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Monque'd union. His work has won awards Thursdays and reached national and now in­ ternational audiences. He's been de­ Laissez-Faire Cajun Band scrbed as a credit to cable televi­ sion, to his city and to the musi­ ~ This Month ~ cians who's work he's preserved in Fri 5 Regatta his Music City series. (Reggae-Progressive Jazz) This week, he is in London to Sat 6 Charmaine Neville &: Real celebrate the upcoming September 9 Feelings premier of New Orleans Now, a Sun 7 Benefit Dance for Save special version of four of the origin­ the Lake - Music by al Music City hours that played in Gabour with Monk Boudreaux, Damn Yankees one of the stars of New Orleans Now. Tues 9 Regatta America on the Arts and Entertain­ Fri 12 TBA ment (A&E) cable network and Sat 13 Beausoleil have been bought to run in a prime government, praise of critics from Sun 14 The Quarter Tones time slot on London's Channel 4. New Orleans to New York and, .lOCK Tues 16 Song Dogs From there, he'll travel to best of all, buyers for the show who GRUNDY'S Fri 19 Midnight Creepers with Copenhagen would spread the word for New Noble 'Thinman" Watts where officials with NIElM LOOK Sat 20 Regatta Danish television have expressed an Orleans music. It would help people SAN FRANCISCo-Walk into the Fri 26 The Radiators interest in the shows. realize that "even though we don't Illusions Room at the Marriott Sat 27 TBA The Music City programs, which have the music industry, we still Hotel in San Francisco's Fisher­ Tues 30 Song Dogs are now considered by just about have the music," Gabour told the man's Wharf and you might recog­ every kind of critic to be perfect Times-Picayune's 7V Focus. nize the bartender behind the 8316 Oak Street video venues for New Orleans The customers looking to buy the groovy blue-tinted shades. It's none 866-9359 musicians, were not planned to gar­ show, A&E, were not going to be other than Jock Grundy, the former ner awards, nor did they im­ paying enough to provide the kind guitarist with that once top of the mediately achieve reknown. They of recutting that Gabour had in New Orleans pop scene band, the were planned as part of the locally mind. So in December 1983, he Look. I saw the Look in 1982, generated programming required by was "banging on doors at the Brit­ braving an intimidatingly artsy Cox's franchise agreement with the ish network." The British, although Warehouse crowd when they op­ city, and according to Gabour, were they professed to like the series, ened for Talking Heads. part of a group of programs consid­ were a long, hard sell and finally Grundy fled New Orleans a few ered by the cable company to be Gabour typed a video letter using a years ago and moved to San Fran­ write-offs. character generator over some Mus­ cisco hoping to coerce his American But Gabour, despite the fact that ic City footage to grab their atten­ he was producer or executive pro­ tion. ducer on seven other Cox cable It worked, and Channel 4 bought series, had a special interest in this four one-hour specials delivered to project. "I had always been into the station in August 1985. It is this music and played music and I was set of shows that will make its Brit­ surprised that nobody had taken up ish debut this September. The same an ongoing music show,'' he re­ shows already ran on A&E in Jan­ called. uary when they brought in more Gabour began with four months than their share of national enthu­ of negotiation with union and local siasm for the city and its music. musicians to work out equitable The series' new British run and contracts. "Ninety percent of local the prospect of a Danish run are musicians performing on television] good news for New Orleans. It will didn't get paid. People would say mean money in the pocket for New 'we're doing you a favor with the Orleans musicians, and the city's exposure. Here, sign away your tot­ publicity crew couldn't buy Express idol into forming the Karl al rights. "' Gabour's style of personal promo­ Malden Experience. True story? Gabour made sure that musicians tion. Gabour hopes to sell nine " Well, mainly I came out here got the compensation the budget more hours of the shows to British because the Look did as much as could carry and provided for proper television. we could in New Orleans and I was residuals to be paid in the event of According to David Weinstein, inspired by the way the Red Rock­ subsequent runs of the show. president of the Musician's Mutual ers drove out here in a station wag­ Enter Henry Waguespack, the Protective Union Local 174-496, on and signed with 415 at Howie man who brought New Orleans the Music City generated more money Klein's doorstep," said Grundy Time Saver and, after a little urging for the musicians of New Orleans in from behind the bar where he from Gabour ("l·just kept dropping the short time that the project has poured me an Anchor Steam draft to my knees"), he helped to make been in operation than all the other and passed me a great big basket of the Music City series possible.