Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1972)
I I Page 6 I Portland Observer Thursday. December 7. 1972 Soul Sounds M o d re a s o n a b le shop in town HY JO EY SASSO O IR L O S M am a Caaa E llio tt as Snow flaky im o g isn’ t so bed. "N o Whl«s? Would you believe one notices your d a n d ru ff." , . . the H a rle m G lob etrotters as Duke E llin g to n ’ s son M e r c e r the seven dwarfs? It re a lly just gave his dad a Compusamp happens on the basketball 2 6 0 9 N. V ancouver A ve. 2 8 7 -8 5 2 9 Panel Pak to use on the road naam's f ir s t entertainm ent . . . George K irb y , one of die special, D ecem b er 13 on CBS. country’ s most gifted com edi BUI Cosby, Jean Stapleton, ans, naw headlining the new T e re s a G raves. N o rm Crosby show at Jules I'o d e ll's Copa- and Sally Struthers and other cabatia. K irb y is c u rre n tly the T V regulars d rib b le in to star of his own T V v a rie ty show Plsy bell with the squad. which is seen ell o ver the ne- these guys unveil goofy tion. He Is a tru e com edler, impersonations and strong a m a s te r of tim ing and d ia singing voices and, ’ tis ru lect. which makes any kind m ored. th e re ’ ll be a weekly of joke o r humorous story p e r G lob etrotters a e n e e next sea fect fo r his inim itab le n a rra son, fro m the same hot new tion s. K irb y Is a m a s te r im program source, VIA C O M p ressionist. an avid student of E N T E R P R IS E S . . .Sammy people, th e ir foibles and man D a v is , J r . just presented his n eris m s , and the w orld about liv e ly w ife with ODYSSEY, a h im . Couple all of this w ith a unique new game s im u lato r rem arkable vocal range and a i re a ted by Magnavox which Is highly expressive face and there presently turning the nation’ s a re few jieople o r things of you T V screens into an electron ic unusual sight o r sound (hat can playground . . jSammy just escape his penetrating Im pres • AM turned d o w n a n o ffe rfo ra la te - 4 W4.be. 4 «» i sions. He enjoys singing doing I'f-M». »« llx night syndicated T V talk show. ; a' N » I good tunes, be it gospel, jazz, H e’ s following his m ed ic’s ad • M IM H Ik O» u M I I O GROCIVs blues o r pop. He can play the vice and keeping his work piano with the >lelicate touch of schedule down to the barest a Basie o r E llington and move m in im u m . . X)ne of the sadder his hefty fram e with the g lid love sto ries concerns a young ing ease of a B ill Robinson. black a c to r who m a rrie d his K irb y is the e n te rta in e r's en H a r r is . "S u p e rfly " h a . been held chUdhood sw eetheart recent te rta in e r. He does many things 3000 NE A lb erta ly . He and just a few other and does them all w ell . . . He close relatives have been told Just gave his stage crew a case that his new bride only has of C row L ig h t W hiskey, the new about six mo ths to liv e ..., d rin k sensation . . .H a r r y B e la - BUI Coshy tips his hat tonight fonte. reports this cocktail hour club com ic tu rn e d -T V s u r dialogue: "How was your blind Redd F oxx. ’ T was in high d ate ? " She looked b etter o ver school when 1 firs t bought his the phone." . . . Nina Simone reco rd s. I was Impressed how on the other hand, doesn't let he would get a laugh without anying him self on e le c tric the fans bother tie r. ” 1 don’ t d e liv e rin g a line, how he g u ita r. T o the m illio n s wh< expect life to be norm al any C o -1 4 *ay a w o r d a n d have bought his albums it w ill m o re . That is the p ric e you make It mean something special be a stim ulating experience, pay fo r the love arxl attention by an inflection o r a sound. fo r M ay fie ld comes off as an you g e t" . . . P e a rl B ailey, T h a t's where he re a lly shines." auth oritative, w ry and amus who has just w ritten s cook Incidentally, BUI just bought his book, whipped up a meal of ing p e rfo rm e r. w ife the new Chadbourn Italian frie d chicken, mashed potatoes, bodywear collection fo r these black-eyed peas and c ornb read cold nights . . . Demond Wilson fo r F lip W ilson, a fellow guest of ‘ ‘Sanford A Son” is find Bob ’Woody’ Woodard of Inn er C ity IW velopm ent Company s ta r Jack Benny and all of F lip ’ s ing his new fam e a little tough dem onstrates tlie M a rs e illa is pool shot at Geneva's Reg crew while she was guesting on to live w ith . He walked into a his show. Fattening hut mighty ulation T ab le s . ham burger joint just as 40 cub good . . , L ola Falana tipped scouts did the sam e. " | thought 1- rods Payne. " A good man is everything ’ s cool. No reason to s till hard to find. Unless you w o rry . Suddenly they w ere all look In the right place. M y around