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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1977)
Bill Rhoades band was born by a fluke By EHIC LEE Of the Emerald One night about five months ago, Bill Rhoades received a call from his old friend, Curtis Sal gado. The Nighthawks wanted to take a vacation and they needed someone to take over their Saturday night gig at Murphy s. By Wednesday Bill had a band together and after only three nights of practice they went on stage to fill in for the best blues band in the Northwest. "We went at it with the idea that it would be a one night thing," says Rhoades, "and then we would go our separate ways Fortunately this was not to be the case. Several weeks later Bill got another call asking him if he would like to back up Mike Bloom field at the W.O.W. Hall. "Youve got to be down here in thirty mi nutes, the caller said. This was the opportunity that a musician dreams of. Within half an hour Bill had collected all but one of his Saturday-mght-jam crew and they were on stage with one of America s favorite blues artists. We didn t know how it would go, says Rod Kesey, rhythm and lead guitar player. We were watching him like crazy for the cues. After receiving an ovation from the audience and compli ments from Bloomfield, the band decided to stay together and the Bill Rhoades Blues Band was of ficially launched. Bill Rhoades, who does lead vocals and harmonica for the band, began his musical career with such names as Curtis Sal gado, Jim Cochran (Nighthawks) and R'-'dy Reese (Shmola). They went to the same high school and three years ago they were all m a band called the Rhythm Kings. Rhoades interest in the blues began when he started checking out who had written the songs that Elvis Pre sley and the new English rock groups were doing It was peo ple like Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter, says Rhoades. "I got hold of some of their albums and once I started listening to them I was hooked Rhoades passion for the blues leads him down a hard road Both he and Rod Kesey have to get up at 8 a m. to go to work after having played at the tavern until 1 or 2 a m. the night before "t practice New works shown Paintings by Norman Gee and sculptures by Harold Hoy will be exhibited Jan. 10 through 28 at the Art and Applied Design De ANDREA’S turtleneck 8.50 pants 12.50 345*1324 2441 Hit yard -cTjEJC//" C* r .jartment main gallery at Lane Community College A reception for the two artists will be Monday, Jan 1C, from 8 to 1C p.m. in the gallery The event is open to the public Gee is an instructor at the Uni versity of Kansas in Lawrence He received both his bachelor s and master s of fine arts from California College of Arts and Crafts. Other recent exhibits in clude Two Man Show at the 7E7 Gallery in Lawrence and Selected Painters Invitational at the Mul Darvish Dancing WESLEY MONDAYS ■xsAmr-' CENTER 7 PM 1236 KINCAID Spon«n»red h\ _ M»i/da\ asnan I>arx sj Orcl<*t vane Art Center in Washburn University in Topeka. Kansas Hoy is an assistant professor of art at Lane Community College He received both his master s of fine arts in painting and sculpture from the University. Recent ex hibits include Works in Wood by Northwest Artists at the Portland Art Museum. Northwest Projects I at the And Or Gallery in Seattle. 28th Annual Spokane Art Exhibi tion at the Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum in Spokane, Wash., and the Mayor s Invita tional Art Exhibition in Salem Gallery hours are 8am to 1C p.m Monday through Thursday, and 8 a m to 5 p m. Fridays The gallery, located in the art and mathematics bu;ldmg on the east side of campus, is closed on weekends 1 i*1 • • break 17900 Round Trip I Transportal'on 80011 B> J-n 22nd', Hus i ax plv»r,Vr, n ^nd’ 831 fiS TKA -JLltth tit*T-2H»; O-^ UO.O Bookstore Phone 686-4331 Regular Hours^ Mon,F^8 195arn° ^ pffl my harmonica while driving my car, says Rhoades. "Somet mes it's the only chance I get Other members of the group include Vic Bearden, lead guitar and backup vocals, Rich Kesey on bass and Mike Martin, lead vocals and drums Bearden plays with a flatpicking style that brings sharp, stinging highs out of his Les Paul. His leads blend well with Rod Kesey s fingerpicking on the Telecaster Rich Kesey. who also plays bass for the Night hawks, makes himself invaluable by laying down a solid, booming rhythm that acts as a springboard for Rhoades hard driving vocals and harp playing Mike Martin is the only member of the group who isn t a native Eugenean His interest m music began, oddly enough, after he was drafted into the army In 1971 he was sent to Europe as a cartoonist