little Willie John as other influences. Bocage and his band-James Rivers and Robert enough money with your particular record to be The tour broke up abruptly in October 1956 when Parker (tenors), Porgy Jones (trumpet), Joe Morri· successful. He'd ge~ his money back doubled or . repo men apparently caught Bocage without his son (guitar), Placide Adams (bass), and Popee Las tie tripled and he's be satisfied. The artist just made $1,000 bill in Florida and took one of the band's two (drums)- produced the first hits by Irma Thomas money pertaining to the gig. But when he got a big station wagons. ("Don't Mess with My Man") and Robert Parker record, he didn't know what to do with it. When One record cut in New York, " Hey, ·Bo,'·' com­ ("All Nite Long"), and a Mardi Gras classic by AI other companies approached him pertaining to it he bined hot hom riffs with mambo and James Prevost, Johnson (''Carnival Time'') in what were often non­ would renege. Records that should have been hits now with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, hollering union sessions. Eddie says union president and were not hits because they weren't promoted as they "Hey, Bo! Whatcha know?! " Coincidentally, John­ friend Melvin Lastie " did bust us once, but he didn't were doing at that time - you lCnow, payol~ ny Vincent put out his last Bo track coupled with tum us in. " Ruffino did give writer's credit to deejays for airplay " We Like Mambo" by Huey Smith and a band Bocage hit his stride in the spring of 1960 with a incentive. including Earl King: "Vincent put that out under funk-blasting two-sided smash. Before 1966 and Nevertheless, Bocage was in great demand in the Eddie Bo's name because Eddie had a record out and Aaron Neville's hit by the same name, the phrase South, and even played the Apollo in New York, he had more saleable qualities. And Huey like to had "Tell It Like It Is" meant only one thing in New with Etta James and Little Willie John. a duck fit!" Bocage says, "Vincent did some un­ Orleans - Eddie Bo's masterful two-beat romp, orthodox things, but I reaped the benefit of gigs on which crystallized the new, light New Orleans style IN 1961, BOCAGE had two hits with a string the tune.'' Huey Smith & the Clowns re-recorded the as well as anything Allen Toussaint produced. section- the ballad "It Must Be Love" and the song as "We Like Birdland,'' a top40 hit by Chubby "Every Dog Got His Day" is a fierce be bop/New weird "Dinky Doo,'' leased to Capitol. "Dinky Checker in 1963. Orleans fusion with bizarre drum patterns by Popee Doo" also had a female chorus, scat singing, and a and great lyrics. " That's me blowing the solo and funky R&B tune. El Bo says, "A 'dinky doo' i.n­ ON NOVEMBER 2, 1957, Bocage made the forming the hom pattern,'' says James Rivers, with dividual was a monkey man everybody takes advan­ front page of The LouisialUl Weekly when he was the James Rivers Movement. "That is a lick I do tage of, really. You should have seen the New .shot in the side by his first wife. Judging by ads in the even right now." Blue-eyed soul singer Skip Orleans Symphony Orchestra going through that, Weekly for shows during 1958 the incident made Easterling enthuses, "Every night that I sing I al­ Jack: they had smiles from ear to ear - 'Wow! Bocage better known locally. Eddie began wearing a ways do 'Every Dog Got His Day.' Great song, one What's this?"' turban at gigs after a hairdresser in Washington, of my all-time favorites." . Locally, Bocage played the Autocrat Club, Ger­ D.C. used too much lye in making his process. Setting the bea~ for "Tell It Like It Is" was 1.8- mania Hall, the Masque Lounge, the I.L.A. Hall, "My Dearest Darling" on Chess and "I'll Keep year-old tambourine player Alton Thomas, who and the Blue Eagle, after which James Rivers named on Trying" on Ace were two popular ballads for gained a spot in the group in late 1959 when Bocage his first record. Every summer Bo headlined huge Edd\e during 1958, the former becoming a top five began writing songs around his jive talk. Valet, shows at the Lincoln Beach amusement park. R&B hit for Etta James two years later. "Oh-Oh" on singer, dancer, and general clown, Thomas also The twin rajahs were so popular that acts like Chess is the most astounding rockabilly blitz re­ began wearing a turban and did routines with Bocage Bobby Wardell & the Sultans also began wearing corded in New Orleans, with the guitar riff from Bill like the "invisible basketball," the "backfield-in­ turbans. Another thing the Sultans had in common Justis' "Raunchy" taken to blackout speed by Edgar motion," and a fainting act during "Tell It Like It with Eddie Bocage was the Popeye dance, which Blanchard. Is." Thomas hung around Eddie so much that one became a local craze in early 1962. In 1959 Bocage helped Joe Ruffino build his Ric day Placide called him Eddie's "right arm." Popee Taking the beat from Chris Kenner's "Something and Ron labels - literally: "He had a studio on corrected him, "No, that's his elbow." Thus was You Got," Bo added a hilarious storyline in which

