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Becouoe or expiratiOn date signature t-'>itant bank proeeuinc <ho'lu. wo co Mot oerept choc:u in Canadian dollaro or olllfr fore~cn cu ...ncy. or checko drown on a foreign bank. allow 4-6 weeks for your first copy lo arrive Send me the album 0 $7 plus $2 p & h . 8ubtm1M-n must notlfy ua immediately of eny chance of addn.. Ir notiftcetion il BOt mtived. I'DIIIIintl ltnt to inror~t old eddreues will not be replaced. U.S fultomtn mutt include zip code. 3 Wavelength/Junt> 1984 JUne• news commercial success. al R&B charts. Fortunately in 1981, Z.Z. signed Z.Z. often petfonned in ew 'Down Home· z.z. Hill on with Malaco Records in ,Jack­ Orleans to entralled audences. His son, Mississippi, a label more a­ last appearance here, at the pres­ Dies in Dallas dept at handling a rhythm and tigious Seanger Theatre, under­ blues artist. For Malaco, Z.Z. lined the growth of his popularity A Western Union Mailgram was tract. Z.Z. managed to continue a recorded a clutch of singles and and the resurgence of blues. He forwarded to this scribe that string of smaller hits, which did four superb LPs, highlighted of will be sadly missed by all lovers of couldn't have taken me more by well throughout the South. The course by the phenomenally suc­ contemporary and "down home surprise. It read: records insured plenty of club cessful Down Home Blues, which blues." Z. Z. Hill, 48, internationally ac­ work and kept Z.Z. on the road for spent over two years in the nation- -Almost Slim claimed blues singer died Friday, most of the decade. April 2 7, in Dallas. By 1969, Z.Z. had left the West Funeral will be at First Baptist Coast, and started an ill-fated re­ Church, Hughes Springs, Texas, lationship with Quinn Ivy at the Thursday, May 3 11:30 AM, ar­ Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. The rangements by Reeder Davis association resulted in only one 45, 'Fuzzy Dice· Collins Funeral Home, Hughes Springs. leased to Atlantic, and Z.Z. re­ Z.Z., borninMaples, Texas, was turned once again to the West oets Head Transplant a Dallas resident for several years. Coast. He rejoined his brother and Best known for his gold album was rewarded with his biggest hit Drummer Buzz "Fuzzy Dice" "Johnny J. and The Hitmen" logo Down Home, which made him the ever, "Don't Make Me Pay For His Collins celebrated his 22nd birth­ and the cryptic fuzzy dice. world's most successful blues artist. Mistakes," in 1971. The remain­ day at Tipitina's on May 17th by The Hitmen are pumping out a Survived by his wife, Vivian, son der of the Seventies were an ex­ bashing out the ole R&R backbeat streamlined dance sound these Arzell, Jr., two daughters, Bridgette tremely prolific period for Z.Z., as for his boss Johnny J. and fellow days that blends traditional rock, and Lisa, two brothers, a sister and he recorded well over half-a-dozen Hitman, Dave Clements. In be­ R&B, and rockabilly, since acquir­ one granddaughter. LPs on labels both large and small. tween sets the trio retired to the ing master-cruiser Dave Clements -Dave Clark, Malaco Records. But for the most part, success dressing room for a variety of ado­ on bass and vocals. Their reper­ Z.Z. Hill's real name was Arzell eluded Z.Z. as albums on the lescent merry making where young toire is chock full of classic stom­ Hill, and contrary to the above powerful Columbia and United Ar­ F.D. was presented with a hand pers like "Burn Your Playhouse mailgram, he once told me he was tists labels (one partially produced painted (and sorely needed) front Down", and before the jitterbug­ born September 29, 1940 in Nap­ by Allen Toussaint) met with little head for his bass drum bearing the gers have a chance to sit down les, Texas. In his teens he began hanging around local music clubs, and got a taste for the blues after listening to the likes of B.B. King, Bobby " nlue" Bland, James Davis DIN THE BLACK: Released and Jr. Parker. He changed his this month on the Black Top first name to Z.Z. around 1960, label is "Neville·ization, partly as a play on B.B. King's the Neville Brothers· first name and to give his name more Z­ live recording. Present at Zing! the final mix·down in In 1964, he moved to L.A., Dallas were Art Neville, where he cut his first record Aaron Neville and Black "Tomble (sic) Weed" b.w. "You Top chief Hammond scott, Were Wrong." The record was a shown goosing Aaron, who surprise hit, selling in the neigh­ remains cooi.D borhood of a quarter million sin­ gles. The larger Kent record label got wind of the success and signed Z.Z. to an exclusive recording con- stephane crappelli's Still cot Rhythm Fiddle whiz Stephane Grappelli graced the Fairmont Hotel's posh Blue Room with his cherub1c pre­ sence and virtuoso violin playing in May as the World's Fair opened. Accompanying Grappelli was an outstanding trio of stringmen in­ cluding fellow Parisian Marc Fos­ sett, Scotsman Martin Taylor, and the lone yankee, Brian Torff. Grappelli celebrated his 50th an­ niversary of recording with the legendary Django Reinhardt by playing "Are you In The Mood?" popularized by Reinhardt in the Thirties. Grappelli's choice for an encore was, appropriately, "I Got Rhythm". STEPHANE GRAPPELLI fiddles while the -rico Blue Room's candles burn. .June 1984/ Wavelength 4 they'll jump into "Little Pig" to keep the dancers hot and the themes tight. The, are also proud to throw in a number of home grown Louisiana songs like Wayne Shu­ ler's "The Crawl.'' Their version of ",Just Like A Woman" (not the Dvlan onel takes a stab at Cajun rock. and the arrangement of "All By Myself" is borrowed quite di­ rectly from ,Johnnie Allen. But what keeps ,Johnny J. and the Hitmen from being just another dance-provoking cover band are the original tunes that sutface in the course of a typical set.