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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1990)
ENTERTAINMENT Robert Cray Band will perform at Hult Center By Layne Lakefish Erne i a id Entertainment Ediloi It's not very often that someone starts playing music: in a little campus tavern and ends up mak ing it hig — but Holier! Cray did. l-'or him, it all started in Kugone's own Taylors H*M K. 13th "He's originally from Tacoma, hut Kugene is where everything really took off lor him." said Mike Cohen, general manager lor Double Tee. the promotion company handling In i <d Cray cone erts This c ollege-town beginning put Cray on the road to sue t ess a road that led him to a hie of cone erl tours and frequent allium rec circling And this Tuesday at H p rn he's coming hac k "home (.'ray. his (our-man hand and the Memphis Horns will perform in the Hull Center's Silva Concert Hall Opening the- show will lie I'orl land's The I .lend [ones Struggle The Robert Cray Hand, on tour since- \<n 27, will bring the- I lull (enter to life- with many of the songs from their latest album, entitled Midnight Stroll As with previous albums, the- newest c ontinues to carry the musical themes of fractured commit ments ami heartbreak The band was always given credit for helping revive blues music, but the latest album features more rock and soul Not to worn , however, ii Cray's blues sounds are what you’re after "They’ll play a lot from their newest album along with a hum It of the old er hits." Cohen said "He puts on a really good show straight ahead with rhythm, blues and pop "There's no flash It's just a good cone ert The rei en! fusion of the ( rav hand and I he Memphis Horns adds yet another dimension to the sound "The Memphis Horns are a great addi lion to his sound " < ohen said When Cra\ was tost starting out. Double Tee Promotions managed him Today, the long stand mg relationship i otilinues “He's the most amiable friendly guy." Cohen said He's vers soft-spoken With Robert Cray, what sou see is what you get and that's what t omes through in his i one oris "There’s no ego to get in the svav, he said. Tickets, for $ 1H and Sin. can In1 purchased by ( ailing the Hull ( enter Ixix office at (iH7-T>(M)0 Pietro’s goes with physics. SANTA CLARA 2620 RIVER ROAD 688-2222 CAMPUS 20 E 18TH 342-2323 FREE DELIVERY FROM OUR NEW P.D.Q. 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Bring thi» coupon to Ptetro's lor the otter above Not good with any other otter or HearthStyte Erpires 12/23/90 Pietro's Pizza “Your Gneat Northwest FamJy Pizza Place 4IM Other Pietro's locations open ! 1AM daily 4006 Franklin Bfvd • 1011 Valley River Rd • 1600 Coburg Rd • 3540 West 11th < ourlrM photo The Koberl Cray Band and The Memphis Horns, on stage at the Hull Center's Silva Concert Hall Dec. II, are on tour promoting the new Midnight Stroll album. Presley’s Graceland to get even flashier MEMPHIS. Tenn. (AI>) The displays of sparkling jumpsuits, gold records and shiny motorcycles at Elvis I’resley's house are about to get a hit flashier, managers of the estate said Thursday. Tom Parker, who directed Presley's career for 30 years, has sold his personal collec tion of rock 'n' roll memora bilia to the residence known as Craceland. The collection includes about 70.(MM) pounds of business documents, photo graphs. clothes, newsreels and other items. Craceland managers said. It also includes more gold records, acetate recordings of Presley's early studio work and promotional tapes of Elvis messages passed out to radio stations in the early days of the singer's career. One acetate recording is of Presley’s first appearant e on the "Louisiana Hayride" ra dio show in 1954 Presley's famous gold lame suit will join Ins other outfits on display at draco land. as will the 197t> Cadil lac he gave Parker as a pres ent. The sold suit will go on display in January during annual festivities surround ing Presley's birthday. Jim laworowicz, Grace land's specialist for rock 'n' roll artifacts, said the collec tion covers Parker's t>5 years as a music promoter and of fers a clear paper trail on the business side of creating a star. "It's so well kept, it's like a time capsule from the 50s." Jaworowicz said. Parker, 81, who generally avoids reporters, said he had several would-be buyers for the collection, including an eager Japanese bidder who offered the top price. Parker, known as Col. Tom Parker or just "the colonel,'’ said he wanted the collection at Graceland. He said he expects there to be an “Elvis and the Colonel" museum at Graceland one day. "Someday when I’m not around, it will always be 'El vis and the Colonel,'" Park er said by telephone from his residence near Nashville. Jack Soden. executive di rector of the Graceland Divi sion of Elvis Presley Enter prises Inc., would not reveal the purchase price for the collection. Neither would Parker. Graceland. which draws more than 600.000 visitors annually, already includes extensive displays of clothes, vehicles and me mentos that once belonged to Presley. The estate also has a 36.000-square-foot shopping center devoted pri marily to Elvis souvenirs. After racking his body by drug abuse, Presley died at Graceland in 1977. He was 42. Parker said there was nothing he could do to keep Presley from abusing drugs. "He did it on his own. You could not tell Elvis what to do," he said. "He made his own decisions and you could not change them." Parker said he was un aware of Presley’s drug use when it began. "I found out later that El vis told the boys, ‘Don’t tell the colonel,"’ Parker said. Parker, who has been in volved in legal disputes with the Presley estate over the years, said he was pleased for his name to be come a bigger part of the El vis displays at Graceland. "No one but myself and Elvis and his father knew how close we were," Parker said. Don't give up the search! Try LOST AMD rOUMD in the classified section. 1