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26 WAVEI..ENGTKtAARC 1986 big, bad Bluto absconds with Olive Oyl, who when he came out of Joe's house-you know, when wrote under his second wife's name, Delores John­ squeals, "Popeye! Save poor me!" Popeye gives Joe knew the end was coming he got that off his son, and gave ·away some of his best and most chase, "doin' his famous steps." chest. There was nothing Eddie could do about it. It popular songs, like Tommy Ridgely's "In the Same You better check your spinach, was just dead money. " Old Way" and Oliver Morgan's "Who Shot the La 'Cause Olive's in the danger zone! La." Among the other artists he produced were Disc jockey Jim Stewart was at Cosimo's studio AFTER 1962 it seems a lot of the fun went out of Bobby Mitchell, Chris Kenner, Art Neville, Chuck the day "Check Mr. Popeye" was recorded and was the music for Bocage. El Bo got married and moved Carbo, Johnny Adams, Skip Easterling, and Mary playing it the next day. It was leased to Swan Rec­ Jane Hooper. Some of his productions show Eddie's ords in the national dance capital, Philadelphia. strong gospel influence. El Bo recalls, "We were ready to make beaucoups The late Joe Banashak, for whom Bocage pro­ of money. The tune hit in Cashbox Top 100 with a duced from 1966 to 1968, was convinced that Eddie bullseye going up ... didn't care about hits anymore. "Eddie was a total "Joe Ruffino didn't want to give King Features loss. Eddie, I think, did sessions just to do sessions, [syndicators for Popeye cartoons] a part of the rec­ just to make session money. At the time I had a deal ord, so King Features said, 'You're using the char­ with London Records to supply them 'x' number of acter, and that's our original character.' So they records per year. Now, they furnished the money in killed the 'Popeye.'" When the ax fell, Bocage flew advance, it was a considerable sum. When I was home from Philadelphia, where he had been cancel­ working with Eddie I was hoping I would really led off American Bandstand by Dick Clark. become reestablished, but he wasn't the arranger. The Popeye fiasco killed a potential album of He just didn't have the ability." Popeye titles: "The Olive Oyl Strut," "The Sweet "I was trying to get into the hotels," comments Pea Crawl," "Scrubbin' the Deck," "The Wimpy" Bocage, "probably so I wouldn't have to travel so ... No similar novelties followed, but the Coasters much, just to see how it would feel to sit and play six paid tribute by doing their version with Southside nights, but I couldn't handle it. It's just too boring Johnny in 1977. sitting around.'' The AFO Combo played on Socage's last five Ric Despite Banashak's bitterness, after reading a singles, laying down an airtight funk groove on "I L toR. El Bo, Roger Lewis (now with the Dirty rough copy of this article he told me he wanted to Got to Know," "Roamin-titis," etc. Eddie also Dozen Brass Band), and the Maharajah. release an album of Bocage's Seven-B material, played occasional jam sessions with the group. including two cool jazz baiJads that had caressed the When the next record "Baby I'm Wise" was to San Francisco. Bocage used members of Deacon local airwaves, "Let Our Love Begin" and "Just squashed by a snafu with the publishers of ''I'm John's band and appeared alone on All-Star shows. Friends." Wise," Bocage escaped Ric for Rip Roberts' Rip A record he cut with Lloyd Price's big band ("Your Ironically, Bocage didn't receive any credit for label, barely missing a beat with his demented Harry Love Is Good Enough for Me" /"Muchos Gracias") one of the biggest hits on Seven-B - the New Belafonte imitation on "Let's Limbo" and."You're was never released. Even a session with the AFO Orleans funk classic ''Pass the Hatchet'' by Roger & the Only One,'' leased to Chess in the late summer of Combo on its label At Last didn't produce a hit, and the Gypsies in the spring of 1966. Bocage: "He 1962. AFO Records followed Ric/Ron down the tubes. On [Banashak] said, 'You make up things fast, just put An episode that occurred shortly before Joe Ruffi­ seven different labels in three years, Bo knocked out anything on it, just to make it sell.' So that was it. no's death in late 1962 was apparently the bitter records ranging from mediocre to very mediocre. An We came back to pick up some things we left in the turning point in Eddie's career. El Bo: ''On his dying exception was "Fare Thee Well," with a terrific studio and we wound up singing on just a rhythm bed Ruffino told Eddie he beat him out of$50,000 or comb-and-tissue solo, leased to Chess in early 1964. track they had put down." $75,000, and had it all tied up. 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3627 S. Carrollton 3129 Gentllly Blvd. -482-6431 282-3322 • MARCH 1986/WAVEL.ENGTH ZT Tipitina's reopening photos by Meredith Rolley Maria Ummiatis, bartender at the Columns: "When the old Tip 's closed I stopped going out to hear music. It was right in the neigh­ borhood and one of the few places I felt comfortable going by myself. 1 always had a great time and knew a lot of people there. Now I'm only worried that I'm going to start going there all the time. "

"Bullet Bob" Ourel, general manager of the new Tipitina's: "I'm just glad everybody had a chance to come back. Everybody pitched in. on this labor of love." Rodney Sanders, former Maple Leaf bartendmg partner of Bullet Bob: "You could almost hear Professor Longhair's Kenny Samuels, soundman for the Radiators: "/love it. More space 'It's about time."' voice from the grave . .. -more fun."

Regulars were glad to see the photo booth back.

Ned Hobgood, pro­ prietor of Le Bon Temps Rou/e: "Ex­ cellent job. Good for the area. The new Tipitina's says 'we're here to do busi­ ness."'

