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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
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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.
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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-
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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.*
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