me, asking fo r auto P^ace. . . . It took 24 hours graphs. | had to leave before a fte r the b ln h fo r Diana Ross m y ham burger was re a d y ." De and her husband .B o b S lIb e r mond says as a kid he used to stein, to think up a name fo r " l i v e " in movie houses. “ Saw th e ir new baby g ir l: T r i c e S u ’ F ro m H ere T o E te rn ity ’ 38 hs rate In. Diana was so sure tunes — and I aspired to tw she was going to have a boy like Hops long C a s s id y ." Bui that she absolutely refused to would Hoppy run fro m cub think of g ir l ’ s names ahead ol scou“ 7 ............... B U ly Eckstine tim e . . . argues that L -A .'s dense and Body and Fender R epair SHOP ■ENOW’S FO R ~ B R A N D S you know - V A R IE T IE S y o u like' - SIZE S Ron O’N eal, with his p artn e r C a rl L ee . in the foreground are heavily in the drug rackets in " S u p e rfly " , produced by Sig Shore, directed by Gordon P a r is . J r . , and also s ta rrin g Sheila F r a z ie r and Julius W . o v e r at the Alameda T h e a te r. w an* The Mayfield experience reaches the screen The new dram a about black ghetto life , "Super-fly," now playing at the Alameda, is marked by a whole gamut of firs ts . One of the most im portant of these is the screen debut of C u rtis M a y fie ld . In the w orld of soul m u s ic ,M a y - field is something of a giant. Just turning 30, he com menced creating songs before he reached h fl teens. One in spiration for him was his grandm other, a practicing p re a c h e r. U nder h er influence he w rote church and gospel tunes, and often took p art in th e ir rendition. Another source of inspiration was his m o th e r who loved poetry and used to read aloud the words of the im portant black poet. P aul L a w re n c e D u n b a r. Through her exam ple, young C u rtis was w riting poetry at the age of 10 o r 11. He has never le ft these roots and to day creates what he calls 'songs of insp eration " - but with a v e ry m odem , some tim es funny, som etim es caus tic edge. M ay fie ld was bora in C hi cago, By the tim e he was 14 he had form ed a soul group of his own. then joined forces with a lad somewhat older than he, J e rry B u tle r. The two en listed others of like mind arxl founded a group called The Roosters, in which B u tle r was the lead sing er. The Roosters was not a p a rtic u la rly a ttra c tive title and was changed to The Im p ression s.In 1958, The Impressions achieved th e ir f ir s t hit, a recording of " F o r Y o u r Precious L o v e ,” which sold 150,000 copies in two weeks rem ains a classic of it genre. When the group fe ll apart, B u tle r went out as a single. M ayfield played gui t a r fo r B u tle r’ s act and also w rote his f ir s t solo h it, " H e W ill B reak Y o ur H e a rt.” The resulting p ro fits en abled M ayfield to re -c o n s ti- tute The im pressions and take the group to New Y o rk . By 19P1, they w ere on top again with a recording of "G ypsy W om an,” the f ir s t of a long series of songs fro m M ayfield which established him beyond in his score, " A m e n ,” be came an enormous h it. Des pite that, he did not compose the music fo r another movie u n til " S u p e rfly ." In 1970, M a y fie ld le ft T1 m Im pressions and formed a « w group, The C u rtis M ayfield Experience; a recording company, C urtom ; and several m usic publishing fir m s . The f ir s t upshot was a smash al bum titled " C u r t is .” F o r " S u p e rfly ,” a Sig Shore Production fo r W a rn e r B r o s , directed by Gordon P a rk s J r , M a y fie ld has w ritte n a set of w ords and music that w ork a counter balance to what appears on s c re e n .T h e movie shows the life and deeds of a cocaine d e a le r the music sets up a c r itla l com m entary upon the supposed g la m o r and excitem ent of a man who ap- 1 ■J MOKir 0MUM0UIUK.. . ^••^•nYial-C om m ardel H0W?...WHY?... « row n- • KM m m • OMc« • Stores *• h«»e NEIL KELLY COMPANY «H. AAerte N rlf-el.O re^e M a y fie ld and his group ap p ear in " S u p e rfly ,” and he is seen and heard while accomp Rumbling Rose By Rosalie Boothe question a s a m a jo rtu n e s m ith . He also made a p la c e fo r h im - self as a lead singer of his own and others' songs. When the film " L i l l ie s of the F ie ld " was produced, m n . .. s /m n s i pears to be a success, par tic u la rly in a re c u rrin g num ber called "P u s h e rm a n .” R IC H A R D W ASHINGTON " W ith determ ination and am bition one can be successful in any fie ld . Being honest with yo u rself f ir s t, everything else can come e a s ily ." was the strength of philosophy that c a rrie d Richard Washington. Portland can be proud of the fact that we house the only