through Sundays, save for Fridays at 3 p.m. despite the nebulosity required to preserve on­ Woody Allen as "rats with wings"), a play by • LAKEFRONT the-air spontaneity. the basic format of this very Thomas Atkins that was a finalist in the 1984 Saturday, 8 magazine. To be featured, among other things, CAC Fest1val of New Works, Fit For Lilt, an ali-day fitness program at the interviews with Aaron Neville, Mason Ruffner, Rose Dinner Theatre, 201 Robert Street, Gretna, Nexus, 6200 Elysian Fields, 288-3440. Fridays: Johnny J and the Hitmen, and the Circle Jerks. 367-5400. Through March, A Chorus Line Torkanowsky, Severn, Manuel Garcia and George Audubon Zoo which Includes diet counseling and advice on nutrition and health food, and body NOVAC, continuing programs and classes in which is to our niggling, captious and arthrillc: French, 6:30p.m. to 2:30a.m. Saturdays: same video production and editing; information at anchoritic turn of mind, one of the most fatuous­ band from 11 to 3 a.m. composition analysis (done here by experts as opposed to those people who are always telling 524-8626. ly overrated of all Broadway successes. Prlvltlen, 6207 Franklin Ave .• 288-5550. Call St. Bernard Report, with Mary Serpas and Bill Theatre Marlgny, 616 Frenchmen, 944-2653. for March's lineup. us in a charmingly amateur way what we're full of); Information at 861-2537. Estives, Channel T-33, Group W; interviews with Through Thurs.20: the New Orleans premiere of Stan's Hard Rock Cafe, 1928 West End Park, local and national acts, 6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Tina Howe's Playing Churches, a play abOut a 288-0044. Call for March listings. Jtllonday, 10 WYES, Channel 12, PBS. Sal.1: America's young woman visiting her eccentric Bostonian Music: Country with Patti Page, Razzy Bailey, Ed­ parents, directed by Warren Sampson, Jr .• with Marvelous Marvin Hagllt v. Mugabl on closed die Dean, Doug Kershaw, 7:10p.m. A Tribute to Stacey Arion, Ed Brown and Julie Walden; per­ • MID-CITY circuit, at the Superdorne (and we hope Marvin's Country Greatness. saluting Mother Maybelle formances at 8:30 Thursdays through Saturdays. laying off the stuff from Pizza Hut that he pushes Carter and Marty Robbins, 8:20 p.m. Amenca's Toulouse Theatre, 615 Toulouse, 888-8181 or while he's in training); Louisiana Superdome, 8 Music: Gospel with Sandra Crouch & Friends, 866-7974. Wednesdays through Sundays: Clpp's, 111 N. Carrollton, 484-6554. Thurs.6: p.m. Popular Mechanics and Dense Flesh. Fri. 7: 30 x Reba Rambo, Winlley Phillips, the Chambers Verne! Bagneris • Stagger Lee, w1th music by 90. Sat.8: the ghoulish-sounding bill of Dead Thursday, 13 Family Singers, Linda Hopkins. etc .. 10:20 p.m. Allen Toussaint; there are two per1orrnances on Milkmen and Graveyard Rodeo. Fri.14 : Force of Folk Reunion At DeVII'S Lake with Glenn Yar­ Friday and Saturday evenings. Reservations Habit and Radio Brooklyn. Sat.15: Four for WTUL Marathon, on the Quad; the annual three­ brough, the Umeliters and the New Kingston available. Nothing. Fri.21: Voices of Winter. Sat.22: The day fundralser lor the school's radio station, in­ Trio, 11:30 p.m. Sat.8: Benny Goodman: Let's Barbara Menendez Band. Frl.28: Wild Bush Beat cluding, as usual, free and frenetic per1orrnances Dance-A Musical Tribute with Sinatra, Bobby and Dense Flesh. Sat.29: Lenny Zenith. by a number of local musical worthies, among Short, A. Bartlett Giamatti and Morton Gould, 7 C...._., 1717 Canal St., 525-7937. Fridays: them Mason Ruffner, King Nino and the Slave p.m. (repeated Sun.16 at 2 p.m.)Mon.10: View VIetnamese music from 9. Other nights: Voi Girls and more. Information at 865-5887. From The Stoop, 7 p.m. Yeah, You R1te! a witty nhung chuong dac sac do cac nghe si thai danh Hllllll lilt '86, also at Tulane In the Kendall documentary on local linguistic peculiarities. 7:30 tu San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston ... ve Cram Room of the University Center; health films p.m. Tues.11: Peter Paul and Mary, a 25th an­ trlnh dlen, Vol cac loal thus pham kho dac sac. screened, aerobics and exercise demonstrations niversary concert, 8 p.m. (repeated Sat.15 at 3 Co ban va cho muon bang nhac, video tape, at noon, as well as a run at 4:30 around the p.m.) Fri.14: 'Follies' in Concert, a behmd-the­ cassette. Quad ; Information at 865-5255/5138 or scenes look at the all-star concert revival of the Dorothy's Medallion, 3232 Orleans Ave, 588-5471. Sondheim musical, with Carol Burnett, Lee 482-9239. R&B. Sundays: Johnny Adams with Remick, Elaine Stritch, Mandy Patinkin, Licia Walter Washington and the House Band, 11 p.m. Tuesday, 18 through Sunday, 23 Albanese. Betty Camden and Adolph Green, Bar­ to 3 a.m. Disney World On Ice, UNO Lakefront Arena; thrill bara Cook and others, 7 p.m. AI Jarreau: Live In Plrbllw TIVII'n, 910 N. Carrollton, 482-2680. again to Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar London, 9 p.m. Wed.19: