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.
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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.
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