ENTERTAINMENT
The Daddies kick off
fall term at WOW Hall
Ry Mia Bertelsen
Emerald Contributor
Eugene's hottest dance hand
is hack after a six-week break
and is ready to play fur its fa
vorite audience tonight at
U'.O.VY. Hall, 2‘)1 W. Eighth St
l'lit; Daddies are guaranteed
In appeal to almost all musical
tastes as they entertain with
their unique sound that ranges
from funk, rock, swing, dixie
land and )a/.z to country.
The Daddies draw a wide va
riety of people and have a
sound th.it is easy to dance to
This is a thinking man's dance
hand that deals with social in
sights," said Rob VValdman,
The Daddies' manager.
The strength of The Daddies
lies in their ability to use a vari
ety of styles of music to form
their own unique sound. They
can play to almost any crowd
and boast of the talent in their
horns sei t ion.
All of the hand members are
from the Eugene area and they
like the crowds hero becuuso
they are the most supportive.
Three of the hand members are
self-taught musicians and the
other remaining five are Uni
versity music school graduates.
"It's the great combination of
trained and self-taught people
that gives it diversity and
uniqueness,” VValdman said.
the Daddies not only want
their audiences to he enter
I erred tun they ,ilso want them
ei think about the lyrics, lyrics
' ll ri fle; t their politic ,il ideas
'The Daddies ( (insider them
••Ives a liberal hand but do not
identify themselves with the far
left,'' Wald man said "They
1. ivi: problems with both the
It and the right. They see a
k of humor and enjoy poking
* an at both extremes. "
All songs are written and
suin’ by NIC. Largo Drink,
whose mime was chosen to
poke fun at rappee, and the on
. : fast food industry Hpwoy
a. thename is not permanent
s he is thinking about chang
ing it to Buddy Low, one of tire
; haraefors in jerry Lewis’ Thu
Salt y I'rofi'ssor.
"1 feel that anything ridic
ulous is good." M.C. Large
Drink said "I prefer music Ire
; ause it's an easier lifestyle."
He writes cynically about the
lollies of the middle class. He
especially singles out "the
trendy, pretentious people who
are trying to ho hip."
"My music has no solutions
in that it only talks about the
problems," he said He also
writes about the impossibility
of one person communicating
to another. "People should lis
ten more," he said.
The hand has been playing in
the Lugene area for over two
years and has been busy tour
ing Oregon and Washington
Their future plans include
Courtesy
The Daddies, made up ot (clockwise L-H) Drum West, Chris Azorr, Brooks Drown, Dan Schmid, M C.
Large Drink, Dana Heilman, James Phillips and John Fohl, will perform al W.O.W Hall tonight
expanding into California, es
pocially in San Franc isco and
Los Angeles "We are oxi ited to
play in San Francisco iieeuuse
tint town has a lot of good funk
hands hut nobody has a horn
section like ours," VValdinun
saiii.
The Daddies gained notorietv
two years ago with their first
name. The (iherry i’oppln' Dad
dies. This name offended many
people with its connotation of
incest. Waldman said that their
intentions were to give a feeling
of a dixieland jazz band with
the use ol the word "daddy."
"A lot of the lyrics in ju//. ,irc
very risque with .1 stormy love
connotation," Waldman said
"The word daddy is used a lot
in the lyrics also We didn't
mean to associate daddy with
father "
Next week they will begirt re
cording their second album
which is still waiting for a title
Previously, they rut an K l1
called Four From On High and
an album called Ferociously
Stoned. These records are
available In most record stores
in Oregon ami Washington
M.(Large Drink's goal for
ilu? futurii is to make us muny
albums ns In? crin " I want to
follow my must?. I'tl like to
n: ike each album ill a com up
tua I way.
"I'd like cm li album to lie a
story with each song telling a
part of it ktmi of like musical
books." be said "bat b record
will lie different."
Thu doors for tin? show open
at ‘I p III with the muslr start
ing at 0 JO Tickets an- $H .it the
door.
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