The Well-Tempered Sat.1: J. Monque'D. Frl.7: Continental Drifters. and Clara Cluck flgure-eighting their way into Bach, with Peter Ustinov, 8 p.m. Sun.23: Great Sat.8: Mighty Sam Mclain. Frl.14: Ray Bonne­ your hearts. Performances: Cava/feria Rusllcana. the Zeffirelli ville Blues Band. Sat.15: Renegades. Fri.21: production of the lurid Mascagnl one-acter with Johnny J and the Hitmen. Sat.22: J. Monque'D. Thursday, 20 through Sunday, 23 Placido Domingo as Turiddu, 1 p.m. Wed.26: Live from the Met: Lohengrin, Wagner's opera 33rd Annual Symphony 8Gok Fair, UNO A pencJJ Self Portnlt by Kenneth Lakefront Arena, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. save on Sun­ with Eva Marton as Elsa, 7 p.m. Sun.30: Great Mass McAsllln, ~rt of his show at the • N.O. EAST day when the hours are noon to 5 p.m. Not simp­ Performances: Bernstem conducts Haydn's Bavarian State RadiO Or­ ACidemy Slllety, SllllrUy, Marcil 1 ly printed matter of every conceivable desCription In Time Of War, with chestra and Chorus. and Judith Blegen, Brlgette 19. 7011 Read Blvd ., 242-9710. but records and tapes, art, puzzles, sheet music, through Wednesday, March ... IIIII. Claes Ahnsjo and John Shirley­ Jerry. games and photography; there is a $5 admission Fassbaender. Fri.-Sat .• 1D-3, Rocking Quirk, 1 p.m. Thl Club, 1701 St. Bernard, 947-9334. Jazz charge on Thursday onfy. Information at workshops every Sunday from 7 to 11 . 524-0404 or 861-2004. FICIS, 8833 West Judge Perez, Chalmette, CINEMA 279-3223. Call for music details for February. Saturday, 29 PARADES Loyola Flm Buff's Institute, 895-3196. Mon.3: Winnie's, 2304 AP. Tureaud. Sundays from 6 Easter Egg Hunt, at the Audubon Zoo, including until 10 p.m .• Ernie K-Doe, the man who made Weekend, Godard's 1967 barbaric yawp comedy contests, games and guests, as well as the in­ is startlingly schizophrenic: the first hall with its the stork stop at Charity. scattered about. In­ ST. PATRICK'S DAY cessant lor the pastel ovums bourgeois havoc and apocalyptic traffic jam stret­ formation at 861 -2537. ching for miles is glorious; the second hall-all • METAIRIE Friday, 14 guerilla war1are and cinematic and literary lnside­ Jim Monaghan's Decatur Str11t Irish Club St. jo~es is dismal. Mon.1 0: Boudu Sauve des Eaux, th1s 1931 Renoir comedy (recently remade as 701 Veterans Blvd. Sunday: the Patrick's Day Parade, with Grand Marshall Undy Copeland's Cite, VIDEO 1107 Down and Out In Beverly Hills) looks as though it Jimmy Maxwell Trio, featuring Rene Netto and Boggs , leaves Molly's at the Market, to Royal, up was shot by Lartigue; It Is an explosion of the Bob Tassin, from noon to 3. Music City, Cable Channel 2; -Wednesdays. Decatur Street, up to Dumaine, over to Toulouse, over to Bourbon and back down to lovable ragamuffin-noble savage myth: a wrong­ Docks, 3624 Florida Ave., Kenner. 468-9964. Wed.5: Danny Barker. Wed.12: Jasmine. Decatur and its starting point. Begins 6 p.m. mindedly altruistic liberal bookseller fishes a Country music nightly; Wednesdays: male strip­ Wed.19: All Alone with the Blues. Wd.26: suicidal bum out of the Seme and brings him pers. for ladies only, 8 to 10. Rockin' Dopsle. Saturday, 15 home, where Priap • Boudu proceeds to seduce Bodtattllr Lounge, 3012 N. Arnoult. Call for NIHV, Cox Cable Channel 06, Thursdays at the wife and maid, spit in first editions of Balzac Day Parldl, February dates. 6:30; sponsored by Wavelength and following, Uptow11 Irish Club St. Patrick's and shine his shoes with the tablecloths; with at Constance and Llndllllfll Holll, 2601 Severn Ave., 888-9500. leaves St. Mary's Church Michel Simon-who else?-as Boudu, Charles to FeliCity, Tuesdays through Thursdays c1t 9, and Fridays Joseph Streets) after 1 p.m. Mass. Marcelle Hainia as the heavingly sour Annunciation, to Granval, and Saturdays at 10, the Creole Cookin' Jazz Magazine, Louisiana Ave.. wife, Severlne Lerczinska ·as the maid, Jean at Chippewa and Band. Jackson, to Seafarer's Hall Daste as the young customer. Thurs. 13: Bring Jackson. Me The Head Of Affredo Garcia, one of the more • WEST BANK notorious of Sam Peckinpah's works, th1s Sunday, 16 carnage-strewn melodrama (a favorite of Stephen Metairie's St. Patrick's Day Parade leaves Rum­ King, natch) is so peculiar that you have to ad­ Bronco's, 1409 Romain, Gretna, 368-1000. Mon­ mel High School on Severn. lo Melairie Road, to mire Peckinpah for ever even getting the damned days, Wednesdays, Fridays, Salurdays: Missis­ Focis Street, to end at the railroad tracks; re­ thing released-but that's all there is to admire sippi South. viewing stand IS at Labarre and Metairie Roads. about it; with Warren Oates, lsela Vega, Gig Copellnd's, 1700 Lapalco, 364-1575. Jazz Young , the famous Mexican director Emilio 'In­ brunch Sundays from noon to 3. ST. JOSEPH'S DAY dio' Fernandez as the bandit-chieflan Garcia and 1801 Club, 1801 Stumpf Blvd ., 367-9670. Wed­ Kris Kristofferson glimpsed briefly as a rapist nesdays through Saturdays: Janet Lynn and Ya Mon.1 7: La Marseillaise, lhis great 1937 Reno1r Ya. Saturday, 22 film is like an on-the-spot documentary of late Fat Cats, 505 Gretna Blvd • 362-0598. Call for 18th Century life and politics : never dull, it has St. Joseph's Day Parade, wilh Grand Marshall February listings. 