Black Business In the country that operate a pennant shoppe. M r. W a s h in g to n is an a rtis t in his fie ld . He sta ». and I quote. “ I w ill paint any thing w ith a b ru s h ." I had the distanct pleasure of m eet ing this w a rm , w onderful, and a rtic u la te Human B e ir^ s e v - e ra l years ago and 1 was most impressed with his d es ire to continue to aid young people in the com m unity. One of his g reatest d es ires is to h ire m o re blacks, teaching the m o re blacks, teaching the trade of the pennant business. L ife has not been a bed of roses fo r this industrious a r t is t. Upon a rriv in g in Portlarxi p r io r to opening his business some 9 years ago he could not secure m em bership into the Sign W r ite r ’ s Union. So In o rd e r to come through the beck door he sold house paint and a n supplies. In fact, M r . W ashington's shoppe is ra th e r unique in its location at 309 N . KUlmgswortfc. He offers a m u ltip ie of services u slr< the 3 P ’ s - Painting. P rin tin g , t a i P a n n in g M r . Washington hada fro m D a n v ille , Illin o is . He re a kies with his w ife In the Portland com m unity. He la the fath er of two children, one of whom assist in operating the store H e r name Is Sheila Watson. M r . and M r s . Watson a re ex cellent vocalists and mu se la ns w ith a fabulous talent fo r gospel m u sic. Sheila also plays a v e ry exciting piano. M r . Watson operates profes sionally as a sales represen tative fo r Nationwide insur ance, M r . Richard Washington's trainin g in the A r t ’ s comes from the Academ y of Applied A r t in Illin o ia . He la adept in graphic designa and special la y -o u ts . His services are contracted from such compen- Cash and M axey Barber Shop 4 6 0 3 N . W illia m . lody Barber on duty GENEVA’S 4 2 2 8 N . W illiam s Call On Us for a good Rosalie Boothe « s i s Copeland L u m b e r Y ard. A lpenrose, and in case you e v e r pass by R oger's store in Hollywood on Sandy, take a look at ths huge beautiful green leaf covering the side of the building. Then you w m begin to understand just little of what makes this In - dividual tick and where he com ing fro m . Looking fondly «round his quaint little shoppe. M r . Washington only wishes that he could receive some financial u t i a U i ce ui aiding the youngsters who re a lly want to le a rn . The money has alw ays come fro m his pockets, tu t now he needs h e lp £ s rly that m orning. 1 happened to walk In w hile he was encourag ing two teenagers to return fo r tra in in g . M r . Washington would like to tap another vein by helping to secure employm ent fo r wo men 35 o r o ld e r by forming an all women painting crew . He stales that many women with teenagers o r young adults have the tim e to get Involved with something new and chal lenging. So G als if there is a woman lib b e r group in tie happening - h ere ’ s a chal lenge. In closing M r . Wash ington feels that in life there is no problem until you can’ t handle it. place to do business. L et your fingers do the w alking through the Yellow Pages. Pacific Northwest Bell America loves what the Colonel cooks LEON HUFF "ft's finger liekin good? Buy rt b y the P .S . T h e Portland Opera w ill be putting on 2 perform ances of Hansel and G reta I slated fo r D e c e m b e r 15 - 16 Don’ t m is t It. Recommended fare fo r the youngsters. F o r fre e tlcke s m ake reservations at tie P o rtland O b s e rv e r. Box Bucket or Barrel PSU plans concert The Portland Stats U n iv e r sity Cham ber P la y e rs and brass ensem ble. In conjunc tion with t ie F ir s t Congre gational Church C h o ir, w ill give a fre e C h ris tm a s Con c e rt Deoem her 7 , 1972 in 75 L incoln H a il. John Trudeau. PSU p ro fes sor of m usic, w ill d ire c t the C ham ber P la y e rs and brass C h o ir le a d e r fo r P e rfe c t fo r P a rtie s , Picnics, Lunch, o r D in ner the F ir s t Congregational Church is George C la rk . " C h ris tm a s Story O ra to r io " by H einrelch Schultz and "C h ris tm a s C a n ta ta" by D an iel Pinkham w ill 1« present ed on the p ro g ram . Soloists a re W illia m M ille r , Pam ela Sm ith, John P e u rs o n and V iv ian L ym a n . T h e p u b lic is in v ite d . I «ke It Home, E a t It H e re , o r In Y o ur C a r the K EN N Y G A M B LE The s ~ n d . of ’ ’ Back S la b b e rs". " I f You Don’ t Know M e By Now , M e and M r s . Jones” , and many other fa m ilia r tunes sung by the O’Jsys, Harold M elv in and the Blue Notes and B lly Paul a re the brainchildren of ths most successful song- w ritin g , producing team In the .........................Kenny Gamble and Leon Hun.* Restaurants See Yellow Pages for Store Nearest You