After a slight disag reement with a sergeant major, who suggested he transfer or consider going to jail, Mike tried out for the 3rd Army Division r band and was accepted As a S'delme be got into a born and rbytbm band that totted through out Europe Although the band has only been together five months they have already had to face some of the hard facts of the muse busi ness Through the diligent efforts of their former agent they lost a chance to play as the warm-up band for Taj Mahal when he comes to town this month We fired him because the only word he knew was money, says Rod Kesey Now hes domg things like calling up clubs and telling them the band has broken up Whether the Bill Rhoades Blues Band will be a commercial success remains to be seen But as a hard rocking, progressive blues band they are on the right track The Bill Rhoades band will be playmg on and off at the Black Forest and on Monday and Tues day nights until the end of the month at Murphy s tavern —- N All my children Christmas brought weddings and proposals to Pme Valley, as well as the revival of what must be the longest running crisis in All My Children s seven-year history In the second-time-around department, Phil and Tara did it again — they got married But this time, it wasn t in a small out ol the way chapel on a lonely night, but in the middle of Pine Valley with their friends watching and a minister presiding. But. as can be expected, the day was not completely happy Just hours before the wedding was scheduled to begin, Tara realized that little Phillip was not around The only sign of him was the skate board Phillip had given him: it had been intentionally broken into pieces Little Phil later turned up at Chuck's house, and while Tara had misgiv ings, the wedding went off as planned Little Phillip is having a hard time dealing with the fact that Phil and Tara are married, and the situation is getting more complicated Erica stopped by Chuck s house Tuesday and picked little Phil up and took him to the amusement park Before leaving the house, though, she told Brook the whole story about little Phil actually being Phil s child, not Chuck’s At the same time, she learned that Phoebe doesn't know that little Phil isn t really her great-grandson, and armed with any information like that, Erica is trouble Speaking of the Tylers, another wedding is in the making. Lincoln and Kitty are talking about getting married again real soon, and Lincoln plans to give Kitty the Boutique for a wedding present Kitty seems to have recovered from the loss of her mother, but that isn t completely behind her By a strange series of events, Kitty s picture of the woman she thinks was her mother has found its way to Grandma Martin s house. If Kate ever sees it, she II know the woman wasn't who she claimed to be. And that story is starting to creep into the open too The pressure finally got too great for Mona, and she told Charles the whole ugly truth Far from being upset, Charles delighted in the irony of the fact that Phoebe s plan to keep Kitty and Line apart ended up in her being blackmailed into giving her husband a divorce With that barrier out of the way, it looks like clear coasting for Charles and Mona It wasn't a very good vacation for Paul and Ann. Ann finally agreed to leave the house and go to Phil and Tara s wedding. However, sitting in the pew watching the ceremony she suddenly heard her baby crying. Rushing from the chapel, followed by husband Paul, she sped home to comfort her child. Paul went on to the wedding reception, and while he was gone Ann revealed to Dr. Karas, who was baby-sitting Beth, her experience in the chapel. Dr. Karas, who regularly sees the ghost of her father haunting her for leaving surgery to become a pediatrician, acknowledged that there is evidence to support the idea that a mother and child can communicate feelings with each other across long distances. Frank Grant had a rude experience over the break. Having finally decided to give his marriage with Nancy one last chance, he got on a jet and beat it out to Chicago At Nancy s apartment, Frank was met by a tall, good-looking white man, and putting two and two together, Frank split without waiting for Nancy's explanation. Back in Pine Valley, having dismissed his marriage as over, Frank is getting hot and heavy with Caroline Even the castigation of Jeff Martin, recently returned from Wisconsin to resume his post at the hospital, couldn't make Frank change his mind. To end on a happy note, Donna Beck finally got a job. It shouldn't be long now before she puts her move on Chuck — a situation that’s going to cause everybody a lot of grief.