10 in Mar­ Jim Mora, has lhe Italian Amencan Marching great scenes set the Jacobms' club Froggles, 403 West Bank Expressway. emigres Club leaving the Piazza d'llalia on, Poydras. to seilles and among the powdered-wigged 367-0227. The Dmo Kruse Band every Thursday. gathered in Coblenz, wistfully musing over the Camp, Canal, to Chartres. Esplanade. Royal to and already forgetting their court on Canal: 1.200 anc1en regime flmsh at the Marnott Hotel dances; there is also a great per1orrnance by lava beans, doubloons and marchers dispense end­ flowers in return for osculallon from the ladies. Pierre Renoir as Louis XVI. a very touching RANDOM ing ("the leaves are falling early this year"), and many echoes of the brief Front Populaire under DIVERSIONS whose auspices the film was made: Lotte THEATRE Remiger did the shadow play that the soldiers and Maple Leaf Poetry Readings their girls watch; w1th Louis Jouvet, Use Sundays at 3 p.m. Call the bar for schedule. Bayou Dinner Theatre, Bayou Plaza . 4040 Tulane Delamare as Marie Antoinette. Maurice Escande, Avenue .• 244-1444 . Through April 6: Chapter 11 , Carette, Gaston Modot, Aime Clairond, Jacques Fair Grounds Race Track Paul Sanchez, at Carrolffon Station, a Neil Simon play about Starting Over. Catelain, Ardisson and Jenny Hella as the woman 1751 Gentllly Blvd .. Clubhouse reservations Saturday, Mitch 8. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St . Peter. Through Sun. 9: orator of the Jacobins. Wed .19: They Oon't Wear 943-2200. 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works by Mozart and Tchaikowsky . 8 p.m . There April17 is an open rehearsal Tues.18 at 9:45a.m. Bengals; Hoodoo Gurus. McAlister Auditorium, Sunday, 23 Tulane campus. The Messiah, a Palm Sunday concert including only Parts 1 and 2 of Hdndel's oratorio, wlth the Symphony Chorus part1c1patmg: St. Joseph's Church, 1802 Tulane Avenue. 4'30 p.m. OUTTATOWN

Unless otherwise noted, all cancer~ c.· Friday, 21 & Saturday, 22 Orpheum Theatre, 129 Umverstty P:ace. Amsterdam Blues Festival, wtth, among the an­ tion anlj tickets at 524-0404 or 5. ~ C.3< nouuced performers, Lonnie Mack and his Blues Band, Axel Zwingenberger and the ageless. sublime mighty-tight-woman Sipple Wallace, Harry 'Cuby' Muskee Blues Band, Roomful of BALLET Blues, Avalanche, Carey & Lurrie Bell, Maxine Howard & Her Blues & R-&-B Show, Hezeklah Friday, 21 & Sunday, 2~ and the Houserockers, David Evans, James Son The New Orleans City Ballet 8 ano 2 p.m on Thomas, Jessie Mae Hemphill; information and ._ the respective days at the Theatre for the Perfor­ reservations from Martin Van Olderen, Postbus I mtng Arts: the program includes the Pelipa­ 12538, 1100 AM Amsterdam Holland; the tele­ phone number The Dead rsally want these guys to leave you a quart of Franklin setting of Aurora's Wedding from Tchai­ is 020-961111. you kowsky's Sleeping Beauty; The Swl Pomt to skim and a pint of half-and-half twice a wsek?-at Capps, Saturday, March B. music by Debussy: the Balanchine-Tchaikowsky Allegro Bnllante. Ticket information at 522-1806 . disputes, directed by Leon Hirszman whose Sao Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal, Bernardo is one of the great Brazilian films of the 523-4662. Through the first day of Spring, The seventies: so this is worth a look on that account. Mistick Krewe: 130 Years of Comus. a show of Information in Wavelength is Wed.26: Red Dust, not the 1933 Harlow-Gable­ first-class-relics of the one great legacy of the UP'N'COMING published FREE . Mary Astor lndochmese frolic, this is a 1982 AnglcrSaxon races to the city. The following ex­ The Deadline for Listings is the Cuban film by Jesus Diaz. a bit of hibit will be of ttems from the collection April 2 an Enoch Arden of General 18th day of the current month story set after the revolution . Films are in Bobet and Mrs. Williams, the founders of the HNOC. 10,000 Maniacs a group that obvtously denves its Hall, usually at 7 and 9, save for weekends when Le Mleux Galleries, 508 Pelican Ave.. Algiers name from Herschell Gordon Lewis ' Two Thou­ for the following month. they are at 7 30 only By admission or season Pernt, 361-1735 . Through Mon .17 watercolors, sand Maniacs: according to one reference, Send information to subscription pencils and oils by Tony Green of Venice a"unique look at Southern hospitality. The small Prytanla, 5339 Prytania. 895-4513. Through Louisiana State Museum, on Jackson Square and town of Pleasant Valley, wiped out by the Union P.O. Box 15667, Thurs.6: Always, a film by Henry Jaglom in elsewhere. Facmg the Elements wtth Elegance: during the Civil War. magically returns every hun­ New Orleans, LA which the dtrector and his ex-wife Patrice Town­ outerwear and wraps from the Presby! ere· s dred years for a celebration and revenge. Stx 70115. send play two people very much like Henry costume collectton: paintings and photos. decor­ vacationing Northerners are greeted by the JOvial Jaglom and his ex-wile. Fri .7 through Thurs.20 : ative arts and furniture and a generous amount of mayor and made guests of honor. One woman is Last minute phone calls­ The Official Story, an Argentine film by Luis Puen­ Newcomb pottery and Woodward work . At the -dismembered, another crushed by a boulder. One if you must -895-2342. zo about a middle-aged woman who thinks her Mint: Mardi Gras in New Orleans and New man is barbecued. another rolled down a htll in a adopted child may be the daughter of parents kill­ Orleans Jazz, two large and self-explanatory ex­ barrel lined with nails ..•The unsettiingly graphic ed by the government years before, during the hibtts. effects still make it hard for many people to so-called Dirty War; Norma Aleandro's perfor­ Mario Villa Gallery, 3908 Magazine. 895-8731 take ." At Tipitina·s. mance has been much praised . From Fn.21: Through Thurs.20 : paintings by Rosalie Ramm Ran, Akira Kurosawa's hterattc version of King and sculptures by Ed Barbier. From Sat 22 Lear. sculpture by Robert Weeks . Tulane, 865-5166 . Tues.4~ Inherit The Wmd, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, Stanley Kramer's star-loaded film about the 488-2631 . Through Sun .9: The 1986 New Scopes Trial wtth Spencer Tracy as Darrow. Orleans Tflenmal. The Centenntal Exhtbition; Fredric March as William Jennings Bryan and through Sat.29: A Tribute to Ansel Adams; conti­ Gene Kelly as H.l. Mencken (!). Tues.18: The nuing; The Diamond Jubtlee History Exhtbition: Ktlling Fields. Films are in Room 209 of Newcomb Part I, The Volunteer Directors, 1910-1948. Free Hall; call the above number for details. admission to the Museum on Thursdays through the year; Group tours for the deaf the fourth Sun­ day of every month . ART Posselt-Baker Gallery, 822 St. Peter, 524-7252. LOUISIANA Through Fn .7: paintings, drawings and collages A Gallery tor Fine Photography, 5432 Magazine. by Marty Blade and Randell Henry. From Fn .14: 891-1002. Through March 9, Eye of the Land­ recent paintings by Stephen Cappelli. ROCK scape, including examples by W. Eugene Smith, Tilden-Foley, 4119 Magazine, 897-5300. Ansel Adams, Margaret Bourke-White, Aaron Through Tues .18 · sculpture and works on paper 'N' Siskind, etc. March 10 through the end of April: by Keith Sonnier. From Sat.22: Texas' which in­ French photographers, no doubt including such cludes works by Martm Oelabano. Terry Elkins. classics as Lartigue, Cartier-Bresson , Ooisneau . Vernon Fisher, Melissa Miller and James Surls . SOUL Brassai. etc. Tulane, 865-5238 . From Sun.9 : an exhibit of Academy Gallery, 5256 Magazme. 899-8111. work by Newcomb alumnae. in the Newcomb Sat.1 through Wed 19: drawings , paintings and Women's Center. sculptures by Ken McAshan and June Wood­ Saturday bridge Hamilton. From Sat.22: oils and sculptures by Dell Weller and Robert Giordano. MARCH 22 Arthur Roger Gallery, 3005 Magazine. 895-5287. SYMPHONY (in the French Quarter) Through Thurs.20: Blue Chip Show of such inter­ nationally famous artists as AI Held. Kenneth Tuesday-Thursday, 4-6 Noland. Larry Poons. Helen Frankenthaler. Classical Concert; Raymond Leppard conducts, Call 525-8199 Hackney. Sam Francis, Anthony Caro, John pianist is Jon Kliblnoff: works by Schumann, Graham (who paints the wonderful cross-eyed Mendelssohn and Beethoven ; 8 p.m. An open for more info ladies), etc. From Sat.22: paintings by Dan Rez­ rehearsal for thts concert will be held on Tues.4 at zie. 9·45 a.m. Bienville Gallery, 1800 Hastings Place. 525-5889. Gall for March shows. · Saturday, 8 Delgado Community College Art Gallery, 6I 5 City Discovery Concert; a program for parents and Pick up a copy of "A" Park Avenue. 483-4116 . Student shows; through children. including Tubby The Tuba and The Train's Thurs.6: Commercial Art . From Thurs .13: In­ Amazmg Toy Shop (is this La Boutique Fantas'?); rousing LP, terior Design. pianist Jon Klibinoff speaks to the audience; River of People on Duplantllr Gallery, 818 Baronne. 524-1071. 10:30 a.m . Through Tues . I 1: Landscape and Cttyscape Basically Beethoven Concert: Raymond Leppard Sooto Records, at the Group Show, containing, among other things, conducts, Jon Klibinoff ts piantst; works by specially-marked paintings by Doug Maccash whose wttty pain- Mendelssohn. Schumann and Beethoven 8 p.m. price tings of people and dogs walking each other of $4.99 at Metronome within Feininger-like spaces we've long admired. Friday, Saturday, 14 & 15 From Sat.22: Recent Finds by Bruce Allen. ltT'\!_~Oit Galerle Slmonne Stern, 518 Julia, 529-11 18. International Night at the Pops, a Superpops Con­ Paintings, figurative and landscape, by Robert cert with tenor Michael John White singmg both Hausey and Xavier de Gallatay. Irish ballads and Italian canzomeri. 8 p.m. WAl!!ll~· ...~ Gas"'" Folk Art Gallery, 831 St. Peter, 524-9373. Through the month , works by gallery Tuesday, Wednesday, 18 & 19 lant~Cnlal . artists. Classical Concert; Zdenek Macal conducts;

MARCH 198&WAVELENGT1i 31 he went into semi-retirement in 1975. "It made me group, has this to say about Eddie Bo: ''There's a lot carpentry work, EDDIE BO from page 21 go back to what I did in my youth, !n common with him and Ray Charles. They can play - and leave [music] alone." Jazz, they can play rock, they can play rhythm & As Bunny Matthews once suggested, Eddie Bo's Eddie Bo has never given up music totally. He blues. You just put anything in front of them and later hits show an unusual obsession with hardware, produced jazz/funk albums on his own label in 1977 they can do it. It won't take nothing for Eddie Bo to as inspiration that seems to have come from his and 1980 and a very modem-sounding funk single in have another hit, that's the confidence I have in this part-time jobs. " Get you a hammer and saw," says 1980. He even tried to open a club (the El Grande) guy." 0 Eddie in ' 'Fence of Love,'' his advice to the lovelorn for musicians to jam in. "I always play- keep a carpenter. "and build a fence around her." piano at home and just play for myself. I'll go on a WWOZ-FMwillpresentaradioslwwonEddieBo When picking up his crawfish at Seafood City, gig if a gig is paying." in two parts, Wed., March 12, 7 p.m. and Wed., Bocage met somebody with similarly divided in­ Placide Adams, who leads a traditional jazz March 19, 7 p.m. terests - AI Scramuzza of Scram Records. With George Davis's wicked guitar riff jllld James Black's Eddie Bo Discography (Special thanks to Billy Delle, Terry Pattison, Almost Slim, and Ray Topping.) amazing drums, the dance instrumental "Hook and Singles His lJay Ric 969 ,:ightltffheRiverofTears Blue tor You)I(Pt. 2) SCiam 119 Sling" on Scram Records and Uzza Publishing be­ 115& Warm Oaddy!Ain 't It the Jay 155 1178 came Bocage's biggest hit ever. "I got that off the So Glad/Baby (as "Little Truth Ric 974 1965 Doin' the Crawfish! Scram? waterfront,'' says Bocage. ''There was somebody Bo") he 501 1961 Danger/Fee-Fi-Jum-Bo-U Blue The Rubber Band/(Pt. 2) (& 111e I'm Wise/Happy Tears Apollo It Must Be Love/What a Fool Jay 156 Soul Finders) Knight 303 · who told me, 'You're workin' out here with your 486 I've Been Ric 9n Our Love (Will Never Falter)! We're Doing It (Thang)t(Pt. 2)(& daddy and it don't seem to me you're much of a 1951 Dinky Doo!Everybody, Every- Lucky in Love Blue Jay 157 the Soul Finders) So-Sound 5006 musician - I see you with a hook and sling in your PleaseForgiveMe/1'1/BeSatis- thing Needs Love Ric 981/ Everybody's Somebody's 1171 hand.' I said, 'You just gave me a song.' tied Apollo 496 Capitot4617 Fool/A Heap See (But a Few Can You Handle It/Don't Tum ''I don't know if you understand $50,000 is not a I'm So Tired/We like Mambo Bless You Darling!/ Got to Know) Nola 704 Me Loose So-Sound 5116 the record's been out four or (Huey Smith & band) Ar:e 515 _ Know Ric 985 1966 Chec/c Your Bucketi(Pt. 2) Bo- drop in the bucket when MY Heart Was Meant for You// 1962 Fallin' in Love Again/What You Sound 5551 five weeks. She [Florence Greenburg of Scepter - Cry, Oh Apollo 499 Check Mr. Popeye/Now Lers Gonna Do Seven B 7002 Getting to the Middlei(Pt. Records] sent him [Scramuzza] a blank check, and Hey, Boffe/1 Me Why Apollo Popeye Ric 987/Swan 4099 Let Our Love Begin/From This 2) So-Sound 5555 that was the figure we accepted. When I say 'we' 504 Baby I'm Wise/Roamin- Day On Seven B 7005 19M accepted - that's the joke- out of the $50,000, I 1957 litis Ric 989 1917 When Your Fingers on the get three because of expenses." Dearest Oneffoo Much of a Let's Umbo-Mo-Jo Rip 154 Fence of Love/Just Friend- Funk/The Sun Shines Bo- by Scepter, the record made number Good Thing Apollo 509 You're the Only One/You're s Seven B 7008 Sound (no number) Distrit?uted 1958 with Me Rip 156/Chess 1833 Skate It Out/All I Ask of 13 on Billboard's R&B charts in the late summer of Indeed I Do/Every Night, Every 1963 You Seven B 7011 Albums 1969. Back from California, El Bo joined Eddie in Day Checker sn Temptation/Woman Rip 159 S. G.B. !Solid Foundation- Amazingly, no albums of Eddie touring up and down the East Coast. My Dearest Dar/in·g!Oh- TeeNa Na Na Na Nayffwlnkle Seven B 7015 Bo's singles have ever been On yet another funky tool,record with a similar Oh Chess 1698 Toes (&the Boretts) At Last 1005 1968 issued. Odd songs are on the riff, "Check Your Bucket" in 1971 on Bocage's I'U Keep On Trying// Love to IFoundaUttJeGirl!HoldMe AI Lover and a Friend (& Inez various Ace and Bandy col­ own Bo-Sound label, he sang a duet with his wife, Rock & Roll he 555 Last 1006 Cheatham)llf I Had to Do It Over- lections and on New Orleans 1151 Shake, Rock and Soul/ Seven B 7017/Capitol2150 Rhythm & Blues on Chess. Toni. "I put the bass line out in front and I got lucky Hey There Bab~l Need Reassure Me Cinderella 1203 1919 1m to get airplay. This particular record was a monster Someone Ric 962 1964 That Certain Someone/Love The Other Side ofEddie Bo ·liD­ for me. That was the time I started to make some Everybody Knows/You Got Fare Thee We/1/Lefsut It Rol- Has Been Good Scram 116 Sound 55379 money, gigwise. I was gigging all over the Your Mojo Worldng Ric 964 I Arrf1W 711/Chess 1900 Hook and Slingi(Pt. 2) Scram country.'' 1• Come to MetGotta Have More 117 1-Watch for the Coming So- Tell It Ulce It Is/Every Dog Got (& the Barnlns) Blue Jay 154 If lfs Good to You (Irs Good Bocage' s luck as a rugged independent ran out and Sound Produclloils 55379

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MARCH 1986tWAVEL.ENGlH 33 e Barbara Menendez Band has and many stops in between. In early dded some big guns to its already January, Toussaint headed back to the t mpressive show. The new lineup studio to produce Minneapolis' The includes Nick Ferber, formerly of Wallets. Meanwhile, Toussaint's the Sheiks, on bass; Marty De­ own new solo album is currently in the nnard, also an ex-Sheik, on guitar; mixing stages, with some cuts being Bill Stroud, the Sheiks' keyboardist; C"tLU(N WIT" UD!o co~tTI!OUIP mixed by Memphis engineer Danny and Ray Ganucheau on lead guitar; DUTII"To- e.Ts ~u Tllflli6 To Jones . . . Nostalgia band Bobby T•AN I'll r•r. l'ltiiT. Carlo Nuccio on drums; and Barbara Cure and the Summertime Blues re­ on vocals .. . The Vernel Bagneris corded their first full album at Sea­ musical Staggerlee opened at the Saint Studio, covering some Fifties Toulouse Theatre in the French Quar­ and Sixties golden oldies. ter February 27. Staggerlee is a Mardi Mr. Naugahyde himself, Ernie Gras fable inspired by the old song of "Mother-In-Law" K-Doe, is play­ the same name, and represents the ing every Sunday night at Winnie's, first professional collaboration be­ 2304 London Avenue. Winnie's is a tween Bagneris, the new Orleans na­ great place to her music, and any­ tive who wrote One Mo' Time, and where is a great place to hear K-Doe composer pianist Allen Toussaint. Jo ... Jerry Chiusano is a mild­ Ann Clevenger designed the cos­ mannered courtrunner for a local law tumes and Saturday Night Live set de­ firm, but on weekends he goes signer Leo Yoshimura designed the through a transformation, becoming neighborhood set forthe musical. Call "Rockin' Jerry" with the Spice of 525-5911 for ticket information. Life Band at Beau Oeste (from 10 WTUL-FM has landed two p.m. to 3 a.m. every Friday and Satur­ nominations for awards to be pre­ day night). Jerry plays "Fifties, Sixt­ sented by the Gavin Report, a com­ ies, Seventies, and Eighties" music, mercial radio trade journal, at their so there's something there for every­ Gavin Seminar for Media Pro­ body fessionals February 20-22 in San ... Plan Nine wtll be at Jed's Francisco. The nominees are voted on March 22 as part of their deep south by readers of the magazine. WTUL tour, playing, we hope, their new hit was nominated for Alternative Radio "Keep Cool and Read the Rules." Station of the Year and music director Mario 0. of Silurian, is forming a Ivan Bodley was nominated for new band, and we understand it will Alternative Music Director of the have heavy "French" undertone. Year. Mario says he's still part of Silurian, A new comedy club opened in New but the new band, with a female Orleans in February. The Comedy vocalist to be named later, will add Cabaret at the Ernst Cafe kicked off some variety to the scene . . . The its opening night with Andy Hug­ New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fes­ gins, a featured comic at the Comedy On Saturday nights, professional workshop crop will eventually be tival has announced that Miller Beer Store in LA, Ron Crick, a "concert comics from around the country anp a given an opportunity to perform at the will be a sponsor this year. comic" who often opens for musical local MC will perform at 9 p.m., Saturday shows as well. Here's a Plans are in the works for the long acts, with local MC Rick Zurrich of 10:30 and I a.m. shows. On Wednes­ chance for local talent to come out of anticipated new Earl King album on WWL presiding. New Orleanian day nights at 8 those not so well the woodwork. Hammond Scott's Black Top Rec­ Alain DeLavillesbret, of Forum Pro­ known will have a chance to break in Allen Toussaint wrapped up 1985 ords. Earl will be sharing billing with ductions, Inc .. says that the Comedy their comedy acts before a Jive audi­ playing limited engagements from blues greats Roomful of Blues. More Cabaret will be open twice weekly. ence. The cream of the Wednesday Washington D.C. to San Francisco on this exciting news later. 0

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